Devil Gate Drive

"Devil Gate Drive"
File:Suzi Quatro Devil Gate Drive single cover.jpg
Single by Suzi Quatro
from the album Quatro
B-side	"In the Morning"
Released	10 February 1974
Format	7"
Genre	Glam rock
Label	RAK Records
Writer(s)	Nicky Chinn Mike Chapman
Producer(s)	Nicky Chinn Mike Chapman
Certification	Gold (BPI)
Suzi Quatro singles chronology
"Daytona Demon" (1973) "Devil Gate Drive" (1974) "Too Big" (1974)

"Devil Gate Drive" is a song performed by Suzi Quatro. It was Quatro's second (and final) solo number one single in the UK, spending two weeks at the top of the chart in February 1974. According to ukcharts.20m.com, she only reached number one again, in the UK, 13 years and 26 days later (as part of the Ferry Aid band in a charity version of the Lennon–McCartney song "Let It Be").

Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, "Devil Gate Drive" was the second number one in a row for the "ChinniChap" writing and production team, following the success of "Tiger Feet" by Mud. The single was re-recorded for Quatro's 1995 album What Goes Around as the opening track. The track was the B-side to the re-release in 1987, when "Can the Can" became a minor hit.

A vocal extract was used on Orbital's "Bigpipe Style". The song was featured on the show Happy Days, during season 5, on the episode "Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero, Part II". Quatro played Leather Tuscadero on the show.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set Top 40)	1
Australia (Kent Music Report)	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)	14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	26
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)	20
France (IFOP)	14
Germany (Official German Charts)	2
Ireland (IRMA)	1
Italy (FIMI)	9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	5
Norway (VG-lista)	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	13
Italy (FIMI)	41
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	81
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	74

See also

• List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK)
• List of number-one singles of 1974 (Ireland)
• List of number-one songs in Norway

References

Preceded by "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks	Australian Go-Set number-one single 22 June 1974 – 29 June 1974 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Paper Lace
	Australian Kent Music Report number-one single 27 May 1974 – 10 June 1974 (3 weeks)
Preceded by "En spennende dag for Josefine" by Inger Lise Rypdal	Norwegian number-one single 14/1974 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Waterloo" by ABBA
Preceded by "Teenage Rampage" by Sweet	Irish Singles Chart number-one single 28 February 1974 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Jealous Mind" by Alvin Stardust
Preceded by "Tiger Feet" by Mud	UK Singles Chart number-one single 23 February 1974 – 2 March 1974 (2 weeks)

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics