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Twitter’s ‘CEO Remix’ of ‘Old Town Road’ celebrates Lil Nas X’s Billboard record
On Monday Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” officially spent 17 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 100 music chart, breaking a 24-year-old record previously held by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day”.
Winner’s Circle: @LilNasX‘s #OldTownRoad breaks the @billboardcharts record with a 17th week atop the #Hot100 https://t.co/HZ9Jawgab5 pic.twitter.com/SftbpLhfTo
— billboard (@billboard) July 29, 2019
To celebrate the achievement, Twitter released a “CEO Remix” of the country-rap song on its music account, where the rapper takes over Twitter as CEO.
Old Town Road (CEO Remix) pic.twitter.com/AazVBE6n8X
— Twitter Music (@TwitterMusic) July 29, 2019
Mariah Carey also congratulated Lil Nas X for breaking the record.
Sending love & congrats to @LilNasX on breaking one of the longest running records in music history! We’ve been blessed to hold this record with a song that means a great deal to @BoyzIIMen and myself and has touched so many. Keep living your best life! ❤ pic.twitter.com/3YorLCg3lx
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) July 30, 2019
The man himself spent his day tweeting memes, as one does.
preparing to tweet about old town road all day pic.twitter.com/JH3mNsoqum
— nope (@LilNasX) April 19, 2019
Feature image: screenshot, Lil Nas X via YouTube