"Free Ride" is a song written by Dan Hartman and performed by the Edgar Winter Group from their 1972 album They Only Come Out at Night, produced by Rick Derringer.

Hartman himself re-recorded the song and released it on his 1979 album Relight My Fire.

Audio Adrenaline recorded the song and released it on their 1996 album Bloom.

[11] The song is featured in the 1993 film, Dazed and Confused while Hartman's recording appeared in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and on its soundtrack album.

[12] It was also featured as a song in the video game tie-in for the film, Cars,[13] and is also used in the Disney California Adventure ride, Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout!