It's not your traditional breakup song, but George Strait's "All My Ex's Live in Texas" is a beloved country classic that puts a honky-tonk spin on heartbreak.
Released in 1987 as the second single from his Ocean Front Property album, "All My Ex's Live in Texas" is one of the most beloved songs from Strait's catalog, and remains a fan-favorite country track, even more than 35 years later.
The witty, tongue-in-cheek breakup anthem was written by Sanger D. "Whitey" Shafer and his fourth wife, Lyndia Shafer, who, coincidentally, would later end up as another one of his exes.
"That was a fun song to write," Whitey previously admitted, according to American Songwriter. "I was kinda writing my biography. I changed the names to protect the guilty, and I do have some exes in Texas. Thank God they live down there."
"It’s not really why I live in Tennessee, but it’s a good kicker for the song," he added
Once it was recorded and released by Strait in April 1987, it didn't take long for "All My Ex's" to debut on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart the following month, before it soared to No. 1 later that summer.
It was Strait's 11th song to hit No. 1 on Billboard's country chart, and the fourth of 11 consecutive chart-topping singles. It also earned him his first-ever Grammy nomination, for Male Country Vocal Performance in 1988 (though the award ultimately went to Randy Travis for "Always & Forever.")
Even as Strait has racked up 33 more No. 1 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart since releasing "All My Ex's," there's still something about the playful country classic that makes it one of Strait's most enduring tracks.
The song is included on Parade's own 101 Best Country Songs of All Time list, where it's ranked at No. 27, while it also appears on several roundup lists of the best songs about Texas, including a fan-voted list from Ranker, which places it at No. 3, and Holler's "Best Texas Country Songs," where it comes in at No. 13.
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