Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’: Can You Spot Whether the Lyric Is About Texas or Tennessee?

Fans of Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” can’t get enough of the song, which breaks another record this week on the Billboard charts. The tune marks its fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the most weeks spent at the pinnacle by a woman that also reached No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

“Choosin’ Texas” had been tied for the honor with Taylor Swift’s 2012 hit “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” at three weeks atop the Hot 100; now Langley has the record all to herself.  She’s doubled the amount of time spent at No. 1 by three country hits by women that topped the Hot 100 for two weeks each: Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” in 2024 and Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream,” with Kenny Rogers (1983), and “9 to 5” (1981).

Langley’s song has now spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Country Songs. It is also No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart.

The protagonist of the song, which was co-written by Langley, Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor, bemoans the fact that she unintentionally led her boyfriend straight back into the arms of his ex by taking him from the Volunteer State to the Lone Star State.

Throughout the song, Langley cites songs, cities and references associated with the two states, but how well do you recognize them? Below, Billboard breaks down all the mentions in “Choosin’ Texas” that are aligned specifically with Texas and Tennessee. (Texas clearly comes out ahead in the song, but does it in our tally?)