A Horse with No Name

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"A Horse with No Name" is a 1971 folk-rock song by the band America, known for its mellow acoustic sound and enigmatic, desert-themed lyrics.

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A Horse with No Name canonical 1

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instanceOf single
song
artist America NERFINISHED
associatedWithDecade 1970s
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 3
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1
composer Dewey Bunnell NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBySingle I Need You NERFINISHED
genre folk rock
soft rock
hasBpmApprox 120
hasBside Everyone I Meet Is from California NERFINISHED
hasCoverVersionsBy Various artists
hasCulturalImpact became an iconic 1970s soft rock song
hasFormat 7-inch single
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar
bass guitar
percussion
hasLyricalStyle enigmatic lyrics
hasLyricalTheme desert imagery
isolation
travel
hasMusicalFeature mellow acoustic sound
hasRiffType repetitive two-chord progression
includedInAlbum America NERFINISHED
History: America’s Greatest Hits NERFINISHED
isSignatureSongOf America NERFINISHED
key E minor
label Warner Bros. Records NERFINISHED
language English
leadVocalist Dewey Bunnell NERFINISHED
length 4:10
notableFor being America’s first major hit single
being banned by some US radio stations due to perceived drug references
performer America NERFINISHED
precededBySingle I Need You NERFINISHED
producer Ian Samwell NERFINISHED
Jeff Dexter NERFINISHED
recordedIn 1971
releaseDate 1971-01-12
releaseYear 1971
side A-side
writer Dewey Bunnell NERFINISHED

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America (band) notableWork A Horse with No Name
subject surface form: America