Don't Cha Wanna Ride

"Don't Cha Wanna Ride"
Single by Joss Stone
from the album Mind Body & Soul
B-side	"The Right Time"
Released	4 July 2005 (2005-07-04) (see release history)
Format	CD single, DVD single, digital download, 7" single
Recorded	Mojo Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Soul
Length	3:31
Label	Relentless
Writer(s)	Joss Stone, Desmond Child, Betty Wright, Steve Greenberg, Mike Mangini, Eugene Record, William Sanders
Producer	Mike Mangini, Steve Greenberg, Betty Wright
Joss Stone singles chronology
"Spoiled" (2005) "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" (2005) "Cry Baby Cry" (2006)

"Don't Cha Wanna Ride" is a song by English soul singer-songwriter Joss Stone from her second studio album, Mind Body & Soul (2004). Released in the United Kingdom in July 2005 and in the rest of Europe in August 2005 as the album's fourth and final single, the track was written by Stone, Desmond Child, Betty Wright, Steve Greenberg and Mike Mangini, and is based upon a sample from the 1968 song "Soulful Strut" by Chicago-based soul and jazz instrumental group Young-Holt Unlimited.

Critical reception

Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian wrote that on "Don't Cha Wanna Ride", Stone "works up a decent head of hands-in-the-air funk."^[1] Blender's Robert Christgau felt that the song "split the difference between guaranteed hook appeal and a decent simulation of emotional truth."^[2] Although calling it a "neosoul hip-shaker", Laura Sinagra of Rolling Stone considered the song to be "more Destiny's Child than yesterday's blues."^[3] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly stated that Mind, Body & Soul's "one attempt at sauciness, 'Don't Cha Wanna Ride,' in which Stone [...] compares herself to a juiced-up car, should be parked in the lingerie section of a department store."^[4]

Chart performance

"Don't Cha Wanna Ride" debuted and peaked at number twenty on the UK Singles Chart the week of 16 July 2005, spending four weeks on the chart and becoming Mind, Body & Soul's second highest-charting single after "You Had Me". Internationally the single underperformed the charts in Germany and Switzerland, but proved to be somewhat successful in the Netherlands, where it reached number twenty-four (as did its predecessor, "Spoiled"), and Italy, where it reached number thirty-eight.

Music video

The summery video for "Don't Cha Wanna Ride", directed by Wayne Isham, was shot in Santa Monica, California, and released in June 2005.^[5] It features scenes of Stone driving a flower-patterned white Volkswagen Beetle 1302 Cabriolet (which she recalls in the song's chorus by singing, "a car this fine don't pass your way every day") along the Pacific Coast Highway and performing with her band at the Santa Monica Pier at dusk.

Track listings

UK CD single

1. "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" – 3:31
2. "The Right Time" – 3:35

European CD single

1. "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" – 3:31
2. "Spoiled" (On Stage at Irving Plaza) – 5:38
3. "Fell in Love with a Boy" (On Stage at Irving Plaza) – 4:14

UK DVD single

1. "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" (Video) – 3:31
2. "Right to Be Wrong" (Live at the 2005 Brit Awards) (Video) – 4:30
3. "Spoiled" (On Stage at Irving Plaza) – 5:38

UK 7" single

A. "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" – 3:31

B. "The Right Time" – 3:35

UK promo CD single

1. "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" (Radio Version) – 3:04

Personnel

Musicians Joss Stone – lead vocals, backing vocals AJ Nilo – guitar Jonathan Joseph – drums Mike Mangini – bass, keyboards Raymond Angry – piano, Hammond organ Tom "Bones" Malone – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, trombone, trumpet Betty Wright – backing vocals Bombshell – backing vocals

Production Mike Mangini – producer, mixing, programming Steve Greenberg – producer Betty Wright – producer Steve Greenwell – engineer, mixing, programming

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Belgian Tip Chart (Flanders)[6]	10
Dutch Top 40[7]	24
European Hot 100 Singles[8]	67
German Singles Chart[7]	100
Italian Singles Chart	38
Swiss Singles Chart[7]	93
UK Singles Chart[7]	20

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	4 July 2005	CD single[9]	Relentless
		DVD single[10]
		7" single[11]
Germany[12]	22 August 2005	CD single	EMI
Austria[12]
Switzerland

References

1. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (24 September 2004). "CD: Joss Stone, Mind, Body & Soul". The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/sep/24/popandrock.shopping6. Retrieved 3 August 2008. 
2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Joss Stone : Mind, Body & Soul Review on Blender". Blender. http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=2785. Retrieved 3 August 2008. 
3. ^ Sinagra, Laura (28 October 2004). "Joss Stone: Mind, Body & Soul : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jossstone/albums/album/6438849/review/6524184/mind_body__soul. Retrieved 3 August 2008. 
4. ^ Browne, David (1 October 2004). "Mind, Body & Soul – Music Review – Entertainment Weekly". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,701454,00.html. Retrieved 3 August 2008. 
5. ^ "SHOT: Joss Stone – Wayne Isham, director". Video Static. 1 June 2005. http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2005/week22/index.html#entry-4947753. Retrieved 26 May 2008. 
6. ^ "ultratop.be – Joss Stone – Don't Cha Wanna Ride?". Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/en/showitem.asp?interpret=Joss+Stone&titel=Don%27t+Cha+Wanna+Ride%3F&cat=s. Retrieved 16 November 2008. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d} "Joss Stone – Don't Cha Wanna Ride – Music Charts". αCharts.us. http://acharts.us/song/2158. Retrieved 19 January 2008. 
8. ^ "Joss Stone Album & Song Chart History – European Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/joss-stone/chart-history/533313?f=349&g=Singles. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
9. ^ "Don't Cha Wanna Ride: Joss Stone: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0009XBKM0. Retrieved 17 March 2009. 
10. ^ "Don't Cha Wanna Ride (DVD): Joss Stone: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0009XBKMA. Retrieved 17 March 2009. 
11. ^ "Don't Cha Wanna Ride (7" vinyl): Joss Stone: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0009XBKLG. Retrieved 17 March 2009. 
12. ^ ^{a b} "Don't Cha Wanna Ride: Joss Stone: Amazon.de: Musik" (in German). Amazon.de. http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0009I7ACY. Retrieved 17 March 2009.