Wild Horses (Garth Brooks song) explained

Wild Horses
Cover:Garth Brooks - Wild Horses.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Garth Brooks
Album:No Fences
Released:November 20, 2000
Recorded:1990 (instruments)
2000 (vocals)
Studio:Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre:Country
Length:3:08
Label:Capitol Nashville
Producer:Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:Katie Wants a Fast One
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)
Next Year:2001

"Wild Horses" is a song co-written by Bill Shore and David Wills, recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks on his breakthrough album No Fences in 1990. The song was not released as a single until November 2000, when it was released with a re-recorded vocal track.[1] It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Content

On the surface, this song is about a cowboy's struggle between the love of the rodeo life and the love of a woman. He repeatedly promises to her that he will quit riding, but repeatedly breaks these promises because "wild horses keep dragging [him] away." As the song progresses he's preparing to "make her one more promise that [he] can't keep." It can be interpreted to be about a man who is repeatedly unfaithful and is forgiven, but knows his significant other will eventually stop forgiving him ("The way I love the rodeo / I guess I should let her go / before I hurt her more than she loves me").

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Celebrating Garth, country's new king. tennessean.com. April 26, 2017.
  2. Best of 2001: Country Songs . . . 2001 . August 14, 2012.