| "Ride wit Me" | ||||
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| Single by Nelly featuring City Spud | ||||
| from the album Country Grammar | ||||
| Released | April 24, 2001 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | October 1999 | |||
| Genre | R&B, pop | |||
| Length | 4:51 (album version) 4:13 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Universal Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Nelly, El DeBarge, William DeBarge, Jason "Jay E" Epperson Etterlene Jordan, Eugene Webb | |||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||
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"Ride wit Me" is the third single from Nelly's album Country Grammar. It features City Spud and was released on April 24, 2001.
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The song features a sound very similar to Get Down on It by the band Kool and the Gang. It was featured in the film Soul Plane, Scary Movie 2 during the end credits, very briefly in the films Are We There Yet? and Bride and Prejudice, and prominently in the movie Osmosis Jones.
It was featured in Scrubs (episode "My Fruit Cups"), very briefly in Friends ("The One With Chandler's Dad"), and King of the Hill ("Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story"). In a scene from the Glee episode "Throwdown", New Directions can be seen having a jam session, and they sing the first chorus and first verse of this song. Accompanying the jam are Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) on drums, and Noah "Puck" Puckerman (Mark Salling) on guitar. In 2010, it was featured in The Cleveland Show (episode "Cleveland's Angels").
The official remix was also produced by Jason "Jay E" Epperson and then placed in Nelly's remix album, "Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention". It also features City Spud's verse from the original & John Mayer on the guitar, it samples Mayer's single, "No Such Thing".
The music video won Best Rap Video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2001, Due to his jail sentence, City Spud did not appear in the video. The video also received a nomination for Viewer's Choice. A Philadelphia 76ers version of the song was released during the 2001 NBA Finals. The video is mainly based on the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, although references to the 1980s TV show Dukes of Hazzard and the film Cool Hand Luke are also present in the video.
[1] US Promo
UK Vinyl, 12"
UK Vinyl, 12", Promo
Europe Single
The single performed well in the United States it was his highest charting single at that point it peaked at 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 & also peaked at number 3 in the United Kingdom.
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 34 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart[2] | 3 |
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