White Horse (Laid Back song)

"White Horse"
Re-release A side front cover
Single by Laid Back
from the album Keep Smiling
B-side	So Wie So (US)
Released	1983
Genre	Synthpop[1] electro[2] post-disco[3]
Length	4:42
Label	Sire (US, 7-29346) Medley (Denmark, MDS 272)
Writer(s)	Tim Stahl John Guldberg
Producer(s)	Laid Back & The Dwarfs
Laid Back singles chronology
"Sunshine Reggae" (1983) "White Horse" (1983) "Party at the White House" (1987)

"White Horse" is a 1983 song written by Tim Stahl and John Guldberg of the Danish duo Laid Back. The song was released as the B-side of their single "Sunshine Reggae" which became a major hit in several European countries. In the US, the A-side was mainly ignored and it was the B-side that became most successful. It was released as a single and went on to spend three weeks at number one on the Dance Charts.^[4] The single also made the top five on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[5] Although being played in European clubs, it failed to chart there when re-released as an A-side.

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6]	18
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[7]	16
Canada (CHUM)[8]	15
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9]	27
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10]	17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11]	15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12]	49
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	26
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[5]	5
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[5]	1
US Cash Box[13]	22

Samples and cover versions

• Miami bass group 2 Live Crew sampled "White Horse" in their recording of "Get the Fuck out of My House" on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be.
• The German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier sampled "White Horse" in their 1993 track "Saft".
• Monifah sampled "White Horse" in her 1998 single, "Touch It".
• The song was sampled in "Be Free" by The Black Eyed Peas on their 1998 album Behind the Front.
• NRBQ recorded a rock version of "White Horse" for their 2002 album, Atsa My Band.
• "White Horse" was sampled in "Push", a song by Dannii Minogue, on her album Neon Nights, in 2003.
• In 2004, it was also sampled in "Ride" by E-A-Ski.
• "White Horse" was sampled in "Drop It Like It's Hot", a song by Snoop Dogg on his album R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, in 2004.
• "White Horse" is sampled in the DJ Wayne Williams Ol' Skool Remix of "SexyBack", which appears on the Deluxe Edition of Justin Timberlake's 2006 album FutureSex/LoveSounds.
• The song's lyrics are used as the chorus of the song "White Horse" on King Kong's Funny Farm album.
• Heavy D sampled "White Horse" on the song "Take a Ride" that appeared the soundtrack to the 1998 romantic comedy movie Woo.

References

1. "Hello Dolly: Welcome To The Chart". Billboard 109 (36): 128. 6 September 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
2. "Funkstar De Luxe – Keep On Moving (It's Too Funky In Here)". Vibe 9 (3): 200. March 2001. ISSN 1070-4701.
3. Sylvester, Daniel (22 May 2012). "Laid Back – Cosyland". Exclaim!. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 150.
5. "Laid Back – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
6. "Ultratop.be – Laid Back – White Horse" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
7. "Radio 2 Top 30 : 8 september 1984" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
8. Laid Back at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 February 2006). CHUM. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
9. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6755." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Laid Back - White Horse search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Laid Back – White Horse" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
12. "Charts.org.nz – Laid Back – White Horse". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
13. CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MAY 19, 1984 at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 31 July 2014.