Ride It

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"Ride It"
Single by Geri Halliwell
from the album Passion
Released	November 22, 2004
Format	CD
Recorded	2004
Genre	Britpop, Dance
Length	3:46
Label	EMI
Chart positions
#4 (UK)
Geri Halliwell singles chronology
"Calling" (2001)	"Ride It" (2004)	"Desire" (2005)
UK CD2 cover

"Ride It" was the first single to be released from Geri Halliwell's third album, Passion. Released on November 22nd, 2004, this single was Geri's first single release in three years.

[edit] Song information

Geri dropped the "Halliwell" from her name and became known as the rather diva-esque "Geri" for the release of this disco number.

The video was camp and lively, and the promotion was perfect. However, there was strong competition from Girls Aloud, Destiny's Child and Lemar, which resulted in a final chart position of #4 (from a midweek position of #2), with 19,196 copies sold in its first week. "Ride It" went on to sell 45,000 copies, and was the 143rd best selling single of 2004. The single was very popular throughout Europe, Asia and South America, especially in the Clubs, a remix of the track was later included on several Dance Compilations in the US and had big exposure on Music Channels, especially on MTV where "Making The Video" was showed to promote the single.

[edit] Tracklisting and formats

• European/UK CD1

1. "Ride It" - 3:46
2. "It's Raining Men" - 4:18

• European/UK CD2

1. "Ride It" - 3:46
2. "Ride It" [Hex Hector 7" Mix] - 3:45
3. "Ride It" [Ian Masterson Extended] - 6:33
4. "Ride It" [Maloney Remix] - 5:35

• Australian CD

1. "Ride It" - 3:46
2. "Ride It" [Hex Hector 7" Mix] - 3:45
3. "Ride It" [Ian Masterson Extended] - 6:33
4. "Ride It" [Maloney Remix] - 5:35

[edit] Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Ukraine Top 40 Singles	1
Russian Top 20	2
Spain Singles Chart	3
Argentina Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart	4
UK Dance Chart	1
Greece Singles Chart	9
Ireland Singles Chart	19
Australia Singles Chart	67
Germany Singles Chart	73
Mexican Top 100	97