"Chestnut Mare" | ||||
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Single by The Byrds | ||||
from the album (Untitled) | ||||
B-side | "Just a Season" | |||
Released | October 23, 1970 | |||
Recorded | June 1 – June 5, June 9, June 11, 1970 | |||
Studio | Columbia Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Country rock | |||
Length | 5:08 2:58 (single edit) | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Roger McGuinn, Jacques Levy | |||
Producer(s) | Terry Melcher, Jim Dickson | |||
The Byrds singles chronology | ||||
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"Chestnut Mare" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy during 1969 for a planned country rock musical named Gene Tryp.[1][2] The musical was never staged and the song was instead released in September 1970 as part of the Byrds' (Untitled) album.[3] It was later issued as a single, peaking at number 121 on the Billboard singles chart and number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]