Short answer: the Can I Ride dance is a TikTok routine to "Can I Ride", a house track by SIDEPIECE and 95 South released in July 2026. Its hook asks "Daddy, can I ride in your decked out Cadillac?", so many people know it as the Cadillac dance or the "daddy can I ride" song. The moves are simple: a bounce with the hands at the waist, fists pumping up, big waves over the head and the arms crossed in an X. It took off in October 2026, and the AI version, where a photo of you or your pet does the dance, followed within weeks. To make yours, open the Can I Ride Dance AI Video Generator, upload one photo and press Generate.
What is the Can I Ride dance?
It is a short, loopable routine that fits into about ten seconds of the song. Two people usually do it side by side, in sync, facing the phone. Nothing in it is hard: there are no floor moves, no turns that need practice and no partner lifts. That is a big part of why it spread. A nurse on a break, a teacher in a classroom, twins in a kitchen or a grandparent at a family party can all learn it in a minute and film it in one take.
The dance has a happy, slightly cheeky feel. The bounce keeps time, the fists and waves are big enough to read on a small phone screen, and the X at the end gives every loop a clear finish.
Which song is the Can I Ride dance?
The Can I Ride song is "Can I Ride" by SIDEPIECE and 95 South. SIDEPIECE is the American house duo of Dylan Ragland and Ricky Mears, best known for "On My Mind" with Diplo. 95 South is the Miami bass group behind the 1993 party hit "Whoot, There It Is". The track came out as a single on 10 July 2026 on the LIP SERVICE label, and by November it had reached the UK singles chart and the UK dance chart.
The song pairs a modern house beat with a call-and-response hook in the style of 1990s Miami bass, and that hook is what people sing along to in the videos.
What are the "Daddy can I ride" lyrics people search for?
The line everyone remembers is the hook: "Daddy, can I ride in your decked out Cadillac?" Many people hear it as "big black Cadillac" instead, which is why you will see searches for both versions, and others shorten it to "baby can I ride" or "dad, can I get a ride". All of them point to the same song and the same dance.
We don't reprint the full lyrics here because they belong to the songwriters. The official lyrics are shown with the song on Apple Music and Spotify, and the music video is on the artists' channels.
Where did the Can I Ride dance start?
The song's TikTok sound existed from the summer, but the dance arrived in the autumn. On 6 October 2026 the creator @life_of_temi posted the routine with Spencer Anderson: the two of them side by side in a parking lot at sunset, bouncing, pumping their fists, waving and crossing their arms. The clip passed 1.5 million views, and most later posts credit the pair as the dance creators.
From there it spread through October and November: dance duos, brothers in a parking garage, school hallways, hospital staff and families all posted their own takes. Google searches for "can I ride" climbed through November, and the fastest-growing searches were all about the song and its lyrics.
The AI version: what is Can I Ride dance AI?
The AI side of the trend started with a pet. On 19 October 2026 the account @jonnyslife_ posted an AI-made clip of a fluffy dog with a white towel wrapped on its head, standing on its hind legs in a laundry room and doing the routine to the song. The idea was simple and very shareable: your dog does the dance better than you do.
After that, AI video sites added Can I Ride templates. The usual format is:
- Solo: one photo of you does the dance with the original moves.
- Pet: one photo of your cat or dog does the dog version.
- Duo: two photos, two dancers side by side, on some sites.
The good versions don't guess the moves from a text description. They use motion transfer: the AI takes a real Can I Ride clip as a motion reference and plays its moves with the person or pet in your photo, so the timing matches the song.
How do I make my own Can I Ride dance AI video?
- Open the Can I Ride Dance AI Video Generator on Vuddex.
- Pick You or Pet.
- Upload one sharp photo: you from the waist up or full body with both arms in view, or your pet with its whole body visible.
- Press Generate. The button shows the price before you start, and a clip that fails is refunded.
- Download the vertical MP4. The Can I Ride sound is already on it.
You get about 10 seconds for You and 15 seconds for Pet, the length of the clips they copy. There is no prompt to write. For photo tips and fixes, read how to make the Can I Ride dance AI video.
Can I use the song in my video?
When you post on TikTok or Instagram, the safest way is to use the song from the app's own sound library, because the platforms license the songs in their libraries for normal posts. The Vuddex clip keeps the sound of the clip it copies so the moves line up with the beat, but the song belongs to its owners and using it in an ad or a paid post needs a licence.
Tips for a better Can I Ride post
- Use the trend sound: search "Can I Ride" in the sound picker so your post joins the trend's sound page.
- Make it a pair: do one clip of you and one of your friend or your pet and post them side by side.
- Caption it: "Daddy can I ride?", "Baby can I ride?" or "POV: the song comes on".
- Hashtags: #canIride, #canIridedance, #dancechallenge, #aidance.
- Keep the AI label on: you didn't really do these moves, and the platforms ask you to say so.
FAQ
Who made the Can I Ride dance? Most posts credit @life_of_temi and Spencer Anderson, whose clip of the routine went up on 6 October 2026.
Is it the same as the "my ride is here" trend? No. "My ride is here" is a different meme about a flying broomstick. The Can I Ride dance is the bounce, fists, waves and X routine to the SIDEPIECE song.
Can my cat do it? Yes. Pick Pet and upload a photo of your cat with its whole body in view.
Do I need to dance? No. The AI does the dancing from your photo.