Old Town Road (WildSide Remix)

**Old Town Road (WildSide Remix)** is the the fourth official remix of the song *Old Town Road* by Lil Nas X. It features vocals from the musical group *WildSide Cast*, Sierra McCormick, Kyle Massey, Zach Gordon and Chloe Grace Moretz. It also features lyrical changes in the first and second verses, and replaces the original lyrics with ones related to the TV show WildSide. It is the first remix not to feature Billy Ray Cyrus.

The single is the first single released from the *WildSide Cast* since I'll Be There in October 2014. It was released on July 24, 2019.

## Background

Due to the viral success of the original Old Town Road remix with Billy Ray Cyrus, a fan on YouTube created a tribute edit to WildSide using scenes from various episodes. The video, while it was uploaded in May 2019, quickly spread around the WildSide fan base until it reached Sierra McCormick, the show's main cast member. Sierra, being a huge fan of the original song, tweeted a link to the tribute video on her Twitter account, and subsequently gashed about how much she loved the edit on her Instagram story. The tribute video soon went viral, gaining approximately 2 million views as it reached number 3 on the YouTube trending page on the same day. Former cast members T'Keyah Crystal Keymah, Ryan Gornman and Rebecca Graham, along with the show's creator Kenwood Delay, also shared their appreciation for the edit on social media.

In June 2019, Lil Nas X revealed to a radio station that he was a massive fan of WildSide and "religiously" watched the show all the time growing up.

On the week of July 15, 2019, Lil Nas X began tweeting a series of tweets in relation to WildSide, which included him referring to himself as the real-life Gary Fisherman. On the same day, a fan tweeted Lil Nas X about a potential WildSide remix of Old Town Road, and Lil Nas X quoted the tweet, saying "*let's do it!! @KyleMassey @SierraNMcCormic @ZacharyGordon @ChloeGMoretz*". All cast members mentioned in the tweet liked it, and Sierra retweeted it.

On July 23, Lil Nas X teased the single cover for the remix on Twitter.

## Lyrics

**[Lil Nas X]**

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

**[Kyle Massey]**

Oh yeah the snake is back

In a cage under a tac

America's richest man

Yeah I'm rich what's wrong with that uh

**[Sierra McCormick]**

Ridin' on a horse

Knee deep in remorse

Ridin' in a black and white

Place '86 old dirt road

**[Lil Nas X]**

Can't nobody tell me nothin'

You can't tell me nothin'

Can't nobody tell me nothin'

You can't tell me nothin'

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

**[Zach Gordon]**

We're givin' it a jumpstart

Because we can go far

Our show it was great

And there's nothin' that is stopping us

**[Sierra McCormick]**

Our show was the best

Singin' here with Lil Nas

The random stuff it was so tough

But our cast ain't going nowhere

**[Lil Nas X]**

Can't nobody tell me nothin'

You can't tell me nothin'

Can't nobody tell me nothin'

You can't tell me nothin'

**[All]**

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

## Cover Art

Much like all previous releases of Old Town Road remixes, the WildSide remix features cover art of a series of horses over a white background, with one horse representing each member on the song. Lil Nas X is represented by the main black horse on the left hand side, and the WildSide Cast members are represented by the horses on the right hand side. From top to bottom, the horses represent Zach, Chloe, Kyle and Sierra.