"Ride" is the title of a song written by Michael Davey, Andrew Dorff and Chris Robbins. It is performed by American country singer Martina McBride

Martina McBride

Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....

. The song was released in November 2008 as the first single from her album Shine

Shine (Martina McBride album)

Shine is the tenth studio album from American country music singer Martina McBride. It was released on March 24, 2009 through RCA Records Nashville. The album spun three Top 20 hits on the Billboard country chart: "Ride" and "Wrong Baby Wrong" both reached #11, and "I Just Call You Mine" peaked at...

, produced by her and Dann Huff

Dann Huff

Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...

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Content

"Ride" is an up-tempo song with a motivational theme. In it, the narrator uses a roller coaster

Roller coaster

The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...

 as a metaphor for life.

Reception

The song received a "thumbs down" from The 9513 reviewer Juli Thanki, who commented that "though catchy, [the song] is a little low on cogency–not to mention originality." She also criticized it for being a "message song" in the line of McBride's other 2000s releases. She did, however, make note of McBride's vocal performance, saying that it showed emotion and was not reliant on "overly dramatic belting". Kevin Coyne of Country Universe, however, gave the song an A- rating. His review also describes McBride's vocal performance favorably: "McBride gives the song a straightforward performance that’s rough around the edges in all of the right ways."

"Ride" was nominated for Female Video of the Year in the 2009 CMT Music Awards

CMT Music Awards

The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances. The awards ceremony is held every year in Nashville, Tennessee, and broadcast live on CMT. Voting takes place on CMT's website, CMT.com.-History:...

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Music video

The music video for "Ride" was directed by Kristin Barlowe, and was released on February 2, 2009. In the video, people are seen looking up at McBride's video on a rooftop billboard. On the billboard, McBride is shown performing her song in front of a green screen as high-speed images of weather elements and traffic cycle behind her. This excites the pedestrians, and they begin dancing, jumping on cars, and enjoy themselves.

The video was ranked #41 on GAC's Top 50 Videos of the Year.

Chart performance

"Ride" debuted on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

chart at #43 in November 2008. The song peaked at #11 in April 2009, just missing the Top 10.

Chart (2008-2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	82