"Ride for You" is a song by American girl group

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, written by

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, Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean, and

Adonis Shropshire Taurian Adonis Shropshire is an American songwriter and record producer. Beginning his career in 2001, Shropshire has written or produced numerous hit records for various artists, including Mariah Carey's " I Stay In Love", Usher's " My Boo", ...

for the group's 2006 self-titled debut album, and produced by Cox, with Wyldcard and Shropshire serving as additional producers. Recorded during the production of the third season of the

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television series ''

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'', the downtempo song was released as the album's second and final single in winter 2006 and peaked at number 78 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Background

"Ride for You" was written and produced by

along with frequent partners Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean, and

. The recording of the song was tracked while filming the third season of ''

''. When asked about the process, band member

Shannon Bex Shannon Rae Bex (born March 22, 1980) is an American singer, dancer, and reality show personality. She was also a member of girl group Danity Kane. Early life Bex was born in Gresham, Oregon, to parents Pamela and Marshall. She has an older b ...

explained, "We went to the studio and he sat us down and played the track he got the vibe for us and figured out what our style was and he came back with an amazing song. It's just about being in love being in that relationship and being in those wearing times and just not giving up on each other, riding for each other."

Chart performance

"Ride for You" debuted and peaked at number 78 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the week of September 9, 2006 – the same week that parent album ''Danity Kane'' was released. After being released as a single, it peaked at #37 on the

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chart in January 2007.

Music video

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for "Ride for You" was directed by

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, and filmed in various locations throughout

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on November 3, 2006. The edited video debuted on

's countdown show ''

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'' on December 5, 2006. Thematically, the video deals with the four seasons. It begins with Aundrea Fimbres leaving her home in a summer vignette. After singing her verse, Fimbres enters fall and joins

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for a walk through the chorus. During

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's verse, Fimbres and O'Day leave fall behind and join Richard under an umbrella on a late fall/early winter city street. The three of them then enter winter where they find Bex and D. Woods. The five of them sing the chorus and enter spring right as D. Wood's verse starts. At the end of the video, when D. Woods does her final note, the five women of Danity Kane meet up with their men and the video ends with beauty shots of each of the girls.

Track listing

All tracks written by

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, and

Credits and personnel

– vocals *

– instruments, producer, writer *

– co-producer, writer * Aundrea Fimbres – vocals * Kev-O – assistant engineer *

– vocals *

– vocal producer, writer * Sam Thomas – engineer * D. Woods – vocals

Charts

References

{{Danity Kane 2006 singles Danity Kane songs Bad Boy Records singles Songs written by Bryan-Michael Cox Songs written by Adonis Shropshire Music videos directed by Marcus Raboy Songs written by Kendrick Dean 2006 songs