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"Ride on Time" is a song by the Italian music group Black Box, released as a single in 1989 and included on their debut album Dreamland (1990).
The first version used a vocal sample from the 1980 single "Love Sensation" by Loleatta Holloway, which had not been cleared; after the copyright owners took legal action, the single was reissued with rerecorded vocals by Heather Small.
Initially Black Box showed "Ride on Time" to numerous Italian record labels, but none were interested, feeling it did not match their markets. Finally, Davoli took it to Discomagic Records, who he said "would release almost anything".
Shortly after the track was finished, British DJs Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling visited Italy looking for Italo house music.
They heard an early pressing of "Ride on Time" in a record shop, purchased all the available copies, and brought them to England.
Around the same time, the UK record label Deconstruction contacted Discomagic, interested in licensing Black Box's earlier track "Numero Uno", but it had been licensed to Beggars Banquet.
Instead, Deconstruction licensed "Ride on Time" and released it with no promotion, competing with the imported copies arriving in UK record stores.
The rest is disco history !
Comments:
Yosias Tesfaye
I remember hearing this song for the first time ever as a little kid in the 90s when my uncle (in his 20s then) threw a huge unannounced party at my Grandparents’ compound the night I happened to be staying there overnight:)
Though I was not allowed to be inside the where the party was taking place, I just recall being infected with this song the moment I heard it and still play it to this day in my head sometimes. Good times.
Maya Mladenova
I am going crazy for this song
Conor Wells
She sounds like me when I’m busting a nut ahhhhh
mohamed janneh
All the good time is behind, and all what I have is good memories and this song can still pack the floor.
Mister X
She wants me....I can tell......
milo milouk
For everyone out there still going on about the lip-synching thing!! I invite u to see the bigger picture:
A) if you're gonna go by that judgement then u better turn the radio off as everyone does it! and
B) Blackbox was a visual product created by some dj's and visual artists, everybody involved new about it at the time so there shouldn't be hard feelings for anyone as they new what it was all about, I hope this helps u see it and perceive it from a different more realistic perspective and LOVE IT for the amazing visual and music job they created !!
This was a groundbreaking conceptual art!!
monsieur mongolfier
Dan Hartman, such a shame, only discovering his stuff now
Paul James Brady
What a find
Because I'm happy xx
Thank Top of the Pop for bringing me here!
Josh Woods
When love was and not this hatred now
Sam Lowry
This song is just giving birth to the 90s.
evan tupan
Yeah, I'm like NEVER on Time, maybe i need an alarm clock that goes like: OOHO, OOHO, O, O, O, OOHO !!!!! LOUDLY,
So it will give Me and the Entire Neighborhood a Hart Attack!....well at least i will be up, And........RIDE ON TIME!!!!!!
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