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 English musician 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 1996, features Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti singing in his native 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

1 2 "ELTON JOHN & LUCIANO PAVAROTTI | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.
↑ "Elton John & Luciano Pavarotti: Live Like Horses". IMDb.
↑ "Elton John Lyrics: Live Like Horses". eltonography.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
↑ "ultratop.be – ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be.
↑ "Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl.

External links

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

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[auto-1] 1 2 "ELTON JOHN & LUCIANO PAVAROTTI | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company.

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

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

[4] "ultratop.be – ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be.

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

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Elton John songs
Discography
1960s	"I've Been Loving You" (1968) "Skyline Pigeon" (1968) "Lady Samantha" (1969) "It's Me That You Need" (1969)
1970s	"Border Song" (1970) "Rock and Roll Madonna" (1970) "From Denver to L.A." (1970) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) "Your Song" (1970) "Come Down in Time" (1970) "Friends" (1971) "Levon" (1971) "Indian Sunset" (1971) "Tiny Dancer" (1972) "Rocket Man" (1972) "Honky Cat" (1972) "I Think I'm Going to Kill Myself" (1972) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" (1972) "Crocodile Rock" (1972) "Elderberry Wine" (1972) "Daniel" (1972) "Have Mercy on the Criminal" (1972) "Teacher I Need You" (1973) "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" (1973) "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) "Step into Christmas" (1973) "Candle in the Wind" (1974) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) "Harmony" (1974) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) "I Saw Her Standing There" (1975) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" (1975) "Island Girl" (1975) "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) "Pinball Wizard" (1976) "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) "Crazy Water" (1977) "The Goaldiggers Song" (1977) "Ego" (1978) "Part-Time Love" (1978) "Song for Guy" (1978) "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)
1980s	"Little Jeannie" (1980) "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) "Dear God" (1980) "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" (1981) "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (1981) "Blue Eyes" (1982) "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) "Ball and Chain" (1982) "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) "I'm Still Standing" (1983) "Kiss the Bride" (1983) "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) "Passengers" (1984) "Nikita" (1985) "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) "Wrap Her Up" (1985) "Heartache All Over the World" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go On with You Like That" (1988) "Town of Plenty" (1988) "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) "Healing Hands" (1989) "Sacrifice" (1989)
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	"Someday Out of the Blue" (2000) "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)
2010s	"All of the Lights" (2010) "Good Morning to the Night" (2012) "Sad" (2012) "Looking Up" (2015) "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (2019)
2020s	"Ordinary Man" (2020) "Sine from Above" (2020) "The Pink Phantom" (2020) "It's a Sin" (2021) "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" (2021) "Merry Christmas" (2021) "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" (2021) "Hold Me Closer" (2022)
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Luciano Pavarotti
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)
Related	Discography Centro Educativo Pavarotti Pavarotti Music Centre