What song was longest at number 1?

"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks. It also became the fastest song in history to be certified diamond.
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What is the longest running #1 song on Billboard?

4, 1958 inception through the Oct. 22-dated ranking: Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100: 91, “Heat Waves,” Glass Animals.
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What is the #1 rock song of all time?

The Greatest EVER Rock Song
  • 1) LED ZEPPELIN - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. ...
  • 2) QUEEN - BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. ...
  • 3) LYNYRD SKYNYRD - FREE BIRD. ...
  • 4) DEEP PURPLE - SMOKE ON THE WATER. ...
  • 5) PINK FLOYD - COMFORTABLY NUMB. ...
  • 6) LED ZEPPELIN - KASHMIR. ...
  • 7) RAINBOW - STARGAZER. ...
  • 8) FREE - ALL RIGHT NOW.
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What is the biggest selling record of all time?

Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
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What is the shortest #1 song?

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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Top 10 Longest Billboard Top 100 Reigns



What are the top 5 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 is the longest well known song?

The world's longest song is finally here for you in the form of Earthena's “Symphony of the Crown.” As the longest of all the longest songs ever to date, “Symphony of the Crown” amasses a duration of 48 hours, 39 minutes, and 35 seconds.
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What is the shortest song ever recorded?

Nicholas Bullen, writer of the song's four-word lyrics, said that the brevity of "You Suffer" was inspired by Wehrmacht's 1985 song "E!". The song has since been recognized by Guinness World Records as the shortest ever recorded.
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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 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 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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What's the longest rock n 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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What is the slowest song?

Organ2/ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage and the subject of one of the longest-lasting musical performances yet undertaken.
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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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Can a single have 1 song?

A single is the shortest body of work you can release, features between 1-3 tracks and has a running time of roughly less than 10 mins.
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What are the top 10 longest song?

10 Longest Songs Ever Written
  • Length: 34:45. Artist: Magellan. ...
  • Length: 36:30. Artist: The Polyphonic Spree. ...
  • Length: 42:04. Artist: Dream Theater. ...
  • Length: 43:46. Artist: Jethro Tull. ...
  • Length: 47:09. Artist: Meshuggah. ...
  • Length: 59:16. Artist: The Flower Kings. ...
  • Length: 60:06. Artist: Green Carnation. ...
  • Length: 77:54. Artist: Transatlantic.
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Is American Pie the longest song ever recorded?

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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Which song stayed on the Billboard charts the longest?

"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks. It also became the fastest song in history to be certified diamond.
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What is the longest song in the universe?

Not exactly accessible, the longest recorded pop song comes in the form of 'Apparente Libertà' by Giancarlo Ferrari, which is 76:44, smashing the previous record held by 'The Devil Glitch' by Chris Butler at 69:00. Elsewhere, performances of John Cage's piece 'Organ²/ASLSP' have been recorded lasting up to 70 minutes.
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What is the longest music video ever?

The longest music video is 177 days 16 hours 10 min 25 sec long, and was achieved by Twenty One Pilots (USA), from 21 June to 16 December 2020. The music video, for their song Level of Concern, was live streamed on YouTube and was comprised of video submissions from fans.
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What was the last song Queen ever made?

"Mother Love" is a song by Queen, from the album Made in Heaven, released in 1995 after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. It was written by Mercury and Brian May. Mercury recorded two out of three verses before becoming too sickly to continue recording, so May recorded the final verse himself later. Queen Music Ltd.
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Who turned down Bohemian Rhapsody song?

However, EMI executive Ray Foster (a fictional character loosely based on former EMI chief Roy Featherstone, according to AXS), refuses to release the song as the band's next single following “Killer Queen,” mainly because he didn't understand the song and also thought a six-minute tune would never play on the radio.
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What is the hidden meaning of Bohemian Rhapsody?

'Bohemian Rhapsody' WAS Freddie's confessional. It was about how different his life could have been, and how much happier he might have been, had he just been able to be himself, the whole of his life. The world heard this song as a masterpiece of imagination, a great command of musical styles.
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