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On this day in 1972, the America single “A Horse with No Name” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #84 (February 19)

It was the iconic 70s folk rock trio’s first and most successful single, topping the charts in Canada, Finland, and the US, and peaking at #2 in Australia, #3 in the UK and Russia, #4 in Ireland, #5 in New Zealand, and #12 in the Netherlands.

Originally called "Desert Song", "Horse" was written while the band was staying at the home of studio musician Arthur Brown, near Puddletown, Dorset, England.

Songwriter Dewey Bunnell says he was channeling his childhood travels through the Arizona and New Mexico desert when his family lived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and explained that "A Horse with No Name" was "a metaphor for a vehicle to get away from life's confusion into a quiet, peaceful place".

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