"Dark Horse" is a track from the American singer Katy Perry.
The song was written by Sarah Hudson, Henry Walter, Jordan Houston, Katy Perry, Max Martin and Lukasz Gottwald.
The inspiration came from a 1996 movie named "The Craft". The artist recorded it on four different locations: the Secret Garden Studios, in Montecito, California; the Playback Recording Studios, in Santa Barbara, California; Luke's In The Boo, from Malibu, California and at the MXM Studios, in Stockholm, Sweden.
The song combines various music genres such as trap and hip hop as well as rap techno. The tempo has 132 beats per minute. The track had three producers: Cirkut, Dr. Luke and Max Martin. Part of the singer's fourth album, "Prism", the song was released for digital download and as a CD single on December 17th, 2013.
"Dark Horse" was well received by the music critics, whom described it as "forward-moving", "vital", "southern hip hop and electronic flavors" and praised on its "uniqueness". It received four stars out of five.
It helped Perry win an American Music Award for "Single Of The Year", two MTV Europe Music Awards for "Best Video" and "Best Song", one MTV Video Music Award, for "Best Female Video" and three VEVO Hot This Year awards for "Best Certified Video", "Video Of The Year" and "Best Pop Video".
The music video accompanying the single was released on February 20th, 2014. It was directed by Matthew Cullen and they located it in ancient Egypt.
"Dark Horse" is one of the singer's top singles to date. It topped Billboard Hot 100, US Rythmic, US Mainstream Top 40 and US Hot Dance Club Songs charts. It was also number one in Belgium, Canada and Bulgaria. It was present on dozens many other markets, such as Brazil, Australia, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Mexico, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Japan and many others. It also reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.
The single became a huge commercial success worldwide: it sold more than five million and a half copies in the United States, and it was certified six times platinum by the RIAA, four times platinum in Sweden, triple platinum in Canada, double platinum in New Zealand and platinum in Denmark, the United Kingdom and Italy.
You can learn how to play this modern hit on the piano by using the free piano sheets right below. Enjoy!
