Pale Horses (song)

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"Pale Horses"
Moby Pale Horses.jpg
Single by Moby
from the album Wait for Me
ReleasedJune 22, 2009
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s) Moby
Producer(s) Moby
Moby singles chronology
"Shot in the Back of the Head"
(2009)		"Pale Horses"
(2009)		"Mistake"
(2009)

"Pale Horses" (stylized as "pale horses") is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the second single from his ninth studio album Wait for Me on June 22, 2009. [1] Vocals on the song are performed by Amelia Zirin-Brown. [2]

Contents

Music video

The "Pale Horses" music video was directed and animated by Elanna Allen. [3] It features the alien "Little Idiot", depicted on the Wait for Me cover. The video depicts the alien, seeking company, creating several drawings which come to life, beginning with a replica of himself, which is washed away by rain. He later draws a dog and a train which he uses to travel to the Moon, where he draws an entire crowd of replicas to dance with, until they too are washed away by rain, leaving him alone once again. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Pale Horses" (Apparat Dub) – 3:28
  2. "Pale Horses" (Ben Hoo's Adaptation) – 5:14
  1. "Pale Horses" (Gui Boratto's Last Window Remix) – 7:36
  2. "Pale Horses" (Apparat Remix) – 6:46
  3. "Pale Horses" (Empyrean Dub Version) – 4:28
  1. "Pale Horses" – 3:36
  2. "Pale Horses" (Gui Boratto's Last Window Remix) – 7:36
  3. "Pale Horses" (Apparat Remix) – 6:46
  4. "Pale Horses" (VC1) – 6:36
  5. "Pale Horses" (Empyrean Dub) – 3:36
Bonus track – digital remixes single [6]
  2. "Pale Horses" (Davide Rossi Re-Interpretation) – 3:30

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [7] 20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [8] 25
Belgium Dance (Ultratop) [9] 5
US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [10] 3

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References

  1. ↑ "Pale Horses". Moby.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ Wait for Me (liner notes). Moby. Mute Records. 2009. MUT 9416-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Wait for Me (deluxe edition liner notes). Moby. Little Idiot. 2009. IDIOT001x.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Blackard, Cap (June 14, 2009). "Watch: Darker, moodier Moby rides in on "Pale Horses"". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved June 15, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Pale Horses – EP by Moby". United States: iTunes Store . Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Pale Horses (Remixes) by Moby". France: iTunes Store . Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Moby – Pale Horses" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Moby – Pale Horses" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop Dance – 25/07/2009" (in Dutch). Ultratop Dance . Retrieved March 7, 2018.
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