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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = The Cowboy in Me
| name = The Cowboy in Me
| Cover = The Cowboy in Me.jpg
| cover = The Cowboy in Me.jpg
| Artist = [[Tim McGraw]]
| alt =
| from Album = [[Set This Circus Down]]
| type = single
| Released = November 26, 2001
| artist = [[Tim McGraw]]
| Format =
| album = [[Set This Circus Down]]
| released = November 26, 2001
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| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length = 4:04
| format =
| recorded =
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| Label = [[Curb Records|Curb]]
| Writer = {{flatlist|
| studio =
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| venue =
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| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 4:04
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| label = [[Curb Records|Curb]]
| writer = {{flatlist|
* [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]]
* [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]]
* [[Craig Wiseman]]
* [[Craig Wiseman]]
* [[Jeffrey Steele]]
* [[Jeffrey Steele]]
}}
}}
| Producer = {{flatlist|
| producer = {{flatlist|
* [[Byron Gallimore]]
* [[Byron Gallimore]]
* Tim McGraw
* Tim McGraw
* [[James Stroud]]
* [[James Stroud]]
}}
}}
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| prev_title = [[Bring On the Rain]]
| Certification =
| prev_year = 2001
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| Last single = "[[Bring On the Rain]]"<br />(2001)
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| next_title = [[Unbroken (Tim McGraw song)|Unbroken]]
| This single = '''"The Cowboy in Me"'''<br />(2001)
| next_year = 2002
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| Next single = "[[Unbroken (Tim McGraw song)|Unbroken]]"<br />(2002)
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| Misc =
}}
}}
'''"The Cowboy in Me"''' is a song written by [[Jeffrey Steele]], [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]] and [[Craig Wiseman]], and performed by American country music artist [[Tim McGraw]]. It was released in November 2001 as the third single from McGraw's ''[[Set This Circus Down]]'' album. The song reached Number One on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now [[Hot Country Songs]]) charts.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}</ref> It reached Number One one week after McGraw's duet with [[Jo Dee Messina]], "Bring On the Rain".
"'''The Cowboy in Me'''" is a song written by [[Jeffrey Steele]], [[Al Anderson (NRBQ)|Al Anderson]] and [[Craig Wiseman]], and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Tim McGraw]]. It was released in November 2001 as the third single from McGraw's ''[[Set This Circus Down]]'' album. The song reached number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now [[Hot Country Songs]]) charts just one week after McGraw's duet with [[Jo Dee Messina]], "[[Bring On the Rain]]".<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>

==Content==
In this song, Tim McGraw is acknowledging the destructive and sometimes selfish side of his personality, which he identifies as "the cowboy in [him]."

==Background==
One of the writers of the song, Al Anderson, told Songfacts.com he is proud of the song, even though it is not particularly personal to him: "I was just writing the song. Jeff Steele came in with the idea and he had some of it done already, and he and Craig Wiseman just finished it with him." he said. "So it has nothing to do with my life. I don't do that that much." Anderson then said he drew inspiration from the trucker radio stations that he listened to as a child when he wrote this song: "My mom used to let me go to sleep with the radio on and I could get WBBD when I was a kid, in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was a trucker station and it came in at night all over the country. So when I was 8, 9 years old, I was glued to that station at night. I fell asleep with it every night."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=27602|title=The Cowboy in Me by Tim McGraw Songfacts|accessdate=2014-03-22}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' gave the song a B grade, saying that the song "might be an amoebic form of the country lifestyle anthems that have flooded the genre in the years since it was released." He goes on to say that it is "certainly subtler and more refined than what’s come out since, and McGraw’s hit doesn’t include the head-pounding loudness that sinks so many other 'country' anthems."<ref>[http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/08/28/retro-single-review-tim-mcgraw-the-cowboy-in-me/ CountryUniverse.net] Song review</ref>
Kevin John Coyne of ''Country Universe'' gave the song a B grade, saying that the song "might be an amoebic form of the country lifestyle anthems that have flooded the genre in the years since it was released." He added that it is "certainly subtler and more refined than what’s come out since, and McGraw’s hit doesn’t include the head-pounding loudness that sinks so many other 'country' anthems."<ref>[http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/08/28/retro-single-review-tim-mcgraw-the-cowboy-in-me/ CountryUniverse.net] Song review</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
The music video was directed by [[Sherman Halsey]] and was released in early 2002.
The music video was directed by [[Sherman Halsey]] and was released in early 2002.

== Commercial performance ==
"The Cowboy in Me" debuted at number 48 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of December 1, 2001. It reached a peak of number one on the chart dated March 16, 2002, remaining there for one week and dethroning [[Jo Dee Messina]]'s "[[Bring On the Rain]]", on which McGraw is a featured artist. This was the first time that an artist replaced themselves at the top based on country radio play, and would not happen again until July 2024 when [[Morgan Wallen]] reached number one back-to-back with the singles "[[I Had Some Help]]" and "[[Cowgirls (song)|Cowgirls]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Asker |first=Jim |date=July 19, 2024 |title=Morgan Wallen Claims Consecutive Country Airplay Leaders as 'Cowgirls' Follows 'I Had Some Help' to No. 1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/morgan-wallen-cowgirls-number-1-country-airplay-chart/ |access-date=July 20, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
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"The Cowboy in Me" debuted at number 48 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of December 1, 2001.
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|+Weekly chart performance for "Yellowstone Edition"
===Year-end charts===
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! scope="col"| Chart (2021)
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! scope="row"| Canada Digital Song Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tim-mcgraw/chart-history/cns/|title=Tim McGraw Chart History (Canadian Digital Song Sales)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 12, 2022}}</ref>
| 38
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! scope="row"| US Digital Song Sales (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tim-mcgraw/chart-history/hds/|title=Tim McGraw Chart History (Digital Song Sales)|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 30, 2022}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Yearly chart performance
|-
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!scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Chart (2002)
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|Position
|-
|-
| US [[Hot Country Songs|Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2002: Country Songs | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |year=2002 | accessdate=August 13, 2012}}</ref>
!scope="row"| US [[Hot Country Songs|Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2002: Country Songs | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |year=2002 | access-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref>
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''The Cowboy in Me''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Tim McGraw|title=The Cowboy in Me|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2001|certyear=2019|access-date=August 12, 2022}}
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

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{{Tim McGraw singles}}
{{Tim McGraw singles}}


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Latest revision as of 19:45, 23 October 2024

"The Cowboy in Me"
Single by Tim McGraw
from the album Set This Circus Down
ReleasedNovember 26, 2001
GenreCountry
Length4:04
LabelCurb
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tim McGraw singles chronology
"Bring On the Rain"
(2001) 		"The Cowboy in Me"
(2001) 		"Unbroken"
(2002)

"The Cowboy in Me" is a song written by Jeffrey Steele, Al Anderson and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released in November 2001 as the third single from McGraw's Set This Circus Down album. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts just one week after McGraw's duet with Jo Dee Messina, "Bring On the Rain".[1]

Critical reception

[edit]

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B grade, saying that the song "might be an amoebic form of the country lifestyle anthems that have flooded the genre in the years since it was released." He added that it is "certainly subtler and more refined than what’s come out since, and McGraw’s hit doesn’t include the head-pounding loudness that sinks so many other 'country' anthems."[2]

Music video

[edit]

The music video was directed by Sherman Halsey and was released in early 2002.

Commercial performance

[edit]

"The Cowboy in Me" debuted at number 48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of December 1, 2001. It reached a peak of number one on the chart dated March 16, 2002, remaining there for one week and dethroning Jo Dee Messina's "Bring On the Rain", on which McGraw is a featured artist. This was the first time that an artist replaced themselves at the top based on country radio play, and would not happen again until July 2024 when Morgan Wallen reached number one back-to-back with the singles "I Had Some Help" and "Cowgirls".[3]

Chart performance

[edit]
Weekly chart performance
Chart (2001–2002) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 33
Weekly chart performance for "Yellowstone Edition"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[6] 38
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[7] 19
Yearly chart performance
Chart (2002) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 21

Certifications

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Certifications for The Cowboy in Me
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ CountryUniverse.net Song review
  3. ^ Asker, Jim (July 19, 2024). "Morgan Wallen Claims Consecutive Country Airplay Leaders as 'Cowgirls' Follows 'I Had Some Help' to No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Canadian Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "Tim McGraw Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "Best of 2002: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2002. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  9. ^ "American single certifications – Tim McGraw – The Cowboy in Me". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
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