Take a Little Ride

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"Take a Little Ride"
File:TakeaLittleRide.jpg
Single by Jason Aldean
from the album Night Train
Released July 16, 2012
Format
Recorded 2012
Genre Bro-country
Length 3:08
Label Broken Bow
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Michael Knox
Jason Aldean singles chronology
"Fly Over States"
(2012)		 "Take a Little Ride"
(2012)		 "The Only Way I Know"
(2012)

"Take a Little Ride" is a song written by Dylan Altman, Rodney Clawson and Jim McCormick and recorded by American country music artist Jason Aldean. It was released on July 16, 2012,[1] as the first single from his fifth studio album Night Train.

Content

The song "Take a Little Ride" revolves around the happenings of a man getting off work, and going to pick up his love interest that night to take her out for a drive in his Chevy truck. It is in the key of E minor with a chord pattern of E-G-D-A.[2]

Eight days after the song's release, Broken Bow Records released a re-recording of the song, in which the line "a little Shiner Bock" is changed to "a couple Rocky Tops", in reference to Coors beer. This re-recording was done because Aldean had signed an endorsement deal with Coors.[3]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave "Take a Little Ride" a four-star review, praising the song's "colorful" and "welcoming" verses, and stating how "ballads like 'Laughed Until We Cried' balance rockers like 'She's Country,' but he’s at his best on songs that find the sweet middle".[4] It received three out of five stars from Jessica Nicholson of Country Weekly, who thought that the lyrics were "a little generic" but said that the "in-your-face production and signature Southern rock groove combine to make this unmistakably Jason's."[5]

Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song a four-star review, saying that Aldean was "relaxed, confident, and deliver[ed] a song that fits exactly what we've come to expect from a superstar."[6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Shaun Silva and premiered on August 10, 2012.[7]

Chart performance

"Take a Little Ride" debuted at number 19 on the Billboard Country Songs chart for the week of August 4, 2012. It also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 12, and the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 22 the same week, Aldean's highest debut in Canada thus far. The song also made history on Country Digital Songs, moving 189,000 downloads during the tracking week ending July 22, marking the biggest opening week by a male artist.[8] On the country chart dated October 6, 2012, "Take a Little Ride" became his eighth number-one single. The song has sold over a million digital downloads as of January 2013.[9]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 22
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 12
US Country Airplay (Billboard)[12] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 88
US Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 31
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Songs
number-one single
October 6–13, 2012		 Succeeded by
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
by Taylor Swift
New chart Billboard Country Airplay
number-one single
October 20, 2012		 Succeeded by
"Blown Away"
by Carrie Underwood

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[16] Platinum 1,000,000[9]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  8. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/480761/country-countdown-jason-aldean-begins-fast-ride-up-charts
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  10. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=793 "Jason Aldean – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Jason Aldean. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  11. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=379 "Jason Aldean – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jason Aldean. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
  12. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=1226 "Jason Aldean – Chart history" Billboard Country Airplay for Jason Aldean. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  13. ↑ Template:BillboardEncode/J/chart?f=357 "Jason Aldean – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Jason Aldean. Retrieved September 29, 2012.
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External links

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