Ride wit Me

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"Ride wit Me"
Nelly featuring City Spud - Ride wit Me CD cover.jpg
Single by Nelly featuring City Spud
from the album Country Grammar
B-side"Remix"
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2001 (2001-02-13)
Length
  • 4:51 (album version)
  • 4:13 (radio edit)
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jason "Jay E" Epperson
Nelly singles chronology
"E.I."
(2000) 		"Ride wit Me"
(2001) 		"Batter Up"
(2001)
Music video
"Ride Wit Me ft. St. Lunatics" on YouTube

"Ride wit Me" is a song by American rapper Nelly featuring City Spud. It was released on February 13, 2001, as the third single from Nelly's debut studio album, Country Grammar (2000). "Ride wit Me" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Composition[]

The hip hop song had added with guitars and rhythm. The song interpolates the 1982 song I Like It by DeBarge.

Chart performance[]

In the United States, "Ride wit Me" became Nelly's highest-charting single at the time, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, "Ride wit Me" debuted and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart on May 13, 2001 – for the week ending date May 19, 2001 – becoming Nelly's highest-charting song in the UK until October 2002, when his duet with Kelly Rowland, "Dilemma", became his first chart-topper on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video[]

Largely inspired by the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit, and also referencing the 1980s television comedy The Dukes of Hazzard and the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, the video (directed by Marc Klasfeld) sees Nelly and Ali driving to a dilapidated bar occupied by Kyjuan, Slo-Down and Murphy Lee to throw a party. Ali drives a Peterbilt 379 truck filled with women, while Nelly drives a 1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am along a desert road, as the video follows their journey and eventual encounters with police, hitchhikers and other roadside incidents. The video culminates with their arrival and a party taking place outside the bar. Featured artist City Spud provides the third verse; however, due to being incarcerated, he does not appear in the music video; Nelly and the St. Lunatics lip-sync his lines. Model Trinidad Valentin, mother of fellow hip-hop rapper Saweetie, who appeared in the video.

The music video won Best Rap Video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2001, also receiving a nomination for Viewer's Choice.

Track listing[]

US promo[1]

  • 1. "Ride wit Me" (Clean Edit with FX Short) – 4:15
  • 2. "Ride wit Me" (Clean Edit with Mutes Short) – 4:15
  • 3. "Ride wit Me" (Full Length Clean) – 4:51
  • 4. "Ride wit Me" (Full Length Dirty) – 4:51
  • 5. "Ride wit Me" (Instrumental) – 4:51
  • 6. "Ride wit Me" (Call Out Hook) – 0:12

UK vinyl, 12-inch

  • A. "Ride wit Me" (Album Version)
  • B1. "Ride wit Me" (Stargate Mix)
  • B2. "Ride wit Me" (Clean Edit W/FX)

UK vinyl, 12-inch, promo

  • A. "Ride wit Me" (Album Version)
  • B1. "Ride wit Me" (Instrumental)
  • B2. "Ride wit Me" (Clean Edit W/FX)

Europe single

  • 1. "Ride wit Me" (Clean Edit W/FX short) – 4:15
  • 2. "Ride wit Me" (Stargate Remix) – 4:35

Charts and certifications[]

Release history[]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States February 13, 2001 (2001-02-13) Rhythmic contemporary radio Universal [33]
February 27, 2001 (2001-02-27) Contemporary hit radio [34]
United Kingdom May 7, 2001 (2001-05-07)
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [35]
Australia September 3, 2001 (2001-09-03) CD [36]

Covers and live performances[]

Nelly joined with country music duo Florida Georgia Line to perform "Ride wit Me" and the remix of their hit single "Cruise" at the 2013 American Music Awards.[37]

Pop singer Slayyyter released a cover of the song on August 2, 2019.[38]

In popular culture[]

A censored version appeared at the start of the children's comedy Are We There Yet? (2005), Also, it was featured in the 2015 sequel Ted 2, where Ted changed its lyrics.

A Philadelphia 76ers version of the song was introduced during the 2001 NBA Finals.

It is also mentioned in the novel Twelve by Nick McDonell.[39]

In the year of 2013, the song appeared in the commercial of Honey Nut Cheerios, but it was rewritten.

References[]

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