The Firm, the British rock supergroup, released several memorable songs during its short-lived run, among them was the 1986 track “All the King’s Horses.”
Composed of musical virtuosos including former Led Zeppelin and The Yardbirds guitarist Jimmy Page, ex-Bad Company and Free vocalist Paul Rodgers, bassist Tony Franklin and former Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and later AC/DC drummer Chris Slade, the quartet, which was recognized as one of the greatest supergroups of all time by BBC Music magazine, scored a major radio hit that has since become a forgotten gem.
Loudwire unveiled a list of “forgotten 1986 rock radio hits” highlighting songs that performed well on the radio but have faded from mainstream memory.
First on the list was The Firm’s “All the King’s Horses,” from its album Mean Business.
According to the publication, the band got off to a strong start with its debut album, but its sophomore record experienced a more modest reception.
The Firm members Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page.Brian Rasic/Getty Images
Despite this, the final album’s lead single, “All the King’s Horses,” proved to be the lone bright spot on a second album that’s often gone overlooked in the years after 1986.
Written by Rodgers and with Page among the co-producers, the track features tight riffs and strong, energetic beats, along with Rodgers’ powerful, blues-influenced vocals that helped make it a radio-friendly hit.
Following its release, the song peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart in February 1986 and remained there for four consecutive weeks.
Unfortunately, it received only a lukewarm response from the general public after peaking at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Following the second album’s modest impact with listeners, The Firm officially disbanded in the summer of 1986, ending the two-year-old project.
However, Rodgers shared that the band was intended as a two-album project while leaving the door open to a possible reunion that never took place.
“By the end, I felt that Jimmy was up and running and in great shape – he was in fantastic form,” he mentioned in an interview with Classic Rock magazine, via Louder. “And I sort of thought, ‘Well, job done’, really. We left it on a high note, thinking, ‘Well, we’ll come back at some point and do something’. But we haven’t actually done that. Maybe we will, who knows? It’s always on the cards.”
Even decades later, the song remains a memorable entry in the supergroup’s catalog and is well worth revisiting.
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