"Ride" is a song recorded by American singer
SoMo. The song serves as the
lead single
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Release ...
from his debut self-titled studio album, ''
SoMo''. It was written by SoMo with Cody Tarpley, and produced by the latter. 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 11 on the US
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
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. The song's
music video
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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
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of 58 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of E
maj7B
sus2Dm
7Cm
7, and SoMo's vocals span from F
3 to D
6.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Chase Rice version
American
country music
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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. Somo is featured in Rice’s music video. This version reached No. 38 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and has sold 413,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.
Chart performance
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
{{Chase Rice
Contemporary R&B ballads
SoMo songs
2013 singles
2013 songs
Columbia Nashville Records singles
Republic Records singles