The OutKast singer André 3000 has broken the previous record for the longest-ever song to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100.
The rapper recently issued his latest solo album, New Blue Sun. The record’s opening track, ‘I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time’, entered the chart at 90.
As you can see, the song has an impressively protracted title, like many of its neighbours on the album; however, the new record concerns runtime. At 12 minutes and 20 seconds long, the song is the longest-ever to enter the US charts.
André 3000 breaks a previous record held by Tool, who entered the charts in August 2019 with the 10-minute 21-second track ‘Fear Inoculum’. The song entered the US chart at number 93.
Prior to Tool’s record in 2019, the title was held by the late David Bowie, who entered the chart with his swansong album’s title track, ‘Blackstar’. The album was released in January 2016, just two days before the star’s death.
‘I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time’ is also André 3000’s first song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 since ‘Play the Guitar’, his 2012 collaboration with B.O.B.
While these lengthy tracks have entered the lower regions of the chart, the longest-ever song to top the Billboard Hot 100 is Taylor Swift’s 2021 song ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault)’.
Listen to André 3000’s ‘I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a “Rap” Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time’ below.
