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It peaked at number 2 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (in June 1968) and the US Billboard R&B chart. [3] [4] In Canada the song reached number 7.[5]The song sold a million copies within three months of release, and attained the gold record award from the Recording Industry Association of America in August 1968.
"A Horse with No Name" is a song by American folk rock trio America. Written by Dewey Bunnell, it was released on the Warner Bros. label, in late 1971 in Europe and early 1972 in the United States. The song was met with commercial success and topped charts in Canada, Finland, and on the US Billboard Hot 100. [5]
Molly and Tenbrooks," also known as "The Racehorse Song," is a traditional song of the late 19th century. One of the first recordings of the song was the Carver Boys' 1929 version called "Tim Brook." [1] The song was recorded by Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys on October 28, 1947, but not released
Rolling Stone described "White Horse" as "[p]erhaps the most unconvincing anti-drug song of all time". [5] An article in Miami New Times listed it as one of the "top 10 cocaine songs" and stated, "It's often debated whether the white horse in this song refers to cocaine or heroin. Either way, Laid Back's 1983 single starts out persuading you ...
In both songs the title horse is the underdog in the race, up against a favored grey mare (usually called either "Griselda" or "Molly"), and although in most versions of Stewball the winning horse triumphs due to the stumbling of the lead horse, Skewball wins simply by being the faster horse in the end.
Everything from the song is from that poster," he explained, "except the horse wasn't called Henry." [ 12 ] (The poster identifies the horse as "Zanthus".) The song's lyrics (based on the original poster) detail the evening's program, which was to occur at Bishopsgate in the following sequence: On Saturday at 5:50 pm the band was to begin ...
Kon' (Horse; Russian: Конь) is a popular Russian song, first performed by the pop band Lyube in 1994. The music was written by Igor Matvienko, and the lyrics by his long-time co-author Alexander Shaganov. The song is extremely popular, performed by many artists, and has acquired the status of a quasi-"folk" song, [1] performed at family ...
The song was covered by Daryl Braithwaite on his 1990 album Rise.It was released as a single on 28 January 1991 and reached No. 1 on the Australian Singles Chart in May. [1] [2] "The Horses" has been certified ten-times platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). [3]