What is the longest song ever played?

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The longest recorded pop song is “Apparente Libertà,” by Giancarlo Ferrari, which is 76 minutes, 44 seconds long.
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What are the top 10 longest songs?

The longest songs ever recorded
  • The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold (9.53) ...
  • Primal Scream - Come Together (10.21) ...
  • David Bowie - Station To Station (10.14) ...
  • The Doors - The End (11.43) ...
  • Orbital - Chime (12.46) ...
  • Flowered Up - Weekender (12.53*) ...
  • Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan (16.19) ...
  • Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop (17.14)
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What song was #1 the longest?

"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks.
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What song is 17 minutes long?

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly, written by bandmember Doug Ingle and released on their 1968 album of the same name. Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, New York, U.S. At slightly over 17 minutes, it occupies the entire second side of the album.
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Is American Pie the longest song?

A truncated version of the song was covered by Madonna in 2000 and reached No. 1 in at least 15 countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. At 8 minutes and 42 seconds, McLean's combined version is the sixth longest song to enter the Billboard Hot 100 (at the time of release it was the longest).
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The 639 Year Longest Song Ever



What is the shortest song to hit #1?

The Shortest Hot 100 Hits

While it just misses the second list above, Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs' “Stay” is the shortest No. 1: just 1:38 in length. The classic led the Nov. 21, 1960, Hot 100.
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What is the number 1 song?

Miley Cyrus, “Flowers”
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What is the shortest song to ever exist?

The song is precisely 1.316 seconds long. The song was written by Nicholas Bullen, Justin Broadrick, and Mick Harris during the March 1986 demo sessions for From Enslavement to Obliteration. The track currently holds the world record for shortest recorded song.
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Are there any 1 minute songs?

1 Minute Songs
  • Pretty UglyTierra Whack.
  • Fried ChickenICE-T.
  • Droppin' Seeds (feat. Lil' Wayne)Tyler, The Creator, Lil Wayne.
  • Exit TheoryPavement.
  • Rip up the StreetsThe Spits.
  • You Get What You GiveJaime Córdoba.
  • Mary Tyler Moore (Love Is All Around)The TV Theme Players.
  • Not Just MoneyFrank Ocean.
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What is the longest playlist ever?

Answer: The record for the longest Spotify playlist is held by Willis Orr, with about 10,000 songs (the maximum limit of a Spotify playlist) and over 800 hours of music. For a better perspective, you'd need to listen for more than 33 consecutive days to finish the playlist!
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What was the first song ever?

“Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is considered the world's earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.” The song was found engraved on an ancient marble column used to mark a woman's gravesite in Turkey.
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What are the top 3 songs of all time?

Top 10 Best Songs of All Time
  • 1 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen. ...
  • 2 Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin. ...
  • 3 Imagine - John Lennon. ...
  • 4 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana. ...
  • 5 One - Metallica. ...
  • 6 Hotel California - Eagles. ...
  • 7 Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd. ...
  • 8 Hey Jude - The Beatles.
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What song stayed on the charts the longest?

22-dated ranking: Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100: 91, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals.
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What are the 5 most recorded songs of all time?

Here's 5 of the most covered songs in history
  • “Yesterday” by The Beatles. ...
  • “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen. ...
  • “(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones: ...
  • “My Way” by Frank Sinatra. ...
  • “Over the Rainbow” by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, sung by Judy Garland.
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What song is longer than Bohemian Rhapsody?

Despite being just under six minutes long, Bohemian Rhapsody isn't even the longest song on the album A Night At The Opera. That honour goes to the epic track The Prophet's Song; an even more complex recording which clocks in at 8 minutes and 21 seconds.
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What is the longest recorded rock and roll song?

“Thick as a Brick” is the longest popular rock song ever recorded. It is so long that it's actually the only track on the album, with each part taking up an entire side!
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Is there a song with only 1 word?

“Roar.” “Royals.” “Radioactive.” Notice a common thread among these recent hits?
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What is the shortest song on Spotify?

Shortest Songs On Spotify - tiny, short songs; very, very short
  • Silence - instrumentalHédi Carlee.
  • Seashella balladeer.
  • Robina balladeer.
  • Let It Snow - reprisea balladeer.
  • I Saw You Hiding from the Rain Todaya balladeer.
  • Little Lullabya balladeer.
  • Happy New Year - reprisea balladeer.
  • Hamburga balladeer.
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What is the slowest song in history?

Entitled "As Slow as Possible" (ASLSP), the composition by the late American composer John Cage is due to be played out over 639 years at the St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt in Germany.
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Why are older songs so short?

Technology originally dictated how long a single could be: the first 78rpm singles could accommodate three minutes and 30 seconds of audio on each side. Even though the 45rpm version that pre-CD generations grew up with was more generous in terms of length, brevity became the norm.
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What is the longest piece of music ever written?

A 639-year-long John Cage organ piece had a very rare chord change. And it was quite an event.
  • Organ2/ASLSP at St. Burchardi Church, Halberstad. Picture: PA.
  • Composer John Cage at the piano. Picture: Getty.
  • The organ of the John Cage Organ Foundation Halberstadt inside the Burchardi Church. Picture: PA.
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Who is the most famous song right now?

Today's Top Hits
  • Boy's a liar Pt. 2PinkPantheress, Ice Spice.
  • FlowersMiley Cyrus.
  • Kill BillSZA.
  • Escapism. RAYE, 070 Shake.
  • Creepin' (with The Weeknd & 21 Savage)Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage.
  • Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53Bizarrap, Shakira.
  • Calm Down (with Selena Gomez)Rema, Selena Gomez.
  • As It WasHarry Styles.
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What is the #1 song right now 2022?

Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
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Who is the best song in the world right now?

  • Flowers. Miley Cyrus.
  • The Astronaut. JIN.
  • Creepin' Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage.
  • Calm Down. Rema.
  • Lift Me Up (From Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By) Rihanna.
  • Players. Coi Leray.
  • Bloody Mary. Lady Gaga.
  • Escapism. RAYE & 070 Shake.
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