Drive South

{{Infobox song | name = Drive South | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = The Forester Sisters with The Bellamy Brothers | album = Come Hold Me | B-side = "You Can't Have a Good Time Without Me"<ref name="whitburn forester"/> | released = April 14, 1990 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 4:02 | label = Warner Bros. Nashville 19874 | writer = John Hiatt | producer = Wendy Waldman | chronology = The Forester Sisters | prev_title = Leave It Alone | prev_year = 1989 | next_title = Nothing's Gonna Bother Me Tonight | next_year = 1990 }} "'''Drive South'''" is a song written by John Hiatt, and recorded by him on his 1988 album ''Slow Turning''.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r9309|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Slow Turning'' review|last=Deming|first=Mark|work=Allmusic|access-date=13 September 2010}}</ref> The song was later recorded by Kelly Willis on her 1990 debut album, ''Well Travelled Love''. Neither versions were released as singles.

==The Forester Sisters version== In 1990, The Forester Sisters recorded the song with guest vocals from The Bellamy Brothers. This version appeared on the Forester Sisters' album ''Come Hold Me''.<ref name="whitburn forester">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=47|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref> It charted on both the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in the United States and the ''RPM'' Country Tracks charts in Canada.

===Chart performance=== {|class="wikitable sortable" ! Chart (1990) ! Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Canadacountry|60|chartid=1245|publishdate=May 26, 1990|accessdate=August 23, 2013|refname=rpmforester}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|63|artist=The Forester Sisters}} |} {{Clear}}

==Suzy Bogguss version== {{Infobox song | name = Drive South | cover = Bogguss - Drive South cd single.png | alt = | type = single | artist = Suzy Bogguss | album = Voices in the Wind | B-side = "In the Day"<ref name="whitburn bogguss"/> | released = December 5, 1992 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:10 | label = Liberty 56786 | writer = John Hiatt | producer = Suzy Bogguss<Br />Jimmy Bowen | prev_title = Letting Go | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Heartache | next_year = 1993 }} In 1992, Suzy Bogguss recorded the song for her album ''Voices in the Wind'', her first release on Liberty Records. The song served as the first single release from the album. It was Bogguss's highest-peaking single, reaching number 2 on the country music charts in early 1993 (having been blocked from #1 by Lorrie Morgan's "What Part of No").<ref name="whitburn bogguss">Whitburn, pp. 53-54</ref> It also reached number 94 on the UK pop chart in July 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hit Music |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Hit-Music/1993/Hit-Music-1993-07-17.pdf |access-date=25 Oct 2025 |website=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref> Bogguss's version also had a music video, directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/suzy-bogguss/384169/drive-south.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204221900/http://www.cmt.com/videos/suzy-bogguss/384169/drive-south.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 4, 2011|title="Drive South" video|work=CMT|access-date=17 September 2010}}</ref>

===Chart performance=== {|class="wikitable sortable" ! Chart (1992–1993) ! Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Canadacountry|4|chartid=1770|publishdate=March 13, 1993|accessdate=August 5, 2013|refname=rpmbogguss}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Suzy Bogguss}} |- {{single chart|UK|94|date=19930717|artist=Suzy Bogguss}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1993) !scope="col"|Position |- | Canada Country Tracks (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2327&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993|work=RPM|date=December 18, 1993|access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 76 |- | US Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1993: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1993| access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref> | align="center" | 49 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1990 singles Category:1992 singles Category:John Hiatt songs Category:The Bellamy Brothers songs Category:The Forester Sisters songs Category:Suzy Bogguss songs Category:Kelly Willis songs Category:Songs written by John Hiatt Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Category:Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions Category:Warner Records singles Category:Liberty Records singles Category:1988 songs Category:Vocal collaborations