Ride (SoMo song)

"Ride"
Single by SoMo
from the album SoMo
Released December 7, 2013[1]
Format Digital download
Genre R&B
Length 4:49
Label Republic
Writer(s)
Producer(s)

"Ride" is a song recorded by American recording artist SoMo. The song serves as the lead single from his debut self titled studio album, SoMo. It was written by SoMo with Donald Tarpley, and produced by the latter.[2] The song was released on December 7, 2013 by Republic Records.

Ride reached a peak of number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 20 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The song's music video was released on January 17, 2014.

The song's official remix features new verses by Ty Dolla Sign and K Camp.

Cover versions

Country singer Chase Rice recorded a version of "Ride" which was a bonus track on his album Ignite the Night. The version was recorded after Rice jokingly tweeted SoMo a Photoshopped cover of his face on SoMo's album, and SoMo tweeted back that Rice should cover a country version of the song.[3] This version reached No. 38 on the Hot Country Songs chart,[4] and has sold 247,000 copies in the US as of April 2015.[5]

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 76
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 20
US Rhythmic Songs (Billboard)[8] 10

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "Ride - Single by SoMo". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ "SoMo - Ride". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Lindsey Caldwell (November 18, 2014). "Country Star Chase Rice Reveals His Celeb Crush and Teases New Music". E online.
  4. ↑ "Chase Rice: Chart History". Billboard.
  5. ↑ Matt Bjorke (April 22, 2015). "Country Music’s Top 30 Digital Singles: Week of April 22, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
  6. ↑ Illegal name entered somo/somo/chart?f=379 "SoMo Album & Song Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Illegal name entered somo/somo/chart?f=367 "SoMo Album & Song Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Illegal name entered somo/somo/chart?f=489 "SoMo Album & Song Chart History: Rhythmic Songs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "American single certifications – SoMo – Ride". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH