Who's Gonna Drive You Home Tonight?

Picture sleeve from the Cars' 'Drive' single

They'd been making moderately popular records since the late 70s, but it wasn't until 1984 that the Cars scored their biggest hit, the melancholy ballad "Drive".  The song peaked at #3 in late summer that year.  It was sung by bassist Benjamin Orr, rather than usual vocalist Ric Ocasek.

Paulina Porizkova from the 'Drive' video, wondering who would drive her home

The music video, which would be nominated for an MTV Video Award (back when MTV still showed videos!) was directed by actor Timothy Hutton (who currently stars on TNT's 'Leverage') and prominently featured 19-year old Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Paulina Porizkova.  Ocasek, who is 16 years Porizkova's elder, would eventually marry the model/actress in 1989.  The couple remain married, and have two sons.