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André 3000 Now Has Longest-Ever ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 Song

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André 3000 Now Has Longest-Ever ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 Song

André 3000 Now Has Longest-Ever ‘BillboardHot 100 Song

André 3000 Now Has , Longest-Ever ‘Billboard’ Hot 100 Song.

The former Outkast member's new album, 'New Blue Sun,' dropped on Nov.

17.

It debuted at No.

34 on the 'Billboard' 200 albums chart.

The record's first song, "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a 'Rap' Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time,".

Debuted at No.

90 on the Hot 100 chart, 'Pitchfork' reports.

Its runtime is 12 minutes and 20 seconds, which makes it the chart's newest longest-ever song.

The previous record holder was Tool's "Fear Inoculum.".

The 10-minute-and-21-second song debuted at No.

93 in 2019.

Prior to that, David Bowie's "Blackstar" held the record at nine minutes and 57 seconds when it debuted in 2016.

Before that, Don McLean's "American Pie (Parts I & II)" held the record for nearly 50 years until he was dethroned by Taylor Swift in 2021.

Before that, Don McLean's "American Pie (Parts I & II)" held the record for nearly 50 years until he was dethroned by Taylor Swift in 2021.

McLean's song was 8 minutes and 37 seconds, while Swift's "All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor's Version) (From the Vault)" clocked in at 10 minutes and 13 seconds


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