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"Ride"
Song

"Ride" is a song recorded by American singer SoMo. The song serves as the lead single from his debut self-titled studio album, SoMo. It was written by SoMo with Donald Tarpley, and produced by the latter.[2] The song was released on December 7, 2013 by Republic Records.

Ride reached a peak of number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 20 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song's music video was released on January 17, 2014.

The song's official remix features new verses by Ty Dolla Sign and K Camp.

Composition

"Ride is written in the key of G♯ minor with a slow tempo of 58 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of Emaj7 – Bsus2 – D♯m7 – C♯m7, and SoMo's vocals span from F♯3 to D♯6.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 76
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 11
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[6] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Chase Rice version

"Ride"
Song

American bro-country singer Chase Rice recorded a version of "Ride" which was a bonus track on his album Ignite the Night. The version was recorded after Rice jokingly tweeted SoMo a Photoshopped cover of his face on SoMo's album, and SoMo tweeted back that Rice should record a country version of the song.[8] This version reached No. 38 on the Hot Country Songs chart,[9] and has sold 413,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.[10]

Chart performance

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[11] 38

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 98

References

  1. ^ "Ride - Single by SoMo". iTunes Store. Retrieved April 7, 2014. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  2. ^ "SoMo - Ride". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ^ Joseph, Somers-Morales,. "Ride". www.musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2016-02-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "SoMo Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 15, 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  5. ^ "SoMo Album & Song Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2015-12-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  6. ^ "SoMo Song Chart History: Heatseekers Songs". Billboard (Heatseekers Songs). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  7. ^ "American single certifications – SoMo – Ride". Recording Industry Association of America.
  8. ^ Lindsey Caldwell (November 18, 2014). "Country Star Chase Rice Reveals His Celeb Crush and Teases New Music". E online.
  9. ^ "Chase Rice: Chart History". Billboard.
  10. ^ Bjorke, Matt (February 2, 2015). "The Top 30 Digital Country Singles: February 2, 2016". Roughstock.
  11. ^ "Chase Rice Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Best of 2015: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
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