Don't Cha Wanna Ride

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"Don't Cha Wanna Ride"
Joss Stone - Don't Cha Wanna Ride single cover.jpg
Single by Joss Stone
from the album Mind Body & Soul
B-side"The Right Time"
Released4 July 2005 (2005-07-04)
StudioMojo (New York City, New York)
GenreSoul
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Michael Mangini
  • Steve Greenberg
  • Betty Wright
Joss Stone singles chronology
"Spoiled"
(2005) 		"Don't Cha Wanna Ride"
(2005) 		"Cry Baby Cry"
(2006)

"Don't Cha Wanna Ride" is a song by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone from her second studio album, Mind Body & Soul (2004). The track was written by Stone, Desmond Child, Betty Wright, Steve Greenberg, and Michael Mangini and is based upon a sample from the 1968 song "Soulful Strut" by Chicago-based soul and jazz instrumental group Young-Holt Unlimited. The song was first released in the United States on 26 July 2004, then was later issued in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2005 as the fourth and final single from the album. The song was later included on the 2011 compilation album The Best of Joss Stone 2003–2009.

Critical reception[]

Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian wrote that on "Don't Cha Wanna Ride", Stone "works up a decent head of hands-in-the-air funk."[1] Blender's Robert Christgau felt that the song "split the difference between guaranteed hook appeal and a decent simulation of emotional truth."[2] Although calling it a "neo soul hip-shaker", Laura Sinagra of Rolling Stone considered the song to be "more Destiny's Child than yesterday's blues."[3] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly stated that Mind, Body & Soul's "one attempt at sauciness, 'Don't Cha Wanna Ride,' in which Stone [...] compares herself to a juiced-up car, should be parked in the lingerie section of a department store."[4]

Chart performance[]

"Don't Cha Wanna Ride" debuted and peaked at number twenty on the UK Singles Chart the week of 16 July 2005, spending four weeks on the chart and becoming Mind, Body & Soul's second highest-charting single after "You Had Me". Internationally the single underperformed the charts in Germany and Switzerland, but proved to be somewhat successful in the Netherlands, where it reached number twenty-four (as did its predecessor, "Spoiled"), and Italy, where it reached number thirty-eight.

Music video[]

The music video for "Don't Cha Wanna Ride", directed by Wayne Isham, was shot in Santa Monica, California, and released in June 2005.[5] It features scenes of Stone driving a white, floral-print Volkswagen Beetle 1302 Cabriolet along the Pacific Coast Highway and performing with her band at the Santa Monica Pier at dusk.

Track listings[]

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[10] 10
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 100
Italy (FIMI)[12] 38
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 54
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 93
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 20

Release history[]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States 26 July 2004 (2004-07-26) Triple A radio S-Curve [17]
United Kingdom 4 July 2005 (2005-07-04) CD single
[18]
DVD single [19]
7-inch single [20]
Germany 22 August 2005 (2005-08-22) CD single
  • S-Curve
  • Virgin
 [21]
Austria [21]
Switzerland [21]

References[]

  1. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (24 September 2004). "CD: Joss Stone, Mind, Body & Soul". The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Joss Stone : Mind, Body & Soul Review on Blender". Blender. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  3. ^ Sinagra, Laura (28 October 2004). "Joss Stone: Mind, Body & Soul : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  4. ^ Browne, David (1 October 2004). "Mind, Body & Soul – Music Review – Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
  5. ^ "SHOT: Joss Stone – Wayne Isham, director". VideoStatic. 1 June 2005. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2008.
  6. ^ Don't Cha Wanna Ride (UK CD single liner notes). Joss Stone. Relentless Records, S-Curve Records, Virgin Records. 2005. RELCD20, 0094633114722.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Don't Cha Wanna Ride (UK limited 7-inch picture disc sleeve). Joss Stone. Relentless Records, S-Curve Records, Virgin Records. 2005. REL 20, 0094633351479.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Don't Cha Wanna Ride (UK DVD single liner notes). Joss Stone. Relentless Records, S-Curve Records, Virgin Records. 2005. RELDVD 20, 0094633351493.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Don't Cha Wanna Ride (European CD single single liner notes). Joss Stone. S-Curve Records, Virgin Records. 2005. 7243 8 72673 2 9.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Joss Stone – Don't Cha Wanna Ride?" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Joss Stone – Don't Cha Wanna Ride?" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Joss Stone – Don't Cha Wanna Ride?". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 31, 2005" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Joss Stone – Don't Cha Wanna Ride?" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Joss Stone – Don't Cha Wanna Ride?". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1565. 23 July 2004. p. 21. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Don't Cha Wanna Ride: Joss Stone: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  19. ^ "Don't Cha Wanna Ride (DVD): Joss Stone: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  20. ^ "Don't Cha Wanna Ride (7" vinyl): Joss Stone: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  21. ^ a b c "Don't Cha Wanna Ride: Joss Stone: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2009.

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