Wild West Show (song)

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“Wild West Show”
Single by Big & Rich
from the album Horse of a Different Color
B-side Saved
Format CD single
Recorded 2003
Genre Country
Length 4:20 (album version)
3:59 (radio edit)
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Big Kenny
John Rich
Blair Daly
Producer Paul Worley
Big & Rich singles chronology
"Wild West Show"
(2004)
"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"
(2004)

"Wild West Show" was the first single by country music duo Big & Rich. The song appeared on their 2004 debut album, Horse of a Different Color. It reached #21 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.

The song talks of a love that has gone wrong, in the context of 1800s Western imagery, furthered by an opening piano/flute instrumental. The main character and his love interest have purportedly had a big argument ("It was a big showdown/Oh yeah, we stood our ground/Shot out the lights, it got a little crazy"), but he wishes that their love can survive and not end ("Don't want to see us go / The way of the buffalo / Don't wanna have another Wild West show").

According to the liner notes, the percussionist shakes a can of peanuts at the very end.