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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.

The song “1-800-273-8255,” a reference to the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, corresponded with an increase in calls to the hotline.

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