Pony Pony Run Run are a French power pop

Power pop

Power pop is a popular musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and rock music. It typically incorporates a combination of musical devices such as strong melodies, crisp vocal harmonies, economical arrangements, and prominent guitar riffs. Instrumental solos are...

 band from Angers

Angers

Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....

 formed in Nantes

Nantes

Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....

 in 2003. The band line-up consists of three members named simply "G" (guitar

Electric guitar

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/vocals

Singing

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), "A" (bass

Bass guitar

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) and "T" (keyboards). Two original members of the group have left the band; "S" (guitar/backing vocals) who left the band in 2008, and "F" (drums

Drum kit

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) who departed in 2009.

To date, the group have released one studio album

Studio album

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 and two singles

Single (music)

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. Their début album, You Need Pony Pony Run Run

You Need Pony Pony Run Run

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was released on 8 June 2009 and entered the French albums chart at #104, reaching a peak position of #78 on 12 September 2009. The first song to be taken from the album, "Hey You" was released in September of the same year and reached #8 in Belgium, as well as achieving a position of #19 in the French singles chart.
They will be performing live in 2011 at the famous Jersey Live

Jersey Live

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Festival in August.