NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 25, 2022) – The Nashville Stampede, Music City’s first-ever professional bull riding team, have debuted the team’s new anthem, “Stampede,” written and recorded by Sony Music Publishing’s country music singer and songwriter Brice Long.

“Stampede,” is available now wherever digital music is streamed and sold.

Long, a veteran songwriter for more than 25 years, has had more than 100 of his songs recorded, including by such prolific artists as Garth Brooks, George Strait, Chris Stapleton, Hank Williams Jr., and many more.

Long’s songwriting hits include the #1 singles “Heartache On The Dance Floor” by Jon Pardi and “Nothing On But The Radio” by Gary Allan, along with Randy Houser’s “Like a Cowboy,” which a garnered Long a CMA nomination for Song of the Year.  

“Stampede,” was created at the request of the team’s Head Coach Justin McBride, who had a brief country music career that began while he was still riding bulls, releasing the albums Don’t Let Go and Justin McBride Live at Billy Bob’s Texas. McBride has sung on the stage of the famed Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and performed in front of more than 46,000 fans at Cowboys Stadium.

The two-time PBR World Champion strongly believes every sports team needs their own song.  McBride chose Long to write and perform the song because he was confident the musician, who had written for him in the past, could bring his vision to life, and correctly communicate the team’s values.

Long is the sole writer on the track, and in McBride’s words “I know it would be good, I just didn’t know it would be that cool.”

McBride and Long first met in 2006 when McBride traveled to Nashville to work with songwriters Tim DuBois and Wynn Varble. McBride was walking out of the studio as Long was coming in, and the two were quick to strike up a conversation, discovering they shared mutual friends.

Long, who grew up roping and surrounded by the cowboy lifestyle, was familiar with Western sports. He forged an immediate connection with McBride who appreciated that the songwriter was a real cowboy who had done the things that he was writing songs about. As their friendship grew, Long went on to write a few songs that McBride would cut, and when McBride was touring, Long would come out and play rhythm and do a few songs on his own.