This song started out life as "Hello Mama" that had
been recorded for a small record label in Houston after Brian Collins had
written it with his bass player, Robby Campbell.They were travelling from Chicago to Houston and after
stopping at a motel he started singing it andswapped the word "Mama" for "Texas" which led to him
writing a new song called "Hello Texas".Jimmy Buffett recorded this song for the soundtrack of
the 1980 film Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta.It was released on single with the
flip side being "Lyin' Eyes" by The Eagles but did not enter any of the
charts.