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Echo & the Bunnymen

Bring On the Dancing Horses

1985 · via Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen’s 1985 recording of “Bring On the Dancing Horses” is the earliest release on file. Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant of Echo & the Bunnymen are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Lagwagon (released 1999), Manic Street Preachers (released 2021) and Happy Flowers (released 1992), among 39 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Echo & the Bunnymen – Bring On the Dancing Horses
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Four Bunnymen share the writing credit on this one, and Simple Minds liked it enough to cut their own take in 2001. Play it right after the original and listen for what they kept.

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Credited writers: Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Will Sergeant.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1985.

Other recordings on file · first release year

39 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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