Let It Ride (Bachman-Turner Overdrive song)

"Let It Ride"

Single by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
from the album Bachman-Turner Overdrive II
A-side	"Takin' Care of Business"
Released	January 1974
Recorded	1973
Genre	Rock
Length	4:27
Label	Mercury
Writer(s)	Randy Bachman, Fred Turner
Producer(s)	Randy Bachman

"Let It Ride" is a 1974 single by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, written by Randy Bachman and Fred Turner, with the latter providing lead vocals. The song peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song was inspired by a traffic jam their tour bus was in. The bus had been boxed in by a couple of trucks. When the band got off at a truck stop, they confronted the drivers of the trucks, whose response was that they should take it easy and just let it ride.

The song was covered by Canadian rock band Big Sugar on their 1998 album, Heated. The song was also covered by Canadian country music group Farmer's Daughter on their 1998 album This Is the Life. Their version was released as a single in 1999 and peaked at number 30 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[1]

Uses in popular culture

It appears in the 2013 film Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.

References

↑ "RPM Country Tracks". RPM. September 13, 1999. Retrieved September 8, 2013.

External links

, Let it Ride by Bachman-Turner Overdrive Songfacts

Bachman–Turner Overdrive

Billy Chapman Blair Thornton Brent Howard Fred Turner David Reimer Garry Peterson Jim Clench John Cody Marc LaFrance Mick Dalla-Vee Randy Bachman Randy Murray Robbie Bachman Tim Bachman Vince Ditrich

Studio albums	Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1973) Bachman–Turner Overdrive II (1973) Not Fragile (1974) Four Wheel Drive (1975) Head On (1975) Freeways (1977) Street Action (1978) Rock n' Roll Nights (1979) Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1984) Trial by Fire: Greatest and Latest (1996)

Live albums	BTO Live – Japan Tour (1977) Live Live Live (1986) Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live (1994) Motorcity Detroit USA Live (1997) King Biscuit Flower Hour: Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1998)

Compilation albums	Best of BTO (So Far) (1976) You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (album) (1983) BTO's Greatest (1986) The Anthology (1993) Takin' Care of Business (1998) Best of B.T.O. (Remastered Hits) (1998) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive (2000) The Very Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive (2001) Bachman–Turner Overdrive Gold (2005)

Singles	"Blue Collar" (1973) "Let It Ride" (1974) "Takin' Care of Business" (1974) "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" (1974) "Roll On Down the Highway" (1975) "Hey You" (1975) "Gimme Your Money Please" (1976) "Take It Like a Man" (1976) "Lookin' Out for Number 1" (1976) "Down to the Line" (1976) "My Wheels Won't Turn" (1977) "Shotgun Rider" (1977) "Down the Road" (1978) "Jamaica" (1979) "Heartaches" (1979) "Service with a Smile" (1984) "For the Weekend" (1984) "The House of the Rising Sun" (1996)

Farmer's Daughter

Jake Leiske Angela Kelman Shauna Rae Samograd

Studio albums	Girls Will Be Girls Makin' Hay This Is the Life

Compilation albums	The Best of Farmer's Daughter

Notable singles	"Son of a Preacher Man" "Cornfields or Cadillacs" "Now That I'm On My Own" "You Said" "Blue Horizon" "Let It Ride" "Walkin' in the Sunshine"