"Ride" is a song recorded by American singer

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. The song serves as the

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from his debut self-titled studio album, ''

''. It was written by SoMo with Cody Tarpley, and produced by the latter. The song was released on December 7, 2013 by

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

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. The song's

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was released on January 17, 2014. The song's official remix features new verses by

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and

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Composition

"Ride is written in the key of

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with a slow

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of 58 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of Emaj7Bsus2Dm7Cm7, and SoMo's vocals span from F₃ to D₆.

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Chase Rice version

American

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singer

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recorded a version of "Ride" which was a bonus track on his album ''

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''. 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. This version reached No. 38 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and has sold 413,000 copies in the US as of February 2016.

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References

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