Should've Been a Cowboy by Toby Keith album cover

Songs Similar to Should've Been a Cowboy by Toby Keith

Album: Toby Keith 35 Biggest Hits · Country · Happy

Toby Keith's “Should've Been a Cowboy” from the album Toby Keith 35 Biggest Hits is a country track that we file under happy songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play; the original moves at roughly 136 BPM.

The closest match right now is “How Do You Like Me Now?!” by Toby Keith (100% match). The list also pulls in Brooks & Dunn, Billy Currington, Travis Tritt and Dierks Bentley — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Toby Keith's. By genre, the list is mostly country (18 of 20 tracks), with pop mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.

20 songs similar to “Should've Been a Cowboy”

  1. 1How Do You Like Me Now?! by Toby Keith album cover

    How Do You Like Me Now?!

    Toby Keith

    Country

    100% match
  2. 2As Good as I Once Was by Toby Keith album cover

    As Good as I Once Was

    Toby Keith

    Country

    88% match
  3. 3Write This Down by George Strait album cover

    Write This Down

    George Strait

    Country

    65% match
  4. 4Boot Scootin' Boogie by Brooks & Dunn album cover

    Boot Scootin' Boogie

    Brooks & Dunn

    Country

    61% match
  5. 5Neon Moon by Brooks & Dunn album cover

    Neon Moon

    Brooks & Dunn

    Country

    53% match
  6. 6Good Directions by Billy Currington album cover

    Good Directions

    Billy Currington

    Country

    48% match
  7. 7It's a Great Day to Be Alive by Travis Tritt album cover

    It's a Great Day to Be Alive

    Travis Tritt

    Country

    46% match
  8. 8What Was I Thinkin' by Dierks Bentley album cover

    What Was I Thinkin'

    Dierks Bentley

    Country

    45% match
  9. 9Something Like That by Tim McGraw album cover

    Something Like That

    Tim McGraw

    Country

    45% match
  10. 10

    Livin' on Love

    Alan Jackson

    44% match
  11. 11Chattahoochee by Alan Jackson album cover

    Chattahoochee

    Alan Jackson

    Country

    44% match
  12. 12Two Dozen Roses by Shenandoah album cover

    Two Dozen Roses

    Shenandoah

    Pop

    39% match
  13. 13Heads Carolina, Tails California by Jo Dee Messina album cover

    Heads Carolina, Tails California

    Jo Dee Messina

    Country

    37% match
  14. 14Drink in My Hand by Eric Church album cover

    Drink in My Hand

    Eric Church

    Country

    35% match
  15. 15Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins album cover

    Honky Tonk Badonkadonk

    Trace Adkins

    Country

    31% match
  16. 16Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw album cover
  17. 17Friday Night Fever by George Strait album cover

    Friday Night Fever

    George Strait

    Country

    31% match
  18. 18When It Rains It Pours by Luke Combs album cover

    When It Rains It Pours

    Luke Combs

    Country

    31% match
  19. 19American Kids by Kenny Chesney album cover

    American Kids

    Kenny Chesney

    Country

    29% match
  20. 20Drunk on a Plane by Dierks Bentley album cover

    Drunk on a Plane

    Dierks Bentley

    Country

    28% match

Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.

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FAQ about “Should've Been a Cowboy”

What songs are similar to Should've Been a Cowboy?

On our list, the closest matches are “How Do You Like Me Now?!” by Toby Keith, “As Good as I Once Was” by Toby Keith and “Write This Down” by George Strait. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “Should've Been a Cowboy” by Toby Keith, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.

Who does Should've Been a Cowboy sound like?

Based on listening data, “Should've Been a Cowboy” sits closest to George Strait, Brooks & Dunn, Billy Currington and Travis Tritt. Fans of Toby Keith play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.

Is Should've Been a Cowboy Country?

We file “Should've Been a Cowboy” by Toby Keith under Country. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.

How do you find similar songs to Should've Been a Cowboy?

Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “Should've Been a Cowboy” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.