"Like a Cowboy" is a song recorded by American

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artist

Randy Houser Shawn Randolph Houser (born December 18, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Houser has racked up over half a dozen hits and over 1 billion streams. His How Country Feels album topped the country radio charts with the title ...

. It was released in May 2014 as the fourth single from his third studio album, ''

How Country Feels ''How Country Feels'' is the third studio album by American country music artist Randy Houser. It was released on January 22, 2013, through Broken Bow Records, Stoney Creek Records. Houser wrote seven of the album's fifteen tracks. The album was ...

''. Houser wrote the song with

Brice Long Brice Long is an American country music singer-songwriter. Signed to Columbia Records in 2005, Long charted one single on the ''Billboard'' country chart that year: "Anywhere but Here", which was also released by Chris Cagle a year later. In add ...

Critical reception

The song received a favorable review from ''

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'', which called it "a pure, unencumbered vocal showcase" and "for country fans who just like to hear a great vocalist at his best." The song was nominated for CMA Song of the Year and earned its RIAA Gold certification for more than 500,000 sales and on-demand stream units.

Music video

The music video was directed by Dustin Rikert and premiered in June 2014. It was filmed at

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Commercial performance

"Like a Cowboy" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. ''

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chart for the week of June 7, 2014. It also debuted at number 50 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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chart for the week of June 28, 2014. The song has sold 452,000 copies in the US as of March 2019.

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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