Cowboys to Girls explained

Cowboys to Girls
Type:	single
Artist:	The Intruders
Album:	Cowboys to Girls
B-Side:	Turn the Hands of Time
Recorded:	1967
Genre:	R&B, Philadelphia soul
Label:	Gamble
Producer:	Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff
Prev Title:	A Love That's Real
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game
Next Year:	1968

"Cowboys to Girls" is a 1968 R&B single written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and performed by The Intruders. The single was a crossover hit becoming The Intruders' first Top 40 single. "Cowboys to Girls" was also The Intruders' only #1 song on the R&B singles chart.^[1] and a Top 10 smash on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #6, making it the biggest hit of The Intruders' career.

Pop culture references

• In 1980, Chicano Rock group Tierra interpolated a few lines from the lyrics of "Cowboys to Girls" for their version of The Intruders' Top 10 R&B hit "Together".
• Mos Def incorporated some of the lyrics for the song "Pistola" on his album The Ecstatic.
• The "Duke Of Earl" Gene Chandler, in 1968, did a cover.
• Canadian music group Sweet Blindness produced a rendition in 1975.^[2]
• The song was also featured in the 1995 film Dead Presidents.
• The song was featured in an episode of the 2021 TV Series The Wonder Years.^[3]

Chart positions

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	1

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 277.
2. http://www.45cat.com/record/2150x 45cat
3. Web site: Listen to The Intruders' 'Cowboys to Girls' from The Wonder Years, Season 1, Episode 5 . 2023-06-28 . Leo Sigh . 20 October 2021 . en-US.