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"Ride a White Horse" is a song performed by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. The song was written by Alison Goldfrapp, Will Gregory and Nick Batt for Goldfrapp's third album ''Supernature'' (2005). The song was inspired by the disco era nightclub Studio 54.〔Timmermans, Arjan. ("Interview with Goldfrapp ). ArjanWrites.com. 9 December 2005. Retrieved 31 December 2008.〕 The song was released as the album's third single in February 2006 to positive reviews from music critics. It was a commercial success, reaching the top forty on the majority of the charts it entered. The song has been remixed a number of times and was featured in the American television program ''The L Word''. "Ride a White Horse" was also featured in ''Need for Speed: Carbon'' and ''The Sims 3''. ==Background and writing== "Ride a White Horse" is an electronic–dance song that was inspired by the disco era. Alison Goldfrapp had grown up listening to T.Rex and Polish disco music, and many assumed that she based the song's lyrics around Bianca Jagger's infamous entrance into Studio 54 on a white horse.〔〔Patterson, Sylvia. ("Glam Slam" ). ''The Sunday Herald''. 3 September 2005. Retrieved 31 December 2008.〕 The song was composed as a collaborative effort between Goldfrapp and Will Gregory in late 2004 in a rented cottage in the countryside of Bath, England.〔Lash, Jolie. ("Goldfrapp Unleash ''Supernature''" ). ''Rolling Stone''. 7 March 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2008.〕 The song was written and recorded while Goldfrapp and Gregory were "jamming in the recording studio, bouncing song ideas off each other".〔Gallant, Michael. ("Retro Disco Ooh La La" ). ''Keyboard Magazine''. Retrieved 31 December 2008.〕 "Ride a White Horse" is written in the common verse-chorus form and features instrumentation from synthesizers and a bass guitar.〔''Supernature'' (CD liner notes). Mute Records. August 2005.〕 The US maxi CD single featured a cover version of "Boys Will Be Boys" as its B-side. The song was originally performed by British rock group The Ordinary Boys.〔("Release locator > Ride A White Horse" ). Mute Records. Retrieved 31 December 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ride a White Horse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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