A Head Full of Wishes

A Head Full of Wishes is a site for Galaxie 500, Luna, Damon & Naomi, Dean & Britta and Dean Wareham. With news, articles and lists of releases and past and future shows.

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Originals
White Horses by Jacky (covered by Dean & Britta)

Radio Times scan lifted from this White Horses site
White Horses was written by Michael Carr and Ben Nisbett for the UK import of Yugoslavian/German TV show Ferien in Lipizza, it was credited to "Jacky", who is actually Jackie Lee. The theme song was so successful that it was apparently dubbed back onto non-English versions of the show.

Dean & Britta covered the song on their second album, Back Numbers, in 2007.

Later that year Sonic Cathedral Records released a seven inch single with a Sonic Boom remix of the track and a "version Française"
MP3: Dean & Britta - White Horses (version Française)

The single has sold out but you can get the Sonic Boom remix on Cathedral Classics Vol 1 for a couple of quid - which is quite the bargain!

Here's a live version recorded for the World Cafe in 2007
MP3: Dean & Britta - White Horses (live on WXPN, 8 March 2007)

The song has been covered by a hatful of cool folk, most of whom you can find in this post on Everything's Swirling.