Ride!
| "Ride!" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Dee Dee Sharp | ||||
| from the album All the Hits (Volume II) | ||||
| B-side | "The Night" | |||
| Released | October 1962 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:24 | |||
| Label | Cameo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kal Mann, Dave Appell[2] | |||
| Dee Dee Sharp singles chronology | ||||
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"Ride!" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell and performed by Dee Dee Sharp. It was featured on the 1963 album All the Hits (Volume II).[3] The single sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.[4]
Background
[edit]The song begins with Dee Dee Sharp yelling : "Let's Pony Again". The male backup singers repeatedly sing the words: "Get It". This song was meant to rejuvenate Chubby Checker's dance hit song from the previous year "Pony Time" (1961).
Chart performance
[edit]"Ride!" reached No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 7 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1962.[5] In Canada it reached No. 15.[6]
Other versions
[edit]- The Orlons released a version of the song on their 1963 album All the Hits by The Orlons.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "This Is My Prayer: The Birth of Soul". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
- ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
- ^ "Dee Dee Sharp, All the Hits (Volume II)". Discogs. 1963. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 152. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "Dee Dee Sharp, "Ride!" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - November 26, 1962".
- ^ "The Orlons, All the Hits by The Orlons". Discogs. 1963. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
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