Ride (SoMo song)

"Ride"
Single by SoMo
from the album SoMo
Released December 7, 2013[1]
Format Digital download
Genre R&B
Length 4:49
Label Republic
Writer(s)
Producer(s)

"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 Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Chase Rice version

"Ride"
Song by Chase Rice from the album Ignite the Night (Party Edition)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 4:01
Label
Producer
Ignite the Night (Party Edition) track listing

"Best Beers of Our Lives"
(17)		 "Ride"
(18)

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.
  2. ↑ "SoMo - Ride". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Joseph, Somers-Morales,. "Ride". www.musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
  4. ↑ "SoMo Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 15, 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  5. ↑ "SoMo Album & Song Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  6. ↑ "SoMo Song Chart History: Heatseekers Songs". Billboard (Heatseekers Songs). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  7. ↑ "American single certifications – SoMo – Ride". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  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" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Chase Rice.
  12. ↑ "Best of 2015: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
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