Cowboys & Dreamers

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"Cowboys & Dreamers"
Cowboys and Dreamers.jpg
Single by Brett Kissel
from the album Let Your Horses Run – The Album
ReleasedMay 4, 2025 (2025-05-04)
Genre Country
Length3:09
Label
  • Big Star
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mickey Jack Cones
Brett Kissel singles chronology
"Another One"
(2024)
"Cowboys & Dreamers"
(2025)
"Hurtin' Songs"
(2025)
Music video
"Cowboys & Dreamers" on YouTube

"Cowboys & Dreamers" is a song recorded by Canadian country music artist Brett Kissel. The song was written by Jim Beavers, brice Long, and Lindsay Rimes, and produced by Mickey Jack Cones. [1] It was the fourth single to Canadian radio, and second to Australian radio, off Kissel's 2025 studio album Let Your Horses Run – The Album . [2]

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Commercial performance

"Cowboys & Dreamers" reached a peak of number four on the Billboard Canada Country chart for the week of September 6, 2025. [3] This marked Kissel's twentieth career top ten song. [4] It entered the all-genre Canadian Hot 100 at number 98 the following week. [5] That same week, it reached number 21 on Radiomonitor's Country Hot 50 in Australia. [6]

Music video

The official music video for "Cowboys & Dreamers" was directed by Travis Nesbitt and premiered on Holler Country on June 17, 2025. [7] The video featured bull riders Brock Radford, Ashton Sahli, Jeremy Maisonneuve, Sloan Walker, Chanse Switzer, Garrett Green, Jake Gardner and Gordon Erickson, as well as bull fighters Ty Prescott, Brett Monea, and Connor Larrivee. [8] Kissel also rode a bull himself in the video, and performed the song in front of a bull at rodeo arena for part of the video. He described it as the "most intense" video that he has filmed in his career, and stated that the "adrenaline matched with the mad respect" he has for bull riders. [9]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Apple Music. [10]

Charts

Chart performance for "Cowboys & Dreamers"
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australia Country Hot 50 ( The Music ) [6] 21
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [5] 98
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [3] 4

References

  1. "Cowboys & Dreamers, Song by Brett Kissel". Spotify . Big Star Recordings. February 28, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  2. "Brett Kissel – Cowboys and Dreamers". ZFM Country. August 8, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Canada Country: Week of September 6, 2025". Billboard Canada. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  4. "Kissel Earns 20th Career Top Ten Radio Hit and Releases New Song 'Heart To Forget'". BrettKissel.com. August 29, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Brett Kissel Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Countrytown Hot 50 – 2025, Week 38". Countrytown. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  7. Owen, Jof (June 17, 2025). "Exclusive Brett-Kissel Brings the Rodeo to Life in New Video for Cowboys and Dreamers". Holler Country. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  8. "Brett Kissel - Cowboys & Dreamers" (video). YouTube . June 18, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  9. "Cowboys & Dreamers Music Video Out Now!". BrettKissel.com. June 18, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  10. "Cowboys & Dreamers, Song by Brett Kissel". Apple Music (Canada). Big Star Recordings. February 28, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.