We Ride

Infobox Single
Name = We Ride


Artist = Rihanna
from Album = A Girl like Me
Released = September 2006 (U.S.)
23 October, 2006 (UK)
Recorded = Battery Studios,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Format = Digital download, CD single, 12" maxi single
Genre = Pop, R&B
Length = 3:56
Label = Def Jam/SRP
Writer = M. Riddick, T. Hermansen, M. Eriksen
Producer = Stargate
Last single = "Unfaithful"
(2006)
This single = "We Ride"
(2006)
Next single = "Break It Off"
(2006)

"We Ride" is a pop/R&B song written by Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, and Makeba Riddick for pop singer Rihanna's second studio album "A Girl like Me" (2006). The song was confirmed as the album's third single by MTV [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535606/20060705/rihanna.jhtml?headlines=true Confirmed as third single] ] and released in mid-2006 in the United states, where it failed to enter the "Billboard" Hot 100, and is her only single to date to fail to reach the top forty of the chart. Elsewhere, it reached the New Zealand Singles Chart top ten and UK Singles Chart top twenty. Because of its relative underperformance, the 2006 single "Break It Off" featuring Sean Paul began receiving airplay earlier than expected.

ong information

"We Ride" is a pop song with R&B influences which is about a woman's past painful relationship. She sings about how he's been promising that they will be together forever but she continues to describe moments which he did things that could tear them apart. Rihanna sings "when we ride, we ride, its 'til the day that we die". In the second verse she flashes back on the time they had together. The song is written and produced by Stargate, the team that produced and co-wrote Ne-Yo's "So Sick" and "Sexy Love", Mis-Teeq's "Scandalous" as well as Rihanna's previous single "Unfaithful".This song made #90 on "BET's Top 100 Video Countdown of 2006".

Chart performance

"We Ride" first debuted onto the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and eventually peaked at #6 on that chart, which is equivalent to #106 in the Hot 100 chart. "We Ride" never made it onto the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's lowest charting single and is to date her lowest charting single worldwide also. "We Ride" was somewhat stronger in the UK where it became Rihanna's fifth consecutive top 20 hit peaking at #17. "We Ride" reached #24 in Australia, her first song not to reach the top ten, and #45 in Germany. The song performed better in countries like the Finland, Switzerland, Poland and New Zealand where it peaked at #4, #42, #24 and #7 respectively.

Music video

The music video was shot in Miami as well as Florida Keys and was directed by Anthony Mandler. The video features Rihanna "chilling with her girls."On September 18 the video premiered on MuchMusic in Canada. The video premiered on Total Request Live on September 20. The video debuted on "Total Request Live" at #9 on September 25.

Remixes

Stargate produced the main remix commissioned for the single. They also produced the original album version. Lenny Bertoldo and Kurtis Mantronik remixed the song for dance clubs.

# "We Ride" (Radio) – 3:56
# "We Ride" (No Hi Hat) – 3:56
# "We Ride" (Instrumental) – 3:54
# "We Ride" (Stargate Remix) – 3:58
# "We Ride" (Mantronix Club Mix) – 6:25
# "We Ride" (Mantronix Radio Edit) – 4:12
# "We Ride" (Lenny B Club Mix) – 8:24
# "We Ride" (Lenny B Radio Edit) – 3:52
# "We Ride" (Lenny B Dub) – 7:11
# "We Ride" (Runaway Statue Remix) – 2:45 (featuring Layzie Bone and Flesh-n-Bone)
# "We Ride" (Fan-made by upcoming Artist/Producer "L-DeVon") – 4:53 (featuring 2Pac)

Charts

We ride became the first song to not reach top 20 on ECD:UK.

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