| "Wild Horses" | ||||
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| Single by Garth Brooks | ||||
| from the album No Fences | ||||
| Released | November 20, 2000 | |||
| Format | CD Single | |||
| Recorded | 1990 (instruments) 2000 (vocals) |
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Capitol Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Shore, David Wills | |||
| Producer(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
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"Wild Horses" is a song co-written by Bill Shore and David Wills, recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks on his breakthrough album No Fences in 1990. The song was not released as a single until November 2000, when it was released with a re-recorded vocal track. It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
On the surface, this song is about a cowboy's struggle between the love of the rodeo life and the love of a woman. He repeatedly promises to her that he will quit riding, but repeatedly breaks these promises because "wild horses keep dragging [him] away." As the song progresses he's preparing to "make her one more promise that [he] can't keep." It can be interpreted to be about a man who is repeatedly unfaithful and is forgiven, but knows his significant other will eventually stop forgiving him ("The way I love the rodeo / I guess I should let her go / before I hurt her more than she loves me").