André 3000 Has the Longest-Ever Song to Chart on the Billboard Hot 100

André 3000’s latest album “New Blue Sun” entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at position 34. The album’s first track, titled “I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time,” made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 90. According to Billboard, this song, lasting 12 minutes and 20 seconds, is now the longest track ever to feature on the chart. It surpasses the previous record holder, Tool’s “Fear Inoculum,” which is 10 minutes and 21 seconds long and had debuted at No. 93 in August 2019. Before Tool, the record was held by David Bowie’s “Blackstar,” a 9-minute and 57-second track that reached its peak at No. 78 in 2016.

Source: Pitchfork