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Updated · Fox News · Oct 3

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Extends Hot 100 Record to 24 Weeks as Lambert Details Studio Clashes

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Oct 3

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” Extends Hot 100 Record to 24 Weeks as Lambert Details Studio Clashes

Q: What intense studio clashes led Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley to create the longest-running No. 1 Billboard hit in history?

The record-setting hit grew out of a creative partnership that was openly combative at times. Miranda Lambert said she and Ella Langley “butted heads” both while co-writing “Choosin’ Texas” and while Lambert was producing Langley’s album *Dandelion*. Lambert described the clashes as part of an emotionally demanding studio process, saying she told Langley, “If we don’t fight by the end of this, we probably didn’t do it right.” Lambert said the tension was constructive, not destructive. She described herself as “scrappy” and said she pushed because she wanted the music “to be right.” Their back-and-forth, she said, helped them decide what belonged on the record and what did not, and she emphasized that Langley trusted her through it. Despite those disagreements, Lambert said “Choosin’ Texas” itself came together more smoothly than many other songs because it tapped into both artists’ shared love of country music and nostalgia. In her telling, the song quickly revealed its identity: “This is what it’s supposed to be. Let’s let it be.” That collaboration paid off historically. “Choosin’ Texas,” co-written by Langley, Lambert, Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor, went on to become the longest-running No. 1 in Billboard Hot 100 history, reaching 24 weeks at the top and surpassing Mariah Carey’s 22-week mark with “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” It also logged 42 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.

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24 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 pushed Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” further into chart history, extending the longest reign ever for a song at the top.
Miranda Lambert said the path to that success was tense at times, recalling that she and Langley “did a lot” of butting heads while co-writing the song and making Langley’s album “Dandelion.”
Lambert described the arguments as productive rather than damaging, saying the emotional friction helped them keep the record balanced and “right,” even if Langley had the final say.
“Choosin’ Texas” was one exception: Lambert said the writing and production came naturally, calling it “a piece of our DNA” rooted in both artists’ love of country music.
The hit entered the Hot 100 in November 2025, reached No. 1 in February, and has also logged 42 weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart.