Ride (SoMo song)

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

"Ride"
Single by SoMo
from the album SoMo
Released	December 7, 2013[1]
Genre	R&B
Length	4:49
Label	Republic
Songwriter(s)	Joseph Somers-Morales Donald Cody Tarpley Jr. Craig Klepto Tucker
Producer(s)	Donald Cody Tarpley Jr. Mick Schultz

Ride reached a peak of number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 11 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.

Composition

"Ride is written in the key of G♯ minor with a slow tempo of 58 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of Emaj7 – Bsus2 – D♯m7 – C♯m7, and SoMo's vocals span from F♯₃ to D♯₆.^[3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2013–14) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100[4] 76 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 11 US Rhythmic (Billboard)[6] 12

Year-end charts Chart (2014) Position US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 62 US Rhythmic (Billboard)[8] 42

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[9]	Gold	30,000‡
United States (RIAA)[10]	2× Platinum	2,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Chase Rice version

"Ride"
Song by Chase Rice
from the album Ignite the Night (Party Edition)
Genre	Pop
Length	4:01
Label	Columbia Nashville Dack Janiels
Songwriter(s)	Joseph Somers-Morales Craig “Klepto” Tucker Donald Cody Tarpley Jr.
Producer(s)	Chad Carlson Scott Cooke Chris DeStefano Rhett Akins

American country music 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 record a country version of the song. Somo is featured in Rice's music video.^[11] This version reached No. 38 on the Hot Country Songs chart,^[12] and has sold 413,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.^[13]

Chart performance

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[14]	38

Year-end charts

Chart (2015)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15]	98

Certifications

Certifications for "Ride"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[16]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Ride - Single by SoMo". iTunes Store. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
2. "SoMo - Ride". allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
3. Joseph, Somers-Morales (2014-01-21). "Ride". www.musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
4. "Somo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
5. "Somo Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
6. "Somo Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
7. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
8. "Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2014". Billboard. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
9. "Brazilian single certifications – SoMo – Ride" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
10. "American single certifications – SoMo – Ride". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
11. Lindsey Caldwell (November 18, 2014). "Country Star Chase Rice Reveals His Celeb Crush and Teases New Music". E online.
12. "Chase Rice: Chart History". Billboard.
13. Bjorke, Matt (February 2, 2015). "The Top 30 Digital Country Singles: February 2, 2016". Roughstock.
14. "Chase Rice Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
15. "Best of 2015: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
16. "American single certifications – Chase Rice – Ride". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 31, 2023.