"Little Red Rodeo" is a song written by Phil Vassar, Charlie Black and Rory Bourke, and recorded by American country music artist Collin Raye.
It was released in December 1997 as the third and final single from his compilation album The Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits.
The singer spends most of the song chasing his former lover, who has driven off in a "candy apple red" (Isuzu) Rodeo, leaving a note that she did not think he was looking for a permanent relationship.
Eventually conceding that he had not been committed enough, he takes chase from Texas to Monterey, stopping at a diner where her sister works, then at a gas station where the attendant acknowledges she had been there and expected him to chase her.
By the end of the song, he has not yet caught the Isuzu but was "closing the gap."