What the Cowgirls Do explained

What the Cowgirls Do
Cover:Vince Gill Cowgirls single.png
Type:single
Artist:Vince Gill
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
Producer:Tony Brown
Prev Title:Whenever You Come Around
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:When Love Finds You
Next Year: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 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, Little Jimmy Dickens and Rodney Crowell.

Personnel

Compiled from the liner notes.[3]

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.

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 6
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 8

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 135.
  2. Billboard, July 9, 1994
  3. When Love Finds You . Vince Gill . 1994 . cassette . MCA Records . CMCAC 11047.
  4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994. RPM. December 12, 1994. August 4, 2013.
  5. Best of 1994: Country Songs . . . 1994. August 4, 2013.