Ride on Time
1989 single by Black Box / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Ride on Time" is a song by the Italian house music group Black Box. It was released as a single in July 1989 and included on Black Box's debut album, Dreamland (1990).
"Ride on Time" | ||||
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Single by Black Box | ||||
from the album Dreamland | ||||
Released | 31 July 1989 (1989-07-31)[1] | |||
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Label | Discomagic | |||
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Producer(s) | Groove Groove Melody | |||
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"Ride on Time" on YouTube | ||||
The Black Box member Daniele Davioli described "Ride on Time" as an attempt to create a dance track with the power of a rock song. The first version used an unlicensed vocal sample from the 1980 single "Love Sensation" by Loleatta Holloway. After the copyright owners took legal action, the single was reissued with rerecorded vocals by Heather Small, who later found fame as the vocalist of M People. For television appearances, Black Box hired the model Katrin Quinol to mime the vocals.
In Italy, "Ride on Time" was released by Discomagic Records. In the UK, it was released by Deconstruction and popularised by the DJs Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling. It topped the UK Singles Chart for six weeks and became the UK's bestselling single of 1989. It also topped the charts in Iceland and Ireland, and entered the top 10 of several other European countries. "Ride on Time" has appeared in critics' lists of the best house tracks, and in 2020 the Guardian named it one of the greatest UK number ones.