{"id":49528,"date":"2026-07-05T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=49528"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:25:11","slug":"toby-keiths-shouldve-been-a-cowboy-named-best-country-song-of-the-90s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/country-music-news\/2026\/07\/toby-keiths-shouldve-been-a-cowboy-named-best-country-song-of-the-90s\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby Keith&#8217;s &#8220;Should&#8217;ve Been A Cowboy&#8221; Named Best Country Song Of The \u201990s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Toby Keith&#8217;s<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Should&#8217;ve Been A Cowboy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ranker.com\/list\/greatest-90s-country-songs\/ranker-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">topped\u00a0<em>Ranker&#8217;s<\/em>\u00a0fan-voted list as the best country song of the 1990s,<\/a> beating Garth Brooks&#8217; &#8220;Friends in Low Places&#8221; for the number one spot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track, Keith&#8217;s debut single released in February 1993, reached number one on Billboard&#8217;s Hot Country Songs chart on June 5, 1993, staying there for two weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith called the song &#8220;the foundation for me of everything&#8221; during a 2018 interview, noting he performed it at every show throughout his career despite having 15-20 other number one hits he didn&#8217;t always play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song launched Keith&#8217;s legendary career, which eventually earned him posthumous induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October 2024, eight months after his death from stomach cancer in February 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Toby Keith - Should&#039;ve Been A Cowboy (Official Music Video)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aIq1LvzSLsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toby Keith&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;Should&#8217;ve Been A Cowboy&#8221; topped\u00a0Ranker&#8217;s\u00a0fan-voted list as the best country song of the 1990s, beating Garth Brooks&#8217; &#8220;Friends in Low Places&#8221; for the number one spot. 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