Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

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"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
Ed Bruce
B-side"It's Not What She's Done (It's What You Didn't Do)"[1]
ReleasedNovember 15, 1975
Genre
Length3:08
LabelUnited Artists #732
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Larry Butler[2]
Ed Bruce singles chronology
"July, You're a Woman"
(1973) 		"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1975) 		"The Littlest Cowboy Rides Again"
(1976)

"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" is a

Hot Country Singles charts. This song was featured on Chris LeDoux
's album released January 20, 1976, Songbook of the American West.

Members of the Western Writers of America chose the song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[3]

Content

The narrator warns mothers not to let their children become cowboys because of the tough and rootless life of cowboy culture.[4]

Chart performance

Chart (1975–1976) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 36

Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson version

"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
Single by Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson
from the album Waylon & Willie
B-side"I Can Get Off on You"[6]
ReleasedJanuary 1978
Genre
Length2:31
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
  • Ed Bruce
  • Patsy Bruce
Producer(s)Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings singles chronology
"The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)"
(1977) 		"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1978) 		"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
(1978)
Willie Nelson singles chronology
"Something to Brag About"
(1977) 		"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1978) 		"If You Can Touch Her at All"
(1978)

TV commercial for the Volkswagen Passat
engine.

Chart performance

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 42
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] 33
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 57
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 42

Gibson/Miller Band version

"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
Red, White & Blue Collar
B-side"Johnny Get Your Gun"[10]
Released1994
GenreCountry
Length3:27
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
  • Ed Bruce
  • Patsy Bruce
Producer(s)Doug Johnson
Blue Miller
Gibson/Miller Band singles chronology
"Stone Cold Country"
(1994) 		"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"
(1994) 		"Red, White and Blue Collar"
(1994)

In 1994, country music group Gibson/Miller Band recorded a cover version on its album Red, White and Blue Collar. This version peaked at #49 on the Hot Country Songs chart, and was featured in the soundtrack for the movie The Cowboy Way.[10] It also appeared on the band's second and final studio album, Red, White and Blue Collar.



Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[11] 71
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 49

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2
    .
  2. ^ Billboard. 1976-10-09. p. 43. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  3. ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.
  4. ISBN 1-59555-860-8
    .
  5. ^ "Ed Bruce Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ a b Whitburn, p. 209
  7. ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  10. ^ a b Whitburn, p. 159
  11. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2548." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 1, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  12. ^ "Gibson/Miller Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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