Live performance at Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, Japan 10th October 1975.
“Devil Gate Drive” – Single by Suzi Quatrofrom the album Quatro
B-side “In the Morning”
Released 10 February 1974
Label RAK Records
Songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman
Producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman
Charted No.1 in UK; No.1 in Australia; No.1 in Ireland; No.1 in Norway; No.2 in West Germany; No.14 in Austria; No.5 in New Zealand
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.
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.
This song describes a trip to Devil Gate Drive, a fictional place where all the kids get their kicks. In a In an interview with Suzi Quatro, she said: “It’s the place where you go when you’re a teenager, and your parents say, ‘Where are you going?’ ‘I’m going out.’ ‘Don’t you dare go to such-and-such.’ That’s ‘Devil Gate Drive,’ and that’s where you go. Of course, as soon as your parents say, ‘Don’t go,’ that’s where you go.”
