Slate Magazine
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" A Bar Song ( Tipsy ) has held the No. 1 spot for 19 weeks .
It reboots the 2004 rap hit “ Tipsy ” by J-Kwon with keening fiddles and twangy guitars.
Slate 's John Sutter : Shaboozey and Lil Nas X tied at 19 weeks each.
" A Bar Song ( Tipsy )’s song is a roadhouse singalong that traffics in nostalgia for a prior hip-hop golden era.
While it is rooted in rap, it is fundamentally country in presentation, instrumentation, and most especially its copious melodies.
The success of “Old Town Road” was largely a story of how streaming services like Spotify , YouTube , and Apple Music had overtaken the music business.
" A Bar Song " has had America ’s largest radio audience for the past 18 weeks straight.
The song has been tops in all three components that make up the Hot 100 .
It's the composition of that radio audience that makes “ A Bar song” truly exceptional.
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