Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
Single by KT Tunstall
from the album Eye to the Telescope
B-side
  • "One Day" (live)
  • "Barbie"
Released21 February 2005 (2005-02-21)
Length2:51
LabelRelentless
Songwriter(s)KT Tunstall
Producer(s)Andy Green
KT Tunstall UK singles chronology
"Throw Me a Rope"
(2004) 		"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
(2005) 		"Other Side of the World"
(2005)
KT Tunstall US singles chronology
"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
(2005) 		"Suddenly I See"
(2006)
Audio sample

"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall from her 2004 debut album, Eye to the Telescope. The track was released on 21 February 2005 as the lead single from the album, charting at No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart the same month. The following year, the single became a hit outside Europe, reaching No. 7 in Canada and No. 20 in the United States and New Zealand.

Song information

KT Tunstall said of the song:[1]

"Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" is inspired by old blues, Nashville psycho hillbillies & hazy memories. It tells the story of finding yourself lost on your path, and a choice has to be made. It's about gambling, fate, listening to your heart, and having the strength to fight the darkness that's always willing to carry you off.

Tunstall also said the song was inspired by one summer when she was travelling across Greece on a moped and saw a large black horse "going nuts" in an olive grove. She wrote the track years later after watching a concert by Son of Dave, which inspired her to write a bluesy song. The lyric "my heart stops dead" refers to a heart murmur she had as a baby. She said, "I got into this fantasy that my heart felt betrayed and had decided to stop working. The song is about having to dig incredibly deep to find out who you wanna be."[2]

The song is usually performed solo by Tunstall, the original artist, with the layered guitar and vocals constructed piece-by-piece by sampling the parts live, and using a loop pedal unit to create the backing track. A performance of the song on Later... with Jools Holland (recorded before the release of Eye to the Telescope) was an important break in Tunstall's career. The song won Tunstall an award for Best Single of 2005 in Q, and it received a 2007 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance".[3]

The album version was used as the opening theme song for the CBC Television drama Wild Roses. The song was later redone by Aly & AJ for Pepsi Smash, included on the Japanese only re-release of their second studio album Insomniatic. "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was also used in advertisements for The WB show Pepper Dennis and the 2006 US Open. The song's video ranked No. 19 on VH1's 40 Greatest Videos of 2006. During the programme's airing, Tunstall stated that the day of the video shoot was the only time she had ever worn red lipstick.

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom, the single peaked at No. 28 in its first week and dropped out of the top 75 in three weeks. In the United States, "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was initially in the bottom half of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Only after Katharine McPhee sang the song on American Idol (in the 5th season) as part of a Billboard charts-based song selection did the tune rise rapidly in popularity; it jumped 56 positions on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, going from No. 79 to No. 23, and then moving to No. 20, becoming Tunstall's first single (and only, to date) to appear on that chart's Top 20. McPhee would go on to sing the song again in her final performance show on 23 May 2006, finishing second to Taylor Hicks.

Track listings

UK and European CD single[4][5]

  1. "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree"
  2. "One Day" (live)

UK 7-inch single[6]

A. "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" – 2:51
B. "Barbie" – 2:23

Australian CD single[7]

  1. "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree"
  2. "One Day" (live)
  3. "Barbie"
  4. "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" (instrumental)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Eye to the Telescope album booklet.[8]

Studios

  • Mixed at Metrophonic (London, England)
  • Mastered at 360 Mastering (London, England)

Personnel

  • KT Tunstall – writing, vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
  • Luke Bullen – percussion
  • Andy Green – production
  • Steve Osborne – original vocal recording
  • Ren Swan – mixing
  • Bruno Ellingham – engineering
  • Graham Deas – engineering assistance
  • Dick Beetham – mastering

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[37] Gold 35,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[38] Platinum 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Silver 200,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 21 February 2005
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Relentless [40]
United States 3 October 2005 Triple A radio Virgin [41]
9 January 2006 Hot adult contemporary radio [42]
27 March 2006 Contemporary hit radio [43]

References

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  2. ^ Lynskey, Dorian; Simpson, Dave (24 February 2006). "'Born Slippy was a greyhound we bet on'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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  8. ^ Eye to the Telescope (Australian CD album booklet). KT Tunstall. Relentless Records. 2004. 0724386024725.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ "KT Tunstall – Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  10. ^ "KT Tunstall – Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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  12. ^ "KT Tunstall Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  13. ^ "KT Tunstall Chart History (Canada All-Format Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  14. ^ "KT Tunstall Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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