Long Live the Cowboy

Long Live the Cowboy is the eleventh studio album by country music artist Clay Walker. The album is Walker's first full-length studio LP of new music in nine years^[15] since 2010's She Won't Be Lonely Long.^[16] The album was released independently through Walker's own record label, Maven Records on January 21, 2019.^[17][18] In addition to the singles "Right Now", "Working on Me" and "Change", the album features a cover of Ed Sheeran's signature hit "Thinking Out Loud".^[19][20]

Long Live the Cowboy
Studio album by Clay Walker
Released	January 21, 2019 (2019-01-21)[1]
Recorded	2013[2]–2018[3][4]
Studio	Dark Horse Recording in Franklin, Tennessee, United States[5]
Genre	Country[6] bro-country[7] country pop[8]
Length	40:27[9]
Label	Maven Records[10]
Producer	Michael Knox[11]
Clay Walker chronology
She Won't Be Lonely Long (2010) Long Live the Cowboy (2019) Texas to Tennessee (2021)
Singles from Long Live the Cowboy
"Right Now" Released: October 15, 2015[12] "Working On Me" Released: April 13, 2018[13] "Change" Released: February 22, 2019[14]

Background

In late 2014, a sampler on Walker's website included snippets from his biggest hits along with a 30-second snippet of a song titled "Rock The Radio".^[21][22] Later that year, while performing shows at state fairs across the country, Walker announced that his new album, then-titled "Rock The Radio", would be released in late 2014 or early 2015.^[23][24]

During an interview with The Boot, Walker announced his first single in nearly three years, "Right Now".^[25] Walker stated that he had left Curb Records and was figuring out where to release the songs he had written and recorded after the last two years. "Right Now" served as the lead single from the album.^[26][27] Due to his diagnosis with multiple sclerosis^[28] he subsequently went through a period of inactivity.^[29][30]

On April 13, 2018 Walker released the second single titled "Working On Me" from his then unconfirmed album.^[31]

During a live blog on his social media sites on December 21, 2018, Walker announced that he would be releasing a song titled "She Gets What She Wants" at midnight on December 24. During the live blog Walker also stated that the album would be titled Long Live the Cowboy and it would be released in January 2019.^[32][33]

On New Year's Day, Walker released the song "Change" and confirmed the album's release date of January 21, 2019.^[34]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Long Live the Cowboy"	2:55
2.	"She Gets What She Wants"	2:51
3.	"Thinking Out Loud"	4:52
4.	"Rock the Radio"	3:30
5.	"Right Now"	3:44
6.	"Little Miss Whiskey"	3:25
7.	"Working On Me"	3:54
8.	"Makes Me Want to Stay"	4:16
9.	"Napkin"	3:25
10.	"Change"	3:50
11.	"Love Is Like the Rain"	3:45