We Ride (Rihanna song)

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"We Ride"

Single by Rihanna
from the album A Girl Like Me
Released	September 2006 23 October 2006 (UK)
Format	Digital download Digital maxi single 12" maxi single
Recorded	Battery Studios, Las Vegas, NV
Genre	Pop-R&B
Length	3:56
Label	Def Jam Records
Writer(s)	M. Riddick, T. Hermansen, M. Eriksen
Producer(s)	Stargate
Chart positions
#8 (New Zealand) #17 (U.K., Ireland) #106 (U.S.)
Rihanna singles chronology
"Unfaithful" (2006)	"We Ride" (2006)	"Break It Off" (2006)

"We Ride" is an R&B song recorded by Rihanna for her second album A Girl Like Me (2006). The song was confirmed as the album's third single by MTV^[1] and was released in mid-2006.

In the U.S. "We Ride" failed to enter the Hot 100, but performed somewhat stronger elsewhere. It also did not enter the Canadian Singles Chart, but reached the UK Singles Chart top twenty. Because of its relative underperformance, the single "Break It Off" (2006, featuring Sean Paul) began receiving airplay earlier than expected.^{[citation needed]}

1 Song information
2 Music video
3 Remixes
4 Tracklist
5 Charts
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Song information

"We Ride" is a Pop/R&B song which is about a woman's past painful relationship. She sings about how he's been promising that they will be together forever but she continues to describe moments which he did things that could tear them apart. Rihanna sings "when we ride, we ride, its 'til the day that we die". In the second verse she flashes back on the time they had together. The song is written and produced by Stargate, the team that produced and co-wrote Ne-Yo's "So Sick" and "Sexy Love", Mis-Teeq's "Scandalous" as well as Rihanna's previous single "Unfaithful".

[edit] Music video

Rihanna in the music video.

The music video was shot in Miami as well as Florida Keys and was directed by Anothony Mandler. The video features Rihanna "chilling with her girls." On September 18 the video premiered on MuchMusic in Canada. The video premiered on Total Request Live on September 20. The video debuted on Total Request Live at #9 on September 25.

[edit] Remixes

The main remix commissioned for the single was produced by Stargate (who also produced Ne-Yo's "Sexy Love hit). Lenny Bertoldo, and a few others have been lined up for remixes of the song too.

An official fan-made 2Pac remix exists also.

[edit] Tracklist

Promo Single

"We Ride" (Radio Edit) — 3:56
"We Ride" (Album Version) — 3:56
"We Ride" (Stargate Remix Edit) — 4:01

UK Single

"We Ride" (No Hi Hat) — 3:56
"Unfaithful" (Nu Soul Remix) — 6:55

Maxi Single

"We Ride" (Album Version) — 3:56
"We Ride" (Lenny B Radio Mix) — 3:55
"We Ride" (Lenny B Club Mix) — 8:27
"We Ride" (Mantronix Radio Mix) — 4:15
"We Ride" (Mantronix Club Mix) — 6:29

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
MTV Asia HitList	4
New Zealand Singles Chart	8
Philippines Singles Chart	13
Lithuania Singles Chart	16
UK Singles Chart	17
Irish Singles Chart	17
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	24
Poland Singles Chart	24
South Africa Singles Chart	33
Swiss Singles Chart	42
German Singles Chart	45
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	27
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	34
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	84