Michael Martin Murphey - "Wildfire"

[WaianaeTGalz96792808]

i love this song... my papa had three horeses full grown and one pony named rainbow...my fav pony which she died of old age now!!! jus saddd i grew up wit this horse all my years..i love this song..and mind you i live hawaii country side we have plenty horses i love them...

[ishala100]

how can someone dislike this song? you must have terminal cancer in ur taste

[66feebee]

just so beautiful...

[VIRIATO1942]

Sucha a beautiful ballad. The melodie istself is gorgeous and M.M.M. sings very well; the story he sings about is just so poetic. 

[PHOENIX81967]

beautiful song of all time

Someone please agree

[takemeback2]

@PHOENIX81967 Well, I have to have a top ten list of all time, and I'll add this one along with Rainy night in Georgia by Brook Benton.

[TheWrestler474]

@PHOENIX81967 totally

[MoBea]

<3

[762willstopit]

He seems like a nice guy. 

[criscojoe1]

Ah, the Texas Space Cowboy. This is my moms fav song when she was pregs w/ me. So 1975, pregs,couldn't really go out. Lot's of MMM and first season SNL. Not to bad

[litigator57]

I was a senior in high school and a horse lover, still am a horse lover and owner and rider and still LOVE this song... thank you Michael Murphy for your gift to us :)

[dadsgirl0423]

THIS SONG FOR ME HAS TO BE THE UTILMATE SONG FOR ME SO MANY GOOD TIMES. I MISS THESE DAYS ALOT.

[echoside190]

@dadsgirl0423 YOU LACK A GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC.

[elplebe47]

wow what a song!!! great

[allenrizzi]

Great Song! This one inspired a lot of 70s songwriters like myself. Thanks!

[sharlaraye]

I just love this song it embraces my heart and soul, although I have never owned a horse I am buying a beta fish and naming him this because I love this song so much and the beta fish will be handsome, I have even cried when I hear this song because it is so sad CHEERS to the most cherished song of even my childhood days because that is when it came out

[Sarham]

Used to listen to this song over and over thirty something years ago... Still love it. This is a great version. Thanks for posting it!

[stacey021375]

Man...love this song and LOVE the piano intro. Thanks for posting.

[siena6969]

I have seen Michael several times and actually when in the hotel business as a bellman , I got to meet Michael and his band mates and got to carry his guitar to his room and hang out with him and his band for a bit. Great person!

[cheespe1]

The first time I heard this song I thought it was one of the most beautiful songs I ever heard, some 30 something years later, I still think it is one of the most beautiful songs ever.

[DennisWhite100]

AWESOME!!!!

[lzexlnero]

bubble boy brought me here

[kjfconstruct]

this song always reminds me of the 1st, true love of my life. Finally had the courage to tell her that.

[Michaelandthatsall]

this friggin rocks my soul!

[kathi949]

Beautiful song,brings back great memory of a love that gave me

feelings just like this song gives..Rip Frosty..

[mann808]

This is easily one of the most beautiful songs ever made. So under appreciated.

[cvpip71lover]

sends shivers down my spine and makes my eyes water.ecstacy

[sxr951]

hes got those maurice gibbs, tiger woods, choppers,lol

[trooperjoe73]

This song is as close to perfect as you can get.

[BeatleEDs]

@kiddy563 - This is a great song with lots of meaning. God Bless...

[gacj2010]

so sorry ......i understand .....similar with my mom and we'll never forget them ...I'll never get over or forget she is gone ...it never gets really better .. just gets older

[maryloub32]

we had a black and white paint, beautiful build...we named him wildfire,he tried to bust down his stall...wild

[carlrball]

This beautiful song reminds me of my best friend who loved this song when we were kids-it always reminds me of him.We don't talk anymore but I'll always think of him when I hear it and think of the great times we once had.

[Zippertheslipper]

I appreciate this song very much, and it brings me back many happy memories. Thank you Michael Murphey.

[lavanderlilly]

thank you for sharing this. My brother used to sing this to me all the time when I was young. I never actually knew who sang it. Now I do and it's still as beautiful as ever.

[MrGraygrizz]

This is one of my all time favorite songs!

[jbrooks09938]

CountryMorning you're odd!!!!

[jbrooks09938]

I heard this tune in a Time Life commercial

[authemann]

A touch in my child heart... a raindrops of tears.. I miss you

[ironrick46]

doc have nt written in awhilebut watch video several times ever y week mean tell yo u thats one of the greastest lead ins to a song ever wish my key man had beeen that good do u still keep in touch with michael?

[YankeeRhoad]

A true classic indeed :)

[ThePatriciaRN]

Always beautiful,I drop everything and listen when this song is played. When I die,I want this played at my funeral

[shatchett0]

Had to shoot a horse the other day. It wasn't fun but at least she won't keep me awake kicking the barn all night.

[shatchett0]

He's fucking loaded, man.

[cienh2o]

Dr. D...where would we be w/o your piano? Thanks kindly.

[KingPuddinsdaddy001]

I cry each time I hear this song.

[thielees]

Tried (and failed) to hang myself twice during the piano introduction.

[aydencamdyn]

@thielees hope your still alive?

[teddyrailroad]

reminds me of wildwood nj/altoona pa...ah memories

[teddyrailroad]

reminds me of wilwood nj/altoona pa...ah memories

[TheLaluna1]

This song reminds me of my first horse Stormy. She was a grade mare, no papers, but i loved her so much. To Stormy. R.I.P

[skydogging]

Excellent piano,WOW! Great song and vocal and fine playing Michael Murphy.

[skydogging]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL RENDITION

[jjj11330]

Love this song so much, we're thinking of naming our foal (baby horse) that is due any day now 'Wildfire'.

[zakry3323]

Well...at least it's back when goofy country music singers still had good dental hygiene.

[MrJailbird32]

if this tune don't get u to play air piano and guitar u aint got no soul!!

[angiebee101]

this song always makes me cry :)

[bobhedstrom]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[RRfav27]

The piano intro and ending are haunting and beautiful!

[CiaoRenata]

lovely song

[Vidinotes]

one day there will be a pill you take at bed time. when you rise, you will have hair and a beard like that. one can dream!

[TheShadylady60]

reminds me of my mama for some reason

[tuffy2342]

Loving the hell out of it.

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

This is such GREAT footage and a GREAT song.

[CountryMorning]

(Continued from previous.) The homesteader? He has tried to do things right (planting seed potatoes by the dark of the moon), but then lost the crop to early snow. Discouraged, he dreads facing the planting season again in the spring. Tonight (on the SEVENTH night in a row that the owl hoots – a folk belief) he will leave his downtrodden sodbusting earthly existence and go riding with the woman/girl and Wildfire.

[CountryMorning]

Discouraged homesteader eagerly anticipates imminent death and meeting a legendary ghostly woman known to descend Yellow Mountain to the farmlands below during blizzards (whirlwinds) riding the pony Wildfire. Pony, not horse, suggests girl, not woman. Speculating wildly, the girl, out trying to save her crop from the killing frost (clear night), was overtaken by sudden blizzard. Called to Wildfire. He busted out, dies beside her dying body, and the two ghosts ride off. (continued)

[CountryMorning]

Discouraged homesteader eagerly anticipates imminent death and meeting a legendary ghostly woman known to descend Yellow Mountain to the farmlands below during blizzards (whirlwinds) riding the pony Wildfire. Pony, not horse, suggests girl, not woman. Speculating wildly, the girl, out trying to save her crop from the killing frost (clear night), was overtaken by sudden blizzard. Called to Wildfire. He busted out, dies beside her dying body, and the two ghosts ride off. (continued)

[whatsyourtubething1]

I had a magic like horse when I was 9-10-11 years old. He was named Rebel. He and the other sweet horses were my sanctuary and love then. I miss them. I used to ride them along the train tracks and sing to them, this is one of the songs that I would sing to them along with Sunshine on my shoulders.

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

@whatsyourtubething1 You were one LUCKY kid to have had that experience,the horses must have loved it as well as must have loved singing to them.Take care.

[oldcowboymike]

@whatsyourtubething1 I miss my old mare, Bonnie, that I had back then, too. She wasn't magic, but we had a lot of good miles singing those songs, though!

[tsgtbaker]

Definately one of my favorite songs of all time...More impressed with this live version !

[395muriel]

Love this song! I could never get tired of this song!

[WaianaeTGalz96792808]

@395muriel im wit you....how i loved this song tearssss

[Can00uck]

Amazing !! Song touches you sometimes where u least expect it too. Brings back memories . Amazing redition thank you !

[keywizard]

Pure magic! Brilliant in composition, arrangements, and performance! 5 stars from this musician!

[777Mrnewfy]

no doubt one of if not the most beautiful country pop love songs ever written.. absolute country masterpiece,.and the intro is simply.brilliant...wow..

they just don't make um like this anymore folks..thank Michael and crew for the awesome memory

[777Mrnewfy]

May 1975, "Wildfire" reached No. 1 on the Radio and Records charts and No. 1 on all Adult Contemporary Charts, giving Murphey a new level of commercial success and exposure. It sold over one million copies, The song's success was the unique harmonies supplied by Jeff Hanna and Jimmy Ibbotson NGDB..beautiful piano introduction and ending coda, based on Prelude in D-flat, Op. 11 No. 15 by the Russian classical composer Alexander Scriabin, and played by master jazz pianist Jac Murphy.

[suprdblhelix7322]

doc are you going to, con micheals permisio, make available esta video o esta musica ? es las much mas mejor de todo senor murphys wildfire musica

[suprdblhelix7322]

doc are you going to, con micheals permisio, make available esta video o esta musica ? es the mejor de totas senor murphys wildfire musica

[PoconoSteve59]

he seems to actually loves to sing this even after his 10,000th time

[mamalied]

Killer tune!

[joeguy02]

My old man might be right, this may be the most beautiful song I've ever heard.

[Zippertheslipper]

heck I heard this song in the mid 70's and it still sounds so good even today.

[shoreline13579]

Such a beautiful song!  Love it!

[fishbone95]

Wow this brings back old memories seeing M.M. Murphy at Flores Country Store in Helotes, Tx back in the 90's. What a great show he put on .

[jPONYBOYj]

My kind of music....

[NightCrawlerJGC]

I have loved this song for many years and it has stuck by me for as many years. Thanks, Micheal Murphey for this song

[tombaker1963]

This is a beautiful song. real artists writing what is in their hearts. The crap that passes for music these days is a travesty.

[cadoey]

This Was Real Music ,They Are Actually A Complete Band Playing Real Instruments,Unlike Rappers They Come Out Solo No Band,LOL Just Making A Bunch Of Noice.

[TheDanceVamp]

omg as they say now, just a wonderful memory, brings back, amazing song foresure, it;s the best,

[HawaiianMoose]

Thank god auto-tune didn't exist back then...just think we might actually have real musicians today if it didn't exist!

[bigjoetube]

This song is a work of art.  So unique and moving

[lalameow32]

I love this song.  Me and my sisters will ride on wild fire one day,

[lalameow32]

I love this song. Me and my sisters will ride on wildfife one day,

[JohnnyTheWad1]

this song is about death....of the horse, his wife, then himself

[bribear13]

guess the old saying is true.

you can lead a horse to water...

[TheLaluna1]

I luv this song. Makes me think of my first horse Stormy.

[TheSparklybubble]

.....So it's about a unicorn?

[spideyheidi]

wonderful quality, great version, thank you for sharing x love this song

[carlrball]

Always reminds me of my best friend a guy I spent literally hundreds of hours with growing up and he always loved this song.

[peaceiscoming]

Thanks Dave. This is one of my alltime favorite songs and this is an absolutely brilliantly performed version. Michael does an outstanding job as well as all the instrumentalist and they add wonderfully to the musicality of this eery balad. This song causes me to remember my sweet wife who passed away in 2002 and I just drift away on a cloud of memories. Thanks again Dave.

[jmc19669]

this man was one of my earlist hearthrobs-god he was gorgeous- go mike- saw you on tv with Letterman and you are still a hottie................LOVE this song!

[keylago220]

great song,beautifull piano.

[BubbleBailey1]

luv this song

[snapperjohn1000]

i dont care what people say this man has got all of the talent, to have a voice like that and the ability to play all kinds of string instuments skillfully. I saw him years ago at a local county fair and he played the hell out banjo and fiddle and his voice was as smooth as silk.

[bgf1989]

I love you too baby :)

[bgf1989]

i think of my youth it seems so long ago when i heard this song for the first time , im 40 and my wife is 21 i try to turn her on to all my music , but sometimes i dont know if she gets it . i try to express myself thru song to her i love you brittany ,,,,,,, i hope you can get me ,see how much i love our family and i will always be here keep the ghost alive

[snapperjohn1000]

I want to leave sod bustin behind , i would give any thing to ride wildfire straight to the west , to my true love

[lilkaren128]

I named my first pony after this song. It is one of my all-time favorites.

[LShackley]

I remember trying to figure out this piano intro back in the 70s. I wish I had this video back then! Great song.

[mannwoman1]

Brings back wonderful memories! This is beautiful!

[Elmseeker]

@usmc2076 only 9? There are 7 billion people on the planet, I'd say 6.9 billion of them have no clue what real music is lol. :)

[TheMonkeyRamone]

It was 2am and I was at wrk when I heard this song come up on the radio...it gave me the chills. Esp the piano playn...

[vaccavo]

who the f* is justin bieber?

[whpriol1]

I was just watching Bieber's Never Say Never. This came up as a suggestion. Not so bad. I like Beiber's Never Say Never more, but I liked this too.

[takemeback2]

@whpriol1 Oh good lord, you have to be a youngster. I am embarassed to have just switched over to listen to 40 seconds of that....

[jatroup12]

What an incredible performance by MMM & the pianist. You could tell by the expression on MMM's face toward the end he knew he was making magic!

[JukeBoxBear]

yep! 9 people couldn't like anything if they don't like this .... such a loss

[Wawasawhe]

I'll bet it's cold in NEBRASKA Iin the Winter.

[takemeback2]

And how about that MMM, looks like one of the Duke boys....

[shamanwes]

This is one of the great American songs ever recorded. What an intro by the pianist!!

[Jackorino]

this is one of those songs that will stand the test of time, wonderfully written and perfectly sung by MMM. The pianist unique sound makes me cry whenever i look at my beautiful fiance. what a beautil blend. Thanks again.

[eltopiafrank]

This is awesome.

[eltopiafrank]

I really like this sound, the feeling, the emotion of it is great, romantic.

[47Brenda47]

beautiful song...still makes me cry

[Goldkat44]

Truly amazing song and performance. Will listen to this one over and over again.

[nmk1226]

GOD THIS PIANIST IS THE S**T and what I love about Youtube is that they still look like I remember them in their videos!!!!

[nmk1226]

GOD THIS PIANIST IS THE S**T

[01GOATBOY01]

One of the best American Pop songs of all time. It just has that something special about it that moves the spirit inside of us and takes us to a place that we can all relate to.....a pop music masterpiece.

[richyz01]

woweeeeeeeeeeeee great performance

[rossj99]

such a great song, I Listened to this on a flight from Sydney to LA over and over will never get tired of it.......

[13nargada]

Simply perfection! Beautiful! Makes me long for a simpler time back in the 70's MMM will always be my favorite and it's easy to hear why!!

[maria3845]

they don't make songs like these anymore!

[tenngirldenise]

Beautiful i imagined my life with Wildfire< in California

[ElecticGuruofHotness]

Nine People are asshats.

[Blaked77]

stellar writing and playing that is all but lost these days. Great Song!!

[DAVWAVE]

Piano dude is nails.

[peachjwp]

Beautiful performance...simply perfection...even better than the recording..

[InfiniteRage111]

Such a great song man the memories oh man what memories going out hiking sitting at night by the campfire looking up at the stars in the sky holing my girl close to me in a warm loving embrace man this is pure magic.

[debthompson123able]

Theeeeeeee most beautiful song ever written, besides, "Stay" by safety suite, or "Your'e Beautiful" by ..........brain- freeze......

[Alikah1]

@debthompson123able or HE DON'T LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE YOU by the Iceman, before Tony Orlando & Dawn got a hold of it!

[muiscnight]

if there was any video that was dangerously under viewed......its pretty much this

[usmc2076]

9 people have NO idea what real music is

[jatroup12]

@usmc2076 I think 9 people accidentally hit the dislike button

[PirateSygnal]

@usmc2076 Now 10.

[usmc2076]

@PirateSygnal i have yet to hear a song so fabulously composed.......the way it touches the heart,mind and soul...i don't think that i,you,or anybody else ever will :)

[tavoespinal12]

wildfire, so enjoy .... beautiful song .... I remember listening to a great woman named Cinthia Linares, was my girlfriend, she died last year, I miss her a lot .... this song me

[MrSixxshooter]

what a song !! just fantastic!!

[fancy434]

love this..omg,some great memories..



[theelviscerator]

This song is a classic, best listened to at night with the snow falling, and a roaring fireplace going, with a girl you love laying on your shoulder........trust me.

[benjamin19771]

love this song!!!

[jesuspsr1]

this is back when singers & song writes put thier heart and soul to ther music.

not the crap we have nowa days.

thx s for posting

[dammitpea]

Totally looks like Michael Beihn.

[takemeback2]

That dude on keyboards really is good.

[riggomadison]

Just simply amazing vocals !!!!

[Oiram0204]

In 2006, I heard this song for the first time in my life and loved it ever since.... I used to listen to this song while I was feeding my first daugther or just putting her to sleep..... Today (04-22-11) I was driving back home with my 5 year old girl and suddendly this song started to play on the radio, my baby so excited said.... "Papito, this song remains me when I was a little baby!!!..... I just can't stop crying, can't believe she waht she said about this song!!! She made me feel so proud.

[webbertools]

Smoking weed? :) just kidding...love this song. :)

[SavannahNight]

One of the greatest intros attached to one of the worst songs ever composed.

[snoopydapimp]

wow, I have always loved this song. 

[MrBigfan007]

Awesome keyboards.

[kjfconstruct]

This song always reminded me of the one true love of my life. She moved away when we were 13.

[ellieandannie100]

This song is a true classic of what music is really all about..

[ellieandannie100]

This song is a true classic of what music is really all about..

[2136245f]

Just absolutely Perfect. I just shared this with my 4 kids .They cried as I did. I told them this was what life is all about.

[eastdallasalice]

Absolutely wonderful. I never knew MMMurphy could play the guitar that well. WTG.The Piano guy is unbelieveable also...

[takemeback2]

@eastdallasalice Can't argue that.

[critchley3819]

How do you discribe this music ,I cant, It is beyond discription it makes my heart beat, my soul leap and my eyes weep.

[Gauleyriver]

dedicated to my sister-I can't believe you are gone, this was one of your favorites-be at peace and in no more pain-I miss you everyday of my life-your sissy!!!!!

[777HaZeY777]

aye man i lsiten to alot of rap, and hxc music.

i juss turned 18,

i think this sonngg is pretty amazing.

[Becky98362]

Love it..Beautiful

[debbiechickie5]

GREAT arrangement!! Kudos to whoever re-worked this.

[takemeback2]

I usually only like studio versions, but this thing, good greif! it is sooo nice.

[shatchett0]

He is stoned out of his mind.

[tresalcedo]

.... timeless

[nothadnotbad]

thank you for sharing this. sometimes im cry when i listen to this song. i feel like the horse

[MrStorminjack]

Trying to fix problem

[bobg57]

What a great song!!

[sierraanglers]

Great version!