Ride Like the Wind
Christopher Cross
1980
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1979
Release: 1979Source checked | Recent carryover
Source-supported first release year of the original recording at year precision. Later single-chart appearances and anthology or remaster dates are separate. Exact user-file audio, edit and mastering remain unverified.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Christopher Cross - original debut album archive
Artist identifies the debut as a 1979 Warner Bros. release produced by Michael Omartian and separates July 1979 recording from December release.
Christopher Cross - original album songbook
Artist associates Ride Like the Wind and Sailing with the 1979 debut and supplies his own playing charts.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Ride Like the Wind was included on Christopher Cross's self-titled debut, released by Warner Bros. in 1979 and produced by Michael Omartian. Cross's own songbook lists it in that original program. The 1979 album origin is separate from the song's later success as a 1980 single.
Evidence scope: Source-supported recording, release and career context; personal songwriting inspiration is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Christopher Cross - original debut album archive
Artist identifies the debut as a 1979 Warner Bros. release produced by Michael Omartian and separates July 1979 recording from December release. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Christopher Cross - original album songbook
Artist associates Ride Like the Wind and Sailing with the 1979 debut and supplies his own playing charts. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Supplied note - not independently verified. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
Cross's imagination of being an outlaw in the Old West, fleeing to Mexico.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Source-supported first release year of the original recording at year precision. Later single-chart appearances and anthology or remaster dates are separate. Exact user-file audio, edit and mastering remain unverified.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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