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Cross has said in interviews that the song's inspiration was his friendship with an older friend from his high school, Al Glasscock, who would take him sailing as a teenager, just to get away from the trials and tribulations of being a teenager. [9] [10] Glasscock functioned as a surrogate older brother during a tough time for Cross emotionally ...
The lyrics of the song tell 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". Cross was high on LSD when he wrote the lyrics. "We were ...
Christopher Cross (born Christopher Charles Geppert; May 3, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles " Sailing " (1979), and " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) " (from the 1981 film Arthur ) peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot ...
The song was written in collaboration between Cross, Burt Bacharach, and Bacharach's frequent writing partner and then-wife Carole Bayer Sager. A fourth writing credit went to Minnelli's ex-husband, Australian songwriter Peter Allen, [2] a frequent collaborator with Bayer Sager.
Kris Kross were an American hip hop duo, composed of rappers Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly and Chris "Daddy Mac" Smith, formed by record producer Jermaine Dupri.They were the youngest hip-hop group to gain commercial success, with several charting releases by the ages of 12 and 13 years old, respectively.
Seated criss-cross on the stage, Eilish paused singing long enough to skip only one line of lyrics. Then, as the song’s melody went on uninterrupted, she tossed the object — seemingly a ...
"All Right" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. It was released in January 1983 as the lead single from the album, Another Page . On the heels of his Grammy winning first album, [ 1 ] and following his #1 hits "Sailing" and "Arthur's Theme (The Best that You Can Do)" , expectations were strong enough ...
"Think of Laura" is a popular song by the American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. Released as a single in late 1983 from Cross's second studio album, Another Page, "Think of Laura" became the singer's fourth (and, to date, final) single to reach the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at No. 9 in early 1984.