Modern Day Cowboy

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"Modern Day Cowboy"
Modern Day Cowboy.jpg
Single by Tesla
from the album Mechanical Resonance
ReleasedDecember 1986 [1]
Recorded1986
Studio Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York
Genre Glam metal [2]
Length5:19
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tesla singles chronology
"Modern Day Cowboy"
(1986)
"Little Suzi"
(1987)

"Modern Day Cowboy" is the debut single by American rock band Tesla, from the band's debut studio album, Mechanical Resonance . The song's lyrics make references to criminals such as Billy the Kid and Al Capone, until the final verse, which references Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Music video

A music video was produced for the song, which shows Nikola Tesla playing films in an abandoned movie theater. Tesla shows footage of the band performing the song, along with scenes from the movies High Noon , Scarface , and Dr. Strangelove . The beginning of the video shows the theater marquee with the names of all three films with some letters missing, along with the name of the band. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Modern Day Cowboy"5:19
2."Love Me" (live)4:36
3."Cover Queen" (live)4:31

Charts

Charts (1987)Peak
US Main. Rock [4] 35

The song was featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock . [5] The song was also featured in the Supernatural episode "Beyond the Mat". [6]

Personnel

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