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Old Town Road by Lil Nas X
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Lil Nas XProduced by
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross & YoungKioWrited by
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On “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X romanticizes the life of a cowboy. The character is unfulfilled by a hedonistic life of consumerism, substance abuse, and adultery. He also has dissatisfaction with the indolence of his peers, feeling no need to heed their advice. With nothing left to believe in or foll...
Old Town Road Lyrics
[Intro]
Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more
I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more
(Kio, Kio)
[Verse 1]
I got the horses in the back
Horse tack is attached
Hat is matte black
Got the boots that's black to match
Ridin' on a horse, ha
You can whip your Porsche
I been in the valley
You ain't been up off that porch, now
[Chorus]
Can't nobody tell me nothin'
You can't tell me nothin'
Can't nobody tell me nothin'
You can't tell me nothin'
[Verse 2]
Ridin' on a tractor
Lean all in my bladder
Cheated on my baby
You can go and ask her
My life is a movie
Bull ridin' and boobies
Cowboy hat from Gucci
Wrangler on my booty
[Chorus]
Can't nobody tell me nothin'
You can't tell me nothin'
Can't nobody tell me nothin'
You can't tell me nothin'
[Outro]
Yeah, I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more
I'm gonna take my horse to the old town road
I'm gonna ride 'til I can't no more
I got the hor-
Old Town Road Q&A
Who wrote Old Town Road's ?
Old Town Road was written by Lil Nas X.
Who produced Old Town Road's ?
Old Town Road was produced by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross & YoungKio.
When did Lil Nas X release Old Town Road?
Lil Nas X released Old Town Road on Mon Dec 03 2018.
How did this song blow up?
This song blew up on TikTok originally, it’s become a meme. It went #1 on the Apple Music country charts and it also went #1 on the Spotify US Viral, Global Viral, and US Top 50 charts.
How has this song performed on the Billboard charts?
After debuting at #19 on the Hot Country Songs chart, Billboard removed the song from the chart for “not (embracing) enough elements of today’s country music to chart in its current version.”
During the week ending April 13, 2019, the song reached #1 on the Hot 100, becoming the first major label d...
How did the song come about?
Okay, so the real story behind “Old Town Road.” I dropped out of school and I started to do music. I started to live with my sister because I didn’t want to go back home because my parents was not gonna be having that. For one, they feel like music is not a realistic future for anybody. I was living...
How did you start seeing the song blowing up?
I released the song literally hours after I was finished in the studio. I couldn’t wait to put it out. I started pushing it on my Twitter account through memes. I was pushing it on my account for I guess a few months until it finally picked up on TikTok. Then, I didn’t have to do much after that bec...
How did you react to Billboard taking it off the country charts?
I have a few country songs. I’m not going to lie and say I’m this huge country fan, but I respect the genre, because I respect every genre of music.
At first, I thought, “I’m just going to rap,” but then later on down the line, literally probably two, three songs before “Old Town Road,” it’s like, “...
What made you decide to sample Nine Inch Nails?
I didn’t even know about the Nine Inch Nails sample at first. After I did find out about it, it was like, “Wow, so it’s rock, country, hip-hop all in the same room.” I am a Nine Inch Nails fan, but I wouldn’t say a hardcore fan. I know their most popular hits, something like that. I know “Closer,” I...