Slow Ride
1975 single by Foghat
title: "Slow Ride" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1975-songs", "1975-singles", "bearsville-records-singles", "foghat-songs"] description: "1975 single by Foghat" topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Ride" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 1975 single by Foghat ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Slow Ride |
| cover | Foghat-slow ride single.jpg |
| type | single |
| artist | Foghat |
| album | Fool for the City |
| B-side | Save Your Loving (For Me) |
| released | December 1975 |
| recorded | Suntreader Studios, Sharon, Vermont |
| genre | * Hard rock |
| length | * 8:14 (LP version) |
| label | Bearsville |
| writer | Dave Peverett |
| producer | Nick Jameson |
| prev_title | Step Outside |
| prev_year | 1974 |
| next_title | Fool for the City |
| next_year | 1976 |
| misc | {{external music video |
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| name = Slow Ride | cover = Foghat-slow ride single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Foghat | album = Fool for the City | B-side = Save Your Loving (For Me) | released = December 1975 | format = | recorded = Suntreader Studios, Sharon, Vermont | studio = | venue = | genre = * Hard rock
- blues rock | length = * 8:14 (LP version)
- 3:56 (single version) | label = Bearsville | writer = Dave Peverett | producer = Nick Jameson | prev_title = Step Outside | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Fool for the City | next_year = 1976 | misc = {{external music video|header=Audio| "Slow Ride" is a song by the English rock band Foghat. It was the lead single from their fifth studio album, Fool for the City (1975), released on Bearsville Records. In 2009, it was named the 45th "Best Hard Rock" song of all time by VH1.
There are five versions of the song. The original LP version from Fool for the City lasts 8 minutes and 14 seconds. The single version, found in several compilations, was truncated to 3:56 with a fade-out ending. The 1977 live version is 8:21, the King Biscuit Flower Hour Foghat version is 10:37 and the 2007 live version is 9:44.
According to drummer Roger Earl, the song was created during a jam session with then new bassist Nick Jameson.
The song is the band's highest charting Billboard single and remains a staple of classic rock.
Charts
Weekly charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1975–76) | Peak position | |---|---| ::
Year-end charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1976) | Peak position | US Billboard Hot 100 | |---|---|---| | 133 | | | ::
Certifications
References
References
- Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Foghat – Slow Ride". [[AllMusic]]. [[All Media Network]].
- Kestrel. "VH1's Top 100 Best Hard Rock Songs of All Time".
- "spreadit.org music".
- (2009-01-05). "100 Best Hard Rock Songs Ever (According to VH1)".
- "The Roger Earl Interview".
- "Foghat".
- Staff, Ultimate Classic Rock. "Top 100 Classic Rock Songs".
- Whitburn, Joel. (1999). "Pop Annual". Record Research Inc..
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