Music Trivia -> Super Long Pop Songs -> S
Blame Hey Jude, but there have been some very long songs that have made the radio. For the purposes of this page, please stick to songs with lyrics, that are intended for radio play (singles).
"Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands," Bob Dylan Lenght:11:19
I'm suprised this one hasn't already been submitted. On the LP versions of Blonde on Blonde, this takes up all of side four. Furthermore, it is the most depressing song I've ever heard (at least that I can recall). 'She's your lover now' would have been a better closing track for that album.
Feurzeug
"The Saddest Day," Converge Lenght:7:04
TBuck
"Save a Prayer," Bon Jovi Lenght:5:57
weirdkid106
"Say You Do," Janet Jackson Lenght:6:48 (US album version)
Perhaps rather atypically, the UK album version is more than a minute shorter. An even shorter version, 3:48, also exists
Ra'akone
"Scenes from a Voyage," Men as Trees Lenght:12:17
TBuck
"Scenes From An Italian Restaurant," Billy Joel Lenght:7:35
I dig Billy Joel! A bottle of white...A bottle of red...Perhaps a bottle of rozay instead.
Mickey D.
"Sealand," Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Lenght:7:48
Off of 1981's "Architecture & Morality"
Mickey D.
"Section 43," Country Joe and the Fish Lenght:7:23
Their debut album was played on many San Fransisco Radio Stations and this song was played at the Monterrey Pop Festival.
Paul Warren
"Serenading this Dead Horse," Remembering Never Lenght:15:41
TBuck
"Sheep," Pink Floyd Lenght:9:46
A creepy story about the dark, pessimistic life of livestock. (At least, at the time.)
Colin Slater
"Shine on you Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)," Pink Floyd Lenght:13:40
This is the first half of "Crazy Diamond" which was written for the founding member of Pink Floyd, Syd Barret.
Paul Warren
"Shine on you Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)," Pink Floyd Lenght:12:31
Although this is one minute shorter than the first half, the second half is the closing for this epic song.
Paul Warren
"Shout," Tears for Fears Lenght:6:33
Both the band and this song take their names from a form of psychotherapy, part of which entailed "shouting"
Ra'akone
"Shout Bonus Beats," Tears For Fears Lenght:08:02
This song has the longest running time, 08:02, on the Songs From The Big Chair album with the U.K. Bonus tracks.
Celeste
"The Show Goes On," Bruce Hornsby & The Range Lenght:7:30
Taken from 1988's "Scenes From The Southside"
Mickey D.
"Sick Puppy," Lemon Demon Lenght:9:40
This song, originally conceived as a bonus track, starts as an instrumental, morphs into very quiet noise, and back into an actual song with lyrics toward the end.
Incompetentia
"Silver Tightrope," Armageddon Lenght:8:24
Alex
"A Sinking Ship Full of Optimists," Transistor Transistor Lenght:13:06
TBuck
"Sister Ray," Velvet Underground Lenght:19 minutes and 31 seconds
A great song by a great band. This is one of my favorite songs by the Velvet Underground.
Wade Brock
"Six," Chimaira Lenght:9:44
thunderstruck
"Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence," Dream Theater Lenght:42:04
The second disc of the Dream Theater album "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" contains one huge song, which is divided into eight parts. Each part is its own track.
B1982
"Sky Pilot," Eric Burdon and the Animals Lenght:7 Minutes, 29 Seconds
This is supposedly the longest Anti-War Song that was ever released. Only on Classic Rock stations you can hear the extended version.
Paul Warren
"Sleepwalking Past Hope," HIM Lenght:10:05
Ten minutes of pure godliness. There aren't even that many lyrics, the song is all music!
MimixRose
"Soldiers of the Wasteland," Dragonforce Lenght:9:46
I'm really surprised no one mentioned this. It's Dragonforce's, the UK's "Extreme Powermetal" band, longest song, at a whopping nine minutes forty-five seconds. Very good singing, very good guitars. Just an overall killer track.
Nunuvell Mephais
"Song For Shelter," Fatboy Slim Lenght:11:26
A very long house workout with at least 4 minutes of the song a repeating deep synth and nothing else.
Rory
"A Sonnet to Both Ugly and Murderous," Pg. 99 Lenght:10:54
TBuck
"Southbound Pachyderm," Primus Lenght:6:22
Ra'akone
"Space Truckin'," Deep Purple Lenght:20:02
After thirty-six years, 'Made In Japan' is still the yardstick for live hard rock/heavy metal albums. The first four and a half minutes of this track stomp all over the studio version... and then it devolves into a quarter- hour of incoherent instrumental noodling. You have to be pretty stoned to listen to this one all the way through; kinda makes me wonder where their heads were at when they performed it.
Kieran From Nevada
"Star Trip," Congress of Wonders Lenght:11:52
I name these characters from the song...Captain Kwirk. Mister Smock. Lieutenant Hunkie. Lieutenant Limey. Lieutenant Eubangdere. Chaplan. Maggie McApron...and many more! The song was released circa 1971 from the "Revolting" album.
Mickey D.
"Stariway To Heaven," Led Zeppelin Lenght:8:02
Cutting this song down would have destroyed it.
Brian Kelly
"Starless," King Crimson Lenght:12:15
Bass Dork
"Starship Trooper," Yes Lenght:9:25
This is the length of the original version. Live and "Keys of Ascension" versions are significantly longer
Ra'akone
"The Story of the Hare who Lost his Spectacles," Jethro Tull Lenght:23:30
Colin Slater
"Stranger Than Fiction," Split Enz Lenght:6.57 (on the Mental Notes album)
dizrythmia
"Street Player," Chicago Lenght:9:10
This song was later used in The Bucketheads "The Bomb".
Paul Warren
"Strength Of The World," Avenged Sevenfold Lenght:9:14
Hawky
"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," Crosby, Stills, And Nash Lenght:7:28 (album version)
This was the version that was sung at the Woodstock Festival. It was written for Stephen Stills' ex-girlfriend: singer-songwriter Judy Collins, and based on events which led to their future break-up.
Graham Cracker Nash
"Summertime Rolls," Jane's Addiction Lenght:6:18
The second-longest song off of the album "Nothing's Shocking".
Rock Maninoff
"Summit," Giant Squid Lenght:6:39
weirdkid106
"Superwoman (Where were you when I needed you)," Stevie Wonder Lenght:8:07
This was the first song that was top-40 during Stevie Wonder's second phase in Motown when he performed all the songs by himself.
Paul Warren
"Supper's Ready," Genesis Lenght:over 23 minutes
it's from the early 70s when Peter Gabriel was the singer. The band did perform this song live and Gabriel the costume king of art rock would dress as a flower (one lyrical line says "A flower?").
I Saw Genesis in 1992!
"Supper's Ready," Genesis Lenght:22:58
Nearly 23 minutes in length, the song is divided into seven sections. A number of musical and lyrical themes do re-appear throughout. The melody of the verse in section 1 ("Lover's Leap") reappears as a flute melody between sections 2 and 3. The melody of the chorus in section 1 reappears with new lyrics in the coda to section 6. And the song that comprises the majority of the section 2 ("The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man") reappears briefly in instrumental form at the beginning of section 6, and then returns to form the body of section 7 ("As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)"), with new lyrics. One commentator regarded the structure of "Supper's Ready" as a variation of sonata form—a musicological analysis by Nors Josephson proposes that "section 7 may be viewed as a Lisztian, symphonic apotheosis" of the "cyclical fanfares that originated in section 2."[2] On the other hand, the individual components of "Supper's Ready" are much closer to traditional rock songs than they are to classical pieces, even if they contain elements of both. As with many progressive rock pieces, the song undergoes multiple changes in time signature, key signature, Leitmotif, instrumentation, and mood.
Mickey D.
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