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A Horse with No Name

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36: 425:. "A Horse with No Name" was released as the featured song on a three-track single in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy and the Netherlands in late 1971. On the release, "A Horse with No Name" shared the A-side with "Everyone I Meet Is from California", while "Sandman" featured on the B-side. However, its early-1972 two-track United States release did not include "Sandman", with "Everyone I Meet Is from California" appearing on the B-side. 510:
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 America song.
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with two sharps, F# and C#, although the defining Dorian note C# does not appear in the melody) with acoustic guitars, bass guitar, drum kit, and bongo drums. The only other chord is a D, fretted on the low E and G strings, second fret. A
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The song has received criticism for its lyrics, including "The heat was hot"; "There were plants, and birds, and rocks, and things"; and "'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain." According to an anecdote from
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status. The song charted earlier in Ireland (reaching number 4), the Netherlands (reaching number 11) and the UK (reaching number 3, the band's only Top 40 hit in the country) than it did in the United States.
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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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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 the United States. It reached number 3 in the
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on the day of final recording at Morgan Studios, when at first the group thought it was too corny and took some convincing to actually play it. Gerry Beckley has explained in
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backlash. I've always attributed it more to people protecting their own heroes more than attacking me." By coincidence, it was "A Horse with No Name" that replaced Young's "
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plays an added F♯ (second fret, high E string) on the back beat of the Em. A noted feature of the song is the driving bass line with a
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and Dennis Elliott, which were intended to capture the sensation of the hot, dry desert that had been depicted in a
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while writing it. In a 2012 interview, Beckley disputed Jillette's story, saying, "I don't think Dew was stoned."
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The single achieved sales of over 50,000 copies in Australia, being eligible for the award of a gold disc.
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asked the band about their lyrics, "there were plants, and birds, and rocks, and things" after a show in
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use ("horse" is a common slang term for heroin), the song ascended to number one on the US
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Trying to find a song that would be popular in both the United States and Europe,
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in each chorus. A "waterfall"-type solo completes the arrangement. Produced by
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Despite the song being banned by some US radio stations, most notably
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The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982
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dismissed "A Horse with No Name" as a "song about a kid who
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also says he remembered his childhood travels through the
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Credits adapted per back cover of a 1972 vinyl issue of
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Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies
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Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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A Horse with No Name (film)
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soft rock
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I Need You
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"A Horse with No Name"
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Dewey Bunnell
Warner Bros.
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