Song · Twenty One Pilots
“Ride” by Twenty One Pilots
From the album Blurryface (2015)
“Ride” by Twenty One Pilots appears on 18 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 2016 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Blurryface. Its best result is #1 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #21 alternative song of 2016, #2,299 alternative song of all time and #142 of the '10s.
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"Ride" rolled out from Blurryface, the fourth Twenty One Pilots album, as a promotional single on YouTube in May 2015, with its video following the next day. Almost a year later, on April 12, 2016, it went to US pop radio as the album's fifth official single, and it went all the way to 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Tyler Joseph wrote it alone and co-produced it with Ricky Reed, who also plays bass; Joseph adds organ and Josh Dun drums. It's an uptempo alternative rap tune that grabs from hip-hop, punk, reggae, pop, electro and rock all at once, loping and skanking at a fast clip. Neal Avron mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2016 | 91 |
| 2016 | 1 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2016 | 99 |
| 2016 | 5 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 | 50 |
| 2016 | 26 | SiriusXM Alt Nation National (SiriusXM satellite radio) | SiriusXM Alt Nation's 36 Biggest Alternative Songs of 2016 | 36 |
| 2016 | 19 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 | 88 |
| 2020 | 69 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 55 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 21 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 223 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 77 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 9 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 of the 2010s | 102 |
| 2020 | 6 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 33 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 107 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 156 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2022 | 222 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 252 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 177 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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