Released 13 May 1985 Length 6:58 (LP) | Genre Roots rock, New Wave Writer(s) Mark Knopfler | |
Recorded November 1984 - March 1985,
AIR Studios, Montserrat, Leeward Islands, West Indies/AIR Studios, London, England/Power Station, New York City, New York Label Vertigo Records
Warner Bros. Records (U.S.) | ||
"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. 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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