All the King's Horses is an allusion to "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again", from the nursery rhyme
Humpty Dumpty
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It may also refer to:
Films and television
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''All the King's Horses'' (film), a 1935 American comedy musical film
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"All the King's Horses" (''Upstairs, Downstairs''), an episode of the British drama series ''Upstairs, Downstairs''
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All the King's Horses (''Zack Snyder's Justice League''), part 5 of the movie ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''
Songs
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"All the King's Horses" (The Firm song)
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"All the King's Horses" (Lynn Anderson song), 1976
* "All the King's Horses", a song by Dusty Springfield from the 1969 album ''
Dusty in Memphis
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* "All the King's Horses (All the King's Men)", a song by Honey Cone from the 1971 album, ''
Soulful Tapestry''
* "All the King's Horses", a song by Aretha Franklin from the 1972 album ''
Young, Gifted and Black
''Young, Gifted and Black'' is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin, released in early 1972, by Atlantic Records. The album climbed to number 2 on ''Billboards R&B albums survey and peaked at Number 11 ...
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* "All the King's Horses", a song by Nazareth from the 1977 album ''
Expect No Mercy''
* "All the King's Horses", a song by The Nolans from the 1979 album ''
The Nolan Sisters
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* "All the King's Horses", a song by Petra from the 1987 album ''
This Means War!
''This Means War!'' is the ninth studio album of the Christian rock band, Petra. It was released in 1987.
In this album, the band started to refine their movement into a more hard rock/arena rock sound, still retaining keyboard synthesizers to ...
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* "All the King's Horses", a song by The Monkees from the 1990 album ''
Missing Links Volume Two''
* "Fall from Grace", a song by Stevie Nicks from the 2001 album ''
Trouble in Shangri-La
''Trouble in Shangri-La'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. Released on May 1, 2001, it was her first solo studio album since 1994's '' Street Angel''. The album debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 2 ...
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* "All the King's Horses", a song by Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation from the 2005 album ''
Mighty ReArranger
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* "All the King's Horses", a B-side to Blind Guardian's 2007 single "
Another Stranger Me"
* "All the King's Horses", a soundtrack by Thomas Bergersen from the 2012 album ''
SkyWorld
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The Archer (song)
"The Archer" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album, '' Lover'' (2019). She wrote and produced the track with Jack Antonoff, and Republic Records released it as a promotional single on July 23, 201 ...
", a song by Taylor Swift from the 2019 album ''Lover''
* "Ballroom Extravaganza", a song by DPR IAN from the 2022 album ''
Moodswings in to Order
''Moodswings in to Order'' is the debut studio album of Korean-Australian singer DPR Ian. It was released on July 29, 2022 through Dream Perfect Regime.
Theme
''Moodswings in to Order'' is a continuation of the "Mito" character that appeared on ...
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Albums
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''All the King's Horses'' (Grover Washington, Jr. album), 1972
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''All the King's Horses'' (The Legendary Pink Dots album), 2002
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''All the King's Horses'' (Lynn Anderson album), 1976
Literature
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"All the King's Horses" (short story), a 1953 short story by Kurt Vonnegut
* ''All the King's Horses'', a novel by
Jeffrey A. Nesbit
* ''All the King's Horses'', a 1930 novel by
Margaret Widdemer
Margaret Widdemer (September 30, 1884 – July 14, 1978) was an American poet and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize (known then as the Columbia University Prize) in 1919 for her collection ''The Old Road to Paradise'', shared with Carl Sandburg ...
* ''All the King's Horses'', a 1960 novel by
Michèle Bernstein
Michèle Bernstein (born 28 April 1932) is a French novelist and critic, most often remembered as a member of the Situationist International from its foundation in 1957 until 1967, and as the first wife of its most prominent member, Guy Debord. ...
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''All the King's Horses'' (play), a 1961 comedy play by John McDonnell
See also
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All the King's Men (disambiguation), for other articles based on the same verse
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