"The Horses" is a song written by Rickie Lee Jones and Walter Becker.

[1][2] "The Horses" has been certified ten-times platinum in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

[3] Margaret Urlich provided the female vocals on the recording but chose not to appear in the music video due to other work commitments.

1 in Australia, Braithwaite said: "I would never have thought that 25 years down the track, 'The Horses' – a song that I heard quite by accident and then recorded, would be liked by so many people for so many different reasons.

"[4][5] In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the "most Australian" songs of all time, Daryl Braithwaite's version of "The Horses" was ranked number 14.