Should've Been a Cowboy

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“Should've Been a Cowboy”
Single by Toby Keith
from the album Toby Keith
Released 1993
Recorded 1993
Genre country music
Length 3:30
Label Mercury Records
Writer(s) Toby Keith
Producer Nelson Larkin
Harold Shedd
Toby Keith singles chronology
"Should've Been a Cowboy"
(1993)
"He Ain't Worth Missing"
(1993)

"Should've Been a Cowboy" is a song by American country music artist Toby Keith. In 1993, it was the lead off single released from Toby's first album Toby Keith.

The first verse of the song is a reference to the radio series turned TV show Gunsmoke. On June 5, 1993, it reached #1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Preceded by
"I Love the Way You Love Me"
by John Michael Montgomery
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number one single by Toby Keith

June 5-June 12, 1993
Succeeded by
"Blame It On Your Heart"
by Patty Loveless