Devil Gate Drive

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"Devil Gate Drive"
Single by Suzi Quatro
from the album Quatro
B-side "In the Morning"
Released February 1974
Format 7"
Genre Glam rock[1]
Label RAK Records
Writer(s) Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
Producer(s) Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman
Suzi Quatro singles chronology

"Daytona Demon"
(1973)		 "Devil Gate Drive"
(1974)		 "Too Big"
(1974)

"Devil Gate Drive" is a song performed by Suzi Quatro.[2] 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").[3]

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.[4] 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)[5] 1
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[ 1] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[ 1] 26
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[7] 20
France (IFOP)[8] 14
Germany (Media Control AG)[ 1] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 1
Italy (FIMI)[10] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[ 1] 7
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[ 1] 5
Norway (VG-lista)[ 1] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[ 1] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[ 1] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 13
Italy (FIMI)[10] 41
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 81
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[13] 74

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)

See also

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Number One Hits: Facts & Feats". UKcharts.20m.com. Woodland Hills, California, USA: Emery McAllister. Retrieved 8 January 2012. 
  4. ↑ 7T's Records "GRAM CD 119" liner notes
  5. ↑ "Go-Set Australian charts – 22 June 1974". Go-Set. Poparchives.com.au. Retrieved 10 June 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Australia n°1 Hits – 70's". Worldcharts.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  7. ↑ "Devil Gate Drive – SUZI QUATRO". VRT (in Dutch). Top30-2.radio2.be. Retrieved 3 February 2014. "Hoogste notering in de top 30 : 20" 
  8. ↑ (French) "InfoDisc : Tous les Titres par Artiste". Dominic DURAND / InfoDisc. InfoDisc.fr. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.  Select "Suzi Quatro" from the artist drop-down menu
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". IRMA. Retrieved 19 July 2013. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 (Italian) "I singoli più venduti del 1974". HitParadeItalia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  11. ↑ BigKev. "Forum - ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1970s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  12. ↑ "De Nederlandse Top 100" (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. 28 December 1974. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 
  13. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1974" (in Dutch). Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 3 February 2014. 

External links

Suzi Quatro
Studio albums
Singles
  • "Never Thought You’d Leave Me"
  • "Light Of Love"
  • "Rolling Stone"
  • "Can the Can"
  • "48 Crash"
  • "Daytona Demon"
  • "All Shook Up"
  • "Devil Gate Drive"
  • "Too Big"
  • "The Wild One"
  • "Your Mamma Won't Like Me"
  • "I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew"
  • "Michael"
  • "I May Be Too Young"
  • "Tear Me Apart"
  • "Make Me Smile"
  • "Roxy Roller"
  • "If You Can't Give Me Love"
  • "She's in Love with You"
  • "The Race Is On"
  • "Stumblin' In"
  • "Don't Change My Luck"
  • "Mama's Boy"
  • "I've Never Been in Love"
  • "Rock Hard"
  • "Glad All Over"
  • "Lipstick"
  • "Heart of Stone"
  • "Down at the Superstore"
  • "Main Attraction"
  • "I Go Wild"
  • "Tonight I Could Fall in Love"
  • "Heroes"
  • "I Got Lost in His Arms"
  • "Wild Thing"
  • "Let It Be"
  • "We Found Love"
  • "Baby You're a Star"
  • "Kiss Me Goodbye"
  • "The Great Midnight Rock 'n' Roll House Party"
  • "Love Touch"
  • "Hey Charly"
  • "I Need Your Love"
  • "Fear of the Unknown"
  • "If I Get Lucky"
  • "Peace on Earth"
  • "What Goes Round"
  • "I'll Walk Through the Fire with You"
  • "Singing with Angels"
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