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TIL in 2023 Andre 3000's song "I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album But This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time", off his album New Blue Sun, set the record for the longest song to ever chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The 12-minute and 20-second track hit the chart at No. 90.

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