We ride
| "We Ride" | |
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| Rihanna | |
| publication | August 21, 2006 |
| length | 3:56 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , contemporary R&B , dancehall |
| Author (s) | Makeba Riddick, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen |
| music | Stargate |
| album | A girl like me |
We Ride is a song by the Barbadian singer Rihanna from her second studio album A Girl Like Me (2006). It was written by Makeba Riddick, Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Hermansen and produced by Stargate . The song was released on August 21, 2006 as the third single on the album. In New Zealand was We Ride a Top Ten hit, and in the UK the single reached the Top 20. In the United States the song missed the Billboard Hot 100 .
background
We Ride was recorded in 2006 while working on the album A Girl Like Me at Battery Studios in New York City , Loft Recording Studios in Bronxville and Blue Wave Studios in Rihanna's home in Saint Philip, Barbados, and Hinge Studios in Chicago . We Ride was on 21 August 2006 on her record label Def Jam Recordings as a CD , digital download "published -Maxi Single On the B-side to. And 12 We Ride appeared the" Nu Soul "- Remix the previous single Unfaithful Stylistically settled. For We Ride, Rihanna was inspired by the Caribbean music of her homeland, drawing on the musical genres of previous titles with the influence of Jamaican dancehall and contemporary R&B .
"Of all my songs available on iTunes , this is the third most downloaded song, behind ' SOS (Rescue Me) ' and 'Unfaithful'."
content
According to Rihanna, We Ride is about a boy who promises to:
- We Ride: Chorus
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- Translation by We Ride
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"And then he breaks all his promise, which is sad - but it's summer and I don't care if the boy breaks his promise because I can just do my thing, chill with my girls and have fun." Rihanna explains further: “This is how my summer time runs constantly. Every summer you remember a little relationship and connect it with a song. For me, We Ride is one of those songs. "
Music video
The music video for We Ride was in the summer of 2006, directed by Anthony Mandler in Miami and the Florida Keys turned. The video shows Rihanna in different outfits in several scenes: on the beach, driving a car, in the discotheque, shopping with friends. Everyday scenes and performance sequences alternate and also merge.
Charts
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
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45 (9 weeks) | 9 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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42 (8 weeks) | 8th |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
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17th (7 weeks) | 7th |
Contributors
The following people contributed to the creation of the song We Ride :
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'We Ride' Writing Credits . In: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . ASCAP.com. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
- ↑ Corey Moss: Rihanna Lets Fans Be Her Guide, Selects Summer Jam 'We Ride' As Next Single: Singer on first headlining tour through early August . In: MTV News . July 6, 2006. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.golyr.de/rihanna/songtext-we-ride-575675.html
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535606/rihanna-selects-we-ride-next-single.jhtml
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ A Girl Like Me CD booklet. Def Jam Records .
