Slow Ride

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"Slow Ride" is a song composed by "Lonesome" Dave Peverett and recorded by the rock band Foghat, appearing on their fifth album Fool for the City (1975). This was Foghat's top single, peaking at number 20. It also appears on Foghat Live (1977), which was their best selling album at over two million copies.

[edit] Popular culture

• This song also appeared prominently in films like FM and Dazed and Confused. This was later referenced in an episode of Family Guy in which the evil monkey listens to the song while smoking marijuana.

• "Slow Ride" was featured on an episode of "Seinfeld" on which the character of Elaine Benes dances to the tune.

• Recently Honda used it on their Odyssey van commercial. Carl's Jr also used it in one of their ads.

• This song also appears on the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the Classic Rock radio station K-DST.

• Appeared in the showtime series Dexter, S1E9.

• The song also appears on the movie Barnyard, and an episode of NewsRadio