Song · Moby
“Pale Horses” by Moby
From the album Wait for Me (2009)
“Pale Horses” by Moby appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2009 and 2013. It was first released in 2009 on the album Wait for Me. Its best result is #14 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #394 alternative song of 2009.
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Moby picked "Pale Horses" as the second taste of Wait for Me, his ninth studio album, and it came out on June 22, 2009, on Mute, the single after "Shot in the Back of the Head". He composed, produced and engineered it on his own and handed the vocal to Amelia Zirin-Brown; even the title keeps its voice down, styled all in lowercase.
Elanna Allen directed and animated the video, which stars Little Idiot, the alien from the album's cover. Lonely, he doodles himself a friend, a copy of himself, only for the rain to wash it away; then he sketches a dog and a train, rides off to the Moon, draws a whole crowd of lookalikes to dance with, and loses them to the rain as well, alone again. A small, sad cartoon, and a good fit for the song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
| 2009 | 72 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009 | 106 |
| 2009 | 39 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 78 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2009 | 93 |
| 2010 | 69 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 611 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
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