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soundalikes." "I know that virtually everyone, on first hearing, assumed it was Neil", Bunnell said. "I never fully shied away from the fact that I was inspired by him. I think it's in the structure of the song as much as in the tone of his voice. It did hurt a little, because we got some pretty bad
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magazine (March 2007) that the correct tuning for the guitar is D E D G B D, low to high. The chord pattern that repeats throughout the entire song is: 202002 (Em), then 020202 and 000202. The tuning is unique to this song; they did not use it on any other
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was released initially in Europe, without "A Horse with No Name", and achieved only moderate success. Originally called "Desert Song", "Horse" was written while the band was staying at the home of musician
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1936:"America Chart History (Easy Listening)"
1559:"America's Imitation Worse Than Young's"
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1999:Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana
1860:"Flavour of New Zealand, 27 March 1972"
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76:"Everyone I Meet Is from California"
1557:Christau, Robert (April 16, 1972).
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1958:Whitburn, Joel (2015).
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1706:Pegg, Nicholas (2016).
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