| "I Can Still Make Cheyenne" | ||||
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| Single by George Strait | ||||
| from the album Blue Clear Sky | ||||
| B-side | "Need I Say More" | |||
| Released | August 26, 1996 | |||
| Format | CD single, 7" single | |||
| Recorded | September 28, 1995[1] | |||
| Genre | Country music | |||
| Length | 4:14 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville Records 55248 | |||
| Writer(s) | Aaron Barker, Erv Woolsey | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown, George Strait | |||
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"I Can Still Make Cheyenne" is the title of a song written by Aaron Barker and Erv Woolsey and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in August 1996 as the third single from Strait's 1996 album Blue Clear Sky. The song also appears on 50 Number Ones. A live version can be heard on his album, For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome, which came out in 2003. A DVD, with the same name, also features the song.
The song is about the life of a rodeo cowboy. The song begins with a phone call from a cowboy on the road to his love. He assures her that he is coming home. However, her tone alerts him that something is wrong. The chorus reveals that the woman has decided to leave him. The man replies that as much as this pains him, he will go on to Cheyenne, the most prestigious rodeo around. He was going to give up Cheyenne to be with her, one of the biggest sacrifices a cowboy could make, yet the moment he learned she had replaced him for another, he was quick to try and make Cheyenne.
"I Can Still Make Cheyenne" debuted at number 74 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 24, 1996.
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 4 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 2 |