Can I Ride Dance: The Song, the Steps and How the Trend Started
Everything about the Can I Ride dance, the SIDEPIECE and 95 South song, who made the choreography, the routine count by count, why it took off, and how to make your own from two photos.
If your For You page has been full of pairs bouncing side by side to a house beat while a voice asks "can I ride?", you've seen the Can I Ride dance. It's short, easy to sync and needs exactly two people, which is why it has become the go-to "dance for 2 people" of October 2026.
What song is it?
"Can I Ride" by SIDEPIECE and 95 South. SIDEPIECE is the house duo of Party Favor and Nitti Gritti; 95 South is the Miami bass group behind the 1993 hit "Whoot, There It Is". The 2026 single puts a bass-music vocal over a house beat, and its hook asks: "can I ride in your decked out Cadillac?". That hook is the part every video uses, about ten seconds, which is the whole dance.
Who made the dance?
Posts credit the choreography to Temi and Spencer Anderson. The routine spread on TikTok in early October 2026, and a take posted on October 9 by a pair of friends passed 1.5 million views and pushed it into the mainstream. Within a week the most-watched versions were duos, siblings, best friends and, inevitably, AI versions.
The routine, count by count
Both dancers stand side by side, facing the phone, and do the same moves in sync:
- Line up (0–1 s). One steps back, the other steps up, until you're shoulder to shoulder.
- Hands at the chest (1–2.5 s). A hand on the heart, a fist rolling in front of the chest, then crossed arms.
- Claps (2.5–4 s). Open the arms, clap in front of the chest, rub the hands, knees bouncing.
- Swing (4–6 s). Swing both arms out and clap at the hips.
- Flick and kick (6–7.5 s). Flick the wrists down, kick one knee up and land back in the groove.
- The grin (7.5–10 s). Loose bounces, a smile and the last line mouthed into the lens.
Keep it small and relaxed: it's mostly hands and bounce, and reads best in a full-body shot from a phone at chest height.
Why it took off
- It's built for two. You tag the person you did it with.
- It's short. Ten seconds, one take, no transitions.
- The sound is instantly recognizable. A 90s bass hook over a modern house beat.
- Anyone can do it. No floor work, no flips.
How to make an AI version
If you'd rather skip the practice, the Can I Ride template makes it from two photos: the two people in your photos dance the whole routine side by side, in a 10-second 9:16 video with the song. Photo 1 dances on the left, photo 2 on the right. Step by step: how to make the Can I Ride dance AI video.
FAQ
Is it a dance for two or three? It's made for two; trios add a third dancer in the middle. Can I make a Can I Ride video without dancing? Yes, the AI template turns two photos into the dance.