"Ride wit Me" is the third single from Nelly

Nelly

Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album...

's album Country Grammar

Country Grammar

Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper Nelly, released on June 27, 2000.- Reception :- Commercial performance :...

. It features City Spud

City Spud

Lavell Webb known by his stage name City Spud, is a member of the rap music group St. Lunatics.-Life:He's featured on Nelly's hit single "Ride Wit Me." He is Nelly's half-brother, and in 1999 was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for first-degree assault. Nelly and the St. Lunatics campaigned...

 and was released on April 24, 2001.

Background

The song features a sound very similar to Get Down on It

Get Down on It

"Get Down on It" is a song originally recorded by the funk/R&B/pop band Kool & The Gang on their album Something Special in 1981. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard charts in early 1982, displaying some of the characteristics of a blend of pop and funk, with the title of the song repeating...

by the band Kool and the Gang. It was featured in the film Soul Plane

Soul Plane

Soul Plane is a 2004 comedy film starring Kevin Hart, Method Man, Tom Arnold, D.L. Hughley, Mo'Nique, Loni Love, K.D. Aubert, Godfrey, and Snoop Dogg.-Plot:...

, Scary Movie 2

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Scary Movie 2 is a 2001 parody film. It is the second film of the Scary Movie franchise. Though part of the first Scary Movies tagline read "...No sequel," this film's tagline compensated by adding "We lied"....

during the end credits, very briefly in the films Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet?

Are We There Yet? is a 2005 American family comedy film which was produced by Revolution Studios and was distributed by Columbia Pictures, directed by Brian Levant...

and Bride and Prejudice

Bride and Prejudice

Bride and Prejudice is a 2004 romantic musical film directed by Gurinder Chadha. The screenplay by Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges is a Bollywood-style adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. It was filmed primarily in English, with some Hindi and Punjabi dialogue. The film released in...

, and prominently in the movie Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones

Osmosis Jones is a 2001 live-action/animated comedy film directed by Tom Sito and Piet Kroon for the animated segments and the Farrelly brothers for the live-action segments...

.

It was featured in Scrubs

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Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...

(episode "My Fruit Cups"), very briefly in Friends

Friends

Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

("The One With Chandler's Dad"), and King of the Hill

King of the Hill

King of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...

("Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story

Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story (King of the Hill)

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"). In a scene from the Glee

Glee (TV series)

Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues...

episode "Throwdown

Throwdown (Glee)

"Throwdown" is the seventh episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on October 14, 2009. It was directed by series creator Ryan Murphy and written by Brad Falchuk...

", New Directions can be seen having a jam session, and they sing the first chorus and first verse of this song. Accompanying the jam are Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith

Cory Monteith

Cory Allan Monteith is a Canadian actor and musician, best known for his role of Finn Hudson on the Fox television series Glee.-Early life:...

) on drums, and Noah "Puck" Puckerman (Mark Salling) on guitar. In 2010, it was featured in The Cleveland Show

The Cleveland Show

The Cleveland Show is an American animated television series that premiered on September 27, 2009, as a part of the "Animation Domination" lineup on Fox in the United States...

 (episode "Cleveland's Angels").

Remix

The official remix was also produced by Jason "Jay E" Epperson and then placed in Nelly's remix album, "Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention

Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention

Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention is a remix album by American rapper Nelly, released on November 25, 2003.- Track listing :#"Intro"#"Country Grammar " #"Iz U"#"E.I...

". It also features City Spud

City Spud

Lavell Webb known by his stage name City Spud, is a member of the rap music group St. Lunatics.-Life:He's featured on Nelly's hit single "Ride Wit Me." He is Nelly's half-brother, and in 1999 was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for first-degree assault. Nelly and the St. Lunatics campaigned...

's verse from the original & John Mayer

John Mayer

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 on the guitar, it samples Mayer's single, "No Such Thing

No Such Thing (John Mayer song)

"No Such Thing" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Mayer. It was released in February 2002 as the lead single from his first album, 1999's Inside Wants Out. Like many of the songs from Mayer's early musical career, the song was co-written with Clay Cook...

".

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 won Best Rap Video

MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video was first given out in 1989, and it was one the four original genre categories added at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. This award was last given out in 2006, as MTV did not bring it back in 2008 like it did with other genre awards...

 at the MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

An MTV Video Music Award , is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos...

 in 2001, Due to his jail sentence, City Spud

City Spud

Lavell Webb known by his stage name City Spud, is a member of the rap music group St. Lunatics.-Life:He's featured on Nelly's hit single "Ride Wit Me." He is Nelly's half-brother, and in 1999 was sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for first-degree assault. Nelly and the St. Lunatics campaigned...

 did not appear in the video. The video also received a nomination for Viewer's Choice

MTV Video Music Award - Viewer's Choice

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. A Philadelphia 76ers

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 version of the song was released during the 2001 NBA Finals

2001 NBA Finals

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. The video is mainly based on the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, and Mike Henry. It inspired several other trucking films, including two sequels, Smokey and the Bandit II, and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3...

, although references to the 1980s TV show Dukes of Hazzard

Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.- Overview :The Dukes of Hazzard...

 and the film Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg and starring Paul Newman. The screenplay was adapted by Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson from Pearce's 1965 novel of the same name. The film features George Kennedy, Strother Martin, J.D...

 are also present in the video.

Track listing

http://www.discogs.com/Nelly-Ride-Wit-Me/master/130095
US Promo

• 1 Ride Wit Me [Clean Edit w/ FX Short] 4:15
• 2 Ride Wit Me [Clean Edit w/ Mutes Short] 4:15
• 3 Ride Wit Me [Full Length Clean] 4:51
• 4 Ride Wit Me [Full Length Dirty] 4:51
• 5 Ride Wit Me [Instrumental] 4:51
• 6 Ride Wit Me [Call Out Hook] 0:12

UK Vinyl, 12"

• A Ride Wit Me [Album Version)
• B1 Ride Wit Me [Stargate Mix)
• B2 Ride Wit Me [Clean Edit W/FX)

UK Vinyl, 12", Promo

• A Ride Wit Me [Album Version]
• B1 Ride Wit Me [Instrumental]
• B2 Ride Wit Me [Clean Edit W/FX]

Europe Single

• 1 Ride Wit Me [Clean Edit w/ FX short] 4:15
• 2 Ride Wit Me [Stargate Remix] 4:35

Chart performance

The single performed well in the United States it was his highest charting single at that point it peaked at 3 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 & also peaked at number 3 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

.

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	34
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	3