Old Town Road
Song by Lil Nas X
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Sep 17, 2026
Roz WestonHOST
So this just did 21 weeks at number one on the Billboard streaming song chart.
Roz WestonHOST
So this breaks the tie with Little Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus for Old Town Road becoming the second longest number one in chart history.
Roz WestonHOST
Uh, on that chart, Mariah Carey still holds the, uh, the, the title.
Roz WestonHOST
Uh, that's 26 weeks for Mariah Carey.
Wesley MorrisHOST
He writes this great column for Slate called Why Is This Song Number One?, and he hosts one of my very favorite podcasts, Hit Parade, where Chris practices a kind of, um, a really unique pop music criticism by combing through our chart history.
Wesley MorrisHOST
And he's also the author of an extremely illuminating book about the popularity of Old Town Road.
Wesley MorrisHOST
Today we're gonna talk about Choosing Texas and [laughs] what kind of choice that is.
Wesley MorrisHOST
Chris Molanphy, welcome to Cannonball.
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Chris MolanphyGUEST
Yeah, no. It's, it's been an interesting decade for hip-hop, and frankly, it was already starting to wane even before this country crossover moment.
Chris MolanphyGUEST
You know, it isn't as if country kicked the hip-hop o- hip-hop off the chart.
Wesley MorrisHOST
It, it's almost as if [laughs] there was some sort of handoff from Billy Ray Cyrus once he came on to Old Town Road, of all the people, by the way-
Chris MolanphyGUEST
Yeah
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes, I'm on you.
James CarterHOST
Number four was Old Town Road by Lil Nas X. Yeah, I'm gonna
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
take my horse to the old town road.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm gonna ride till I can't no more.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm gonna take my horse.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yes, I'm on you.
James CarterHOST
Number four was Old Town Road by Lil Nas X. Yeah, I'm gonna
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
take my horse to the old town road.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm gonna ride till I can't no more.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm gonna take my horse.
Elvis DuranHOST
What's that one?
DiamondPANELIST
Oh, is that Old Town Road by...
DiamondPANELIST
Who sings that? Good God.
DiamondPANELIST
You got the
BJ BurgessHOST
Right
LeBron HugginsHOST
... beating Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road."
BJ BurgessHOST
Right, right.
LeBron HugginsHOST
You do not know who Lil Nas-
CoryHOST
you are inheriting whatever biases they have about who's allowed to be a part of a genre.
CoryHOST
For instance, I didn't get Old Town Road.
CoryHOST
I did get other Lil Nas X songs, but I didn't get Old Town Road.
CoryHOST
But if I had, is that a country song? Yeah.
CoryHOST
If I'm doing a genre thing, do I count it as a country song? And I would say yes, but I would also count it as a hip-hop song.
Steven GalanisGUEST
And you just, they just went away.
Steven GalanisGUEST
Fast-forward to 2019, Lil Nas X comes out with a song called Old Town Road that was the first like mega hit in the TikTok era.
Steven GalanisGUEST
So suddenly he's got 100 million followers on TikTok, right? So anything he puts out subsequently, he now has his own distribution.
Steven GalanisGUEST
He doesn't need the radio DJs to come play his track anymore.
speaker_3HOST
Can it last beyond that?
speaker_2HOST
Right, and we've seen songs like Old Town Road have a similar trajectory, but what does it say about music's evolution over time?
speaker_3HOST
Music is always reflecting societal feelings.
speaker_3HOST
So, what's fascinating is how these records are getting broken more frequently now.
speaker_2HOST
Exactly like Old Town Road held the record before Langley, it's almost like we're in an era of record breaking.
speaker_3HOST
Yes, but let's not forget that some classics like Mariah's have that evergreen quality.
speaker_3HOST
Can we compare them fairly?
SarahHOST
Choosing Texas has just spent its 21st week at number one on Billboard's streaming charts.
SarahHOST
Um, this breaks the tie with Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus's hit Old Town Road.
SarahHOST
Uh, and I wanna say Shaboozey was the other one, right? And it is now the second-longest running number one in chart history.
SarahHOST
The only song ahead of it is Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You, which has 26 weeks at number one.
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