On July 14,1997, “Columbia” label released “Drive”, the debut Bic Runga studio album. It was recorded in 1997, at “Revolver” in Auckland New Zealand, Brooklyn and Los Angeles, and was produced by Bic Runga. At the 32^nd “New Zealand Music Awards”, “Drive” won “Music Award for Album of the Year”. It was certified 7 x Platinum in New Zealand.

Personnel:

• Bic Runga – lead vocals, guitars, xylophone, Mellotron, drums, backing vocals, arrangements, mixing
• Andrew Thorne – guitars, backing vocals
• Gary Verberne – guitars
• Matt Wallace – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
• Duncan Haynes – Rhodes piano, string arrangements
• Malcolm Smith – keyboards, additional samples 
• Davey Fargher – bass guitar
• Aaron McDonald – bass
• Wayne Bell – drums, percussion
• Josh Freese – drums
• Jay Foulkes – percussion
• Kate Walshe – violin 
• Sarah Yates – strings
• Sally-Anne Brown – cello 
• Paul Casserly – samples 
• Peter Asher – backing vocals
• Boh Runga – backing vocals 
• Niall Macken – additional arrangements
• Nick Seymour – additional arrangements
• Karl Steven – additional arrangements
• Chris van de Geer – engineer
• Simon Sheridan – engineer
• Matt Wallace – engineer, mixing, mastering 
• Matt Tait – engineer assistant
• Tom Banghart – engineer assistant, mixing assistant

Track listing:

All tracks by Bic Runga,

1. Drive
2. Sway
3. Hey
4. Bursting Through
5. Swim
6. Roll into One
7. Suddenly Strange
8. Sorry
9. Heal
10. Delight
11. Without You