{{Infobox song | name = Drive Me Away | cover = Jess Moskaluke - Drive Me Away (single cover).jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Jess Moskaluke | album = Past the Past | released = {{start date|2017|02|14}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country pop | length = {{duration|m=2|s=53}} | label = MDM Recordings | writer = {{hlist|Zach Abend|Corey Crowder|Jess Moskaluke}} | producer = Corey Crowder | prev_title = Elevator | prev_year = 2016 | next_title = Kill Your Love | next_year = 2017 }}
"'''Drive Me Away'''" is a song recorded by Canadian country music singer Jess Moskaluke for her third extended play, ''Past the Past'' (2017).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kennedy|first1=John R.|title=Jess Moskaluke Shares 'Past The Past' Release Date|url=http://www.iheartradio.ca/news/jess-moskaluke-shares-past-the-past-release-date-1.3341360|website=iHeartRadio|accessdate=October 7, 2017}}</ref> Moskaluke co-wrote the song with Zach Abend and the record's producer, Corey Crowder. It was released to Canadian country radio via MDM Recordings Inc. on February 14, 2017 and to digital retailers worldwide the following day.<ref name="canadian beats">{{cite news|last1=Degg|first1=Nanci|title=Canada's Reigning Queen of Country, Jess Moskaluke, Releases Her Newest Single "Drive Me Away"|url=http://canadianbeats.ca/2017/02/22/canadas-reigning-queen-of-country-jess-moskaluke-releases-her-newest-single-drive-me-away/|accessdate=March 8, 2017|publisher=Canadian Beats|date=February 22, 2017}}</ref><ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=Drive Me Away - Jess Moskaluke {{!}} Release Info|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/drive-me-away-mr0004675532|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|accessdate=March 8, 2017}}</ref>
"Drive Me Away" reached number three on the Canada Country chart in May 2017, becoming the first single by a solo female Canadian artist to enter the top five at country radio since Terri Clark's "In My Next Life" in 2008.<ref name="music express">{{cite news|title=Jess Moskaluke in the Driver's Seat with "Drive Me Away"|url=http://themusicexpress.ca/jess-moskaluke-in-the-drivers-seat-with-drive-me-away/|accessdate=May 14, 2017|publisher=The Music Express|date=May 11, 2017|format=press release}}</ref>
==Critical reception== Nanci Degg of ''Canadian Beats'' wrote that the song is "catchy, upbeat and addictive" and the kind of single that "you want to listen to over and over again."<ref name="canadian beats"/>
==Chart performance== "Drive Me Away" debuted at number 41 on the Canada Country chart dated March 11, 2017.<ref name="chart history">{{cite web|title=Chart history for "Drive Me Away" on Canada Country|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f%5b0%5d=ss_chart_search_title%3A%22Drive%20Me%20Away%22&f%5b1%5d=itm_field_chart_id%3A1240&refine=1|website=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=March 8, 2017}}</ref> It has since reached a peak position of 3 on the chart dated May 20, 2017, making it her highest-charting single to date.<ref name="chart history"/> With this position, Moskaluke earned the distinction of being the first solo female artist to place a single in the top five at Canadian country radio in nine years, since Terri Clark hit number one with "In My Next Life" in 2008.<ref name="music express"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dagg|first1=Nanci|title=Jess Moskaluke and her latest single "Drive Me Away" is the Number 3 spun song at Canadian country radio|url=http://canadianbeats.ca/2017/05/12/jess-moskaluke-and-her-latest-single-drive-me-away-is-the-number-3-spun-song-at-canadian-country-radio/|accessdate=May 14, 2017|publisher=Canadian Beats|date=May 12, 2017}}</ref>
==Music video== An accompanying music video for the song was filmed in Toronto, Ontario in early 2017.{{cn|date=July 2023}} The video premiered on CMT Canada on March 10, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Jess Moskaluke|title=Jess Moskaluke - I had so much fun shooting the video for 'Drive...|url=https://www.facebook.com/JessMoskalukeMusic/videos/10154551445447424/|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=March 8, 2017|format=video|date=March 2, 2017}}</ref>
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! Chart (2017) ! Peak <br> position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|3|artist=Jess Moskaluke|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 9, 2017}} |- |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Country ! Date ! Format ! Label ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| Canada | February 14, 2017 | Country radio | rowspan="2"| MDM Recordings | <ref name="canadian beats"/> |- ! scope="row"| Worldwide | February 15, 2017 | Digital download | <ref name="allmusic"/> |- |}
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Category:2017 songs Category:2017 singles Category:Jess Moskaluke songs Category:MDM Recordings singles Category:Songs written by Jess Moskaluke Category:Songs written by Corey Crowder (songwriter)