Fun Music Information -> Christopher Cross
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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Christophor CrossPerformer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Christopher Geppert. Submitted by: MOR
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Gone With The Wind" | "Ride Like The Wind" | MOR |
| "Ride Like Wendy" | "Ride Like The Wind" | perv |
| "Fart Like The Wind" | "Ride Like The Wind" | Matt Donnelly |
| "Fart Like The Wind" | "Ride Like The Wind" | Matt Donnelly |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Ailing" originally "Sailing"
mandylee
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Call Right" originally "All Right"
Eac Zeffron
"Bride Like The Wind" originally "Ride Like The Wind"
Song about the runaway bride?
Jen
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"All Fight" originally "All Right"
Kareem Abdul-Montana
"Smiling" originally "Sailing"
nally
"Hide Like The Wind" originally "Ride Like The Wind"
Random Madeupperson
"Wailing" originally "Sailing"
Audrey Ruiz
"Say You'll Be Nine" originally "Say You'll Be Mine"
I'm 35 as I write this, going on 36
Jorja Fox in Socks
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Sailing" | "Whaling" | Bob Emmet/Project Sisyphus |
| "Ride Like the Wind" | "Let No One In" | Mark Hoolihan |
| "Sailing" | "Scurvy" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "Sailing" | "Curling" | Larry Hensley |
| "Sailing" | "Quailing" | Matthias |
| "Arthur's Theme" | "Lost Whale Theme" | Royce Miller |
| "The Best That You Can Do ('Arthur's Theme')" | "The Breast That You Can't Chew" | Lee O. Jay |
| "Arthur's Theme" | "Dubya's Theme" | A Room Full Of Donkeys |
| "Arthur's Theme" | "Chester Arthur's Theme" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Never Be The Same" | "Never Be The Same" | Johnny D |
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Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Sailing | Cruise Line | Andrew |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| King Of Wishful Thinking Go West | Arthur's Theme Christopher Cross | King Arthur's Theme Of Wishful Thinking | Gretchen Wieners |
| King Of Pain The Police | Arthur's Theme Christopher Cross | King Arthur's Theme Of Pain | Gretchen Wieners |
| King Of Pain James Brown | Arthur's Theme Christopher Cross | King Arthur's Pain Theme | Gretchen Wieners |
| King Heroin James Brown | Arthur's Theme Christopher Cross | King Arthur's Heroin Theme | Gretchen Wieners |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
Misheard Lyrics:
"I'll Never Be The Same"
Misheard Lyrics: Ollie Vallone
Original Lyrics: I'll live alone.
| "Ride Like the Wind"
Misheard Lyrics: Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand and nine lives
Could be ten Original Lyrics: Always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand and nine lives
Gunned down ten |
"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
Misheard Lyrics: That's what you can do is fall in love.
Original Lyrics: Best that you can do is fall in love.
| "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)"
Misheard Lyrics: That's what you can do---fall in love.
Original Lyrics: The best that you can do is fall in love.
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"I'll Never Be The Same"
Misheard Lyrics: Ali Bhutto
Original Lyrics: I'll live alone.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Mike Ransom I couldn't figure out what Ali Bhutto (then leader of Pakistan) was doing in this song. But try as I might, I couldn't make it not sound like "Ali Bhutto". Christopher Cross ran the words together the same way every time. |
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Ride Like The Wind"
The Lyrics: And I've got such a long way to go (Such a long way to go) To make it to the border of Mexico So, I'll ride like the wind Ride like the wind
Why: Christopher Cross' "Ride Like The Wind" was Cross' first top ten hit, making it to #2 in the summer of 1980 (before the end of that summer he would have his first #1 with the follow-up, "Sailing"). "Ride Like The Wind" chorus makes a reference to the country of Mexico. The song cast Cross in the role of a an old west (19th century) criminal who has led "nine lives" and shot down "ten men" and now is evading the law by riding "to the border of Mexico". "Ride Like The Wind" and "Sailing" would help Christopher Cross win the Grammy in 1981 for Best New Artists (as well as couple of others, such as Record of the Year, and in the Easy Listening category), although Cross had previously written or co-written some songs for other artists.
Submitted by: Peter
| "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)"
The Lyrics: When you get stuck between the moon and New York City The best that you can do is fall in love
Why: "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)" was the main theme song from the 1981 released motion picture (romantic comedy), "Arthur" starring the late great Dudley Moore as a spoiled rich man (inherited his wealth) who doesn't know how to deal with people on a day-to-day existence (until he meets the love of his life and his forced to change). Dudley Moore's character lived in New York City in an expensive penthouse (therefore the reference in Cross' song to that city). The Moon (again the Earth's only satellite) reference tied in with New York City in the main chorus of the song is that being stuck between the moon and New York City is like being stuck between a rock (the moon) and a hard place (New York City, which was just at that time recovering from the recession that had hit the city back in the mid-1970's). Cross' "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)" was a #1 song on Billboard Magazine's HOT 100 charts in November 1981 knocking another movie theme, Diane Ross and Lionel Richie's "Endless Love" (from the movie starring a very young Brooke Shields) from the top spot.
Submitted by: Peter
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