"Pony" is the debut single of American R&B singer Ginuwine,
released as a single from his first LPGinuwine...The Bachelor in 1996.
The song was written by Ginuwine with Swing Mob associates Static
Major and Timbaland, who produced the recording. The song's lyrics
describe a blatant sexual come-on: "If you're horny, let's do it /
Ride it; my pony."
Timbaland's production was unique among R&B releases of the day:
"Pony"'s instrumentation features a start-stop rhythm pattern similar
to drum and bass music, a bassline and melody
formed by vocoded vocal
samples, and a cartoon slide whistle. Along with his concurrent work for Aaliyah's One in a Million LP,
"Pony" and Ginuwine...the Bachelor marked the
emergence of Timbaland as a successful R&B producer. The beat was also used
for a remix of Jodeci's
song "Freek 'N You". The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles
& Tracks for two weeks from November 16, 1996 to November 30, 1996
and reached number six on Billboard's Hot 100 on
November 23, 1996.
The song was featured in the 2012 film Magic Mike which
played when Channing Tatum's character performs a hip-hop theme
striptease to the song. A song by Rihanna entitled
"Jump" sampled this song on her seventh
studio album Unapologetic (2012).
I do recall hearing it during Magic Mike. A film I really like.
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