Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy (song)

"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy"
Single by Chris LeDoux
from the album Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy
B-side "Western Skies"
Released July 13, 1992
Genre Country
Length 2:33
Label Liberty
Writer(s) Garth Brooks
Mark D. Sanders
Producer Jimmy Bowen
Jerry Crutchfield
Chris LeDoux singles chronology
"Riding for a Fall"
(1992)
"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy"
(1992)
"Cadillac Ranch"
(1993)

"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" is the title of a song written by Garth Brooks and Mark D. Sanders, and recorded by American country music artist Chris LeDoux with Garth Brooks. It was released in July 1992 as the first single from his album Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in September 1992.[1]

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."[2]

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
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5

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