"Ride for You" is a song by American girl group

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. It was written by

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, and

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for the group's debut album ''

'' (2006), while production was helmed by Cox along with co-producer Wyldcard. The ballad was released as the album's second single in fall 2006. The song peaked at number 78 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Release

"Ride for You" was shown on a ''

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'' episode. It was shown that Aubrey had trouble during the recording process. It also showed Aundrea having relationship problems, which ultimately led to her breaking up with her longtime boyfriend. The week that the album was released, "Ride for You" made it onto the charts from downloads at #78. "Ride for You" was chosen at the second single through fan voting polls. The single has not had the success that their previous single " Show Stopper" had. However this could partly be due to the lack of promotion.

Music video

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for "Ride for You" was directed by

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, and was filmed in various locations throughout

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on November 3, 2006. The edited video debuted on ''

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'' on December 5, 2006. Thematically, the video deals with the four seasons. It begins with Aundrea Fimbres leaving her home in a summer vignette. After singing her verse, Fimbres enters fall and joins

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for a walk through the chorus. During Dawn Richard's verse, Fimbres and O'Day leave fall behind and join Richard under an umbrella on a late fall/early winter city street. The three of them then enter winter where they find

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and D. Woods. The five of them sing the chorus and enter spring right as D. Wood's verse starts. At the end of the video, when D. Woods does her final note, the five women of Danity Kane meet up with their men and the video ends with beauty shots of each of the girls. The video peaked at #5 on ''

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'' making it less successful than " Show Stopper" which peaked at #2. Prior to its release, a behind the scenes segment aired video snippets of Shannon doing ballet dancing. However, the final video showed none which upset many fans.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Ride for You." # "Ride for You" (Album Version) # "Ride for You" (Video) Promo CDS #"Ride for You" (Radio Edit) #"Ride for You" (Album Version) #"Ride for You" (Instrumental)

Official Remixes

* Album Version - 4:11 * Radio Edit - 3:58 * Instrumental - 4:11 * Lenny Ridin' Club Remix - 6:43 * Brutal Bill Mix - 7:24 * Josh Harris Club Mix - 7:07 * Sultry Remix - 4:14 (Findable on the official site of the remixer, Pull)

Chart performance

References

{{Danity Kane 2006 singles Danity Kane songs Bad Boy Records singles Songs written by Bryan-Michael Cox Songs written by Adonis Shropshire Music videos directed by Marcus Raboy Songs written by Kendrick Dean 2006 songs