| Ride | |
| Cover: | SoMo - Ride.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | SoMo |
| Album: | SoMo |
| Released: | December 7, 2013[1] |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Length: | 4:49 |
| Label: | Republic |
| Chronology: | SoMo |
"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 Cody 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 11 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.
"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 Emaj7Bsus2Dm7Cm7, and SoMo's vocals span from F3 to D6.[3]
| Chart (2014) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] | 62 | |
| US Rhythmic (Billboard)[5] | 42 |
| Ride | |
| Type: | Song |
| Artist: | Chase Rice |
| Genre: | Pop |
American country music 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.[6] This version reached No. 38 on the Hot Country Songs chart,[7] and has sold 413,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.[8]