--- title: Mariah Carey Wore a Cowboy Hat, Fans Make Her Songs Country description: Fans turns Mariah Carey's greatest hits into country songs after she wore a cowboy hat. canonical: https://time.com/4887472/mariah-carey-cowboy-hat-country-songs/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-04T15:14:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:09.353Z og:title: Mariah Carey Wore a Cowboy Hat, Fans Made Her Lyrics Country og:description: Her fans are doing the most og:url: https://time.com/4887472/mariah-carey-cowboy-hat-country-songs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb3470981675c256/6988d871196cf46143041532/mariah-carey-country-music.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Lionel Richie: All The Hits With Very Special Guest Mariah Carey Tour Opening Night og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mariah Carey Wore a Cowboy Hat, Fans Made Her Lyrics Country twitter:description: Her fans are doing the most twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb3470981675c256/6988d871196cf46143041532/mariah-carey-country-music.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mariah Carey Wore a Cowboy Hat So Her Fans Gave Her Hits a Country Twist  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 4, 2017 3:14 PM UTC  OAKLAND, CA - JULY 21: Singer/songwriter Mariah Carey performs on the opening night of the All the Hits Tour at ORACLE Arena on July 21, 2017 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Live Nation ) OAKLAND, CA - JULY 21: Singer/songwriter Mariah Carey performs on the opening night of the All the Hits Tour at ORACLE Arena on July 21, 2017 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Live Nation )Ethan Miller—Getty Images for Live Nation  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 4, 2017 3:14 PM UTC [Mariah Carey](http://time.com/4599168/beyonce-mariah-carey-family-photo/), elusive chanteuse and [shade queen extraordinaire](http://time.com/4340106/mariah-carey-jennifer-lopez-nicki-minaj/), donned a cowboy hat after hitting Dallas while on her _All the Hits_ tour with [Lionel Richie](http://time.com/4439098/celebrate-the-anniversary-of-lionel-richies-dancing-on-the-ceiling-with-these-80s-movie-dance-sequences/), which she graciously took a selfie with and posted on Instagram. As might be expected, her diehard fans (formally known as the Lambs or the Lambily, thank you very much) loved the new look and promptly lost their minds over her new fashion statement on the Internet. In fact, much like their leader, the Lambily did the most by coming up with alternative, country music-esque alternative lyrics to some of Mariah’s most iconic songs from “Don’t Forget About Us” and “Heartbreaker.” See the original post that started and all and then read the best of the Lambily’s countrified Mariah lyrics below. > [](https://twitter.com/%5Fmaleficentt/status/893175600877318144) > [](https://twitter.com/%5FKJCRAY/status/893157239648813056) > [](https://twitter.com/J%5FGibbsy7/status/893164767225024512) > [](https://twitter.com/joshhottness/status/893179459540406272) > [](https://twitter.com/BasicBitching/status/893156018678624260) > [](https://twitter.com/AlsoPurple/status/893192385651519488) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4887472/mariah-carey-cowboy-hat-country-songs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4887472/mariah-carey-cowboy-hat-country-songs/"},"headline":"Mariah Carey Wore a Cowboy Hat So Her Fans Gave Her Hits a Country Twist","datePublished":"2017-08-04T15:14:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:09.353Z","description":"Her fans are losing it over this photo","url":"https://time.com/4887472/mariah-carey-cowboy-hat-country-songs/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Mariah Carey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb3470981675c256/6988d871196cf46143041532/mariah-carey-country-music.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteb3470981675c256/6988d871196cf46143041532/mariah-carey-country-music.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Lionel Richie: All The Hits With Very Special Guest Mariah Carey Tour Opening Night","caption":"Lionel Richie: All The Hits With Very Special Guest Mariah Carey Tour Opening Night","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images for Live Nation","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4887472/mariah-carey-cowboy-hat-country-songs/","name":"Mariah Carey Wore a Cowboy Hat So Her Fans Gave Her Hits a Country Twist"}}]}] ```