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Shut Up and Drive

Alternative rock
Alternative rock

Shut Up and Drive is a Alternative rock act. Their sound grew out of New Order, Sugababes, Michael Jackson, Gwen Stefani and The Cars. Those roots explain a lot about how Shut Up and Drive arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Way I Are, When You're Gone, Hate That I Love You, Bleeding Love and Without Me, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Shut Up and Drive, reaching back through New Order. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Shut Up and Drive" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her third studio album, Good Girl Gone Bad (2007). It was written and produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, and features an interpolation of the 1983 song "Blue Monday" by the British band New Order, whose members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert received songwriting credits. Released as the album's second single, the song was solicited to United States radio stations on June 12, 2007, and was physically released on August 27, 2007 in the United Kingdom. "Shut Up and Drive" is a new wave song which heavily incorporates 1970s and 1980s musical styles. Lyrically, it contains multiple references to cars and car parts including the '57 Cadillac.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Shut Up and DriveNew OrderSugababesMichael JacksonGwen StefaniThe CarsAretha FranklinThe Way I AreWhen You're GoneHate That I Love YouBleeding LoveWithout MeStronger

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Shut Up and Drive grew out of New Order, Sugababes, Michael Jackson and Gwen Stefani, shares an orbit with The Way I Are, When You're Gone, Hate That I Love You and Bleeding Love. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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