Live Like Horses

"Live Like Horses"
"Live Like Horses"
Single by Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti
from the album The Big Picture
Released	1996
Genre	Pop; operatic pop;
Length	5:02
Label	Mercury; Rocket;
Songwriter(s)	Elton John; Bernie Taupin;
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology

"Live Like Horses" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, included on John's 1997 album The Big Picture. The album version is sung as a solo by John and the single version, released in December 1996, features operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti singing in his native Italian language on parts of the verses and choruses alternatively with John.

The single reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

Music video[]

The video, shot in black and white, was directed by Federico Brugia and produced by Nick Verden for Stark Naked Films. It was filmed in Austria and Shepperton Studios in England and features both John and Pavarotti singing their parts.^[2]

Track listings[]

Europe CD 1

"Live Like Horses" (studio version) – 5:10
"Live Like Horses" (Live Finale version) – 5:03
"I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" (live) – 4:42
"Live Like Horses" (Elton John solo studio version)

Europe CD 2

"Live Like Horses" (studio version)
"Live Like Horses" (Live Finale version)
"Step into Christmas"
"Blessed"

Personnel[]

Elton John – piano and vocals
Luciano Pavarotti – vocals (on the single version of this song)
Davey Johnstone – guitar
John Jorgenson – guitar
Bob Birch – bass
Guy Babylon – keyboards
Charlie Morgan – drums and percussion
Angel Voices Choir – backing vocals^[3]

Charts[]

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Belgium Singles Chart (Ultratop)^[4]	65
Dutch Singles Chart^[5]	74
UK Singles Chart^[1]	9

References[]

^ ^a ^b "ELTON JOHN & LUCIANO PAVAROTTI | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
^ "Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti: Live Like Horses" – via IMDb.
^ "Elton John Lyrics: Live Like Horses". www.eltonography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be.
^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl.

External links[]

"Live Like Horses" (CD 1) at Discogs
"Live Like Horses" (CD 2) at Discogs

[auto-1] "ELTON JOHN & LUCIANO PAVAROTTI | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.

[2] "Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti: Live Like Horses" – via IMDb.

[3] "Elton John Lyrics: Live Like Horses". www.eltonography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

[4] "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be.

[5] "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl.

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1990s	"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) "The One" (1992) "Runaway Train" (1992) "The Last Song" (1992) "Simple Life" (1993) "True Love" (1993) "Shakey Ground" (1994) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) "Circle of Life" (1994) "Believe" (1995) "Made in England" (1995) "When the Money's Gone" (1995) "You Can Make History (Young Again)" (1996) "Live Like Horses" (1996) "The Madness of King Scar" (1997) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) "Written in the Stars" (1999)
2000s	"I Want Love" (2001) "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) "Original Sin" (2002) "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) "Electricity" (2005) "The Bridge" (2006) "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008) "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" (2009)
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Albums	The Essential Pavarotti (1990) Essential Pavarotti II (1991) Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Bosnia (1995) Pavarotti & Friends for the Children of Liberia (1998) Pavarotti & Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo (1999) Pavarotti Forever (2007) The Ultimate Collection (2007)
Songs	"Miss Sarajevo" (with U2, 1995) "Live Like Horses" (with Elton John, 1996)
Benefit concerts	Pavarotti & Friends (1992–2003)
The Three Tenors	Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (1990) The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 (1994) The Three Tenors: Paris 1998 (1998) Plácido Domingo José Carreras José Carreras Sings Catalan Songs (1991) The Private Lives of the Three Tenors (1996 book)
Films	Rigoletto (1982) Yes, Giorgio (1982) Pavarotti (2019)
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