What the Cowgirls Do

"What the Cowgirls Do"
Single by Vince Gill
from the album When Love Finds You
B-side	"Go Rest High on That Mountain"
Released	July 4, 1994
Recorded	1993
Genre	Country
Length	3:03
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Vince Gill, Reed Nielsen
Producer(s)	Tony Brown
Vince Gill singles chronology
"Whenever You Come Around" (1994) "What the Cowgirls Do" (1994) "When Love Finds You" (1994)

"What the Cowgirls Do" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in July 1994 as the second single from the album When Love Finds You. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1] It was written by Gill and Reed Nielsen and features lead guitar from Gill and session guitarist Steuart Smith.^[2][3]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that it contains an "effortless groove and Gill's snappy Telecaster licks."^[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in July 1994. It featured appearances by Calvert DeForest, Little Jimmy Dickens and Rodney Crowell.

Personnel

Compiled from the liner notes.^[5]

• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Vince Gill – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, electric guitar solo
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
• Steuart Smith – electric guitar
• Billy Thomas – backing vocals
• Carlos Vega – drums
• Pete Wasner – piano
• Willie Weeks – bass guitar

Chart performance

"What the Cowgirls Do" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 9, 1994.

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8]	6
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9]	8

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 135.
2. When Love Finds You (cassette). Vince Gill. MCA Records. 1994. CMCAC 11047.
3. Childs, Zac; Smith, Steuart (April 17, 2020). "Steuart Smith of the Eagles Interview 2020". AskZac.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
4. Billboard, July 9, 1994
5. When Love Finds You (cassette). Vince Gill. MCA Records. 1994. CMCAC 11047.
6. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2598." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 19, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
7. "Vince Gill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
8. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994". RPM. December 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
9. "Best of 1994: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.