Ride Captain Ride - Wikipedia Ride Captain Ride `` Ride Captain Ride '' Single by Blues Image from the album Open B - side `` Pay My Dues '' Released April 1970 Format 7 '' 45 RPM Genre Rock Length 3 : 45 3 : 07 ( 7 '' version ) Label Atco / Atlantic Songwriter ( s ) Mike Pinera, Frank Konte Producer ( s ) Richard Podolor `` Ride Captain Ride '' is a song recorded by the American rock band Blues Image. The song was co-written by the band 's singer - guitarist Mike Pinera and keyboardist Frank `` Skip '' Konte. It was included on the group 's 1970 album, Open. Released as a slightly shortened single in the spring of 1970, it shot up the charts, eventually reaching No. 4 in the USA and Canadian charts, making it Blues Image 's first ( and only ) Top 40 chart hit. It reached No. 23 in Australia. The guitar fills and main solo were performed by Kent Henry. Pinera plays the guitar solo at the end of the song. The song was inspired by the number of keys on Pinera 's Rhodes piano. Pinera said, `` Okay, I need a first word. And what came into my head was ' 73. ' I liked the rhythm, and I went, ' 73 men sailed up, from the San Francisco Bay. '... The song sort of just wrote itself from there. '' The song was eventually remixed as a `` psychedelic space version ''. Popular culture This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2016 ) `` Ride Captain Ride '' appears on the soundtrack of the 1971 groundbreaking docu - drama Dusty and Sweets McGee `` Ride Captain Ride '' was covered by Blood, Sweat & Tears on their 1975 album New City and was the lead track on Side One. It is also notable as an early effort by producer Jimmy Ienner. Live versions can be found on their albums In Concert and Live and Improvised. `` Ride Captain Ride '' can be heard in the beginning of the episode `` The Serpent 's Egg '' ( Season 1, Episode 5 ) from the TV series DEFIANCE. Played on Raider Radio, broadcast from the top of The Arch, by Alak Tarr ( Jesse Rath ). `` Ride Captain Ride '' was the surfing song in the indie game Tales of The Drunken Paladin. `` Ride Captain Ride '' can be heard in both of the films Anchorman : The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Diggers. The rock band Phish has covered the song in live concerts on occasion. `` Ride Captain Ride '' can also be heard in the episode `` Namaste '' from the TV series LOST. The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner used `` Ride Captain Ride '' as the entrance theme for Shatner. `` Ride Captain Ride '' plays at the beginning of the TV series Scorpion ( Season 2, Episode 2 : Cuba Libre ) aired September 28, 2015. References Jump up ^ Schweiber, Dave ( June 26, 2001 ). `` The Captain Rides Again ''. St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Ride Captain Ride Every Time Played - Phish.net ''. phish.net. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 04. This 1970s rock song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ride_Captain_Ride&oldid=814665640 '' Categories : 1970 singles Atco Records singles Songs written by Mike Pinera Atlantic Records singles American rock songs 1970s rock song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2016 Articles needing additional references from July 2016 All articles needing additional references All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Čeština Edit links This page was last edited on 10 December 2017, at 04 : 45. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
Answer: American rock band Blues Image