Ride for You

"Ride for You" is a ballad written by Bryan Michael Cox, Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean, and Adonis Stropshire for Danity Kane's debut album Danity Kane (2006). Co-produced by Cox and Wyldcard, it was released as the album's second single in fall 2006 (see 2006 in music). The song peaked at number 78 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

"Ride for You"
Single by Danity Kane
from the album Danity Kane
ReleasedDecember 11, 2006
Recorded2005–2006
StudioThe Hit Factory
(New York City)
Genre
Length4:11
Label
Songwriter(s)Bryan Michael Cox, Kendrick Dean, Adonis Stropshire
Producer(s)Bryan Michael Cox; WyldCard (co-producer)
Danity Kane singles chronology
"Show Stopper"
(2006)		 "Ride for You"
(2006)		 ""Home for Christmas"
(2006)

Release

"Ride for You" was shown on a Making The Band 3 episode. It was shown that Aubrey had trouble during the recording process. It also showed Aundrea having relationship problems, which ultimately led to her breaking up with her longtime boyfriend. The week that the album was released, "Ride for You" made it onto the charts from downloads at #78. "Ride for You" was chosen at the second single through fan voting polls. The single has not had the success that their previous single "Show Stopper" had. However this could partly be due to the lack of promotion.

Music video

The music video for "Ride for You" was directed by Marcus Raboy, and was filmed in various locations throughout Los Angeles, California on November 3, 2006. The edited video debuted on Total Request Live on December 5, 2006.

Thematically, the video deals with the four seasons. It begins with Aundrea Fimbres leaving her home in a summer vignette. After singing her verse, Fimbres enters fall and joins Aubrey O'Day for a walk through the chorus. During Dawn Richard's verse, Fimbres and O'Day leave fall behind and join Richard under an umbrella on a late fall/early winter city street. The three of them then enter winter where they find Shannon Bex and D. Woods. The five of them sing the chorus and enter spring right as D. Wood's verse starts. At the end of the video, when D. Woods does her final note, the five women of Danity Kane meet up with their men and the video ends with beauty shots of each of the girls. The video peaked at #5 on TRL making it less successful than "Show Stopper" which peaked at #2.

Prior to its release, a behind the scenes segment aired video snippets of Shannon doing ballet dancing. However, the final video showed none which upset many fans.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Ride for You."

  1. "Ride for You" (Album Version)
  2. "Ride for You" (Video)

Promo CDS

  1. "Ride for You" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Ride for You" (Album Version)
  3. "Ride for You" (Instrumental)

Official Remixes
  • Album Version - 4:11
  • Radio Edit - 3:58
  • Instrumental - 4:11
  • Lenny Ridin' Club Remix - 6:43
  • Brutal Bill Mix - 7:24
  • Josh Harris Club Mix - 7:07
  • Sultry Remix - 4:14 (Findable on the official site of the remixer, Pull[1])

Chart performance
Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [2] 78
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [2] 5
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 [2] 20
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 [2] 67

References
  1. http://www.gotpull.com/
  2. "AMG: Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
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