Twenty Wild Horses

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"Twenty Wild Horses"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Under the Influence
Released20 September 1999 (1999-09-20)
Genre Rock, folk rock [1]
Length3:53 (5:00 album version)
Label Eagle Records
Songwriter(s) Rossi/Frost
Producer(s) Mike Paxman
Status Quo singles chronology
"Little White Lies"
(1999)
"Twenty Wild Horses"
(1999)
"Mony Mony"
(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]

Contents

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)

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 96
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 53

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