Song · KT Tunstall
“Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” by KT Tunstall
From the album Eye to the Telescope (2004)
“Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” by KT Tunstall appears on 13 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2006 and 2025. It was first released in 2004 on the album Eye to the Telescope. Its best result is #92 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,547 alternative song of all time.
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"Black Horse & the Cherry Tree" was the lead single from Eye to the Telescope, the Scottish songwriter KT Tunstall's 2004 debut, and it went out in February 2005. The seed was a memory from her teens: puttering across Greece on a moped, she came upon a big black stallion running free among the olive trees, an image she found faintly apocalyptic and never shook. Years later she worked it up into a song in a small studio in Shepherd's Bush, and Steve Osborne produced the record.
It reached 28 in the UK, then took its time crossing the ocean, hitting 7 in Canada and 20 in the US and New Zealand the following year.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 487 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2009 | 134 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 351 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Essential Songs | 913 |
| 2013 | 92 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2016 | 614 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 121 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
| 2019 | 1046 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2022 | 295 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 694 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 976 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 307 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 336 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 544 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
Also listed as: Black Horse & The Cherry Tree; Black Horse And The Cherry Tree; Black Horse and the Cherry Tree.
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