Ian Munsick - "Long Live Cowgirls"

[recordyear]

Artist: Ian Munsick
Single: Long Live Cowgirls
Album: White Buffalo
Label: Warner Music Nashville
Impact Date: October 23rd, 2023 
Writers: Ian Munsick, Jared Conrad

And yet another song impacting radio when the duet partner has own single and hence dropped. Solo version was released last Friday.

[.indulgecountry]

Wish the duet version could've seen radio instead because Cody Johnson has a lot of pull and would've likely helped get this one off the ground. That said, unlike the Lauren Alaina single in the same boat, this one still works wonderfully even as a solo cut and I feel optimistic that it'll still take off at country radio. I've been patiently waiting and hoping they'd try something from Ian Munsick at radio soon off his new record because it is STACKED with great songs. Excited to see his profile rise because he's got a really great and unique sound.

[🌺CountryLineDancer]

Great to see Ian getting another try at country radio. I do like quite a few of his materials, but I was pretty disappointed that they somehow chose Long Haul as his debut radio single, which is one of the weakest outputs from him. I have been liking this song, and even though I do prefer the duet version, I think this can connect with radio better than his debut. 

[countryfan43]

Wow finally they send this to radio. Hopefully it takes off as I have always loved this song.

[hitmakaontharise]

Good for Jared Conrad, I know him personally!

[recordyear]

Second most added with 25 adds and 26 total historic adds this week.

[countryfan43]

Not as good of a start as I was expecting but I feel like the Texas stations will boost this up and have it chart somewhat soon.

[.indulgecountry]

Pleasantly surprised to see this debut on the charts less than a month after going for adds considering it had a bit of a tepid start in adds. Also interestingly enough, the charts are crediting Cody Johnson even though they sent the new solo version to radio as the promoted single. Cody's a big draw in the format right now, so hopefully that helps Ian with turning this into a hit.

[recordyear]

(Debut at #60 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart this week.)

I'll keep the thread title being alluded to solo version for now. Maybe Billboard will change the credits later.

Also the Billboard article says there are some background vocals from Cody Johnson in solo version.

[raylatch98]

Wouldn't be shocked if this song is done as this lost a fair amount of audience on Billboard this past week (123k) and its spin leaders aren't the most encouraging as it has lost 25 spins since Friday at least, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it is a fair amount. Not to mention this hasn't gotten any adds on country radio in over a month now. 

[countryfan43]

I really thought this would connect better but my initial post saying the Texas stations would help this didn’t end up being the case which really hurt any chance this had of becoming a hit.

[.indulgecountry]

Rather surprised this didn't do better, but I imagine if the Cody Johnson version had been allowed by his label to be shipped instead this would've done more damage. I still find it interesting the way the airplay charts still opted to credit it as a duet anyway though, lol. Kinda misleading, but I digress. Just like Lauren Alaina's latest, a missed opportunity of a smash I fear. :/