“Old Town Road” is officially the longest-running No. 1 hit in Billboard history.
As Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” prepares to break the record for most weeks at No. 1, calling it a “novelty song” or “one-hit wonder” only speaks to its charms.That’s the version that’s kept “Old Town Road” at No. 1 for the majority of its stay. But it’s hardly the only take on the song we’ve heard over the last few months.
In April, Diplo released a thumping dance remix timed to his performance with Lil Nas X and Cyrus at the annual Stagecoach country-music festival in Indio. This month Lil Nas X invited Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, the latter better known as the Walmart yodeling kid, to contribute verses. And last week — in a clear bid to garner the streams necessary to break the Billboard record — “Old Town Road” reappeared as “The remixes helped Lil Nas X — who came out as gay in June, adding another wrinkle to the story of a young black artist navigating the largely white world of country music — fend off an impressive array of tracks by some of pop’s biggest names, including Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Drake, Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello.
During its run at No. 1, the song has also spawned countless internet memes and covers by acts as varied as Blondie and Old Crow Medicine Show.
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