context. It wouldn't make sense to just put this on some normal Willie album ... The movie provided the context. I don't know if the public is any more or less ready than they were but I think the media is more ready. The song was featured in a Boondocks comic strip on 27 and 28 February and mentioned until March 2006. According to Sublette, "the Monday and Tuesday strip consisted of my lyrics and dramatizing listeners' response to my lyrics. What a compliment!" The reception of Nelson's song may be compared to that of Garth Brooks' 1992 single "We Shall Be Free". The song's line, "when we're free to love anyone we choose" caused some radio stations to refuse to play the song, contributing to its peak at number 12 on Billboards country singles chart and marking the end of Brooks' string of top ten hits. Nelson's song has been lumped together with contemporaneous LGBT-friendly country releases: his and Emmylou Harris's appearance on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack and the Dolly Parton's song "Travelin' Thru" appearing on the Transamerica soundtrack, for which she received an Oscar nomination. When the song appeared as the penultimate track on Nelson's 2009 compilation Lost Highway, it was followed by a previously unreleased version of Willie singing Ben Hayslip's "Ain't Goin' Down on Brokeback Mountain", which includes the lyric "that shit ain't right." Sources External links Gerome, John (3 March 2006)., Chron.com/AP. Archived from the original on 23 March 2006. Retrieved 7 March 2006. Viewing Previous link removed. Dead link. Listening Nelson: "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)", Lost Highway Records. Retrieved 10 May 2006. Pansy Division: . Retrieved 10 June 2012. 20 February 2006 Stream PlanetOut.com: This Way Out. Retrieved 10 May 2006. Lyrics "Pansy Division - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other", LyricsOnDemand.com. Retrieved 13 June 2012. Songs about cowboys and cowgirls 1981 songs 2006 singles LGBT-related songs Lost Highway Records singles Pansy Division songs Willie Nelson songs