| "Good Ride Cowboy" | ||||
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| Single byGarth Brooks | ||||
| from the albumThe Lost Sessions | ||||
| Released | October 24, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
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| Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
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"Good Ride Cowboy" is a song written byJerrod Niemann, Bryan Kennedy, Richie Brown and Bob Doyle, and recorded by Americancountry music artistGarth Brooks. It was released in October 2005 as the first single from his tenth studio albumThe Lost Sessions. The song is a tribute to Brooks' friendChris LeDoux, champion rodeo bareback rider and country musician.[2] Released in late 2005 as a single, the song went on to peak at number three on theBillboardHot Country Songs charts.
Brooks briefly emerged from retirement in late 2005 to record the upbeat "Good Ride Cowboy", shortly after the death of singer Chris LeDoux. Brooks first performed the song at theCMA awards show, while the CMA Chairman's Award of Merit was presented in LeDoux's honor.[3]
In an interview conducted withCMT, Brooks stated, "I knew if I ever recorded any kind of tribute to Chris, it would have to be up-tempo, happy ... a song like him ... not some slow, mournful song. He wasn't like that. Chris was exactly what our heroes are supposed to be. He was a man's man. A good friend".[4]
"Good Ride Cowboy" debuted at number 18 on the U.S.Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of October 22, 2005. The song set a record at the time for the highest debuting single on the country charts since the inception ofSoundScan in 1990.[5]Keith Urban later broke the record with his 2006 single "Once in a Lifetime," andKenny Chesney broke it again with 2007's "Don't Blink;" Brooks reclaimed the record one week after Chesney did, when "More Than a Memory" debuted at number one.
| Chart (2005–2006) | Peak position |
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| AirCheck Mediabase[6] | 1 |
| USHot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 3 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[8] | 59 |
| Chart (2006) | Position |
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| USCountry Songs (Billboard)[9] | 47 |