🎸🎸‘Old Town Road’ breaks music records🎸🎸 by Timote

As part of a follow-up activity, I decided to do a reflection/summary about an article that I had read. The article was about Country Rap Old Town.

Did you know that the song by Lil Nas X’s has become the longest-standing #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart’s 60-year history?

The catchy track features country legends like Billy Ray Cyrus and has spent an unprecedented 17 weeks at the top. For those of you who don't know who Billy Ray is.............does the name Miley Cyrus ring a bell?

Originally the song emerged on social media platform TikTok late 2018, where it became the background music to some memes.

From there, the song made its way up the Billboard Hot Country Songs, reaching number 19. However, it was then booted off for not being country enough, sparking a worldwide debate about genre. Crazy right? People and perspectives or flavour of the month?

After losing its place on the country chart, Billy Ray came to the song’s rescue. He went to the studio and recorded a verse for a remixed version that catapulted to the top of the Hot 100 charts.

‘Old Town Road’ has since topped singles charts worldwide including reaching #1 in New Zealand.

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