| "Wild West Show" | ||||
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| Single by Big & Rich | ||||
| from the album Horse of a Different Color | ||||
| B-side | "Saved" | |||
| Released | December 15, 2003 | |||
| Format | CD single, music download | |||
| Recorded | 2003 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:20 (album version) 3:59 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) | Big Kenny John Rich Blair Daly |
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| Producer | Big Kenny John Rich Paul Worley |
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"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.
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The song uses 19th-century Western imagery to describe an argument between a man and a woman ("It was a big showdown / Oh yeah, we stood our ground / Shot out the lights, it got a little crazy").[1] The song also talks about forgiveness and a relationship.
Chuck Eddy of The Village Voice wrote that the song "mixes a placid keyboard intro, spacious spaghetti-western guitars, and Andes flute solos into a tepee-and-peace-pipe lyric that repeatedly chants 'hey yaaaa!'"[2] Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine also gave it a positive review, saying that it has a "very distinct vibe", also calling it "hauntingly beautiful" and saying that it had "quirky Western imagery".[3]
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 85 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 21 |
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