в конце 1975 года выпустила свой дебютный альбом, «Horses», восторженно принятый критиками. «Horses» начинается переработкой хита Вана Моррисона, «Gloria», которая открывает альбом знаменитой строчкой:
«Иисус умер за чьи-то грехи, но не мои».
Jesus died for somebodys sins but not mine Meltin in a pot of thieves Wild card up my sleeve Thick heart of stone My sins my own They belong to me, me
People say beware! But I dont care The words are just Rules and regulations to me, me
I-i walk in a room, you know I look so proud Im movin in this here atmosphere, well, anythings allowed And I go to this here party and I just get bored Until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing Humpin on the parking meter, leanin on the parking meter Oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine And I got this crazy feeling and then Im gonna ah-ah make her mine Ooh Ill put my spell on her
Here she comes Walkin down the street Here she comes Comin through my door Here she comes Crawlin up my stair Here she comes Waltzin through the hall In a pretty red dress And oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine And I got this crazy feeling that Im gonna ah-ah make her mine
And then I hear this knockin on my door Hear this knockin on my door And I look up into the big tower clock And say, oh my God heres midnight! And my baby is walkin through the door Leanin on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big plunge And oh, she was so good and oh, she was so fine And Im gonna tell the world that I just ah-ah made her mine
And I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name She whispered to me, she told me her name And her name is, and her name is, and her name is, and her name is g-l-o-r-i-a G-l-o-r-i-a gloria g-l-o-r-i-a gloria G-l-o-r-i-a gloria g-l-o-r-i-a gloria
I was at the stadium There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me Marie and ruth but to tell you the truth I didnt hear them I didnt see I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock And I heard those bells chimin in my heart Going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong. Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong Counting the time, then you came to my room And you whispered to me and we took the big plunge And oh. you were so good, oh, you were so fine And I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine Make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine