"This Cowboy Song" is a song by English musician Sting. It is one of two new tracks included on his compilation album Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994, alongside "When We Dance". Recorded at Lake House in Wiltshire throughout August and September 1994, the song centers around the concept of one's own mortality from the point of view of a cowboy pondering his current life.[1][2] "This Cowboy Song" was released as the album's second single on 30 January 1995, becoming a top-40 hit in the United Kingdom, Canada, Iceland, and Ireland.
^Sting (31 October 1994). Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 (liner notes). A&M Records.
