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Drag

Release date: 23rd November 1998

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About This Track

'Drag' by Hole is a 1998 track from the album 'Malibu - Single'. The lyrics present a flirtatious, restless address, tying together sexual swagger, a drive through Malibu, and a sense of emptiness. In the shared introduction and chorus, two voices trade phrases of breathy, rhythmic emphasis, while the verses narrow in on direct lines of appraisal and an insistence on keeping the car moving past the speaker’s own doubts. The refrain turns that momentum into something sticky and compulsive, as if desire and motion are inseparable.

"Drag" is a track by Hole, from the album Malibu - Single, released 23rd November 1998. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Hole.

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Drag

[Intro: Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur]

Ah-ah, ah (Ah, ah)

Ah-ah, ah (Ah, ah)

Ah-ah, ah (Ah, ah)

Ah-ah, ah (Ah, ah)

[Verse 1: Courtney Love]

You're so sexy

When you drive, so glad

You're alive, empty

If I were you, I'd drive on, Malibu

[Chorus: Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur]

All alone in the city, love is blind

All alone in the city, love's a fight (In the sunrise)

I don't care, baby, tell me what to do (I want that light)

Drag me, oh, drag me down to you (Got that sunny life)

Drag me, oh, drag me down to you

[Post-Chorus: Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur]

Ah-ah, ah (Ah, ah)

Ah-ah, ah (Ah, ah)

[Verse 2: Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur]

You're so sexy (Ah, ah)

When you drive, so glad (Ah, ah)

You're alive in the rest of me (I am lost in you)

What you'd do? I'd drive on, Malibu (I am lost with you)

Drag

If I were you, I'd drag me

Where were you?

[Pre-Chorus: Melisaa Auf der Maur]

(Yeah, hey!)

[Chorus: Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur]

All alone in the city, love is blind

I don't care, baby, tell me what to do (In the sunrise)

I'll never, ever dump you (I want that light)

Drag me, oh, drag me into you ( Got that sunny life)

Drag me, oh, drag me down to you (I want life)

Drag me, oh, drag me down to you

[Bridge: Courtney Love & Melissa Auf der Maur]

I pity all of you tonight

I pity everyone (I want that light)

I pity everyone alive (I want that light)

I pity all of you alive (I want that light)

I pity everyone

I pity everyone alive

[Outro: Courtney Love]

Drive, baby, drive all the way to Malibu

Drive all the way to Malibu

Drop everything that wasn't you

Drive all the way to Malibu

Drop every dime that wasn't you

Drive all the way to Malibu

I pity everyone tonight

I pity everyone

(I pity all of you tonight)

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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Jordon Zadorozny, Melissa Auf der Maur
    Producer
    Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Melissa Auf der Maur
    Engineer
    Joe Barresi
    Bass
    Melissa Auf der Maur
    Drums
    Samantha Maloney
    Guitar
    Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson
    Vocals
    Courtney Love
    Background Vocals
    Melissa Auf der Maur
    Lacquer Cut Engineer
    Jack Adams
    Mixing Engineer
    Joe Barresi
    Recording Engineer
    Joe Barresi
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