Free Ride (song)
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| "Free Ride" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by Edgar Winter Group | ||
| from the album They Only Come Out at Night | ||
| Released | November 1972 | |
| Genre | Rock, hard rock | |
| Length | 3:08 | |
Free Ride is a song written by Dan Hartman and performed by the The Edgar Winter Group. The single was a top 20 U.S. hit in 1973. The song is featured in the movies Air America, Dazed and Confused, Jack Frost, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Days of Thunder and in the video games Prey and Cars. It is also used in the trailer for College Road Trip, as well as the trailer for the 2009 film version of The Damned United. It was covered by R&B group Tavares (1975) and Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline (1995). Hartman himself covered the song later in his career. Hartman's cover as a solo artist appear in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie.
The 45 version is a different recording than the LP version, but both versions clock in at 3:08.
On February 20, 2007, American Idol contestant Rudy Cárdenas opened season 6 of the television show by performing a version of Free Ride. The performance was met with less than enthusiastic reviews from the show's judges, and Rudy was one of the first contestants to be cut from the competition.
The song appears as a playable track in the music video game Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades A variation of the song is also used in advertising by New Zealand digital TV provider Freeview.
The song is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned.
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