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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.

"Wild Horses"
Single by Garth Brooks
from the album No Fences
Released	November 20, 2000
Recorded	1990 (instruments) 2000 (vocals)
Genre	Country
Length	3:08
Label	Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Bill Shore, David Wills
Producer(s)	Allen Reynolds
Garth Brooks singles chronology
"Katie Wants a Fast One" (2000) "Wild Horses" (2000) "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (2001)

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
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	7
US Billboard Hot 100[3]	50

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	40

References

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