One or more versions of "Old Town Road" have topped the national singles charts in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and have charted in the top 10 in various other markets. "Old Town Road" is a song by the American rapper Lil Nas X, first released independently in December 2018. To put differently, this lifestyle is highlighted by hard living and womanizing. [251] Lil Nas X has said that "Seoul Town Road" would be the final remix. The character is unfulfilled by a hedonistic life of consumerism, substance abuse, and adultery. MP3 Music Listen with Music Unlimited. [5] Lil Nas X has cited Young Thug as a pioneer of country trap. [8] Lil Nas X felt like he was "out of options" and said that his sister's and parents' frustrations with him inspired the song's chorus, "can't nobody tell me nothing". [6], The single's fourth official remix, "Old Town Road (Seoul Town Road Remix)", was released on July 24, 2019, featuring the South Korean rapper RM of the boy band BTS. [26] Lil Nas X himself said that he regards it as the latter. [244] The remix was premiered at Diplo's set for the country music Stagecoach Festival alongside the first-ever live performance of "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X and Cyrus. [50], In the United States, the original version of "Old Town Road" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the week ending April 13, 2019;[52] at one minute and 53 seconds in length, it became the shortest number-one single since "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" by Herman's Hermits in 1965 and the fifth-shortest in the history of the chart. Old Town Road. Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road," featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, claims one of the most prized records in the Billboard Hot 100's 60-year history as it spends an unprecedented 17th week at No. 1 – Diary of a Song", "Congrats @lilnasx I'm always in your corner! The song has been widely labeled as "country rap", a genre that had not often reached the mainstream prior to its release. 4.6 out of 5 stars 459. After gaining popularity, the single was re-released by Columbia Records in March 2019. [5][7], In 2018, Lil Nas X dropped out of college to pursue a music career even though he was discouraged by his parents. [71] The remix featuring Cyrus achieved a record 19-weeks run at number one on the Canadian Hot 100,[72][73][better source needed] and peaked within the top five in more than five other markets. Streaming-only figures based on certification alone. [31], The song is composed in the key of G♯ minor with a chord progression of G♯-Badd9-F♯-C♯m7. 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[3], Country rap, and its subgenre, country trap, emerged onto the mainstream following the American rapper Young Thug's experimental mixtape Beautiful Thugger Girls (2017). The remix was recorded in support of "Old Town Road" being recognized as a country song. Both were included on Lil Nas X's first EP, 7 (2019). "Old Town Road" achieved a rare feat in Billboard history when it simultaneously charted on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in March 2019. [60] In accordance with their methodologies, Billboard and Rolling Stone each assign a single position to "Old Town Road" on their respective charts by combining the performance figures of every released version of the song determined to be sufficiently similar to the original. Lil Nas X replied, "The song is country trap. In October 2019, Nas X's label Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment, won the Music & Sound Recordings Award from SAG-AFTRA "for work that exemplifies equal access" of LGBTQ and "other misrepresented or underrepresented groups. 15 people found this helpful. [8][10] The Dutch record producer YoungKio produced the beat a year before the song's release and uploaded it to his online store for selling beats. [6][27] Produced by YoungKio, "Old Town Road" samples Nine Inch Nails' track "34 Ghosts IV" from their sixth studio album Ghosts I–IV (2008). Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Yeah I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road I'm gonna ride till I can't no more Read more. //]]>, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. While at least one source claims that this was the first instance, Credited to both the original version and the remix featuring Cyrus. Lil Nas X also recorded a remix with the American country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, which was released on April 5, 2019. Verified Purchase. 1 Run", "Listen to Lil Nas X's epic 'Old Town Road' remix with RM of BTS", "Its all good. ♂️ I'm glad ol' Little Hank @masonramsey is a part of it. "[49] In light of the criticism, Billboard later stated that the decision to remove "Old Town Road" from the Hot Country Songs chart had nothing to do with Lil Nas X's race. Both were included on Lil Nas X's first EP, 7 (2019). Billy Ray Cyrus: Old Town Road (Video 2019) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Old Town Road (feat. The remix featuring Cyrus was released in early April 2019, and the performance of "Old Town Road" on this chart has been credited solely to that version in most or all subsequent weeks. From the Album 7 EP [Explicit] December 3, 2018 4.6 out of 5 stars 325 ratings. Lil Nas X. The single's second official remix, "Old Town Road (Diplo Remix)", was released on April 29, 2019, with additional production by the American DJ Diplo. Listed below are awards and nominations for both "Old Town Road" and "Old Town Road (Remix)" featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. [a] However, Billboard quietly removed "Old Town Road" from its Hot Country chart for "not [embracing] enough elements of today's country music". "[244] The Diplo remix peaked at number 24 on the RMNZ New Zealand Hot Singles chart. 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Old Town Road (Remix) by Lil Nas X feat. Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” tells the story of someone living a ‘county’ life, similar to the mythical cowboys of old. [74] Both versions of the song were credited as number-one singles in Belgium,[75] the Netherlands[76] and New Zealand. Within a month of writing it, Lil Nas X chose to alter the song's meaning so that the "old town road" would be a symbol of success. At the time, he had been living with his sister after dropping out of college; his real world struggles were an influence on some of the lyrics. 71. by Various | 2019. "Old Town Road"'s overall run at number one is the longest in chart history, surpassing the previous record of sixteen weeks achieved by both "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (1995–96), and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber (2017). The RM remix reached number eight on the RMNZ New Zealand Hot Singles chart. Way too little going on to make it good to great, but I appreciate trailblazing said old town road for this sort of fusion. [54] "Old Town Road" continued to exceed 100 million streams in each of the eight following weeks, and in June 2019, was responsible for the three highest weekly U.S. streaming totals in the history of digital music, as well as nine of the eleven highest overall. Everything You Need to Know About Lil Nas X's Historic No. 4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Unexpected! [16] The Columbia Records executive, Ron Perry, reached out to Cyrus' wife Tish Cyrus saying that he would love it if Cyrus were to hear "Old Town Road". 4.7 out of 5 stars 16. FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. It has an approximate tempo of 68 beats per minute. 21563 Old Town Rd is a house in Tehachapi, CA 93561. He is best known for his country rap single "Old Town Road", which achieved viral popularity as part of the "Yeehaw Challenge" on the video sharing app TikTok. [29] Leight also pointed out other difficulties faced by black artists making cross-genre music, noting that the rapper Juice Wrld's Death Race for Love (2019) would "probably be the most commercially successful rock album of 2019", but would never appear on rock charts or playlists, another genre, like country, predominated by white artists. [42] On June 24, 2019, Lil Nas X and Cyrus performed the song together on a saloon-themed stage for the 2019 BET Awards. 12607 Old Town Rd is a house in Bakersfield, CA 93312. [47] Lil Nas X said he was "extremely disappointed" by the decision. I guess the comedy is just in that mix, because the song is played remarkably straight. On January 26, 2020, Lil Nas X performed "Old Town Road" at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards with Diplo, BTS, Mason Ramsey and Billy Ray Cyrus, before finishing his performance with "Rodeo" along with Nas. RM of BTS) (Seoul Town Road Remix) by Lil Nas X feat. Owen's remix was shared on The Bobby Bones Show in May 2019 and his verse was later replaced by Ramsey. [61][62] The former publication credits the entirety of the song's chart run solely to the remix featuring Cyrus. 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A mom says the smash hit song "Old Town Road" inspired her 4-year-old son with autism to sing the words, despite barely being able to string a … [34], The song gained traction in late December 2018 after becoming the "Yeehaw Challenge" meme on TikTok, where users created short videos set to the song. [50][51] In response, Sony Music Nashville CEO Randy Goodman told Billboard that his team had started testing the song in some country radio markets, adding "it would be negligent not to look at it". 21407 Old Town Rd is a house in Tehachapi, CA 93561. In January 2021, the song set a record as the highest certified song ever by the RIAA with 14-times platinum status in the United States, meaning it accumulated 14 million in equivalent song units. [33] Danny Kang, the manager of the viral country artist Mason Ramsey, suggested to Rolling Stone that Lil Nas X listed the song under the country music genre on SoundCloud and iTunes as a way to manipulate chart algorithms, as it would be easier to top the country charts than the dominant hip hop/rap charts. [36] The song's popularity grew so quickly that radio stations had to download the audio from YouTube. Lil Nas X purchased the instrumental for US$30 and recorded "Old Town Road" in one day. The certification, which is awarded to singles that attain national combined sales and streams of ten million units, was achieved by the song in its eleventh month of release. [258], The actor-comedian Omi Vaidya parodied the song with "Oak Tree Road", a song about Asian Indian culture in the US. [6] Lil Nas X recorded the song on December 2, 2018,[8] at the CinCoYo Recording Studio in Atlanta,[9] and released it the same day on SoundCloud under the title "Old Town Road (I Got the Horses in the Back)". Listen Now Buy song $1.29. Fun blend of trap and country. Billy Ray Cyrus, Young Thug & Mason Ramsey. Audio CD $11.88 $ 11. He moved in with his sister, spending time promoting his music on the Internet while having just three hours of sleep each night. Cyrus first heard the song over coffee on March 16, 2019, when Tish played it to him. [28], The first official remix of "Old Town Road", featuring the American country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, was released on April 5, 2019 by Columbia Records. 4.5 out of … [32], "Old Town Road" was released independently as a single on December 3, 2018, during the rise of the "Yeehaw Agenda" meme, a movement appropriating cowboy fashion and culture. Jackyl222. "[2] This 2,121 square foot house sits on a 0.55 acre lot and features 3 bedrooms. The song reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart before the magazine disqualified it from the chart on the grounds that it did not fit the genre, sparking a debate on the definition of country music. [12] Trent Reznor later said that, shortly after the song began gaining traction, he received a call from Lil Nas X's manager about the sample, asking for clearance to use it, which he granted. Simple, short song. "[6], The exclusion of "Old Town Road" brought criticism of the evaluation of the work of non-white artists in the country genre, with the Rolling Stone writer Elias Leight referring to Beyoncé, another black artist, whose song "Daddy Lessons" failed to be considered a country song by The Recording Academy in 2016. 1. [11] He had never heard of Nine Inch Nails before stumbling upon "34 Ghosts IV". [54][61], Elsewhere, the original version of the song topped the national singles charts in at least ten other countries — Australia (thirteen weeks),[63] France and Norway (eight weeks each),[64][65] Austria (six weeks);[66] Switzerland (five weeks),[67] Denmark, Germany and Ireland (four weeks each),[68] Portugal (three weeks),[69] and the United Kingdom (two weeks)[70] — and charted within the top ten in more than five others. [4] Lil Nas X bought the beat from YoungKio for $30,[4] but since purchases on his online store were anonymous, YoungKio did not know the song was purchased by Lil Nas X until he saw it in an Instagram meme in December 2018. [253], The American country singer Jake Owen and the American rapper Lil Wayne both recorded verses for planned remixes that were unofficially released. Report abuse. The remix reinterprets the lyric "I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more" in a sexually explicit way. The sample was placed behind trap-style Roland TR-808 drums and bass. [29][30] It has been compared to Lil Tracy's 2018 single "Like a Farmer", which was later remixed by Lil Uzi Vert. [37] A limited edition 7-inch vinyl single was made available for purchase on May 1, 2019, with the remix on the A-side and the original on the B-side. Follow @genius on Twitter for updates [257] Lil Nas X responded favorably to the remix. This 1,727 square foot house sits on a 1.52 acre lot and features 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Or $1.29 to buy MP3. The remix was released in an effort to keep "Old Town Road" at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, as the song was two weeks away from tying for the all-time Hot 100 record held by "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men and "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee; it has since broken that record. It has a straightforward catchy chorus. It retains Cyrus' guest appearance and adds the American rapper Young Thug and the American singer Mason Ramsey. Dutch record producer YoungKio composed the instrumental and made it available for purchase online in 2018. [38] The remix was eventually included with the original on Lil Nas X's first EP, 7. [256] A music video was released in May 2019 and has Cupcakke and her backup dancers riding toy horses and handling phallic objects, including lollipops, water bottles and corn on the cob. Lil Nas X found the beat for "Old Town Road" in October 2018 and began writing after his sister told him he had to move out soon. [48] In an interview, Time reporter Andrew R. Chow brought up Billboard's decision to remove "Old Town Road" from the country chart but to keep it on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, asking Lil Nas X if he considered "Old Town Road" a country song. Week 17 version of Lil Nas X’s Billboard #1 hit, “Old Town Road (Remix)” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. While kids … [17] Cyrus explained that he loved the original song the first time he heard it. 16 results for "Lil Nas X - Old Town Road" Amazon's Choice for Lil Nas X - Old Town Road. It was directed by Calmatic, and has guest appearances by Chris Rock, HaHa Davis, Rico Nasty, Diplo, Jozzy, Young Kio and Vince Staples.[39][40]. [56] In July 2019, "Old Town Road" also became the first number-one single on the Rolling Stone Top 100 chart when it held the position in the chart's inaugural edition. And today I’m going to show you how to play the song on guitar with just four easy chords – E,G,D,A. 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[53] In the following week, it and the newly released remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus received a combined 143 million streams, surpassing Drake's "In My Feelings", which in the previous year had amassed 116.2 million in the same period, as the song with the highest single-week streaming figure in the country. [247], A third official remix, titled "Old Town Road (Remix)", was released on July 12, 2019. The song initially gained popularity on the social video sharing app TikTok and eventually entered the Billboard charts in March 2019. "Let me tell you, ["Old Town Road" is] a country song. After gaining popularity, the single was re-released by Columbia Records in March 2019. [55][56] In October 2019, "Old Town Road" became the fastest single in RIAA history to receive diamond certification in the United States. It should be on both [charts]. And according to Lil Nas, this lifestyle is like “a movie”. The listed peak is the highest chart position attained by the original version of the song. [1] At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, the remix featuring Billy Ray Cyrus was nominated for Record of the Year and won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video. But who gets to decide categories? [29] Had it not been disqualified, "Old Town Road" would have been the Hot Country Songs number-one song, in the chart dated April 6, 2019. [57][58] The single had sold 1.6 million digital copies in the United States by February 2020. Miche Braden sang the lead vocals. [77], Credits and personnel for "Old Town Road" and the four official remixes adapted from Tidal.[78]. RM of BTS. [5] Lil Nas X called him a pioneer of bridging the gap between country and trap. [16][254] Lil Wayne's remix was leaked on July 25, 2019, and he performed it live at Lollapalooza the next month. Though it was not re-entered onto the overall country charts, both versions of the song collectively peaked at number one on the general Billboard Hot 100, for a record-breaking nineteen consecutive weeks. He described the song as "undeniably hooky". [18] Cyrus also mentioned that he related to the song the first time he heard it, connecting the "old town road" to the Old Town Bridge in Argillite, Kentucky, that he used to play on as a child. This 1,424 square foot house sits on a 2.51 acre lot and features 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Then Country Changed Its Mind", "How Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" Became a Lightning Rod for Race, the Charts, and Country Music", "Five Burning Questions: Billboard Staffers Discuss Lil Nas X's Top 40 Breakout Hit 'Old Town Road, "Giddy Up! [6] In May 2018, Lil Tracy and Lil Uzi Vert ignited the trend with their country rap single "Like a Farmer (Remix)". Listen to Old Town Road by Lil Nas X, 8,678,124 Shazams, featuring on Party Starters, and 2010s Hits Essentials Apple Music playlists. 1", "Will 'Old Town Road' Break the All-Time Hot 100 Record? About “Old Town Road” On “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X romanticizes the life of a cowboy. Lil Nas X also recorded a remix with the American country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, which was released on April 5, 2019. [6] The song's first music video is composed entirely of footage and clips from the 2018 Western action-adventure game, Red Dead Redemption 2. I've listened to Beautiful Thugger Girls, and he has some country vibes on there. [255] The American rapper Cupcakke released her leaked remix of "Old Town Road", titled "Old Town Hoe", on April 17, 2019. 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