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Brooks & Dunn began as a Nashville pairing arranged by songwriter and producer Tim DuBois, but the chemistry between Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn quickly turned that business idea into one of country music’s most successful partnerships. Brooks, a Shreveport, Louisiana, native, had recorded solo singles and built a strong reputation as a songwriter. Dunn, born in Coleman, Texas, had spent years performing in clubs, recording for independent labels, and competing in talent contests. When the two began writing and singing together in 1990, Arista Nashville recognized a combination that could stand beside major contemporary country artists including Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, Travis Tritt, and Alabama.
Brand New Man arrived in 1991 and launched an extraordinary run of country-radio success. “Brand New Man,” “My Next Broken Heart,” “Neon Moon,” and “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” all reached number one, while “Lost and Found” introduced Kix Brooks as a distinctive lead singer within the duo. The album’s mixture of honky-tonk rhythm, rock energy, romantic ballads, and dance-floor momentum established the formula that would define Brooks & Dunn throughout the decade.
Hard Workin’ Man followed in 1993 with “She Used to Be Mine,” “We’ll Burn That Bridge,” “Rock My World (Little Country Girl),” “That Ain’t No Way to Go,” and the title track. The album also included the “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” club mix, reflecting the song’s role in the line-dancing boom. Waitin’ on Sundown continued the streak through “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind,” “I’ll Never Forgive My Heart,” “Little Miss Honky Tonk,” “Whiskey Under the Bridge,” and “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone.”
The 1996 album Borderline delivered “My Maria,” “A Man This Lonely,” “I Am That Man,” “Mama Don’t Get Dressed Up for Nothing,” and “Why Would I Say Goodbye.” The following year, The Greatest Hits Collection added three new recordings: “Honky Tonk Truth,” “He’s Got You,” and “Days of Thunder.” If You See Her arrived in 1998 with “How Long Gone,” “Husbands and Wives,” “I Can’t Get Over You,” and the Reba McEntire collaboration “If You See Him/If You See Her.”
Tight Rope closed the decade with “Missing You,” “Beer Thirty,” “You’ll Always Be Loved by Me,” and songs that pushed the duo toward rock, soul, and adult-contemporary textures. Brooks & Dunn also recorded Bob Seger’s “Against the Wind” for the King of the Hill soundtrack during this period.
Steers & Stripes returned the duo to the top of country radio in 2001 with “Ain’t Nothing ’bout You,” “Only in America,” “The Long Goodbye,” “My Heart Is Lost to You,” and “Every River.” Their 2002 holiday album, It Won’t Be Christmas Without You, combined seasonal standards with original songs including its title track, “Hangin’ ’Round the Mistletoe,” “Rockin’ Little Christmas,” “Santa’s Coming Over to Your House,” and “Who Says There Ain’t No Santa.”
Red Dirt Road followed in 2003 with its autobiographical title song, “You Can’t Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl,” “That’s What She Gets for Loving Me,” “Good Day to Be Me,” and “Holy War.” The 2004 compilation The Greatest Hits Collection II introduced “That’s What It’s All About,” “It’s Getting Better All the Time,” and “Independent Trucker.”
Hillbilly Deluxe arrived in 2005 with “Play Something Country,” “Believe,” “Building Bridges,” and its title track. “Believe” became one of the duo’s most acclaimed performances, while “Building Bridges” featured Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill. Cowboy Town followed in 2007 with “Proud of the House We Built,” “God Must Be Busy,” “Put a Girl in It,” “Cowgirls Don’t Cry,” and “Johnny Cash Junkie (Buck Owens Freak).”
Brooks & Dunn announced a farewell tour in 2009 and released #1s … and Then Some. The collection added “Indian Summer,” “Honky Tonk Stomp” with Billy Gibbons, and the hit version of “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” featuring Reba McEntire. After the duo paused its partnership, both artists returned to solo recording, touring, broadcasting, and songwriting.
The separation proved temporary. Brooks & Dunn reunited in 2015 for a Las Vegas residency with Reba McEntire. In 2019, Reboot paired the duo with Luke Combs, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Cody Johnson, Ashley McBryde, Thomas Rhett, Brothers Osborne, Midland, Jon Pardi, Brett Young, Tyler Booth, and LANCO for twelve newly recorded versions of familiar songs.
Reboot II arrived in 2024 with a broader “no rules” approach. Its eighteen tracks featured Lainey Wilson, Morgan Wallen, Marcus King Band, Megan Moroney, Warren Zeiders, Jelly Roll, Riley Green, The Cadillac Three, Halestorm, Mitchell Tenpenny, The Earls of Leicester, Jake Worthington, Hailey Whitters, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, HARDY, ERNEST, A Thousand Horses, and Corey Kent.
Brooks & Dunn entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019. In 2025, their sixteenth Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year award raised their career total to twenty CMA Awards, making them the most-awarded artists in the organization’s history. The duo continued performing through the Neon Moon Tour, which was extended with additional United States dates in 2026.
Complete List Of Brooks & Dunn Songs From A to Z
A–E
- “Again” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Against the Wind” – Bob Seger cover – King of the Hill: Music from and Inspired by the TV Series (1999)
- “Ain’t No Way to Go (with Mitchell Tenpenny)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Ain’t Nothing ’bout You” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “Ain’t Nothing ’bout You (with Brett Young)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Ain’t Nothing ’bout You (with Megan Moroney)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “All of You” – If You See Her (1998)
- “All Out of Love” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “American Dreamer” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “The Ballad of Jerry Jeff Walker” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Beer Thirty” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “Believe” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Believe (with Jelly Roll)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Believe (with Kane Brown)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Believer” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Blue Christmas” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “Boot Scootin’ Boogie (Club Mix)” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “Boot Scootin’ Boogie (with Halestorm)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Boot Scootin’ Boogie (with Midland)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Born and Raised in Black and White” – If You See Her (1998)
- “Brand New Man” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “Brand New Man (with Luke Combs)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Brand New Man (with Warren Zeiders)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Brand New Whiskey” – If You See Her (1998)
- “Building Bridges” – featuring Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Can’t Stop My Heart” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “Caroline” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Chance of a Lifetime” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Cheating on the Blues” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “The Christmas Song” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “Cool Drink of Water” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “Cowboy Town” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Cowboy, Cowboy” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Cowgirls Don’t Cry” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Cowgirls Don’t Cry (featuring Reba McEntire)” – #1s … and Then Some (2009)
- “Damn Right I’m Gonna Miss You” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Days of Thunder” – The Greatest Hits Collection (1997)
- “Deny, Deny, Deny” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “Don’t Look Back Now” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “Down by the River” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Drop in the Bucket” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Drop in the Bucket (with A Thousand Horses)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Drunk on Love” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Every River” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
F–J
- “Feels Good Don’t It” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “A Few Good Rides Away” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “Go West” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “God Must Be Busy” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Goin’ Under Gettin’ Over You” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “Good Cowboy” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Good Day to Be Me” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Good Girls Go to Heaven” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “Hangin’ ‘Round the Mistletoe” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “Hard Workin’ Man” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “Hard Workin’ Man (with Brothers Osborne)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Hard Workin’ Man (with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “He’s Got You” – The Greatest Hits Collection (1997)
- “Heartbroke Out of My Mind” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “Her West Was Wilder” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Hillbilly Deluxe” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Hillbilly Deluxe (with HARDY)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Holy War (hidden track)” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Honky Tonk Stomp (featuring Billy Gibbons)” – #1s … and Then Some (2009)
- “Honky Tonk Truth” – The Greatest Hits Collection (1997)
- “How Long Gone” – If You See Her (1998)
- “How Long Gone (with The Earls of Leicester)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Hurt Train” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “Husbands and Wives” – If You See Her (1998)
- “I Am That Man” – Borderline (1996)
- “I Can’t Get Over You” – If You See Her (1998)
- “I Can’t Put Out This Fire” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “I Fall” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “I Love You More” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “I May Never Get Over You” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “I Used to Know This Song by Heart” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “I’ll Never Forgive My Heart” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “I’ll Never Forgive My Heart (with Jake Worthington)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “I’ll Take Your Heart” – If You See Her (1998)
- “I’m No Good” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “I’ve Got a Lot to Learn” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “If That’s the Way You Want It” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “If You See Him/If You See Her” – with Reba McEntire – If You See Her (1998)
- “Independent Trucker” – The Greatest Hits Collection II (2004)
- “Indian Summer” – #1s … and Then Some (2009)
- “Indian Summer (with ERNEST)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “It Ain’t Me If It Ain’t You” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “It Won’t Be Christmas Without You” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “It’s Getting Better All the Time” – The Greatest Hits Collection II (2004)
- “Johnny Cash Junkie (Buck Owens Freak)” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Just Another Neon Night” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
K–O
- “The Last Thing I Do” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “Little Miss Honky Tonk” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “The Long Goodbye” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “Lost and Found” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “Lost and Found (with Tyler Booth)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Lucky Me, Lonely You” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “Mama Don’t Get Dressed Up for Nothing” – Borderline (1996)
- “Mama Don’t Get Dressed Up for Nothing (with LANCO)” – Reboot (2019)
- “A Man This Lonely” – Borderline (1996)
- “Memory Town” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Mexican Minutes” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “Missing You” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “More Than a Margarita” – Borderline (1996)
- “My Baby’s Everything I Love” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “My Heart Is Lost to You” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “My Heart’s Not a Hotel” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “My Kind of Crazy” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “My Love Will Follow You” – Borderline (1996)
- “My Maria” – Borderline (1996)
- “My Maria (with Thomas Rhett)” – Reboot (2019)
- “My Next Broken Heart” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “My Next Broken Heart (with Jon Pardi)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Neon Moon” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “Neon Moon (with Kacey Musgraves)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Neon Moon (with Morgan Wallen)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “One Heartache at a Time” – Borderline (1996)
- “One More Roll of the Dice” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Only in America” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “Only in America (with Corey Kent)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Our Time Is Coming” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
P–T
- “Play Something Country” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Play Something Country (with Lainey Wilson)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Proud of the House We Built” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Put a Girl in It” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Red Dirt Road” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Red Dirt Road (with Cody Johnson)” – Reboot (2019)
- “Redneck Rhythm & Blues” – Borderline (1996)
- “Rock My World (Little Country Girl)” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “Rock My World (Little Country Girl) (with Marcus King Band)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “Rockin’ Little Christmas” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “Santa’s Coming Over to Your House” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “See Jane Dance” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “She Likes to Get Out of Town” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “She Likes to Get Out of Town (with The Cadillac Three)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “She Used to Be Mine” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “She Used to Be Mine (with Riley Green)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “She Was Born to Run” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “She’s About As Lonely As I’m Going to Let Her Get” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind (with Hailey Whitters)” – Reboot II (2024)
- “She’s the Kind of Trouble” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “Silver and Gold” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “South of Santa Fe” – If You See Her (1998)
- “Steady As She Goes” – If You See Her (1998)
- “Still in Love with You” – Brand New Man (1991)
- “Sweet Mystery” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Temptation #9” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “Tequila” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Tequila Town” – Borderline (1996)
- “Texas and Norma Jean” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “Texas Women (Don’t Stay Lonely Long)” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “That Ain’t No Way to Go” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “That’s What It’s All About” – The Greatest Hits Collection II (2004)
- “That’s What She Gets for Loving Me” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Til My Dyin’ Day” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Too Far This Time” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “The Trouble with Angels” – Tight Rope (1999)
U–Z
- “Unloved” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “Walk Away Slow” – Cowboy Town (2007)
- “Way Gone” – If You See Her (1998)
- “We’ll Burn That Bridge” – Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
- “What It’s Come Down To” – If You See Her (1998)
- “When Love Dies” – If You See Her (1998)
- “When She’s Gone, She’s Gone” – Steers & Stripes (2001)
- “When We Were Kings” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “Whiskey Do My Talkin’” – Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
- “Whiskey Under the Bridge” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “White Christmas” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “White Line Casanova” – Borderline (1996)
- “Who Says There Ain’t No Santa” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “Why Would I Say Goodbye” – Borderline (1996)
- “Winter Wonderland” – It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
- “You Can’t Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl” – Red Dirt Road (2003)
- “You’ll Always Be Loved by Me” – Tight Rope (1999)
- “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone” – Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
- “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone (with Ashley McBryde)” – Reboot (2019)
- “You’re My Angel” – If You See Her (1998)
- “Your Love Don’t Take a Backseat to Nothing” – If You See Her (1998)
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Brooks & Dunn Albums and Major Releases
Brand New Man (1991)
Hard Workin’ Man (1993)
Waitin’ on Sundown (1994)
Borderline (1996)
The Greatest Hits Collection (1997)
If You See Her (1998)
Tight Rope (1999)
Steers & Stripes (2001)
It Won’t Be Christmas Without You (2002)
Red Dirt Road (2003)
The Greatest Hits Collection II (2004)
Hillbilly Deluxe (2005)
Cowboy Town (2007)
#1s … and Then Some (2009)
Reboot (2019)
Reboot II (2024)
Updated August 1, 2026.
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