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[373] Dean & Britta - White Horses

Dean & Britta’s gorgeous cover of White Horses first appeared on their second album Back Numbers in early 2007, and then was released later on this seven inch single on Sonic Cathedral later that year.

Dean & Britta - White Horses

The single has a Sonic Boom mix of the song on the a-side and a version Française on the flip. The lyrics for the French version were provided by long time friend of AHFoW Franck Dewannieux and is a lovely translation but my schoolboy French can’t hear any mention of horses so it’s clearly not a literal translation. It is beautiful of course. It’s ridiculous how much I love songs sung in French (and so many films made in French) when, despite many years of trying, my grasp of the language is still hopeless.

The single came in a Sonic Cathedral sleeve and was accompanied by a badge which matched the label on the single… as you can see in the above pic my badge is degrading… as badges often do.

White Horses was written by Michael Carr and Ben Nisbett for the UK import of Yugoslavian/German TV show Ferien in Lipizza, it was originally sung by “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.

The show was shown regularly on British TV during the summer holidays, dubbed into English and I loved it, partly for the theme tune and partly because of a pre-teenage crush on the show’s lead, Helga Anders:

'mit Helga Anders'

If memory serves it was Sonic Boom who suggested that Dean & Britta cover the song… given that he is British, and approximately the same age as me I wonder if his love of the song was driven by similar experiences of summer holiday TV (and pre-teenage infatuations).

• Catalogue Number: AHFOW 11/040
• Artist: Dean & Britta
• Title: White Horses (Sonic Boom mix) / White Horses (version Française)
• Format: 7” single
• Bought direct from Sonic Cathedral