CALGARY – There’s nothing like an upbeat country song to get you geared up for Stampede.
When The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth gets underway, the beat of country music can be heard rumbling from every corner of the city.
But which country song is the unofficial anthem of the Stampede?
According to respondents from a Global Calgary web poll, the answer is Friends in Low Places by Garth Brooks.
We posted a web poll on Thursday, asking cowpoke to vote for their favorite unofficial Stampede Anthem – and the iconic country tune won!
It’s fitting that a Garth Brooks tune would take top spot, as the superstar helped celebrate the Stampede centennial in 2012, with a concert at the Saddledome.
His song got 23% of the 238 votes, just barely beating ‘Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) by Big and Rich which got 22%.
WATCH: Results of our unofficial Stampede anthem web poll:
Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks – 23%
Save A Horse (Ride a Cowboy) – Big & Rich – 22%
Here For The Party – Gretchen Wilson – 13%
Cadillac Ranch – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – 11%
Truck got Stuck – Corb Lund – 8%
Fishing in The Dark – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – 6%
Convoy – Paul Brandt – 6%
Any Man Of Mine – Shania Twain – 4%
Better Things To Do – Terri Clark – 4%
Somebody Like You – Keith Urban – 3 %
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