Tracklist
| A | White Horse | |||
| B | White Horse (Megamix) |
Credits
- Producer – Laid Back
- Written-By – John Guldberg, Tim Stahl
Notes
Heath Levy Music/Creole Music
Licensed from Medley Records, Denmark
Other Versions (Showing 5 of 31) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Horse (7") | Medley Records | MDS 272 | Denmark | 1983 | ||
| White Horse (7") | Sire | 7-29346 | US | 1983 | ||
| White Horse (Remixes) (CDr, Promo) | Flex Records (2) | none | Denmark | |||
| White Horse (7") | CNR | 145.097 | Netherlands | 1984 | ||
| White Horse (7", Single) | Sire | 7-29346 | US | 1983 |
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[r128624]
Seymour Stein of Sire Rec's liked it but soon found out that his crew liked the B side - "White Horse". Thus, the A side became "White Horse" in the US! Besides having been used as a sample countless times by now by other artists, "White Horse" is a textbook example of less-is-more when using synths - and, synth guitar (the very first Roland ones)!
This was done way before the introduction of sequencers, MIDI, etc.
Tech buffs note: TR-808, Rolands & Prophet V synths, GR synth and a lot of knob-twiddling, done live while recording but also in the mix.
The fact that "White Horse" became a US hit didn't reflect back on Europe, though. Only hardcore Laid Back buffs in Europe are aware of this track while "Sunshine Reggae" routinely gets compilation requests whenever a Summer songs multi-artist CD release is due.
But let's get to the climax of this: Laid Back were signed to Medley Records in Denmark, had the usual A&R clashes about "what to release" and there had to be a compromise. Thus 2 "hated tracks" were sent off on a first single to the tune of "after those have flopped, we'll be calling the shots from then on"!