Johnny the Horse
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| Single by Madness from the album Wonderful |
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| Released | October, 1999 | ||||
| Format | CD | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:19 | ||||
| Label | Virgin Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Carl Smyth | ||||
| Producer | Clive Langer Alan Winstanley |
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"Johnny The Horse" is a single by British band Madness from their 1999 album Wonderful. The song struggled to make an impact in the charts after the success of "Lovestruck", and peaked at #44.
Carl Smyth explained that "The song Johnny the Horse was inspired by a couple of tramps who I used to see often sitting and drinking cheap booze on a wall locally. One day one of them was crying and, after asking him what was the problem, he told me that his friend had been beaten and killed whilst trying to sleep in an empty building. The name is the kind of tag that Scots or Irish might give to a strong drinking hard man type." Another quote states that "...it's funny how people's lives can unravel y'know. So that's what it's about. Who remembers them, they've had a life and then sort of fall between the cracks."
[edit] Track listing
- Johnny The Horse
- I Was The One
- Dreaming Man
- You're Wonderful (Remix)
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