Wild Horses (Garth Brooks song)
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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.[1] It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
Content
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").
Chart performance
| Chart (2000–2001) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 7 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 50 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Position |
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| US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 40 |
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