Ride It (Geri Halliwell song)

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"Ride It"
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Single by Geri Halliwell
from the album Passion
B-side"It's Raining Men"
Released22 November 2004 (2004-11-22)
Genre
Length3:46
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Geri Halliwell singles chronology
"Calling"
(2001) 		"Ride It"
(2004) 		"Desire"
(2005)
Music video
"Ride It" on YouTube

"Ride It" is a song recorded by English singer Geri Halliwell for her third studio album, Passion (2005). It was released on 22 November 2004 by Innocent Records as the first single from the album. "Ride It" was commercially successful in Europe; it peaked at number four in the United Kingdom and reached number three on the Spanish and Scottish charts.

Critical reception[]

"Ride It" received mixed reviews from music critics. Matt Potter from Yahoo! Launch gave the single two out of ten stars, and said "Enter Halliwell, and her latest attempt to present herself as a sexy siren, all attitude and independence. It's not as if it's a bad song, either - think "Life Is A Roller Coaster", crossed with "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves" but minus a proper chorus - but the steely, tears-at-a-hen-party desperation of Halliwell's delivery makes this the musical equivalent of getting the eighteenth call in one evening from a girl you met once at a party".[1]

Chart performance[]

Due to the midweek position of number three, "Ride It" was predicted to peak within the top three, but due to strong competition from Girls Aloud, Destiny's Child, and Lemar, the song debuted and peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, with first-week sales of 19,196. "Ride It" went on to sell 55,142 copies and was the 143rd-best-selling single of 2004 in the United Kingdom.[2] It also reached number three on both the Spanish and Scottish charts.[3][4]

Music video[]

The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Luca Tommassini and was filmed in Milan in September 2004.[5] In it, Halliwell dresses as a policegirl and spanks a male model with a truncheon before flashing her bra. She also sticks the truncheon between the man's legs. There is also a close-up of lifting her pink dress and shaking her bottom.

TV executives were worried the video would be too sexual for Top of the Pops Saturday viewers, which was watched by six to twelve year olds. The BBC then censored the video, saying: "TOTP Saturday will air Geri's video without a couple of unsuitable shots".[6]

Entertainment executive Simon Cowell criticized the music video on CD:UK, calling the video "rubbish" as well as "one of the worst videos I've ever seen in my life" whilst also stating, "If I was her record label and that video arrived on my desk, I would throw it in the bin". In response to his criticism, Halliwell wrote to Cowell demanding an explanation for his outburst as well as an apology.[7]

Live performances[]

To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Children in Need, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Top of the Pops, CD:UK, GMTV, Ministry of Mayhem and This Morning.

Track listings[]

Charts[]

Release history[]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 22 November 2004 (2004-11-22) CD
[27]
Australia 28 February 2005 (2005-02-28) [28]

References[]

  1. ^ Potter, Matt (26 November 2004). "LAUNCH, Music on Yahoo! – Geri Halliwell – Ride It". Yahoo! Music Radio. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004. Retrieved 27 July 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "UK Year-End Charts 2004" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Spanishcharts.com – Geri Halliwell – Ride It" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  5. ^ http://www.vh1.com/video/geri-halliwell/418078/ride-it.jhtml
  6. ^ "TOO SPICY; EXCLUSIVE Top of the Pops tell Geri to tone down sexy video". Free Online Library.
  7. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (30 October 2004). "Geri slated by Simon Cowell". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ Ride It (UK CD1 liner notes). Geri Halliwell. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. SINCD69.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Ride It (European CD1 liner notes). Geri Halliwell. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. 8169642/8169682.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Ride It (UK CD2 liner notes). Geri Halliwell. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. SINCD69.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ Ride It (European CD2 liner notes). Geri Halliwell. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. 8169652.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ Ride It (Australian CD liner notes). Geri Halliwell. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. 724381696521.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ Ride It (UK 12-inch vinyl liner notes). Geri Halliwell. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. SINT69.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ "Issue 784" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Geri Halliwell – Ride It" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Ultratop.be – Geri Halliwell – Ride It" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Geri Halliwell – Ride It" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  18. ^ Geri Halliwell — Ride It. Tophit. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  19. ^ "European Top 20 Charts – Week Commencing 6th December 2004" (PDF). Music & Media. 6 December 2004. p. 25. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  20. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Geri Halliwell – Ride It" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  21. ^ "Top 50 Singles Εβδομάδα 15–21/5" (in Greek). IFPI. Archived from the original on 22 May 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  22. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Ride It". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 1, saptamina 10.01 – 16.01, 2005" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 22 February 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Geri Halliwell – Ride It". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  25. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  26. ^ "CIS Year-End Radio Hits (2004)". Tophit. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  27. ^ "Ride It". Amazon. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  28. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 28th February 2005" (PDF). ARIA. 28 February 2005. p. 28. Retrieved 6 July 2021.

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