| "Horse Outside" | ||||
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| Single by The Rubberbandits | ||||
| from the album Serious About Men | ||||
| Released | December 8, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, comedy | |||
| Length | 3:36 (single version) | |||
| Label | Lovely Men | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The Rubberbandits | |||
| The Rubberbandits singles chronology | ||||
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| Official video | ||||
| "Horse Outside" on YouTube | ||||
"Horse Outside" is a song by Irish comedy group The Rubberbandits. It was released on 8 December 2010,[1] after its accompanying music video was aired on RTÉ Television programme Republic of Telly. The video gained almost 2.5 million views in ten days on YouTube[2] and by November 2023 over 22 million views. It was targeted to become the Irish Christmas number one single of 2010, ultimately finishing second.[3][4]
It has also resulted in first one then two lifesize models of a horses, painted by young people aged 10–18, being an art installation outside the Hunt Museum in Limerick. The models, which are made of fibreglass, are kept inside overnight.[5]
- ^ "therubberbandits.com". therubberbandits.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "Rubberbandits profess X-Factor ignorance". The Irish Times. 2010-12-12.
- ^ "Limerick's Rubberbandits could deny X-Factor winner Matt the Christmas No 1 in Ireland". Limerick Leader. 2010-12-13. Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ Muldoon, Molly (2010-12-25). The Rubberbandits lose out on Christmas number one to X factor winner.
- ^ Limerick Leader 5 Jul 2012 Limerick’s ‘Horse Outside’ continues to inspire