Ride It (Jay Sean song)

Infobox Single
Name = Ride It


Artist = Jay Sean
from Album = My Own Way
B-side = Just A Friend
Released = 21 January 2008 (UK)
Format = Digital download, CD single
Recorded = 2007
Genre = R&B, Pop
Length = 3:13
Label = 2Point9/Jayded
Writer = Jay Sean, Alan Sampson
Producer = Alan Sampson
Certification =
Last single = "Stolen"
(2004)
This single = "Ride It"
(2008)
Next single = "Maybe"
(2008)
Misc =

"Ride It" is the first single from Jay Sean's second album "My Own Way". It was written by Jay Sean himself and Alan Sampson. It was released on 21 January 2008. The song has since reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number eleven. It has also been charted on several other European charts including the Bulgarian National Top 40, Polish National Top 50 and Romanian Singles Chart.

Information

Ride it was originally planned to be released in the United Kingdom on the 5 November 2007 followed by the album My Own Way on 3 December 2007. However, music channels were unwilling to play it at the time and eventually reached an agreement to play it extensively from December onwards, consequently Jay pushed back the single's release date as well as the album's release date. Fact|date=August 2008

The song produced by Alan Sampson [ [http://www.myspace.com/sampsonmusic Official MySpace of the producer Alan Sampson] ] became Song of the Week on London's Kiss 100 Radio on 10 December 2007 and was also playlisted on Capital FM, Choice FM, Galaxy, BBC 1xtra, and being featured on BBC Radio 1's B-list. It reached the number 1 spot on MTV's The Base Chart Show.

Music video

The video for the single was shot on the 12 August 2007 in the central London nightclub Mo*Vida. On 28 September 2007, the video was exclusively available to watch on 3G mobile handsets and on 9 October 2007 was officially released to the internet by 2Point9 Records. The new video featured Jay Sean with a new style after being out of the limelight for nearly three and a half years.

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Chart performance

Ride it was released in the United Kingdom on the 21 January 2008 debuting on the charts at number 11. It debuted at number 13 on the UK Download Chart as well. By the second week, it fell to number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. It is his first solo effort to miss the top 10 however has stayed in the top 40 longer than any of his other songs. Furthermore it has charted in other European countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Portugal.

Charts

Music video

On 28 September 2007, the video was exclusively available to watch on 3G mobile handsets. A clip of the video was added to the 2Point9 YouTube Channel on 29 September 2007.

By 9 October 2007, the full video was added on the 2Point9 YouTube Channel. The video premiered on The Box and other music channels in December. It starts off with Jay Sean arriving outside a club, the video is interspersed with shote of Jay in a dark hallway. He flirts with a woman and then a dance ensues, the video ends with the girl arriving by his side.

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