Whatcha_Gonna_Do_with_a_Cowboy_(song) References

"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy"
"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy"
Single by Chris LeDoux with Garth Brooks
from the album Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy
B-side	"Western Skies"
Released	July 13, 1992
Genre	Country, country rock, western swing
Length	2:33
Label	Liberty
Songwriter(s)	Garth Brooks; Mark D. Sanders
Producer(s)	Allen Reynolds; Jerry Crutchfield
Chris LeDoux singles chronology
Garth Brooks singles chronology

"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" is a song written by Garth Brooks and Mark D. Sanders, and recorded by American country music artist Chris LeDoux with Brooks. It was released in July 1992 as the first single from his album Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1992.^[1] Brooks is featured as a duet partner,^[2] although he only received chart credit in Canada.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that intensity compensates for LeDoux's lack of vocal range. She goes on to call it a "cheeky and thoroughly engaging title tune."^[3]

Chart performance

"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 25, 1992.

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM)^[4]	5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard)^[5]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM)^[6]	59

References

^ Chris LeDoux Hot Country Songs Chart History
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Billboard, August 15, 1992
^ " Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1893." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 10, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ "Chris LeDoux Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

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[1] Chris LeDoux Hot Country Songs Chart History

[whitburn-2] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[3] Billboard, August 15, 1992

[sc_Canadacountry_-4] " Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1893." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 10, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Chris_LeDoux-5] "Chris LeDoux Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[6] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1992". RPM. December 19, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

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v t e Chris LeDoux
Albums	Western Underground Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy Under This Old Hat Haywire Stampede
Singles	" Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" " Cadillac Ranch" " Tougher Than the Rest" " Bang a Drum" " Life Is a Highway"
Related articles	Discography Ned LeDoux " Good Ride Cowboy" National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

v t e Garth Brooks singles
Garth Brooks	" Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" " If Tomorrow Never Comes" " Not Counting You" " The Dance"
No Fences	" Friends in Low Places" " Unanswered Prayers" " Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" " The Thunder Rolls" " Wild Horses" (released in 2001)
Ropin' the Wind	" Rodeo" " Shameless" " What She's Doing Now" " Papa Loved Mama" " The River"
The Chase	" We Shall Be Free" " Somewhere Other Than the Night" " Learning to Live Again" " That Summer"
In Pieces	" Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" " American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" " Standing Outside the Fire" " One Night a Day" " Callin' Baton Rouge" " The Red Strokes"
Fresh Horses	" She's Every Woman" " The Fever" " The Beaches of Cheyenne" " The Change" " It's Midnight Cinderella" " That Ol' Wind"
Sevens	" Longneck Bottle" " She's Gonna Make It" " Two Piña Coladas" " You Move Me" " Do What You Gotta Do" (released in 2000)
The Limited Series	" To Make You Feel My Love"
Double Live	" It's Your Song"
Scarecrow	" When You Come Back to Me Again" (released in 2000) " Wrapped Up in You" " Squeeze Me In" (with Trisha Yearwood) " Thicker Than Blood" " Why Ain't I Running"
The Lost Sessions	" Good Ride Cowboy" " Love Will Always Win"
The Ultimate Hits	" More Than a Memory" " Workin' for a Livin'" (with Huey Lewis)
Man Against Machine	" People Loving People" " Mom"
Gunslinger	" Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance" " Ask Me How I Know"
Fun	" All Day Long" " Stronger Than Me" " Dive Bar" (with Blake Shelton) " Shallow" " That's What Cowboys Do"
Guest singles	" Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" (with Chris LeDoux; uncredited) " In Another's Eyes" (with Trisha Yearwood) " Burnin the Roadhouse Down" (with Steve Wariner) " Where Your Road Leads" (with Trisha Yearwood) " Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Steve Wariner)
Other songs	" Hard Luck Woman" " Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy"