“Pony” is a song by American singer Ginuwine, released as the debut single from his first album, Ginuwine…The Bachelor (1996). Ginuwine sung, co-wrote, and produced the song with Swing Mob associates Static Major, Digital Black, Smoke E. Digglera, and Timbaland; the latter made his breakthrough as a producer with the song. It peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.
Timbaland revealed during a lecture recorded for online education platform MasterClass, that the beat for the song was created in 1989 which was seven years prior to its 1996 release and the song was written and recorded in 1994 which was two years prior to its release.
The official music video for the album version of the song, directed by Michael Lucero and filmed at the Cowboy Palace saloon in Chatsworth, California,[6] depicts Ginuwine and his crew entering a Western bar as strangers and gradually gaining the favor of the cowboy-patrons. The music video for the remix version of the song (the “Ride It” mix) was directed by Christopher Erskin and shot in a factory.
The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart for two weeks from November 16, 1996, to November 30, 1996,[4] and reached number six on Billboard‘s Hot 100 on November 23, 1996.[5] Internationally, the song reached number three in Australia, peaked at number five in New Zealand, and charted within the top 40 in several European countries.
