Lady Gaga sings on this foot-stomping ode to Americana of her craving for a cowboy-type lover. She fantasises about "a real wild man" like John Wayne. The New York singer penned the song with Joanne producers Mark Ronson and BloodPop plus Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme.
At the end of the second verse Gaga' appears to reference her split from fiancé Taylor Kinney in July 2016 Charged up, 'cause the man's on a mission 1-2 ya, the gears are shiftin' He called, I cried, we broke Racin' through the moonlight The singer blamed their breakup on long-distance and busy schedule issues.
Gaga uses the image of John Wayne to describe her desire for a dangerous lover. Other songs that reference Hollywood's most famous cowboy include: "John Wayne Is Big Leggy" by Haysi Fantayzee "Summer Of John Wayne" by Tom McRae "The John Wayne" by Little Green Cars Plus Paula Cole famously asked "Where is my John Wayne" on her 1996 hit single, "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?"
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