All My Ex 's live in Texas - Wikipedia All My Ex 's live in Texas `` All My Ex 's Live in Texas '' Single by George Strait from the album Ocean Front Property B - side `` I 'm All Behind You Now '' Released April 10, 1987 Format 7 '' single Recorded September 23, 1986 Genre Country Length 3 : 22 Label MCA 53087 Songwriter ( s ) Sanger D. Shafer Linda J. Shafer Producer ( s ) Jimmy Bowen, George Strait George Strait singles chronology `` Ocean Front Property '' ( 1986 ) `` All My Ex 's Live in Texas '' ( 1987 ) `` Am I Blue '' ( 1987 ) `` Ocean Front Property '' ( 1986 ) `` All My Ex 's Live in Texas '' ( 1987 ) `` Am I Blue '' ( 1987 ) `` All My Ex 's Live In Texas '' is a song written by Sanger D. Shafer and Linda J. Shafer, and recorded by American country singer George Strait. It was released in April 1987 as the second single from Strait 's album Ocean Front Property. A version of the song recorded by its co-author Sanger D. Shafer appeared in the film Road House, the video game Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas and TV show Ash vs Evil Dead. Rapper Drake mentions the song in his single `` HYFR ''. The format of the song is that of a list song. Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Charts 4 References 5 External links Content The narrator declares that all four of his ex-girlfriends live in various towns in the state of Texas ( e.g. `` sweet Eileen in Abilene '' ), and that is why he lives in Tennessee. The song is known for its Western Swing style rhythm. Critical reception Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ grade, saying that `` you can almost hear the guy smirking as he sings this swinging hit, running down a list of jilted lovers from all over the Lone Star state. '' Charts Chart ( 1987 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks References Jump up ^ BMI entry Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. `` Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas ( Box Set ) - Original Game Soundtrack ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2008 - 05 - 28. Jump up ^ CountryUniverse.net Song review Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` That Was a Close One '' by Earl Thomas Conley Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single July 11, 1987 Succeeded by `` I Know Where I 'm Going '' by The Judds Preceded by `` Forever and Ever, Amen '' by Randy Travis RPM Country Tracks number - one single July 18, 1987 George Strait 1980s singles Strait Country `` Unwound '' `` Down and Out '' `` If You 're Thinking You Want a Stranger ( There 's One Coming Home ) '' Strait from the Heart `` Fool Hearted Memory '' `` Marina del Rey '' `` Amarillo by Morning '' `` A Fire I Ca n't Put Out '' Right or Wrong `` You Look So Good in Love '' `` Right or Wrong '' `` Let 's Fall to Pieces Together '' Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind `` Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind '' `` The Cowboy Rides Away '' `` The Fireman '' Something Special `` The Chair '' `` You 're Something Special to Me '' # 7 `` Nobody in His Right Mind Would 've Left Her '' `` It Ai n't Cool to Be Crazy About You '' Ocean Front Property `` Ocean Front Property '' `` All My Ex 's Live in Texas '' `` Am I Blue '' If You Ai n't Lovin ', You Ai n't Livin ' `` Famous Last Words of a Fool '' `` Baby Blue '' `` If You Ai n't Lovin ' ( You Ai n't Livin ' ) '' Beyond the Blue Neon `` Baby 's Gotten Good at Goodbye '' `` What 's Going On in Your World '' `` Ace in the Hole '' `` Overnight Success '' This 1986 country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_My_Ex%27s_Live_in_Texas&oldid=790209292 '' Categories : 1987 singles 1986 songs George Strait songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Songs about Texas Songs written by Sanger D. Shafer Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen MCA Records singles 1986 country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Ελληνικά Edit links This page was last edited on 12 July 2017, at 08 : 38. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote all my ex's live in texas
Answer: Sanger D. Shafer