Ride On Time

Album: Dreamland (1989)
Charted: 1
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Daniel Hartman, Daniele Davoli, Mirko Limoni, Valerio Semplici
    Publisher: PFIVE Entertainment Mexico, Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 6

  • Peter from HelsingborgComment on Tony's comment: Tony, learn your history. The guys in Black Box actually thought it sounded that she sang "ride on time".....
  • Tony from Olonkin CityThe actual lyrics are meant to be "your right on time". So, the title to this song is wrong!
  • John from Thetford, UkThe version in your video is actually the Heather Small version, (she was fairly unknown at the time but a good session singer). In the UK, this version replaced the Loleatta version while the record was still No. 1 in the charts. Apart from the changed record index number, the only visible difference to the packaging was '(remix)' added after the song title. Although the two versions obviously don't sound exactly the same, Heather did a good enough job for most people not to even realise there was more than one version. By the time the record left the charts the Heather version had sold more copies than the original one. The version in your video is the Heather version. Listen to the line 'Do to Me' around 1.55 and she sings the whole phrase at the same volume. In the original version you'll notice that Loleatta goes much quieter on 'Do to Me'. The same phrase at 3.25 on Loleatta's Love Sensation easily identifies it as the original one sampled by Blackbox.
  • Eugene from Minneapolis, MnSamantha Fox's "I Wanna Have Some Fun" (1988) also sampled that song. It was the first time I have ever heard that "piece" in any song to begin with. I have never heard "Love Sensation" at the time.
  • Marcelo from São PauloAre the vocals on Gonna Make you Sweet from Deborah Cooper? She was the singer of C+C Music Factory and her voice is much similar of Martha Wash's.
    Anybody can answer me?
  • Derek from Cleveland, OhGonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) was done by C+C Music Factory, not Chic.
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