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"All My Ex's Live in Texas"

Single by George Strait

from the album Ocean Front Property

B-side

"I'm All Behind You Now"

Released

April 10, 1987

Format

7" single

Recorded

1986

Genre

Country

Length

3:22

Label

MCA 53087

Writer(s)

Sanger D. Shafer
Linda J.Shafer ^[1]

Producer

Jimmy Bowen, George Strait

George Strait singles chronology

"Ocean Front Property"
(1987)

"All My Ex's Live in Texas"
(1987)

"Am I Blue"
(1987)

"All My Ex's Live In Texas" is the title of a song recorded by country singer George Strait. It was released in April 1987 as the second single from Strait's album, Ocean Front Property. A version of the song recorded by its co-author Sanger D. Shafer appeared in the 1989 film Road House and the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.^[2]

The format of the song is that of a list song.

Content

The narrator states that all four of his ex-wives live in the state of Texas, in various towns, and that is why he lives in Tennessee.

Chart positions

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

^ BMI entry
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Box Set) - Original Game Soundtrack". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r721163. Retrieved 2008-05-28.

Preceded by "That Was a Close One" by Earl Thomas Conley	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 11, 1987	Succeeded by "I Know Where I'm Going" by The Judds
Preceded by "Forever and Ever, Amen" by Randy Travis	RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 18, 1987	Succeeded by "I Know Where I'm Going" by The Judds

v t e George Strait 1980s singles

Strait Country	"Unwound" "Down and Out" "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"

Strait from the Heart	"Fool Hearted Memory" "Marina del Rey" "Amarillo by Morning" "A Fire I Can't Put Out"

Right or Wrong	"You Look So Good in Love" "Right or Wrong" "Let's Fall to Pieces Together"

Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind	"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" "The Cowboy Rides Away" "The Fireman"

Something Special	"The Chair" "You're Something Special to Me"

#7	"Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You"

Ocean Front Property	"Ocean Front Property" "All My Ex's Live in Texas" "Am I Blue"

If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'	"Famous Last Words of a Fool" "Baby Blue" "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"

Beyond the Blue Neon	"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" "What's Going On in Your World" "Ace in the Hole" "Overnight Success"

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