What the Cowgirls Do

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"What the Cowgirls Do"
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Single by Vince Gill
from the album When Love Finds You
B-side "Go Rest High on That Mountain"
Released July 4, 1994
Recorded 1993
Genre Country
Length 3:03
Label MCA
Writer(s) Vince Gill, Reed Nielsen
Producer(s) Tony Brown
Vince Gill singles chronology
"Whenever You Come Around"
(1994)
"What the Cowgirls Do"
(1994)
"When Love Finds You"
(1994)

"What the Cowgirls Do" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in July 1994 as the second single from the album When Love Finds You. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] It was written by Gill and Reed Nielsen.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the it contains an "effortless groove and Gill's snappy Telecaster licks."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in July 1994. It featured appearances by Calvert DeForest.

Chart performance

"What the Cowgirls Do" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 9, 1994.

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1994) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 6
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 8

References

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  2. Billboard, July 9, 1994
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2598." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 19, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  4. "Vince Gill – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Vince Gill.
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Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

September 19, 1994
Succeeded by
"XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)"
by Trisha Yearwood

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