Cowboy (song)
"Cowboy" is a single by Kid Rock from his album Devil Without a Cause.
He describes the song as "Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Run-D.M.C.." The song is a genre all to itself fusing elements of rap, folk and southern rock. The song samples of the piano break of the Doors "L.A. Woman". The song was originally rejected by Atlantic Records, after Kid Rock told them it was the best song he had written to that point.
The song was about how Kid Rock had foreseen his move to Hollywood to become a star. "Cowboy" peaked at 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, 34 on The Top 40, 5 on Mainstream Rock Chart, and 10 on the Modern Rock charts. The song is used as the walk-in music for UFC fighter Donald Cerrone. This song was used for the first promotional commercial for WrestleMania XXV. An instrumental remake of this song was used by Jeff Jarrett in WCW.
In 2000, Kid Rock and the Neptunes made a rap single version of the song. There was also a live version released on the "American Bad Ass" single in 2000. The song was performed during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in 2004.
Porn star Ron Jeremy and actor Gary Coleman made cameos in the music video,which was a spoof on Smokey And The Bandit.
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“During the cattle drives, Texas cowboy music came into national significance. Its practical purpose is well known—it was used primarily to keep the herds quiet at night, for often a ballad sung loudly and continuously enough might prevent a stampede. However, the cowboy also sang because he liked to sing.... In this music of the range and trail is “the grayness of the prairies, the mournful minor note of a Texas norther, and a rhythm that fits the gait of the cowboy’s pony.””
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)