Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?"
Single by Paula Cole
from the album This Fire
B-side	"Hush, Hush, Hush."
Released	September 17, 1996
Genre	Alternative rock[1]
Length	4:26 (album version) 3:47 (album edit, radio version)
Label	Warner Bros. Imago
Songwriter(s)	Paula Cole
Producer(s)	Paula Cole
Paula Cole singles chronology
"I Am So Ordinary" (1995) "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" (1996) "I Don't Want to Wait" (1997)
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"Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" is a song by American singer Paula Cole. It was released to radio in September 1996 before being physically released on March 25, 1997, as the lead single from her second studio album, This Fire. The song is Cole's only top-ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number eight, and was her first top-ten hit in Canada, where it reached number seven. It was additionally a critical success, earning nominations for three Grammy awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.