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This record only reached number 54 on its original release in the UK charts. Then on its remix release in the mid 90's only got to 36. Proof that the most perfectly written pop songs are not normally hits. This is a masterpiece.

When my parents separated, my mother was always listening to this album when it was her turn to pick me up or drop me off at my dad’s place. So this particular track imprinted on me as a theme for driving between two homes. Wasn’t until I listened to Language of Life as an adult that I could really appreciate how there’s a lot of heartbreak throughout this album’s theme but with much more optimism that you’re gonna make it out okay ✨

She makes Grown Men Cry !! Every time i hear this song .........❤

I love her voice so much. Such an underrated group.

Tracey has, by far, one of the most beautiful female voices...

Been a fan since I was 17 now 57 they still sound amazing

Tracey Thorn still gets me teary-eyed with this song, Missing, and her rendition of Corcovado. Nothing has changed since the 80's in my heart when it comes to her. Love her now as much as i did in my early 20's.

What a band accompanying Ben and Tracey on this album. Omar Hakim, John Patitucci, Larry Williams, Lenny Castro and sublime saxophone solos by the late legendary Michael Brecker

Timeless, sophisticated, soothing... just like coming back home, throwing one's shoes on the floor and slumping on the sofa with relief

I believe some band don't go "Under-rated" they're simply Eclectic enough to have their "Own Aficionado". Bands and Groups like Everything But the Girl, Swing Out Sister, Johnny Hates Jazz, and a host of other went under the radar of mainstream, but were hits among us. Tracey Thorn, Corinne Drewery, and other artist carried powerful voices, hold uniquely feminine touches of sincerity that resonate through their songs.

How could anyone not fall in love with this song. It touches the soul.

I feel so weird but every time I hear this song I get a lump in my throat and want to cry

Very underrated band ...

1990 was 30 years ago 😮... I was 18 then.. geez ... I loved this song ... where did the time go ?

Tracey has an awesome singing voice!! Absolutely!!!

The chorus at 1:27 has always been such a haunting beautiful line where she sings "stretching away as far as my eye can see" Love it

Tracey has such a beautiful voice, clear and tone perfect, I've been listening to this band since 1984. thank you for the music Ben and Tracey x

LOVIN TRACY'S VOICE ALL DAY LONG!

This was the first song that I ever heard by EBTG, all the way back in 1989. I was 14 then. I fell in love with it and went out and got the album, The Language Of Life. Though I have to admit that much of it was a bit too grown up for me to truly appreciate at the time, I would return to it time and again over the course of 30 years, even after going through many different phases of music listening. I would always discover something new in the songs, as I rekindled my love with the album every now and then. TBH, while the songs are top notch, the production is a bit too slick and sounds dated at times. Later on, of course, there was Amplified Heart (which is probably their best) and Walking Wounded, both of which I also fell in love with. On the whole, EBTG is one of the few bands whose music have stayed with me... with their melancholic melodies, forlorn poetry, and of course both of their distinctive voices (Tracey as well as Ben's). Their music is like an old photograph that reminds me of something I shouldn't forget, even though I tried so hard to forget. Wisdom in a pop song? Who would've thought it could happen?

I heard this song when it was first released on VH1, immediately bought the album, and proceeded to buy all of EBTG's albums - and now, Tracey and Ben's. They are so underrated.

One of the best songs!

What makes this group so wonderful is even before the song itself is over you are nostalgic for it.

Just as good now as it was when I first heard the song

The song takes you to a beautiful place specially if you have good memories with this song.

There are many stories people have shared here that really capture their sentimental connection to this song. Musicians may hear a west coast vibe, but I feel this is very English 'town' in its essence. It does capture a zeitgeist of the late '80s where jazz was instrumental in so much music. I'm afraid the days of poetic music are far behind us now. ❤

The Language Of Life is one of those albums I can’t go too long without hearing. Just brilliant.

God I still love this group ❤ My gf back in the early 90’s got me into them..I still playing missing(I’m a DJ) at the club I play! I can’t blve they finally have a new album coming out after what 20 years? ❤❤

i love the way ben watt looks a tracey. i love people in love! it's such the greatest thing on earth

I have to admit I'm a bit more of a hard rocker/metal head, but deep down I love to listen to pretty much ALL genres of music. This record and pretty much EVERYthing from "Everything But The Girl" has always been one of my favorites. They have such a classy, dreamy, jazzy sound, and when ever I hear this song on the radio I always turn the radio up. Love her voice and just the overall vibe and feel of their music!

2:08 Absolutely love the increasing urgency each time in the repetition here - it’s as if she’s chanting a spell to make sure he calls her home

john Pattitucci on the bass. Have always LOVED his basslines. Very inspiring and talented bass player.

"Driving" [Verse 1] Oh loverboy, to you I belong Maybe one day you'll wake and you'll find me gone But loverboy if you call me home [Refrain] I'll come driving I'll come driving fast as wheels can turn [Verse 2] Oh loverboy, I know you too well And all of my lonely secrets to you I tell The highest of highs, the lowest of lows [Refrain] I'll come driving I'll come driving fast as wheels can turn [Chorus] Driving I'll come driving Fast as wheels can turn Driving I'll come driving [Bridge] Stretching away as far as my eyes can see Deserts and darkness, my hand on the wheel Loverboy, please call me home A girl can get lonely out here on the road A girl can get lonely out here on the road [Verse 3] You see some days I find the old ways frighten me too easily I leave my key and say "I'm too young" But loverboy, if you call me home Oh loverboy, if you call me home Oh loverboy, if you call me home [Refrain] I'll come driving I'll come driving fast as wheels can turn [Chorus] Driving I'll come driving Fast as wheels can turn Driving I'll come driving Fast as wheels can turn Driving I'll come driving Fast as wheels can turn Driving I'll come driving Fast as wheels can turn Driving I'll come driving Driving Driving I'll come driving Produced By Tommy LiPuma Written By Ben Watt Original song from the album THE LANGUAGE OF LIFE (1990) Also included on the compilation THE BEST OF EBTG (1996) in a Remixed version by Todd Terry

Thank God for these good old songs!

I was born in 1995 and this is the first time I have ever heard this song. Am I the only one who feels a little sad when listening to this beautiful piece of music? I have read the lyrics and if we compare this song to others, this is not as depressing as other songs I have heard in the past but the way she sings it and the mix of jazz with other sounds create a rhythm that makes you feel sad, even if the song itself isn't that depressing and pessimistic really

This is such a SoCal sound of the time and still a sound nostalgic today.

This song drive me to heaven

what a great sax solo on the end of an amazing track

Somebody in the comments mentioned memories. So here's mine. As a teen I spent many midweek late evenings from about 1988-91 scanning the medium wave to tune into stations from other countries. One hot night in the summer of 1990 I stumbled across Driving being played as I did that. I didn't care what the station was, which country it was broadcasting from, or anything else really. I just felt transported by such a gorgeous tune. Once it finished I fiddled with dial on the radio again. And then found a really, really faraway/fuzzy "Memory" by Elaine Paige being played. Two very different songs, but both with their own beauty. Less than ten minutes of my life, and over 30 years ago, but still in my memory. (No pun intended.)

I've been a fan of Tracy York and this band since i was 12....EBTG was, is, remains EVERYHING. Who is still listening to this amazing band in '21?

She could have been as famous as Adele with that lovely voice.

One of the best songs of the 80s

When I first saw this video on MTV's 120 Minutes I loved the video and the song even more, this song is why I became a fan of EBTG

This is the first song I heard by Everything but the Girl. Brilliant duo! So underrated!

Unmistakable voice, underrated band

One of my favorites from the 90"s.

Driving Everything but the Girl Oh loverboy To you I belong But maybe one day you'll wake And you'll find me gone But loverboy If you call me home I'll come driving I'll come driving fast as wheels can turn Oh loverboy I know you too well And all of my lonely secrets To you I tell The highest of highs The lowest of lows I'll come driving I'll come driving fast as wheels can turn Stretching away as far as my eyes can see Deserts and darkness, my hand on the wheel Loverboy, please call me home A girl can get lonely out here on the road You see Some days I find the old ways Frighten me too easily I leave my key and say I'm too young But loverboy If you call me home I'll come driving fast as wheels can turn

I remember watching this on VH1 in the 90's and I wish they would had played it more. "The language of life" was such a great album along with the other ones prior and after. Thank you for blessing your music in like Ben and Tracey.

Magnífica voz bellísima cancion, una de mis preferidas!!!

Gorgeous tune from a great time, do miss EBTG.

i love you guys soo much, since i was a child... tracey's voice was one of the first things i fall in love with, love from Argentina.

The fine line between alternative music and MOR pop...love when artists go this way. Elegantly produced music...Tommy LiPuma

Cambridge Ma 1993 ...FM 96.9 and Scullers Jazz Club ... Amazing now as well as then..

great opening track to a great album. As smooth as Sade ... :-)

I haven't listened to this classic since back in the day! I've got tears running down my face, sweet memories of the nineties are flooding back. What a voice! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

My favorite songs of the 90s! Beautiful lyrics. Still remember first seeing this video on MTV at MEC house. What amazing memories..

Thanks Everything but the girl for having accompanied all my adolescence and for having cheered my youth! I love you! Who's listening in 2021? I'm from Italy

Yet another great solo of Michael Brecker, that guy always gives surprises

Voice of an angel x

Un son unique ,une voix unique

I used to fall asleep to this as a girl in the 90s. They’re my top three favorite things to put inside of my ears. It takes me to a good place in life. Before I knew how tricky life was gonna get. Thankful to have these beautiful angels and their talents to hug my soul at just the right times just the right way no matter how many times I hear :) I hope they’re well these days.

It's 2019 and I'm still watching/listening. I love her voice so much. Such an underrated group. great opening track to a great album. As smooth as Sade ... :-)

Been looking for this song forever! Never new the name of the band! but I got it now! Miss this type of music! Thank you for the memories!

For a brief moment I am still married to the most beautiful girl in the world and life is worth living.

This song was most played in Smooth Jazz channel radio in Wichita Kansas.

Beautiful song!!!

I was like 11 when this song came out and it’s still so smooth classy and has so much meaning and heart in it. Damn I miss good music. Glad I can flash back to better days & ways. Love this song

Saw ebtg 1993 I think it was in Liverpool amazing such a shame they won't do live again I think tracy n Ben would be astonished at how many people want to see them so come on guys get back on the road we're all waiting

Classy at it's best!..So smooth..nothing like it..Her voice is so strong and pleasant all at the same time..

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - THE BEST OF EBTG Everything but the Girl are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer, songwriter, composer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, producer and singer Ben Watt. The group's early works have been categorized as sophisti-pop with jazz influences before undergoing an electronic turn following the worldwide success of the 1994 hit single "Missing". The duo have achieved four top 10 and 12 top 40 singles in the UK and have received eight gold and two platinum album BPI certifications in the UK as well as one gold album RIAA certification in the US. Their cover of "I Don't Want to Talk About It" reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1988, a feat later matched by "Missing", which charted high in several countries and reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1995 and spent over seven months on the UK Singles Chart thanks to a popular remix by Todd Terry which led to a Brit Award nomination for Best British Single. Their ninth album Walking Wounded (1996) set a new career best by entering the UK albums chart at No. four, and spawned the top 10 singles "Walking Wounded" and "Wrong". The band went inactive in 2000, with Thorn declaring that she would no longer perform live. Thorn and Watt, who did not publicise their romantic relationship while active, married in 2009, both released solo albums and said it was unlikely Everything but the Girl would be active again. However, in November 2022, Thorn announced an album had been recorded for release in the second quarter of 2023. Fuse, the band's first new material in 24 years, was released on 21 April 2023. The discography of Everything but the Girl consists of eleven studio albums, eight compilation albums, five extended plays, thirty-one singles, and one video album. The band formed in Hull during 1982, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt. ♥️💯‼️And I have the great honor of having in my discography eight CD-albums by Everything But The Girl (or EBTG). Because I have three duplicate CD-albums and the other two CD-albums are just one copy of each. So, I have in my discography AMPLIFIED HEART (1994) two copies of this CD-Album. I also have two copies of the CD-Album WALKING WOUNDED (1996). I still have a single copy of the CD-Album, which is a greatest hits, THE BEST OF EBTG (1996). Also a single unit, also on CD-Album, from TEMPERAMENTAL (1999). And, finally, the most recent record work, released on April 21st of this year, the CD-Album, FUSE. Also two copies. Altogether there are eight CD-albums by Everything But The Girl as I mentioned at the beginning of this comment. Honestly, I've loved this duo since I heard the radio version of "I Don't Want To Talk About It". And, in the mid-nineties, when Todd Terry remixed "Missing", it was a huge commercial success worldwide. On their latest studio album, FUSE (2023), the British duo is to be congratulated for the excellent work. It took them a long time to come back, but the new CD-Album was worth the wait. It's very well done. I love the ten songs! It's worth having an album, in my case, in CD format! I know all the previous works of the EBTG. But after "Missing" and AMPLIFIED HEART, Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn became huge international stars! I simply adore them! ♥️💯‼️The Best of Everything but the Girl is a compilation album by English musical duo Everything but the Girl, released in 1996. Track listing: 1. "Missing" (Todd Terry Remix) from Amplified Heart, 2. "Driving" (Todd Terry Remix) Previously unreleased mix, 3. "Old Friends" from Worldwide, 4. "One Place" from Worldwide. 5. "I Don't Want to Talk About It" from Idlewild, 6. "Love Is Strange" from Acoustic, 7. "The Only Living Boy in New York" from Home Movies, 8. "Apron Strings" from Idlewild, 9. "When All's Well" from Love Not Money, 10. "Another Bridge" from Eden, 11. "Each and Every One" from Eden, 12. "Rollercoaster" from Amplified Heart, 13. "Driving" (The Underdog Remix) Previously unreleased mix, 14. "Better Things" (Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn) from Protection, 15. "Protection" (Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn) from Protection. Charts: Chart (1996) Peak position: New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 30, Scottish Albums (OCC) 46, UK Albums (OCC) 23, Certifications: Region Certification Certified units/sales: Australia (ARIA) Gold 35,000^, United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum 300,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ♥️💯‼️

Everyt time I listen to it I love it more,thanks EBTG!2023

I can recall the first time I heard them: getting ready for work, 80s..after work- bolted to the record store and purchased Eden vinyl....will listen to them throughout eternity....also really helps when you are a dual national: born UK.

I still love this in 2022.

Shout out to my college years and EBTG getting me through those long nights finishing projects when I needed music to inspire me ❤️

Bringing on 80's/90's nostalgia vibes big time 😊

Love this group!

A great early 1990s pop R&B fusion hit🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️

Downing copious amounts of EBTG while sheltering in place because of Covid 19...thank you for being a gentle friend to visit.

“We’re not Swing Out Sister, dammit!”

Una joya guardada , la oí de madrugada la primera vez en los 90s en mi walkman y en mi habitación....

Always reminds me of watching a beautiful young woman waiting for her lover on a cold morning in Battery Park in 1995. A city now by another name..

I still love this song so, it just touches the heart_ Seriously Timeless_ and a Beautiful voice..... Thank You

When I was driving through Gainesville FL working for a blood centre I would wait for this song to play... Love the song

Prefer this over “Missing”. This is excellent.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️➕

I have always love Tracey Thorns voice. Hers is one of the greatest female voices, and conveys so much emotion.

This is smoother than a silk kimono

I've been looking for this song for years... (couldn't tell who the vocalist was...But it would come on the radio a lot when I was a kid. I didn't know whether it was Sade or Annie Lenox.) Now that I found it... I can sleep..Thnx KZfaq

Frist time I heard tracy thorn voice I was spellbound amazing beautiful voice and still today top of her game beautiful ebtg talent storyteller this country ever had🇬🇧

Such great music. Recently discovered Language of Life in my collection and I can't stop playing it.

DAMN..I miss the 80s!😒 Young and carefree. As I'm in line at the grocery store with my grandbabies..this song comes on😁.

This is the song that introduced me to ebtg back in 1990 and I still adore them. ❤

Great Album played by real musicians,no daft re mixes,proper drum grooves,class!

Perfection.

EBTG you are always in my daily music cycle. Rarely I enjoy the whole catalog of a performer and their transition to other genres.

It's 2019 and I'm still watching/listening.

It sounds smooth ! Makes me fee l back to the 90s ! Awesome, I get the Energy OF this music i Will NEVER forget the good TIMES while listening this music! Simply magic

First year in college, I heard this song from VH1. It still as refreshing as back then. ETBG is survival band, Ben and Tracey are very adaptive and musical. Driving is my favorite track from them.

From The Language of Life, 1990

Yes Tracey thorn has about the prettiest voice there is.

Love it! I've had this album and play it often .