White Horse ( Laid Back song ) - Wikipedia White Horse ( Laid Back song ) `` White Horse '' Re-release A side front cover Single by Laid Back from the album Keep Smiling B - side `` So Wie So ( US ) '' Released Genre Synth - pop electro post-disco Length 4 : 42 Label Sire ( US, 7 - 29346 ) Medley ( Denmark, MDS 272 ) Songwriter ( s ) Tim Stahl John Guldberg Producer ( s ) Laid Back & The Dwarfs Laid Back singles chronology `` Sunshine Reggae '' ( 1983 ) `` White Horse '' ( 1983 ) `` Party at the White House '' ( 1987 ) `` Sunshine Reggae '' ( 1983 ) `` White Horse '' ( 1983 ) `` Party at the White House '' ( 1987 ) `` White Horse '' is a 1983 song written by Tim Stahl and John Guldberg of the Danish duo Laid Back. The song was released as the B - side of their single `` Sunshine Reggae '' which became a major hit in several European countries. In the US, the A-side was mainly ignored and it was the B - side that became most successful. It was released as a single and went on to spend three weeks at number one on the Dance Charts. The single also made the top five on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although being played in European clubs, it failed to chart there when re-released as an A-side. Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Charts 3 Samples and cover versions 4 See also 5 References Lyrics The song 's lyrics, which refer to riding `` the white horse '' and `` the white pony '', have been interpreted as references to heroin and / or cocaine use. Rolling Stone described the song as `` ( p ) erhaps the most unconvincing anti-drug song of all time ''. An article in Miami New Times listed `` White Horse '' as one of the `` top 10 cocaine songs '' and stated, `` It 's often debated whether the white horse in this song refers to cocaine or heroin. Either way, Laid Back 's 1982 single starts out persuading you not to ride the white horse but rather to ride the white pony, also a slang term for coke. '' The book Totally Awesome 80s described `` White Horse '' as `` a song with very few words that still managed to be about the joys of cocaine ''. Co-writer Tim Stahl referred to an alternative interpretation of the song when interviewed for the book Flashbacks to Happiness : Eighties Music Revisited ( published by iUniverse ), saying, `` Another cute anecdote about the song was when we got a letter from a little girl in Jutland in 1983, thanking us for making a song for her white pony ! '' Charts Chart ( 1984 ) Peak position Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 18 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 27 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 17 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 15 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 49 US Billboard Hot 100 26 US Billboard Hot Black Singles 5 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play US Cash Box 22 Samples and cover versions Miami bass group 2 Live Crew sampled `` White Horse '' in their recording of `` Get the Fuck out of My House '' on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be. The German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier sampled `` White Horse '' in their 1993 track `` Saft ''. Monifah sampled `` White Horse '' in her 1998 single, `` Touch It ''. The song was sampled in `` Be Free '' by The Black Eyed Peas on their 1998 album Behind the Front. NRBQ recorded a rock version of `` White Horse '' for their 2002 album, Atsa My Band. `` White Horse '' was sampled in `` Push '', a song by Dannii Minogue, on her album Neon Nights, in 2003. In 2004, it was also sampled in `` Ride '' by E-A - Ski. `` White Horse '' was sampled in `` Drop It Like It 's Hot '', a song by Snoop Dogg on his album R&G ( Rhythm & Gangsta ) : The Masterpiece, in 2004. `` White Horse '' is sampled in the DJ Wayne Williams Ol ' Skool Remix of `` SexyBack '', which appears on the Deluxe Edition of Justin Timberlake 's 2006 album FutureSex / LoveSounds. The song 's lyrics are used as the chorus of the song `` White Horse '' on King Kong 's Funny Farm album. Heavy D sampled `` White Horse '' on the song `` Take a Ride '' that appeared the soundtrack to the 1998 romantic comedy movie Woo. `` White Horse '' was covered by Señor Coconut on the 2008 album `` Around the World. '' The song has been cited as an influence on Prince 's song `` Erotic City ''. See also List of number - one dance singles of 1984 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ `` Hello Dolly : Welcome To The Chart ''. Billboard. Vol. 109 no. 36. 6 September 1997. p. 128. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Jump up ^ `` Funkstar De Luxe -- Keep On Moving ( It 's Too Funky In Here ) ''. Vibe. Vol. 9 no. 3. March 2001. p. 200. ISSN 1070 - 4701. Jump up ^ Sylvester, Daniel ( 22 May 2012 ). `` Laid Back -- Cosyland ''. Exclaim !. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Hot Dance / Disco : 1974 -- 2003. Record Research. p. 150. ^ Jump up to : `` Laid Back -- Awards ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Jump up ^ Aaron, Charles ( 17 September 2014 ). `` 100 Best Singles of 1984 : Pop 's Greatest Year > 91. Laid Back, `` White Horse '' ``. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 16 June 2018. Jump up ^ Duran, Jose D. ( 9 September 2010 ). `` Top ten cocaine songs ''. Miami New Times. Retrieved 16 June 2018. Jump up ^ Rettenmund, Matthew ( 1996 ). Totally Awesome 80s. New York : St. Martin 's Griffin. p. 72. ISBN 0312144369. Jump up ^ Michaels, Randolph ( 2005 ). Flashbacks to Happiness : Eighties Music Revisited. New York : iUniverse. p. 121. ISBN 978 - 0 - 595 - 37007 - 8. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Laid Back -- White Horse '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 6755. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Laid Back -- White Horse '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Laid Back -- White Horse '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` Charts.nz -- Laid Back -- White Horse ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 31 July 2014. Jump up ^ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending MAY 19, 1984 at the Wayback Machine ( archived 30 September 2012 ). Cash Box magazine. Jump up ^ Greenman, Ben ( 2017 ). Dig If You Will the Picture : Funk, Sex, God, and Genius in the Music of Prince. New York : Henry Holt and Company. p. 77. 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Question: who made the song ride the white horse
Answer: the Danish duo Laid Back