Ride It (Jay Sean song)

"Ride It" is the first single from Jay Sean's second album My Own Way and is also featured on his US debut album All or Nothing. It was written by Jay Sean himself and Alan Sampson. It was released on 21 January 2008. The song reached the top 20 in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 11. The single was also very successful and one of the most played songs in Eastern Europe, particularly in Russia, Bulgaria and Romania, where it became one of the top three best-selling singles of the year. A Hindi version of the song was also included in the Indian release of the album My Own Way.

"Ride It"
Single by Jay Sean
from the album My Own Way
B-side"Just a Friend"
Released21 January 2008 (UK)
Recorded2007
Genre
Length3:11
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Alan Sampson
Jay Sean singles chronology
"Stolen"
(2004)		 "Ride It"
(2008)		 "Maybe"
(2008)

In 2019, a remixed version by Kosovan DJ Regard was officially released and became a viral hit on the TikTok app.[1] It reached number one in Ireland,[2] number two on the UK Singles Chart[3] and also peaked at number three in Australia.[4]

Information

"Ride It" was originally planned to be released in the United Kingdom on 5 November 2007 followed by the album My Own Way on 3 December 2007. However, music channels were unwilling to play it at the time and eventually reached an agreement to play it extensively from December onwards. Consequently, Jay Sean pushed back the single's release date as well as the album's release date. .

The song, produced by Alan Sampson,[5] became Song of the Week on London's Kiss 100 on 10 December 2007 and was also playlisted on Capital 95.8FM, Choice FM, Galaxy, BBC 1Xtra, and being featured on BBC Radio 1's B-list. It reached the number one spot on MTV's The Base Chart Show. Later, a Hindi version of the song was added to YouTube.[6]

Sean said of this song: "It started off with me in the studio with a rap, jumping around like a joker. It's all about the games people play across the dancefloor on a night out – how you can catch someone's eye and accept a challenge that lasts the rest of the evening."

The intro and the epic melody background was based on the Hero[7] soundtrack by Tan Dun.[8] Some of the scenes in the video were shot in Manhattan.

The song appears to have a second version with shorter play time and changed lyrics in its third verse.

There is a version of the song which include an instrumental played by an instrument before the hear of the earlier versions of the song.

The song can be heard as a short instrumental theme in the beginning of the music video of "Down".

Music video

The video for the single was shot on 12 August 2007 in the central London nightclub Mo*Vida. On 28 September 2007, the video was exclusively available to watch on 3G mobile handsets and on 9 October 2007 was officially released to the internet by 2Point9 Records. The new video featured Jay Sean with a new style after being out of the limelight for nearly three and a half years. On 28 September 2007, the video was exclusively available to watch on 3G mobile handsets. A clip of the video was added to the 2Point9 YouTube Channel on 29 September 2007.

By 9 October 2007, the full video was added onto the 2Point9 YouTube Channel. The video premiered on The Box and other music channels in December. It starts off with Jay Sean arriving outside a club, the video is interspersed with a scene of Jay in a dark hallway. He flirts with a woman played by the British Victoria's Secret model, Anara Atanes and then a dance ensues, the video ends with the girl arriving by his side.

Formats and track listings
#TitleTime
CD1: Island / 1748515 (UK)
1."Ride It" (radio edit)3:09
2."Just a Friend"3:03
CD2: Island / 1748657 (UK)
1."Ride It" (radio edit)3:32
2."Ride It" (Desi remix)4:48
3."Ride It" (Sunship remix)5:51
4."Ride It" (Ishi remix)3:26
5."Ride It" (Video plus extras)3:26

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2008–2020) Peak
position
European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[9] 41
Hungary (Single Top 40)[10] 27
Russian Music Charts (Tophit)[11] 4
Scotland (OCC)[12] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 11
UK R&B (OCC)[14] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (2008) Peak
position
CIS (Tophit)[15] 3
Romanian End-Year Chart 2008[16] 3

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Silver 200,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Regard version
"Ride It"
Single by Regard
Released26 July 2019
GenreHouse
Length2:38
LabelMinistry of Sound
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Regard
Regard singles chronology
"Good Vibes"
(2019)		 "Ride It"
(2019)		 "Secrets"
(2020)
Music video
"Ride It" on YouTube

Kosovan artist Regard officially released a remixed version of the song (on-cover stylised title Ride it.) on 26 July 2019,[18] though earlier versions of the remix were available as early as 2017.[19] It became a viral sensation on the TikTok app shortly after release,[20] with over four million clips being posted by people using snippets of the song on the app.[21] Due to the sudden success of the song, Regard subsequently signed to the label Ministry of Sound.[22] The song was a global success, reaching number one in Ireland and Mexico, number two in the UK and peaked within the Top 20 in various other European and Oceanian countries. It was certified Silver by the BPI.[23] This version uses the original, but pitched-down, vocals of Jay Sean.

Regard does not appear in the music video.[24]

Live performances

Regard performed the song with Jay Sean at the 2019 Jingle Bell Ball held by Capital FM at The O2 Arena in London on 7 December 2019.[25][26]

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[107] 5× Platinum 350,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)[108] Platinum 30,000
Belgium (BEA)[109] 2× Platinum 80,000
Canada (Music Canada)[110] 2× Platinum 160,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[111] Platinum 90,000
France (SNEP)[112] Diamond 333,333
Italy (FIMI)[113] Platinum 70,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)[114] 4× Platinum 240,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[115] Platinum 30,000
Poland (ZPAV)[116] 3× Platinum 60,000
Portugal (AFP)[117] Gold 5,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Platinum 600,000

sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

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