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"Ride My See-Saw" is a 1968 single by the English progressive rock band the Moody Blues. It was written by the band's bassist John Lodge, and was first released on the Moody Blues' 1968 album In Search of the Lost Chord. It was the second of two singles from that album, the other being "Voices in the Sky".

"Ride My See-Saw"
Single by The Moody Blues
from the album In Search of the Lost Chord
B-side	"A Simple Game" (UK) "Voices in the Sky" (US)
Released	12 October 1968
Recorded	January–June 1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	3:39
Label	Deram
Songwriter(s)	John Lodge[1]
Producer(s)	Tony Clarke
The Moody Blues singles chronology
"Voices in the Sky" (1968) "Ride My See-Saw" (1968) "Never Comes the Day" (1969)
Official audio
"Ride My See-Saw" on YouTube
Audio sample
"Ride My See-Saw" file help

Billboard described the single as a "blockbuster rocker" that "comes on strong with all the ingredients to spiral [the Moody Blues] to the top in short order" and a "mover from start to finish."[2] Cash Box called it a "dance track with powerful teen attraction" and "polished vocals."[3]

Personnel

• John Lodge ― bass guitar, cello, vocals
• Justin Hayward ― electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Mike Pinder ― Mellotron, vocals
• Ray Thomas ― tambourine, vocals
• Graeme Edge ― drums, maracas

Chart positions

Chart (1968)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart[4]	42
Billboard Hot 100[5]	61

Use in popular media

• An instrumental version of "Ride My See-Saw" recorded by Ronnie Aldrich and the London Festival Orchestra was used as the theme music for the Canadian morning programme Canada AM on CTV during the 1970s.
• This song was used as bumper music for Art Bell's radio program Coast to Coast AM, and as the intro song to his short-lived Art Bell's Dark Matter.

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