WATCH: Cheesy Music Video Featuring Dallas Cowboys Football Team

We know the Dallas Cowboys might be the top NFL team for Texas. For years they've been called "America's Team", but perhaps we should also know that the Boys gave us a forgotten musical gem during the 1986 Christmas season.

What did the Cowboys give the world? A music video. Yes... a music video that THEY THEMSELVES produced. And it absolutely reeks of 80's cheese.

The Dallas Cowboys would record a music video called "Living the American Dream"

Now before we watch this together...a few things we should know:

• One: The video has a TON of stuff you'd expect from the 80s; the bright colors, the "unique" graphics, screen edits, & visuals. You can see it in the fashion too & the landscape of Texas in the video too.
• Two: While these players are very talented on the field, not everyone sounds amazing. I think some of the players COULD pass as decent singers, but don't expect any professional-sounding singing.
• Three:...This song is an infectious earworm. Ever since I first heard it, I can't get the sound of the Cowboy players chanting "WE....ARE...living the American dream!" out of my head, no matter how hard I try.

So without further ado... here are the Dallas Cowboys singing for your listening pleasure...

Yeah, you can definitely tell this was a result after the Chicago Bears released "The Super Bowl Shuffle" in 1985; the team obviously wanted to do this to show the world how tough & competitive they were. And let's not forget they wanted to show their patriotism since they are "America's Team" after all...

So...did the music video work? Well...no, not really. The Cowboys finished off that same season with a 7-9 record & would miss the playoffs. It was a valiant attempt to hype up the team, but it didn't work...at the time. The Cowboys WOULD go on to win 3 more Super Bowls in the '90s in 1992, 93 & 95. (Maybe they should've waited a few years to do a music video).

Today the official music videos for the Dallas Cowboys are done by other artists, not the players themselves. But that's a shame honestly. Who wouldn't want to see Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb or Micah Parsons recreate this 80's goodness today & have more earworms infect the rest of the world? Just a thought...

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