We Ride

"We Ride"
Song

"We Ride" is a song performed by Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna. It is included in her sophomore album A Girl Like Me. It was confirmed by Rihanna herself on an interview on June 29 2006 by MTV News that this will be her 3rd single. Rihanna says that, "it's her favorite song on the album." She also says that she chose this song because it was her most downloaded song on iTunes other than "SOS" and "Unfaithful". The song was released to Radio on August 21. A Video was shot the following week and exclusively premiered on AOL Music September 9, 2006. [1]

Song information

"We Ride" is a Pop/R&B song 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, as well as Rihanna's previous single Unfaithful.

As for remixes for the song, Lenny Bertoldo has been lined up, with more following.

Music video

The music video was shot in Miami and the Florida Keys and was directed by Anothony Mandler. The video features Rihanna "chilling with her girls." On September 18th the video premiered on MuchMusic in Canada. The video premiered on Total Request Live on [September 20]].

Chart performance

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
U.S Billboard Hot 100
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Official UK Urban Chart	20
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart
Australia ARIA Singles

Chart trajectories

U.S AOL Singles
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	68	47	26	13	9	7	5	3	5	8	10	14	17

ARC Weekly Top 40
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Position	39	36	32

External links

• Video on YouTube (Music video)