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"Cowboy" is a single by Kid Rock from his album ''Devil Without a Cause''. The song's rapping style has been adapted by country artists like Toby Keith, Trace Adkins and Blake Shelton. Musicians inspired by this song include James B. Anders, Uncle Kracker, Jason Aldean, Big & Rich, and Eric Church who parodies Kid Rock's song "Rock 'N Roll Jesus" with his song "Country Jesus". Kid Rock actually did this first in 1993 on the song "Desperate-Rado" on his independent release ''The Polyfuze Method'', but "Cowboy" broke into the mainstream. Kid Rock describes the song as "Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Run-D.M.C.." The song uses dobro, slide, banjo and a ragtime piano, which was a sample of The Doors' "L.A. Woman". The song was originally rejected by Atlantic Records, after Kid Rock told them it was the best song he had written to that point. The song is about how Kid Rock had foreseen his move to Hollywood to become a star. Since then he has accomplished everything the song predicted. "Cowboy" peaked at 82 on the Billboard Hot 100, 34 on The Top 40, 5 on Mainstream Rock Chart, and 10 on the Modern Rock charts. The song is used as the walk-in music for UFC fighter Donald Cerrone. This song was used for the first promotional commercial for WrestleMania XXV. An instrumental remake of this song was used by Jeff Jarrett in WCW. "Cowboy" appeared in the movies ''Shanghai Noon'', ''Ready To Rumble'', ''Serving Sara'', ''Matchstick Men'' and ''Coyote Ugly''. In 2000, Kid Rock and The Neptunes made a rap single version of the song. There was also a live version released on the "American Bad Ass" single in 2000. The song was performed during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in 2004. A live version was released on 2006's ''Live Trucker'' with a bluesy into given to it. Porn star Ron Jeremy and actor Gary Coleman made cameos in the music video, which was a spoof on ''Smokey and the Bandit''. Joe C and Gary Coleman dueled while Ron Jeremy pretended to do the piano solo. ==Parodies== Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Plowboy" on his album ''Just Another Day in Parodies''. Christian parody band ApologetiX recorded a parody called "Choirboy" on their album ''Spoofernatural''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cowboy (Kid Rock song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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