Ride It (Geri Halliwell song)

"Ride It"
Single by Geri Halliwell
from the album Passion
B-side	"It's Raining Men"
Released	22 November 2004
Format	CD single digital download
Recorded	2003
Genre	Dance-pop disco
Length	3:46
Label	Innocent
Writer(s)	Geri Halliwell Quiz & Larossi Savan Kotecha
Producer(s)	Andreas Romdhane Ian Masterson Josef Larossi
Geri Halliwell singles chronology
"Calling" (2001) "Ride It" (2004) "Desire" (2005)
Music video "Ride It" on YouTube

"Ride It" is a song recorded by English singer Geri Halliwell for her third studio album, Passion (2005). It was released on 22 November 2004 by Innocent Records as the first single from the album.

Chart performance

Strong competition from Girls Aloud, Destiny's Child and Lemar resulted in a final chart position of number four in the UK Singles Chart, from a midweek position of number two,^[1] with 19,196 copies sold in its first week. "Ride It" went on to sell 55,142 copies and became the 143rd best selling single of 2004.

Music video

The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Luca Tommassini.^[2] In it, Halliwell dresses as a policegirl and spanks a male model with a truncheon before flashing her bra. She also sticks the truncheon between the man's legs. There is also a close-up of lifting her pink dress and shaking her bottom. TV executives were worried the video would be too sexual for Top of the Pops Saturday viewers, which was watched by six to 12 year olds. The BBC then censored the video, saying: "TOTP Saturday will air Geri's video without a couple of unsuitable shots".^[3] Music executive Simon Cowell also criticized the single's music video on ITV's CD:UK saying, "If I was her record label and that video arrived on my desk I would throw it in the bin". In response, Halliwell wrote to Cowell demanding an explanation for his outburst as well as an apology.^[4]

Live performances

To promote the single, Halliwell performed the song on Children in Need 2004, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Top of the Pops, CD:UK, GMTV, Ministry of Mayhem and This Morning. On 9 November 2004, Halliwell appeared on GMTV to promote "Ride It" and performed the single with a big pink G as a main prop, along with four female dancers.^[5]

Formats and track listings

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

UK CD1 (SINCD69; Released 22 November 2004)

1. "Ride It" – 3:46
2. "It's Raining Men" – 4:18

UK CD2 (SINDX69; Released 22 November 2004, special limited edition including four postcards)

1. "Ride It" – 3:46
2. "Ride It" (Hex Hector 7" Mix) – 3:45
3. "Ride It" (Ian Masterson Extended) – 6:33
4. "Ride It" (Maloney Remix) – 5:35

UK 12" vinyl (SINT69; Released 22 November 2004, picture disc)
Side A

1. "Ride It" (Hex Hector 12" Mix) – 7:47
   

Side B

1. "Ride It" (Full Intention Mix) – 8:10

UK CD1 promo (SINCDJ69; Released 2004)

1. "Ride It" – 3:46

UK CD2 promo (SINCDJX69; Released 2004)

1. "Ride It" (Hex Hector 12" Mix) – 7:47
2. "Ride It" (Ian Matserson Extended) – 6:33
3. "Ride It" (Full Intention Mix) – 8:10
4. "Ride It" (Hex Hector 7" Mix) – 3:45

UK CDr promo (Released 10 November 2004)

1. "Ride It" (TV Edit, Full Playback) – 3:29

UK 12" vinyl promo (SINTDJ69; Released 2004)
Side A

1. "Ride It" (Full Intention Mix) – 8:10
   

Side B

1. "Ride It" (Full Intention Dub) – 6:58

European CD1 (8169642/8169682; Released 6 December 2004, jewel and wallet case)

1. "Ride It" – 3:46
2. "It's Raining Men" – 4:18

European CD2 (8169652; Released 6 December 2004)

1. "Ride It" – 3:46
2. "Ride It" (Hex Hector 7" Mix) – 3:45
3. "Ride It" (Ian Masterson Extended) – 6:33
4. "Ride It" (Maloney Remix) – 5:35

Australian CD (724381696521; Released 28 February 2005)

1. "Ride It" – 3:46
2. "Ride It" (Hex Hector 7" Mix) – 3:45
3. "Ride It" (Ian Masterson Extended) – 6:33
4. "Ride It" (Maloney Remix) – 5:35

Charts

Chart (2004–05) Peak position Australian Singles Chart[6] 63 Austrian Singles Chart[7] 55 Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)[7] 3 Belgian Tip Chart (Wallonia)[7] 6 European Hot 100 Singles[8] 19 German Singles Chart[9] 73 Irish Singles Chart[10] 19 Poland (Polish Singles Chart)[11] 1 Scottish Singles Chart[12] 3 Spanish Singles Chart[7] 3 Swiss Singles Chart[7] 63 UK Singles Chart[13] 4 UK Dance Singles Chart 1

Year-end chart Chart (2004) Position UK Singles Chart[14] 143

References

1. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/175074/Its-Gee-Gee-Halliwell.html
2. http://www.vh1.com/video/geri-halliwell/418078/ride-it.jhtml
3. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TOO+SPICY%3B+EXCLUSIVE+Top+of+the+Pops+tell+Geri+to+tone+down+sexy...-a0123475411
4. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/halliwell-strikes-back
5. "Geri Halliwell - GMTV". GMTV. 9 November 2004. 55:00 minutes in. ITV Network.
6. "ARIA Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 7th March 2005" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
7. "ultratop.be – Geri – Ride It". Ultratop. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
8. "European Top 20 Singles Chart – Week Commencing 6th December 2004" (PDF). Music & Media. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
9. "officialcharts.de – Geri Halliwell – Ride It". GfK Entertainment (in German). officialcharts.de. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
10. "irishcharts.com – Discography Geri Halliwell". Irish Recorded Music Association. irish-charts.com. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
11. "28 November 2004 - 04 December 2004". Official Charts. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
12. "The Official Charts Company - Ride It by Geri Halliwell Search". The Official Charts Company. 3 April 2015.
13. "The Official Charts Company - Ride It by Geri Halliwell Search". The Official Charts Company. 3 April 2015.
14. "UK Year-End Charts 2004" (PDF). The Official Charts Company. ChartsPlus. Retrieved 14 August 2010.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics