The song's path to ubiquity was not totally without precedent.
Powered by a potent combination of social media excitement, genre-labeling chart controversy, and a remix featuring an assist from the king of the 'Achy Breaky Heart' himself, 'Old Town Road' made the precarious leap from viral internet oddity to genuine pop-culture phenomenon. 15 on its Hot 100 Chart, where it was the previous week, to the top spot, knocking Ariana Grande's hit '7 Rings' from its perch. On April 8, Billboard announced that the track had moved from No.
'Old Town Road' is now one of the biggest chart hits of all time.įrom a charting perspective, the song had a relatively humble beginning.
In fact, this week 'Old Town Road' was the number one song on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart for the 17th week in a row, breaking the record for longest chart reign previously held by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's 'One Sweet Day' in 1995-96 and Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's 'Despacito' in 2017. Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road,' a country-inflected rap song celebrating the act of taking your horses down to the 'old town road' of the title, is currently the number one song in America.
