We Ride

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For the Mary J. Blige song, see We Ride (I See the Future).
“We Ride”
“We Ride” cover
Single by Rihanna
from the album A Girl like Me
Released September 2006 (U.S.)
23 October 2006 (UK)
Format Digital download, CD single, 12" maxi single
Recorded Battery Studios,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 3:56
Label Def Jam/SRP
Writer(s) M. Riddick, T. Hermansen, M. Eriksen
Producer Stargate
Rihanna singles chronology
"Unfaithful"
(2006)		 "We Ride"
(2006)		 "Break It Off"
(2006)

"We Ride" is a pop/R&B song written by Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, and Makeba Riddick for pop singer Rihanna's second studio album A Girl like Me (2006). The song was confirmed as the album's third single by MTV[1] and released in mid-2006 in the United states, where it failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100. Elsewhere, it reached the New Zealand Singles Chart top ten and UK Singles Chart top twenty. Because of its relative underperformance, the 2006 single "Break It Off" featuring Sean Paul began receiving airplay earlier than expected.

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[edit] Song information

"We Ride" is a pop song with R&B influences 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". This song made #90 on BET's Top 100 Video Countdown of 2006.


[edit] Chart performance

"We Ride" first debuted onto the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and eventually peaked at #6 on that chart, which is equivalent to #106 in the Hot 100 chart. "We Ride" never made it onto the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's lowest charting single and is to date her lowest charting single worldwide also. "We Ride" was somewhat stronger in the UK where it became Rihanna's fifth consecutive top 20 hit peaking at #17. A reason why the single may have failed may be due to the fact that many fans had pushed for "Break It Off" to be released as the third single, but it was instead released as the successor to "We Ride", which may have caused the song to perform poorly on the charts. "We Ride" reached #24 in Australia, her first song not to reach the top ten, and #45 in Germany. The song performed better in countries like the Philippines, Switzerland, Poland and New Zealand where it peaked at #2, #3, #4 and #7 respectively.

[edit] Music video

Rihanna in the music video.
Rihanna in the music video.

The music video was shot in Miami as well as Florida Keys and was directed by Anthony 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

Stargate produced the main remix commissioned for the single. They also produced the original album version. Lenny Bertoldo and Kurtis Mantronik remixed the song for dance clubs.

  1. "We Ride" (Radio) – 3:56
  2. "We Ride" (No Hi Hat) – 3:56
  3. "We Ride" (Instrumental) – 3:54
  4. "We Ride" (Stargate Remix) – 3:58
  5. "We Ride" (Mantronix Club Mix) – 6:25
  6. "We Ride" (Mantronix Radio Edit) – 4:12
  7. "We Ride" (Mantronix Dub) – 6:25
  8. "We Ride" (Lenny B Club Mix) – 8:24
  9. "We Ride" (Lenny B Radio Edit) – 3:52
  10. "We Ride" (Lenny B Dub) – 7:11
  11. "We Ride" (Runaway Statue Remix) – 2:45 (featuring Layzie Bone and Flesh-n-Bone)
  12. "We Ride" (Fan-made) – 4:53 (featuring 2Pac)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 24
Belgian Singles Chart 26
Dutch Singles Chart 30
Euro 200 Chart[2] 27
Finnish Singles Chart 4
German Singles Chart 45
Irish Singles Chart 17
Italy Singles Chart[3] 33
New Zealand Singles Chart 7
Polish National Top 50[4] 24
Romanian Singles Chart 22
Swiss Singles Chart 42
UK Singles Chart 17
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles 7[5]
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
Preceded by
"Party People" by Altar featuring Jeanie Tracy		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
February 3, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Illegal" by Shakira featuring Carlos Santana

[edit] References

  1. ^ Confirmed as third single
  2. ^ Euro 200
  3. ^ Italy FIMI Singles Chart
  4. ^ Polish National Top 50
  5. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales


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