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Cowgirls Don't Cry
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Wikipedia article
"'Cowgirls Don't Cry'" is a song written by Ronnie Dunn and Terry McBride of McBride & the Ride and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in October 2008 as the fourth and final single on their studio album 'Cowboy Town'. One month after its chart entry, it was re-recorded and re-released as a duet with Reba McEntire. The song is Brooks & Dunn's 41st and final Top 10 hit on the 'Billboard' country charts and McEntire's 56th.
Content
"Cowgirls Don't Cry" is a mid-tempo with a fiddle intro. Its lyric focuses on a female character who faces hardship. In the first verse, she is a little girl who has just been given a pony to ride, and although she repeatedly falls off, she does not cry. By the second verse, she is an adult, and her husband is having an affair, although again she does not cry. She discovers in the third verse that her father is dying, and places a phone call to him. He then tells her, "Cowgirl, don't cry".
Re-release
An alternate version of this song that features Reba McEntire's vocals on the final chorus was released to radio after she and the duo performed the song on the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday, November 12, 2008.[http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=2290 Brooks & Dunn release Cowgirls single with Reba] In addition, a video was released that featured both the duo and McEntire. Starting with the chart week of November 29, 2008, the song was credited on the U.S. country charts as "Brooks & Dunn featuring Reba McEntire". The Reba McEntire collaboration was officially released as a digital single on February 10, 2009. The duet version features a key change in the final chorus, which is not present in the original recording. This re-release is the version that appears on the compilation album '#1s and Then Some'.
Chart performance
On the chart week of January 31, 2009, the song entered Top Ten on the 'Billboard' country singles charts, giving Brooks & Dunn their forty-first Top Ten hit and breaking a record previously held by Alabama for the most Top Ten country hits by a duo or group. In addition, it became McEntire's fifty-sixth Top Ten country hit, breaking Dolly Parton's record for the most Top Ten country hits for a solo female.
Year-end charts
References
Category:2008 singles
Category:Country ballads
Category:2000s ballads
Category:Brooks & Dunn songs
Category:Reba McEntire songs
Category:Malefemale vocal duets
Category:Songs written by Terry McBride (musician)
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer)
Category:Songs written by Ronnie Dunn
Category:Music videos directed by Deaton-Flanigen Productions
Category:Arista Nashville singles
Category:2007 songs
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