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| genre =* [[Folktronica|Electro-folk]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |url=http://www.gigwise.com/photos/76611/ellie-goulding-@-itunes-festival-london-26092012 |title=Ellie Goulding @ iTunes Festival, London, 26/09/2012 |publisher=[[Gigwise]] |date=27 September 2012 |accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2017}}</ref>

<blockquote>I wrote "Guns And Horses" about a romance that began online hence the lyric {{'}}''you found me, at a screen you sit at permanently''{{'}}. I wanted the guy to feel more than he did for me but through no fault of his own he couldn't. It's a song about frustration essentially. My producer &#91;[[Starsmith]]&#93; made me laugh at the end, I can't repeat what he called me though.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://songs.sky.com/article/Ellie+Goulding+-+In+Her+Own+Words/0ad22aafc0a87116478454b71ba3b005 |title=Ellie Goulding – In Her Own Words |publisher=[[BSkyB|Sky Songs]] |accessdateaccess-date=6 April 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref></blockquote>

The song was used in the sixth episode of the [[Drop Dead Diva (season 2)|second season]] of the American television series ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]'', "Begin Again", originally aired 18 July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/drop-dead-diva/music/season-2/episode-6 |title=Drop Dead Diva Music Guide – Season 2: Episode 6 |work=[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930003932/http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/drop-dead-diva/music/season-2/episode-6 |archivedate=30 September 2012 |accessdateaccess-date=6 May 2011}}</ref>

In a review of ''Lights'', [[Mark Beaumont (journalist)|Mark Beaumont]] of ''[[NME]]'' wrote that the song "skitters along on bleeps and fizzes, [[xylophone]] tinkles and acoustic strumblings."<ref>{{cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Mark |authorlinkauthor-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist) |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-ellie-goulding-11086 |title=Album review: Ellie Goulding – 'Lights' (Polydor) |work=[[NME]] |date=28 February 2010 |accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2017}}</ref> David Renshaw from ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' cited the song as the album's stand-out track, stating that it "starts with nothing but a finger picked guitar and basic drum beat. Goulding's voice rasps and commands proceedings as she longs to feel the same for a boy who has feelings for her."<ref>{{cite web |last=Renshaw |first=David |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15141/reviews/4139215 |title=Ellie Goulding – Lights |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=25 February 2010 |accessdateaccess-date=6 April 2010 |archive-date=6 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006181104/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15141/reviews/4139215 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Digital Spy]]'' music reporter Robert Copsey, giving "Guns and Horses" four out of five stars, referred to the track as "[a]nother example of the glorious folktronic pop sound she and producer Starmith established on '[[Under the Sheets|Under The Sheets]]' and '[[Starry Eyed (Ellie Goulding song)|Starry Eyed]]'—and reassuring proof that her romantic suffering wasn't for nothing."<ref>{{cite web |last=Copsey |first=Robert |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/single-reviews/review/a220283/ellie-goulding-guns-and-horses/ |title=Ellie Goulding: 'Guns And Horses' |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=18 May 2010 |accessdateaccess-date=31 July 2017}}</ref>

Stephen Troussé of ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' commented that the song "may be the best opening invitation for travel since 'Two Divided by Zero' kicked off the [[Pet Shop Boys]]' ''[[Please (Pet Shop Boys album)|Please]]''" and that it "builds from spare acoustics to urgent trance pop—'I left my house, left my clothes, door widen open, heaven knows, but you're so worth it, you are...'—concluding with a desperate ''a cappella'' coda, and a brief breathless chuckle at her casual audacity."<ref>{{cite web |last=Troussé |first=Stephen |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13995-lights/ |title=Ellie Goulding: Lights |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=5 March 2010 |accessdateaccess-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> Fraser McAlpine of the [[BBC]] Chart Blog noted that "Ellie still sings it like a frightened woodland nymph, but this is a more ordinary sort of a song than her previous two, and the production—tasteful acoustic, tasteful beats, tasteful synths, tasteful harmonies—struggles to make it shine."<ref>{{cite web |last=McAlpine |first=Fraser |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2010/05/ellie_goulding_guns_and_horses.shtml |title=Ellie Goulding – 'Guns and Horses' |publisher=[[BBC]] Chart Blog |date=14 May 2010 |accessdateaccess-date=20 June 2010}}</ref>

The music video for "Guns and Horses" was directed by Petro and filmed at [[Griffith Park]] in [[Los Angeles]] in March 2010. It was shot by director of photography Adam Frisch FSF.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elliegoulding.com/news/exclusive-photos-from-guns-horses-shoot/ |title=Exclusive Photos From Guns & Horses Shoot |publisher=EllieGoulding.com |date=1 April 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710183417/http://elliegoulding.com/news/exclusive-photos-from-guns-horses-shoot/ |archivedate=10 July 2011 |accessdateaccess-date=6 April 2010}}</ref> It premiered on [[YouTube]] on 12 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDwbHeR0UYc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/IDwbHeR0UYc |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Ellie Goulding – Guns And Horses |publishervia=[[YouTube]] |date=12 April 2010 |accessdateaccess-date=24 May 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The video shows Goulding walking around a forest finding male and female soldiers, and horses. As it gets to the chorus the soldiers become her backing dancers. In each verse, Goulding keeps on walking through the forest, and on the last verse, she finds some flowers. At the end of the music video, Goulding turns the camera around revealing the production of the shoot.

| headline = UK CD single<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003I4TNSK |title=Guns and Horses |publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]] |accessdateaccess-date=15 May 2010}}</ref>