A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done
| "A Cowboy's Work Is Never Done" | ||||
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| Single by Sonny and Cher | ||||
| from the album All I Ever Need Is You | ||||
| B-side | "Somebody" | |||
| Released | February 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Folk pop | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Kapp/MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sonny Bono | |||
| Producer(s) | Snuff Garrett | |||
| Sonny and Cher singles chronology | ||||
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"A Cowboy's Work is Never Done" is a song by pop duo Sonny and Cher from their album All I Ever Need Is You, written by Sonny Bono. It was released as a single in 1972 and peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it at No. 71 on the 1972 year-end singles chart.
Song information
[edit]The song was Sonny and Cher's last top ten hit together in the United States. When Cher performed it on their successful television show, with their cartoon music video produced by John David Wilson, Cher's solo career was booming. The track can be heard in the 2005 film Be Cool, and also the 2010 Documentary Blood Into Wine. Allmusic highlighted the song.[1]
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Cover versions
[edit]- In 2012, on Diego's Umbrella's fourth album, Proper Cowboy.[10]
- In 2018, by Mandy Barnett on her album, "Strange Conversation".
References
[edit]- ^ "All I Ever Need Is You - Sonny & Cher | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 280. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ^ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (in French). BAnQ. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ "Sonny & Cher". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ "Sonny & Cher". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/06/72".
- ^ Australian-charts.com
- ^ "Billboard Year-End Charts 1972" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com.
- ^ "DIEGO'S UMBRELLA | Ninth Street Opus". Archived from the original on 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
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