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Ride Like the Wind
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"Ride Like the Wind"
Single by Christopher Cross
from the album Christopher Cross
B-side
"Minstrel Gigolo"
Released
February 15, 1980
Format
7" single
Recorded
1979
Genre
Soft rock
Length
3:56
Label
Warner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)
Christopher Cross
Producer(s)
Michael Omartian
Christopher Cross singles chronology
"Ride Like the Wind"
(1980) "Sailing"
(1980)
"Ride Like the Wind"
(1980) "Sailing"
(1980)
"Ride Like the Wind" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. It was released in February 1980 as the lead single from his Grammy-winning self-titled debut album. It reached number 2 on the US charts for four consecutive weeks, behind Blondie's "Call Me". On the album's inner sleeve, Christopher Cross dedicated this song to Lowell George, formerly of the band Little Feat, who had died in 1979. It features backing vocals by Michael McDonald and a guitar solo by Cross.
Contents
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1 History
2 Chart history
2.1 Weekly charts
2.2 Year-end charts
3 East Side Beat version
3.1 Formats
3.2 Charts
4 Laurent Wery version
4.1 Music video
4.2 Track listing
4.3 Chart performance
4.4 Release history
5 Other versions
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
History[edit]
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This soft rock song tells the story of a condemned criminal on the run to Mexico. Told from a first-person point of view, it describes how an outlaw and convicted multiple murderer, on the run from a death-by-hanging sentence, has to "ride like the wind" to reach "the border of Mexico," where, presumably, the posse apparently in pursuit of him will not be able to reach him.
Christopher Cross was on acid when he wrote the lyrics. "We were living in Houston at the time, and on the way down to Austin to record the songs, it was just a beautiful Texas day. I took acid. So I wrote the words on the way down from Houston to Austin."[1]
In 1999, the satirical newspaper The Onion published a story with the headline, "Christopher Cross Finally Reaches Mexican Border";[2] the headline was a reference to the song, and the three-sentence story made several specific allusions to the lyrics. Cross appreciated the honor.[1]
Chart history[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1980)
Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 31
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 69
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 24
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1980)
Rank
Canada Top Singles[4] 21
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 17
East Side Beat version[edit]
"Ride Like the Wind"
Single by East Side Beat
Released
November 29, 1991
Format
7" single, CD
Recorded
1991
Genre
Dance, house
Length
various
Label
FFRR Records
Songwriter(s)
Christopher Cross
Producer(s)
Dave Seaman, Phil Kelsey
East Side Beat singles chronology
"Ride Like the Wind"
(1991) "Alive and Kicking"
(1992)
"Ride Like the Wind"
(1991) "Alive and Kicking"
(1992)
In 1991, Italian dance music group East Side Beat remixed "Ride Like the Wind" in a style typical of early 1990s dance music. There are five remixes in total. Two versions are found on the 7" single and an additional three are on the CD single. The Factory Edit was included in FFRR Records' "Only for the Headstrong" compilation album released in 1992.[6]
Formats[edit]
7" single
"Ride Like the Wind" (Factory Edit) – 3:58
"Ride Like the Wind" (Subway Mix) – 4:09
CD single
"Ride Like the Wind" (Factory Edit) – 3:58
"Ride Like the Wind" (Factory Mix) – 5:51
"Ride Like the Wind" (piano version) – 5:32
"Ride Like the Wind" (Oceanic Remix) – 5:22
"Ride Like the Wind" (Subway Mix) – 4:00
Charts[edit]
Chart (1991/1992)
Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 29
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 4
France (SNEP)[9] 12
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 24
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 23
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 3
Laurent Wery version[edit]
"Ride Like the Wind"
Single by Laurent Wéry featuring Joss Mendosah
Released
March 30, 2013
Format
Digital download
Recorded
2012
Genre
Dance, house
Length
2:53
Label
La Musique du Beau Monde
Songwriter(s)
Christopher Cross
Producer(s)
Laurent Wéry
Laurent Wéry singles chronology
"I'm Going In"
(2012) "Ride Like the Wind"
(2013) "Up 2 the Sky"
(2013)
"I'm Going In"
(2012) "Ride Like the Wind"
(2013) "Up 2 the Sky"
(2013)
Belgian DJ Laurent Wéry released a cover version of the song, which features vocals from Joss Mendosah. The song was produced by Laurent Wery. It was released in Belgium as a digital download on March 30, 2013. The song peaked at number 26 in Belgium.
Music video[edit]
A music video to accompany the release of "Ride Like the Wind" was first released on YouTube on April 8, 2013 at a total length of two minutes and fifty-four seconds.[14]
Track listing[edit]
Digital download
No.
Title
Length
1. "Ride Like the Wind" (Original Extended) (feat. Joss Mendosah) 4:38
2. "Ride Like the Wind" (Original Radio Mix) (feat. Joss Mendosah) 2:53
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (2013)
Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15] 26
Release history[edit]
Region
Date
Format
Label
Belgium March 30, 2013[16] Digital download La Musique du Beau Monde
Other versions[edit]
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The song has been covered by Freddie Hubbard on his 1982 album Ride Like the Wind, as well as by Taka Boom on her 1983 album Boomerang; In 2005, German producer Pit Bailay recorded 5 versions for his album Ride Like the Wind. It has also been covered by British heavy metal band Saxon on their 1988 album Destiny, American heavy metal band Speeed on their 1999 album Powertrip Pigs, and Norwegian heavy metal singer Jorn on his 2012 album Bring Heavy Rock to the Land. In 2013, the song was covered by Robin Thicke and Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) for the film Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and its soundtrack (which also includes the original version). The song was also heard at the beginning of the film. In promotion of the film, Cross and Ferrell sang the song together on Jimmy Kimmel Live.[17]
See also[edit]
Break Like the Wind, a 1992 album by the semi-fictional band Spinal Tap.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Prato, Greg (2014). "Interview: Christopher Cross, Songwriter". Songfacts, LLC. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
Jump up ^ "Christopher Cross Finally Reaches Mexican Border". The Onion. February 10, 1999. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Christopher Cross – Ride Like the Wind". Top 40 Singles.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 Singles (1980)". RPM. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
Jump up ^ "Pop Singles" Billboard December 20, 1980: TIA-10
Jump up ^ "Various - Only For The Headstrong". Discogs.com. 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
Jump up ^ "Austriancharts.at – East Side Beat – Ride Like the Wind" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – East Side Beat – Ride Like the Wind" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – East Side Beat – Ride Like the Wind" (in French). Les classement single.
Jump up ^ "Musicline.de – East Side Beat Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
Jump up ^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
Jump up ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – East Side Beat" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
Jump up ^ "Swisscharts.com – East Side Beat – Ride Like the Wind". Swiss Singles Chart.
Jump up ^ Laurent Wery feat. Joss Mendosah - Ride Like the Wind (Official Video). YouTube
Jump up ^ "Ultratop.be – Laurent Wery feat. Joss Mendosah – Ride Like The Wind" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
Jump up ^ iTunes - Music - Ride Like the Wind (feat. Joss Mendosah) - Single by Laurent Wery
Jump up ^ "'Anchorman 2' Ron Burgundy, Christopher Cross 'Ride like the Wind' (Video) Jimmy Kimmel Live Dec. 19, 2013".
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Ghost of Christmas Present
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Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Present with Ebenezer Scrooge
First appearance
A Christmas Carol 1843
Created by
Charles Dickens
Information
Species
Spirit
Gender
male
Relatives
The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
The Ghost of Christmas Present or The Spirit of Christmas Present is a fictional character in the work A Christmas Carol by novelist Charles Dickens. The Spirit closely resembles Father Christmas from local folklore.
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1 Description
2 Appearance in various film adaptations
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Description[edit]
The Ghost of Christmas Present is the second of the three spirits (after the visitations by Jacob Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past) that haunt the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, in order to prompt him to repent. When he first appears before Scrooge, he invites him to "come in and know me better, man." According to Dickens' novel, the Ghost of Christmas Present appears to Scrooge as "a jolly giant" with dark brown curls. He wears a fur-lined green robe and on his head a holly wreath set with shining icicles. He carries a large torch, made to resemble a cornucopia, and appears accompanied by a great feast. He states that he has had "more than eighteen hundred" brothers and later reveals the ability to change his size to fit into any space. He also bears a scabbard with no sword in it, a representation of peace on Earth and good will toward men.
The spirit transports Scrooge around the city, showing him scenes of festivity and also deprivation that are happening as they watch, sprinkling a little warmth from his torch as he travels. Amongst the visits are Scrooge's nephew, and the family of his impoverished clerk, Bob Cratchit. Scrooge takes an interest in Cratchit's desperately-ill son, Tiny Tim, and asks the Ghost if Tim will live. The Ghost first states that "If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die," and then – quick to use Scrooge's past heartless comments to two charitable solicitors against him – states, "What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." The spirit then warns Scrooge to "forebear that wicked tongue until you have discovered for yourself what the surplus is, and where it is." and chillingly tells him "It may be, that in the sight of heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than MILLIONS like this poor man's child."
The spirit finally reveals to Scrooge two emaciated children, subhuman in appearance and loathsome to behold, clinging to his robes, and names the boy as Ignorance and the girl as Want. The spirit warns Scrooge, "Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom unless the writing be erased." The spirit once again quotes Scrooge, who asks if the grotesque children have "no refuge, no resource," and the spirit retorts with more of Scrooge's own words: "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"
The Ghost of Christmas Present, having already aged, reveals that he will only exist on Earth for a "very brief" time, implied to be that single Christmas holiday. He finally disappears at the stroke of midnight on Twelfth Night, and leaves Scrooge to face the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, as it approaches "like a mist along the ground."
Appearance in various film adaptations[edit]
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In the 1935 film Scrooge he is played by Oscar Asche. Also unlike most versions he is bald and clean shaven.
In the 1938 film A Christmas Carol he is played by Lionel Braham.
In the 1951 film Scrooge he is played by Francis De Wolff.
In the 1962 TV special Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, he appears before the Ghost of Christmas Past was meant to.
In the 1970 musical adaptation Scrooge, Kenneth More portrays the main character. After a song ("I Like Life"), the ghost takes Scrooge to Cratchit's house to see a brief argument after Bob claims that the dinner is courtesy of Scrooge instead of Bob's compensation, followed by a song by Tiny Tim ("The Beautiful Day"). After questioning the ghost about Tiny Tim, the ghost takes Scrooge to his nephew's house for a round of "The Minister's Cat" before the ghost leaves Scrooge back in his home to meet the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. "Ignorance" and "Want" do not appear in this adaptation.
In the Academy Award-winning animated film A Christmas Carol (1971) he is played by Felix Felton.
In a 1979 Dutch musical De Wonderbaarlijke Genezing van (The Wonderfull Cure of) Ebenezer Scrooge, he is played by Paul van Gorcum.
In the Disney 1983 animated adaptation titled Mickey's Christmas Carol, Willie the Giant (voiced by Will Ryan) portrays the ghost. "Ignorance" and "Want" do not appear in this adaptation.
In the 1984 film starring George C. Scott, the spirit is portrayed by Edward Woodward. He appears almost exactly as described in Dickens' book.
The Jetsons episode The Jetsons Christmas Carol portrays the spirit as of course a "present", a festively wrapped gift box with enough of a sense of humor to illustrate the pun: "I'm Spirit #2!" he announces to Spacely.
In Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) Ebenezer Blackadder is visited by "the Spirit of Christmas" (played by Robbie Coltrane) who bears a close resemblance to the Ghost of Christmas Present of Dickens' version.
The 1988 film Scrooged's incarnation of the ghost is a violent, shrill fairy played by Carol Kane.
In A Flintstones Christmas Carol the spirit is portrayed by the unnamed man who was seen earlier in the cartoon disguised as Santa Claus, ringing a bell outside a department store.
The Ghost of Christmas Present is featured in The Muppet Christmas Carol. He appears as a full-bodied Muppet with the face and voice performed by Jerry Nelson and his in-suit performer is Don Austen. Like in Mickey's Christmas Carol, "Ignorance" and "Want" don't appear. As he disappears after midnight strikes, he warns Scrooge of the coming of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come before saying (in a variation of the ghost's well-known line) "Go forth and know him better, man." The Ghost of Christmas Present is featured in the "Holiday Time!" entry of The Muppets Character Encyclopedia.
In the 1993 Alvin and the Chipmunks episode, released as Alvin's Christmas Carol, the Ghost of Christmas Present is portrayed by Theodore, who dresses in a Santa Claus suit and carries a sack which Alvin presumes is full of gifts. Through his sack, he shows Alvin how his family is celebrating Christmas while coping with his desire for personal happiness, much to Alvin's surprise, and how he is Mr. Carroll's only visitor with his paper route. Ignorance and Want do not appear in this rendition.
In Ebbie the spirit is portrayed by Lorena Gale, who also played a gift wrapping employee of Dobson's.
In the 1998 animated musical television film An All Dogs Christmas Carol, Sasha becomes the spirit appearing to Carface Carruthers.
In the 1999 film starring Patrick Stewart, the spirit is portrayed by Desmond Barrit.
Roger Taylor of Duran Duran fame portrays the spirit in A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000).
In A Carol Christmas (2003), William Shatner portrayed a TV talk show host named "Dr. Bob" (who habitually spouts off cliches) appears before Carol Cartman as the spirit later in the movie.
In Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas, Yosemite Sam (Maurice LaMarche) is portrayed as the Ghost of Christmas Present.
In the 2009 film Disney's A Christmas Carol, the ghost greatly resembles the version in the novel. (Jim Carrey voices all three ghosts, and Scrooge himself.) This version is depicted dying at length when midnight strikes (to the point of dissolving into a skeleton before the twelfth strike) and his warning about Ignorance and Want is also shortened, only saying "Beware them both" as the forms of Ignorance and Want rapidly turn into adults and repeat Scrooge's unkind comments he had said to the charitable gentlemen from earlier (Ignorance appearing in a prison cell, and Want being put in a straitjacket to be taken to a workhouse).
In the Doctor Who's 2010 Christmas Special, Amy Pond dressed up as a police officer presents herself in a hologram as the Ghost of Christmas Present, eventually getting interrupted at some reprises by Rory Williams dressed up as a Roman after some remarks.
He is represented by DeStorm Power as Kanye West rapping against Scrooge in the third season of Epic Rap Battles of History where he is known as "the ghost of whats right now".
In the Thomas and Friends episode, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas, the Ghost of Christmas Present is portrayed by Paxton.
In the 2016 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "A Hearth's Warming Tail", Pinkie Pie (Andrea Libman) represents the "Spirit of Hearth's Warming Presents", named such for her avocation of gift-giving. She tours Snowfall Frost across the town to Snow Dash's Hearth's Warming Party singing "Pinkie's Present".
In the Animaniacs episode "A Christmas Plotz" The Ghost of Christmas Present is played by Dot Warner dressed in Victorian clothing. After emerging from a present (Dot: "ha ha get it, it's a pun") she shows Plotz a movie about Ralph the Guard's life on Christmas Eve.
See also[edit]
Jacob Marley
Ghost of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
References[edit]
Hearn, Michael P. (1989). The Annotated Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; illustrated by John Leach; with an introduction, notes and bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn. New York: Avenel Books. ISBN 0-517-68780-1.
External links[edit]
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol adaptations
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A Christmas Carol (1908)
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It's Never Too Late
A Christmas Carol (1960)
Scrooge (1970)
A Christmas Carol (1971)
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Scrooged
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A Christmas Carol (1997)
A Diva's Christmas Carol
Christmas Carol: The Movie
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