Ride Across the River
"Ride Across the River" | ||||
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Song by Dire Straits from the album Brothers in Arms | ||||
Released | 13 May 1985 | |||
Recorded |
November 1984 - March 1985, AIR Studios, Montserrat, Leeward Islands, West Indies/AIR Studios, London, England/Power Station, New York City, New York | |||
Genre | Roots rock, New Wave | |||
Length | 6:58 (LP) | |||
Label |
Vertigo Records Warner Bros. Records (U.S.) | |||
Writer(s) | Mark Knopfler | |||
Producer(s) |
Mark Knopfler Neil Dorfsman | |||
Brothers in Arms track listing | ||||
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"Ride Across the River" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits. It first appeared as the sixth track on the band's 1985 multi-platinum selling album Brothers in Arms. It is very different from the band's other works, with Latino-style beats and flutes. The lyrics are about wars (or the same war) described by two opposing views: one follows guerrilla members and the other follows mercenary warfare.
At 6 minutes and 58 seconds, "Ride Across the River" is the fourth longest song on the album.[1] The song opened the second side of the original LP. It was never released as a single. The song was used in the Miami Vice episode Knock Knock, Who's There? and The Last Ship episode El Toro.
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