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Amid the furore, Lil Nas X teamed up with country star Billy Ray Cyrus to come up with a remixed version that shot up to the top of the Billboard Hot With an as yet unbeaten streak of 19 weeks at 1, ' Old Town Road ' is the song that has spent the longest duration atop the Billboard Hot chart.

But Lil Nas X wanted to expand the footprint of the song even further. Each of these remixes went on to become hits themselves. When Los del Rio teamed up with Bayside Boys for a remix of their original Spanish song ' Macarena ' the remix added some English lyrics , it became a chart staple in It spent 14 weeks at 1 on the Billboard Hot Closer in time, while Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's ' Depacito ' had a spectacular run on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart upon its release in January , it peaked at number 44 on the Hot — that is, until the release of a remix featuring Justin Bieber that April, which propelled it to the 1 spot, where it stayed for a total of 16 weeks.

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And from there of course, it ruled nearly the entire summer, spending a record-tying 16 weeks on top before being dethroned by Taylor Swift's comeback single, "Look What You Made Me Do. The slow-building "Perfect" ballad had gradually climbed its way to No. The already bombastic hip-hop jam got an even harder-hitting remix from Skrillex in late November, giving "Sicko Mode" just enough sales and streaming juice to climb that final hurdle, interrupting the seven-week reign of Ariana Grande's "Thank U Next" to become Scott's first-ever No.

Lil Nas X feat. Let the historical record show that for one week, Lil Nas X topped the Hot entirely on his own, as the original version of "Old Town Road" lept 15 to 1 on the Hot dated April 13, before any remixes helped him with anything.

But perhaps we're not talking about him being one week away from Billboard immortality at this point if not for the spate of remixes that followed -- particularly of course the Billy Ray Cyrus-featuring first remix, which brought the song to a whole new plane and has in fact since taken over the original in terms of its overall popularity.

Now, the question remains if Billy Ray, along with new guests Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, can help fend off the superduo of Justin Bieber and Billie Eilish for one more week, allowing Lil Nas X to tie one of Billboard 's most prestigious chart records. If not, you can't say it's for a lack of trying. Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In.

Top Artists. Top Charts. Hot Songs. Lil Nas X was on course to break records at the top of the Billboard charts and releasing new versions of the song was a smart strategy to keep people streaming and boosting his figures. But by the end of its reign at the top spot, when those records had been smashed , putting out a fifth remix would have seen him begin to make the transition from savvy to taking the piss.