1999Released
4:47

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Interesting facts and trivia about Cowboy Take Me Away. By Songfacts®.

Martie Mcguire (then Martie Siedel), wrote this song about her sister and bandmate Emily Robison's boyfriend, Charlie. On the VH1 show Storytellers, Martie stated, "[Emily] had been dating a bunch of guys I didn't approve of, and then she met Charlie and I sort of pictured him whisking her off into the sunset." Emily and Charlie eventually married and are still together.

This song made a huge impact on the pre-teen Taylor Swift. Writing in a 2019 Elle UK essay about the role that pop music has played in her life, Swift recalled: "To this day, when I hear 'Cowboy Take Me Away' by the Dixie Chicks, I instantly recall the feeling of being 12 years old, sitting in a little wood-paneled room in my family home in Pennsylvania. I'm clutching a guitar and learning to play the chords and sing the words at the same time, rehearsing for a gig at a coffee house."

The song's title came from a well-known slogan used in commercials for Calgon bath lotion.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Cowboy Take Me Away.
F♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
164BPM

Album

The album Cowboy Take Me Away is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Cowboy Take Me Away.
Monument
(P) 1999 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

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