Cowgirls (song) explained

Cowgirls (song) should not be confused with Long Live Cowgirls.

Cowgirls
Cover:	Cowgirls.jpeg
Type:	single
Artist:	Morgan Wallen featuring Ernest
Album:	One Thing at a Time
Released:	April 15, 2024
Length:	3:01
Label:	Big Loud Republic Mercury
Producer:	Joey Moi Jacob Durrett
Chronology:	Morgan Wallen
Prev Title:	Man Made a Bar
Prev Year:	2023
Next Title:	I Had Some Help
Next Year:	2024

"Cowgirls" is a song by American country music singer Morgan Wallen featuring singer Ernest. It was released on April 15, 2024 as the eighth single from Wallen's third studio album One Thing at a Time. It was written by Rocky Block, Ashley Gorley, James Maddocks, Ernest Keith Smith and Ryan Vojtesak, and produced by Joey Moi and Jacob Durrett.

Content

Substream Magazine writer Logan White referred to the song as "the perfect blend of country and hip-hop that Wallen has really been experimenting with these last couple years".^[1]

Commercial performance

"Cowgirls" debuted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated March 18, 2023.^[2] The song then remained on the chart for 20 weeks before falling off on the chart.^[3] Following its release to radio as an official single, the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 42 and peaked at number 12.

On the Billboard Country Airplay chart, for the week of July 6, 2024, "Cowgirls" reached the number two position on the Country Airplay chart while Post Malone's "I Had Some Help" – on which Wallen is a featured artist – notched a second week at number one, making Wallen the third artist in the chart's history to hold the top two positions concurrently. "Cowgirls" reached number one dated July 27, 2024, replacing "I Had Some Help", making it the first time that an act has displaced themselves at number one since 2002 when Tim McGraw achieved back-to-back number one singles, first as a featured artist on Jo Dee Messina's "Bring On the Rain" and then with his own "The Cowboy in Me", and only the second time in the chart's history.^[4] It is Wallen's fourteenth number one single, and Ernest's first.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2023–2024)! scope="col"

Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[5]	79

Year-end charts

Chart (2023)! scope="col"

Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[6]	99
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	23

Notes and References

1. Web site: White . Logan . March 3, 2023 . With 'One Thing At a Time' Morgan Wallen is ready to be country music's next Garth Brooks . September 9, 2023 . Substream Magazine . en-US.
2. tolsen . Billboard Hot 100 . September 9, 2023 . Billboard . en-US.
3. Morgan Wallen Biography, Music & News . September 9, 2023 . Billboard . en-US.
4. Morgan Wallen Claims Consecutive Country Airplay Leaders as 'Cowgirls' Follows 'I Had Some Help' to No. 1 . Asker . Jim . July 19, 2024 . July 20, 2024 . Billboard . subscription.
5. Web site: IRMA – Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. July 13, 2024.
6. Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.
7. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.