Teddy Swims has been climbing to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for quite some time, but its rise is finally over. His smash hit “Lose Control” finally hit No. 1, setting a new record for the longest run to the top of the Hot 100 chart for a solo male artist.
With 59.1 million radio airplay audience impressions, 23.2 million streams, and 8,000 sold downloads, “Lose Control” finally managed to rise to the top. It ascended to No. 1 during its 32nd week on the Hot 100 chart, setting a new record for the longest run to No. 1 by weeks on the chart for a male solo artist.
Swims released several versions and remixes of “Lose Control” that eventually helped it climb to the top. Its recent success can be credited to a Tiësto remix, released on March 19, and a radio edit, released on March 21.
“Lose Control” was released as the second single from Swims’ debut album I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1), and he described it as a song about the addictive power of love.
“It’s about losing yourself and losing control when it all starts to cave in and thinking that the only way out is through being with that person, chasing that feeling over and over again,” he said in a statement accompanying the song’s release last summer.
