Twenty Wild Horses Explained

Twenty Wild Horses
Type:single
Artist:Status Quo
Album:Under the Influence
Genre:Rock, folk rock[1]
Length:3:53 (5:00 album version)
Label:Eagle Records
Producer:Mike Paxman
Prev Title:Little White Lies
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Mony Mony
Next Year:2000

"Twenty Wild Horses" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1999. It was included on the album Under the Influence.[2] The song also entered in Francis Rossi's solo repertoire, along with another song from the same album, "Blessed Are the Meek"; the two songs were included on Rossi's 2011 live album.[3] Rossi described the song's phrase "twenty wild horses and 500 men" as sounding incredibly good, and as the melody was saying there's a sound in it.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Twenty Wild Horses" (Edit) (Rossi/Frost) (3.53)
  2. "Analyse Time" (Rossi/Bown) (3.37)
  3. "Obstruction Day" (Parfitt/Edwards) (3.48)

Other versions

The Mexican band Pobre Barrio released a spanish language version of the song, under the name "Toda la Noche", as part of their album "SueƱos y Realidades" (2002).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Under the Influence - Status Quo | Songs, Reviews, Credits . AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Status Quo discography . Statusquo.co.uk . 2010-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100212153932/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles9.htm . 2010-02-12 .
  3. Web site: Live at St. Luke's, London. Spotify. 4 March 2011.
  4. Web site: Twenty Wild Horses. Songfacts.com. 29 May 2022.