| Wild West Show | |
| Cover: | Big and Rich - Wild West cover.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Big & Rich |
| Album: | Horse of a Different Color |
| B-Side: | Saved |
| Released: | December 15, 2003 |
| Recorded: | 2003 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:20 (album version) 3:59 (radio edit) |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Nashville |
| Next Title: | Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
"Wild West Show" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in December 2003 as the first single from their debut album Horse of a Different Color. It reached No. 21 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. The song was written by Big Kenny, John Rich and Blair Daly.
The song uses 19th-century Western imagery to describe an argument between a man and a woman ("It was a big showdown / Oh yeah, we stood our ground / Shot out the lights, it got a little crazy").[1] The song also talks about forgiveness and a relationship.
Chuck Eddy of The Village Voice wrote that the song "mixes a placid keyboard intro, spacious spaghetti-western guitars, and Andes flute solos into a tepee-and-peace-pipe lyric that repeatedly chants 'hey yaaaa!'"[2] Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine also gave it a positive review, saying that it has a "very distinct vibe", also calling it "hauntingly beautiful" and saying that it had "quirky Western imagery".[3]
From Horse of a Different Color liner notes.[4]