Song · Imani Coppola
“Legend of A Cowgirl” by Imani Coppola
From the album Chupacabra (1997)
“Legend of A Cowgirl” by Imani Coppola appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1997 and 2001. It was first released in 1997 on the album Chupacabra. Its best result is #76 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #340 alternative song of 1997 and #6,038 alternative song of all time.
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Imani Coppola, a singer-songwriter who could rap as readily as she sang, breezed in with "Legend of a Cowgirl" in 1997, the calling card from her Columbia debut Chupacabra. She shares the writing credit with Mike Mangini and Donovan, and critics took to it right away.
The video did most of the heavy lifting: Coppola as a diner waitress drifting off into daydreams of life as a cowgirl, an alien and a rock star. MTV ran with it, Billboard's 1998 Music Video Awards nominated it for Pop: Best New Artist Clip, and the single cracked the top 40 in the US, the UK and New Zealand. Nothing else she put out under her own name climbed that high in any of those places, though she did return to the British chart as half of the R&B-pop duo Little Jackie.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 76 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1792 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1794 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1794 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
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