{"id":16468,"date":"2019-09-16T13:52:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T09:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=16468"},"modified":"2019-09-18T17:42:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:42:45","slug":"heart-radio-old-town-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/heart-radio-old-town-road\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dubai Version Of Old Town Road Is Nearly As Catchy As The Real Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Old Town Road by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus was the unlikely tune of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Recognisable from the first guitar-fiddling notes, the unbelievably-catchy song racked up 325 million views on YouTube alone, and never mind the countless streams and short replays on apps like TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be unheard of for Dubai to jump on an internet trend and the team at Heart 107.1 did just that. Teaming up with the UAE&#8217;s only country band. 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