Your ears do not deceive you: This is a rock song by The Osmonds, the wholesome family known for pop hits like "One Bad Apple." By the time the album was released in 1972, Donny Osmond, the youngest member of the group, was also making pop music targeted to teenage girls, and in America, the word "Osmond" brought to mind his hits like "Puppy Love" and "Hey Girl." But the Osmonds really could rock, and "Crazy Horses" proved it. "Ozzy Osbourne actually told me that 'Crazy Horses' is one of his favorite rock and roll songs," Donny told Songfacts. "The problem is my teenybopper career was selling like crazy and it overshadowed anything we did as a rock and roll band."
The song is about air pollution. "Crazy Horses" represents automobiles - "horsepower" - that create pollution in the skies from the exhaust.
This was written by Alan, Merrill, and Wayne Osmond. They were the oldest of the group, all fathers and concerned about the polluted world their children would inherit.
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