Ride Like the Wind
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"Ride Like the Wind" is a 1980 soft rock hit by Christopher Cross, known for its smooth production, memorable melody, and narrative about a desperate outlaw racing for the border.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ride Like the Wind canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5281118 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ride Like the Wind Context triple: [Christopher Cross, notableWork, Ride Like the Wind]
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A.
Back in the Saddle
"Back in the Saddle" is a hard rock song by Aerosmith, known for its galloping rhythm, distinctive bass line, and status as one of the band's signature tracks from the 1970s.
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B.
Hasten Down the Wind
Hasten Down the Wind is a 1976 studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt that showcases her blend of rock, country, and pop and earned her a Grammy Award.
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C.
Cruisin'
"Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.
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D.
Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
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E.
Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range is a remote mountain range in eastern California’s Mojave Desert, forming part of the rugged terrain near Death Valley and Saline Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ride Like the Wind Target entity description: "Ride Like the Wind" is a 1980 soft rock hit by Christopher Cross, known for its smooth production, memorable melody, and narrative about a desperate outlaw racing for the border.
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A.
Back in the Saddle
"Back in the Saddle" is a hard rock song by Aerosmith, known for its galloping rhythm, distinctive bass line, and status as one of the band's signature tracks from the 1970s.
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B.
Hasten Down the Wind
Hasten Down the Wind is a 1976 studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt that showcases her blend of rock, country, and pop and earned her a Grammy Award.
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C.
Cruisin'
"Cruisin'" is a smooth, romantic soul ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his signature solo hits after its release in 1979.
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D.
Thunder Road
Thunder Road is a critically acclaimed 1975 rock song by Bruce Springsteen that opens his album "Born to Run" and is celebrated for its cinematic storytelling and anthemic sound.
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E.
Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range is a remote mountain range in eastern California’s Mojave Desert, forming part of the rugged terrain near Death Valley and Saline Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backingVocals | Michael McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Minstrel Gigolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPeakCountry |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSAdultContemporary | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 2 ⓘ |
| composer | Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutSingleOf | Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredArtist | Michael McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | Sailing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
soft rock
ⓘ
yacht rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | no ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
East Side Beat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laurent Wéry NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Mind Project NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignatureInstrument |
electric guitar
ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| hasSignatureVocalStyle | smooth male lead vocals ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithEra |
early 1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| isConsidered | Christopher Cross signature song ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:30 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
escape
ⓘ
redemption ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
melodic
ⓘ
smooth production ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme | outlaw on the run ⓘ |
| performer | Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | none ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Omartian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979-02 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfPeakChartSuccess | 1980 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ride Like the Wind Description of subject: "Ride Like the Wind" is a 1980 soft rock hit by Christopher Cross, known for its smooth production, memorable melody, and narrative about a desperate outlaw racing for the border.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.