Ella Langley knew "Choosin' Texas" was special.
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Even she couldn't have predicted just how far it would go.
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On Tuesday night, Langley took to Instagram to celebrate making Billboard Hot 100 history this week when "Choosin' Texas" logged its 23rd week at No. 1, surpassing Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" for the longest reign at the top of the chart.
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"I'm genuinely trying to find the words to explain what's going on in my brain today," Langley began her video.
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I don't know.
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I feel like… I just don't even know what to say at this point.
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I'm running out of hyperboles to describe how I feel, so I will just let my dog in the background show you his excitement," she continued as her dog barked.
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It's changing my life.
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It's changing the lives of the writers of this song.
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It's changing the lives of my family and it is truly growing an atmosphere for something I'm gonna be able to do the rest of my life and I just… today doesn't feel like a real thing
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," Langley said.
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"It feels fake and somebody's going to come in and be like 'haha we're kidding the whole time just kidding.'
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"I'm really excited to just experience a moment like this in my life," she said.
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The country music star told her fans that she was going to celebrate tonight before ending with, "Choosin' T… that's the one huh?"
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In a resurfaced interview with Billboard from March, when the song was still climbing, Langley admitted its success had already surpassed anything she imagined when she wrote it.
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"When we wrote it, I knew it was going on the record.
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I honestly knew it was going to be the lead single," Langley told Billboard.
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"And we love that song, but I don't think I could have ever imagined what's happening with it right now," she continued.
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"Like I said, every day I wake up and it's doing something that I didn't even know was a goal that I could have had."
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"It's just nuts," Langley added.
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"It's crazy to see the ownership that the fans have taken over it.
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And the different demographics of people listening to the song is so cool."
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What seemed unimaginable to Langley in March has since become historic.
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"Choosin' Texas" first entered the Hot 100 in November 2025, became Langley's first top 10 in January and reached No. 1 for the first time in February.
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The song has also spent 41 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart.
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Long before it became a record breaker, however, "Choosin' Texas" began with a story about a kangaroo.
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Langley recalled writing the song during her first songwriting retreat with country superstar Miranda Lambert and two other writers.
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"So, I was on a writer's retreat with Miranda," Langley explained in the resurfaced Billboard interview.
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"This is our first time that we had written together and obviously we were there with two others."
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Billboard credits Langley, Lambert, Luke Dick and Joybeth Taylor as the four co-writers of "Choosin' Texas."
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Langley said Lambert began telling her a story about a pet kangaroo.
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"I learned at a young age she had a pet kangaroo and I wanted to ask her about it," Langley recalled.
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"So, I was like, 'Tell me about this kangaroo that you had.
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I need to know.'"
Lambert told the group about once being pulled over with the kangaroo riding in the passenger seat and a dog in the back.
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"She said she got pulled over and the kangaroo ended up getting her out of a ticket, but she's like, 'Of course, I had Texas plates on, too,'" Langley recalled.
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That was enough to spark the song.
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"And I went, 'Well, she's from Texas, I can tell,'" Langley said.
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"And just from that phrase, it kind of all hit us."
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According to Langley, the melody came almost immediately, with Lambert helping develop the story behind it.
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"And 45 minutes later, we had that song written," Langley said.
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…and 19 more, not listed.
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