"A Horse with No Name" er en sang af den amerikanske folkrocktrio America . Den er skrevet af Dewey Bunnell , og blev udgivet via Warner Bros. i slutningen af 1971 i Europa og begyndelsen af 1972 i USA. Det er blandt gruppens mest kendte og populære sange.
Songen blev en kommerciel succes og toppede hitlisterne i Canada, FInland og USA.[ 5] Den nåede tredjepladsen på UK singles chart . Den blev certificeret guld af Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 24, 1972.[ 6] Sangen blev hurtigt tilføjet til gruppens debutalbum, America (oprindeligt udgivet i januar 1972).
I 1987 udgav den danske rockgruppe D-A-D en coverversion af "A Horse with No Name" på deres andet studiealbum D.A.D. Draws a Circle . Den blev indspillet efter opfordring af deres producer og den er det eneste covernummer gruppen har indspillet.
^ Micchelli, Thomas (9. marts 2019). "Painting Paradoxes of Family, Race, and Prison" . Hyperallergic . Hentet 16. juni 2019 . (both apparent references to the 1972 folk-rock song, 'A Horse with No Name,' by a band called, tellingly, America) beckon toward freedom.
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^ "VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs" . Stereogum . SpinMedia . 31. maj 2007. Hentet 31. juli 2016 .
^ "A Horse with No Name" USA chart history , Billboard.com. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
^ RIAA. "RIAA Gold & Platinum Database" . Recording Industry Association of America . Arkiveret fra originalen 24. september 2015. Hentet 25. september 2008 .
^ "Ultratop.be – America – A Horse With No Name" (på nederlandsk). Ultratop 50 .
^ "RPM100 Singles" (PDF) . RPM . 6. maj 1972. Hentet 12. april 2020 .
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada" . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1972-05-06. Hentet 2022-02-20 .
^ "Lescharts.com – America – A Horse With No Name" (på fransk). Les classement single .
^ "none". Billboard : 53. 7. oktober 1972.
^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know" . Irishcharts.ie .
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – America – A Horse With No Name" (på nederlandsk). Single Top 100 .
^ "Flavour of New Zealand, 27 March 1972" . Arkiveret fra originalen 20. august 2021. Hentet 20. februar 2022 .
^ "Spanishcharts.com – America – A Horse With No Name" Canciones Top 50 .
^ "America: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company .
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