Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind May 2026

The success of this single helped Cross’s self-titled debut album sweep the "Big Four" Grammy categories (Album, Record, and Song of the Year, plus Best New Artist) in 1981—a feat unmatched for nearly 40 years until Billie Eilish in 2020.

The album’s inner sleeve dedicated the song to Lowell George , the late frontman of Little Feat who had passed away in 1979. Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind

The song spent four consecutive weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 , held out of the top spot only by Blondie's "Call Me". The success of this single helped Cross’s self-titled

While the melody sounds breezy, the lyrics actually tell the gritty story of a condemned multiple murderer on the run from a death-by-hanging sentence, desperate to reach the Mexican border to be free again. While the melody sounds breezy, the lyrics actually