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'''1-800-273-8255''' is a popular song performed by the rapper Logic featuring guest vocals by Alessia Cara and Khalid.

The subject of the song is [[suicide]]; the song title is the toll-free number of the United States National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.  The video features a young black man struggling with his sexual identity and plans to end his life, but ultimately calls the Lifeline instead.  The song reached #3 on the Billboard charts.

A study by the British Medical Journal determined that on three notable occasions when the song was played -- the three weeks following the song's release, its performance at the 2017 MTV Music Video Awards, and its performance at the 2018 Grammy Awards -- it correlated with increased calls to the hotline (and visits to the associated website) and reduced suicides in general.<ref>https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-067726</ref>

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