Study: Hit song saved lives from suicide
Logic's song credited with saving hundreds of lives. Logic performs onstage during the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)A song by hip-hop artist Logic, “1-800-273-8255,” is being credited for saving hundreds of lives by a new study published in The BMJ, a medical journal. The study found that in addition to that jump, there was a 5.5% reduction in suicides, which equates to 245 lives potentially saved. 3 in Billboard’s Hot 100 albums chart and became the highest-charting phone number song in Billboard’s chart history, beating Tommy Tutone’s “867-5309/Jenny,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
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