As song titles go, ¡§1-800-273-8255¡¨ is not the catchiest in the world. Performed by the US rapper Logic, along with Alessia Cara and Khalid, the song is about a man calling the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline ¡Xthe phone number of the title. ¡§I don¡¦t wanna be alive,¡¨ sings Logic, __1__ Cara responds that he should try to see ¡§light in the darkest things.¡¨ The dark subject matter did not stop the song from __2__. It peaked at number three in the US charts in 2017 and even received Grammy Award nominations. However, it is the song¡¦s role in saving multiple lives that has made it truly remarkable.
According to CNN, calls to the suicide helpline increased by half following Logic¡¦s performance of the tune at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2017. Furthermore, a study in The British Medical Journal shows that teen suicides decreased by more than five percent in the month following the song¡¦s __3__. This pattern was repeated after the previously mentioned MTV performance and after another performance at the Grammys the following year. According to the study, 245 suicides were __4__ during those time periods.
Logic himself once struggled with depression, an experience he used to make the lyrics and the song more real and __5__. ¡§I think honesty is everything,¡¨ he told CNN. And it is this brutal honesty that has helped ¡§1-800-273-8255¡¨ save many precious young lives.
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