Since its release, Teddy Swims‘ breakthrough hit has never once lost control over its place on the Billboard Hot 100. And this week, “Lose Control” became the song with the longest-ever run on the U.S. singles chart, something the musician celebrated on Instagram Tuesday (May 27).
Sharing the news on his Story, an excited Swims began by simply saying, “Let’s go!!!!!!”
The star also wrote that the feat was achieved “BY GOD” before shouting out Warner Records CEO and co-chairman Aaron Bay-Schuck. “FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR STEADY GRACE LOVE AND LEADERSHIP,” the musician gushed.
Swims’ accomplishment comes about two years after he first released “Lose Control” in June 2023, with the track later appearing on his debut album, I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1). On the Hot 100 listing dated May 31, 2025, the hit logs its 92nd week on the chart, surpassing Glass Animals’ prior record for most weeks spent on the ranking with “Heat Waves.”
“Lose Control” also holds the record for longest stay in the chart’s top 10, having logged 63 weeks in the echelon.
“When it was finished, I was showing everybody before the song came out,” the Georgia native reflected on writing the song to Billboard in 2023. “I just felt that energy, like, ‘This is lighting in a bottle.’ I knew this was going to change my life.”
In addition to collecting new records, Swims also got some new ink this week. The day prior to his chart feat, the star shared a video on his Story of himself at a tattoo parlor, where an artist stenciled on a portrait of none other than Joe Dirt, the mullet-sporting janitor played by David Spade in the 2001 film of the same name.
Swims is fresh off of the January release of his new album I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2), which reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200. He’s currently on tour in support of the LP, with his next shows set for Radio City Music Hall in New York City on May 27 and 28.
