“drivers license” is the first single and third track on Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album SOUR. It is a possible love ode about Rodrigo moving on from her previous relationship with Joshua Bassett, who is now supposedly dating Sabrina Carpenter, by doing the one last thing that she promised him—getting...
[Verse 1]
I got my driver's license last week
Just like we always talked about
'Cause you were so excited for me
To finally drive up to your house
But today, I drove through the suburbs
Crying 'cause you weren't around
[Verse 2]
And you're probably with that blonde girl
Who always made me doubt
She's so much older than me
She's everything I'm insecure about
Yeah, today, I drove through the suburbs
'Cause how could I ever love someone else?
[Chorus]
And I know we weren't perfect, but I've never felt this way for no one
And I just can't imagine how you could be so okay now that I'm gone
Guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me
'Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street
[Verse 3]
And all my friends are tired
Of hearing how much I miss you, but
I kinda feel sorry for them
'Cause they'll never know you the way that I do
Yeah, today, I drove through the suburbs
And pictured I was driving home to you
[Chorus]
And I know we weren't perfect, but I've never felt this way for no one, oh
And I just can't imagine how you could be so okay now that I'm gone
I guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me
'Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street
[Bridge]
Red lights, stop signs
I still see your face in the white cars, front yards
Can't drive past the places we used to go to
'Cause I still fuckin' love you, babe (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)
Sidewalks we crossed
I still hear your voice in the traffic, we're laughing
Over all the noise
God, I'm so blue, know we're through
But I still fuckin' love you, babe (Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh)
[Chorus]
I know we weren't perfect, but I've never felt this way for no one
And I just can't imagine how you could be so okay now that I'm gone
Guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me
'Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street
[Outro]
Yeah, you said forever, now I drive alone past your street
drivers license was written by Dan Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo.
drivers license was produced by Dan Nigro.
Olivia Rodrigo released drivers license on Fri Jan 08 2021.
When I came up with “drivers license,” I was going through a heartbreak that was so confusing to me, so multifaceted…Putting all those feelings into a song made everything seem so much simpler and clearer—and at the end of the day, I think that’s really the whole purpose of songwriting. There’s noth...
I actually wrote this song after listening to one of my favourite artists' new EP. Her name is Gracie Abrams and the EP is called minor. It was so great, I was so inspired, I literally just drove around my neighbourhood listening to it for like an hour and I was so moved that I went home and I wrote...
It broke several. First it broke the record for the most streams by a non-holiday song in a day. The next day it broke its own record. “drivers license” is the only song to hold the top two places.
Second it broke the record for Alexa’s globally most requested song in a day.
Lastly it earned the r...
“drivers license” debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 during the week ending January 14, 2021. Its 76.1 million first-week streams in the US are the most ever for a debut single by a female artist.
The song spent its first eight weeks at the top of the chart, becoming the seventh song in history—and the f...
“drivers license” was certified 6× platinum by the RIAA on June 30, 2023.
I wrote it about six months ago. I was aimlessly driving around my neighbourhood listening to sad music and bringing up these emotions I hadn’t felt in a while. I’d just got my license, so I was relishing my freedom. When I got home, I sat down at the piano — and I love songs that feel like a diary...
“drivers license” was first performed live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on February 4, 2021:
Other notable live performances include:
Grammy Museum (February 6, 2021)
MTV Push (May 3, 2021)
The BRIT Awards (May 11, 2021)
Saturday Night Live (May 15, 2021)
SOUR Prom (June 29, 202...
To me, “drivers license” was never one of those songs that I would think: ‘It’s a hit song.’ It’s just a little slice of my heart, this really sad song. It was really cool for me to see evidence of how authenticity and vulnerability really connect with people. And everyone always says that, but you...
The song was awarded with the Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2022 GRAMMYs:
Congrats Best Pop Solo Performance winner - "drivers license" @oliviarodrigo 💜WATCH NOW 🎶: https://t.co/iZP2mSPJkJ #GRAMMYPremiere #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/VosS8thQo7— Recording Academy / GRAMMYs (@RecordingAcad) April 3...