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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
  • "Come Over"
  • "Icey"
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2001 (2001-02-13)
Studio Unique (New York City)
Genre Pop, [1] hip hop [2]
Length
  • 4:51 (album version)
  • 4:13 (radio edit)
Label
Composer(s) Jason "Jay E" Epperson
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jason "Jay E" Epperson
Nelly singles chronology
"E.I."
(2000)		"Ride wit Me"
(2001)		"Where the Party At"
(2001)
Music video
"Ride wit Me" 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" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Ride wit Me" was a hit in Australia, the Netherlands, Norway, the Irish Singles Chart and the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Composition

"Ride wit Me" started out in 1999 as one of four demo songs shopped by Nelly to various record labels. All four (including "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)", "E.I." and "Batter Up") were released as singles from Country Grammar . [2]

"Ride wit Me" was written by Nelly and Jason "Jay E" Epperson and interpolates the 1982 song "I Like It" by DeBarge, so William DeBarge, Etterline Jordan, and El DeBarge were also given writing credit. [3]

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 Britain 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 St. Lunatics members 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. The video won Best Rap Video at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, also receiving a nomination for Viewer's Choice. [4] [5]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Country Grammar liner notes. [3]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [45] Platinum70,000^
Germany (BVMI) [46] Gold250,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [48] Gold500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesFebruary 13, 2001 Rhythmic contemporary radio
[49]
February 27, 2001 Contemporary hit radio [50]
United KingdomMay 7, 2001 [51]
AustraliaSeptember 3, 2001CD [52]

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. [53]

Pop singer Slayyyter released a cover of the song on August 2, 2019. [54]

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Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper and singer Nelly. It was released on June 27, 2000, by Universal Records. The production on the album was handled by Jason "Jay E" Epperson, with additional production by C-Love, Kevin Law, City Spud, Steve "Blast" Wills and Basement Beats. Nelly contributed to all lyrics on the album, with Epperson and City Spud also contributing. With the album's release, Nelly and his "St. Lunatics" crew cemented the St. Louis sound firmly amongst other southern hip hop artists in the year 2000, such as Juvenile, Trina, Ludacris, OutKast, Three 6 Mafia and UGK. Country Grammar also introduced the world to Nelly's unique musical style of pop-rap and radio "singalongs" with a Missouri twang. It was supported by four successful singles: "Country Grammar ", "E.I.", "Ride wit Me" and "Batter Up". Its lead single, "Country Grammar ", peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart. Its second single "E.I." peaked at number 16 on the Hot 100, number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the ARIA Singles Chart. "Ride wit Me" peaked within the top five on the Hot 100, ARIA Singles Chart, Irish Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart. The album's fourth and final single, "Batter Up" featuring St. Lunatics members Murphy Lee and Ali, achieved moderate chart success.

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