{"id":110854,"date":"2022-05-06T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=110854"},"modified":"2022-05-06T17:12:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T16:12:56","slug":"the-longest-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=110854","title":{"rendered":"The Longest Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Have you ever stopped and thought about the longest pop song? If not, you are in the right place, as we have a little story for you here.&nbsp; When we think about listening to music, especially these days, brief songs like the typical three-minute pop song come to mind. Let\u2019s dig inside a little of the extensive world, and discover just a handful of the treasure that take you on a slightly longer musical journey, just a few though, because this list could be as long as some of the records.  Read more here in <em>The Longest Song<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Close your eyes, (but only after you have read this), leave any negative thoughts behind you and relax. Let these songs guide your imagination, and relax you, so you can enjoy just a few of the longest pop songs ever created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The longest ever recorded pop song according to The Guinness Book of World Records is \u201cApparente Libert\u00e0,\u201d by Giancarlo Ferrari, which is 76 minutes, 44 seconds long as of 2019&#8217;s.&nbsp;This surpassed the previous record of \u201cThe Devil Glitch,\u201d by Chris Butler, which is 69 minutes&nbsp;long.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apparente Libert\u00e0\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GruQCdR9FsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Below, explore a small list of songs from across the genre of pop music specifically, and find a few &#8216;whoppers&#8217; maybe you never realised quite how long they are.  Now we know length can be a good thing so here we have picked a handful of the best for you to enjoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mirrors by Justin Timberlake<\/strong> <strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This beautiful  8.00 minutes of music was written in 2009 but released in 2013. The music video won two MTV Music Video Awards plus, it is considered by The American Society of Composers<em>, <\/em>Authors and Publishers&nbsp;(ASCAP)  as one of the most performed songs of 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (Official Video)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uuZE_IRwLNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No more tears by Donna Summer<\/strong> <strong>And Barbra Streisand 1979 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This record was released in 1979 and quickly became a disco classic. At around  8.27 minutes these two divas of song belt out a truly dynamic number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Barbra Streisand \/ Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough is Enough) (Extended Version)\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QsY066wa08E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Autobahn by Kraftwerk<\/strong> <strong>1974<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Autobahn<\/em> By Kraftwerk, this radio-friendly song is one of their most played records of this band, and one that took them into the European chart and made them a household name at the time. A true whopper that lasts 22.43  minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kraftwerk Autobahn full\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x-G28iyPtz0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fools <\/strong>G<strong>old by Stone Roses<\/strong> <strong>1989<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Stone Roses one of the pioneering groups of the&nbsp;&#8216;Madchester&#8217;&nbsp;music scene out of Manchester UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s.  They&nbsp;released this masterpiece in November named Fools Gold a 9.55-minute epic, where the guitar dominates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stone Roses - Fools Gold(Full Version)\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BBsazIACpYM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mood 4 Eva by Beyonce, Jay-Z, Childish Gambino, Oumou Sangare<\/strong> <strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This song from Beyonce&#8217;s album entitled <em>The Lion King:<\/em> The Gift,  lasts 7.30 minutes, and<em> <\/em>features artists Jay-Z,(her husband)  Childish Gambino, and Oumou Sangare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beyonc\u00e9, JAY-Z, Childish Gambino, Oumou Sangar\u00e9 \u2013 MOOD 4 EVA (Official Video)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MMuUFjxLQJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Free bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This record is for those who really enjoy the sound of a guitar, of American rock and love truly timeless epics. Named Free bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd it goes from soft ballad all the way to full rock anthem, all 9 minutes of it.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0W1v0kOELA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 2003<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, sing <em>Babe I\u2019m on fire<\/em>. Released in 2003, the song lasts about 15.00 minutes . It was track ten on&nbsp;their twelfth studio album&nbsp;Nocturama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds - Babe, I&#039;m On Fire\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LsBJ62jSCl0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Happier Than Ever By Billie Eilish 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Put out by Darkroom and Interscope records this song takes its inspiration from the covid-19 pandemic, and t lasts for about 5 minutes. This song received four nominations for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever (Official Music Video)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5GJWxDKyk3A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Blue Monday by New Order<\/strong> <strong>1983<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This is a 7.00-minute perfect example of early synthpop,  from New Order, entitled <em>Blue Monday<\/em>.  A classic tune, that will be remembered for being one of the most innovative songs of the 1980s because of the band&#8217;s original ways of using instruments mixed with the new technologies of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Order - Blue Monday\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FYH8DsU2WCk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Creedence Clearwater Revival 1970<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This song has been written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1966. <em>it&#8217;s about  11.00 minutes of rock pop music.In 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival recorded their version of this song ,in their album named Cosmo&#8217;s Factory.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Heard It Through The Grapevine\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9DxNAtD8W4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Low Spark Of Heeled Boys<em> <\/em>by Traffic 1971<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoy the diversification of instruments, listening to this piece is a mus<em>t!<\/em> <em>This is Low Spark Of Heeled Boys <\/em>by Traffic. T<em>his piece&#8217;s<\/em> length is about 11.00 minutes . It was released in 1971 t<em>hat is the fifth recorded <\/em>studio album of the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TRAFFIC - THE LOW SPARK OF HIGH-HEELED BOYS - The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys (1971) :: SOTW #22\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rEZH0t5Yozw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Love&#8217;s Train  By Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This song is originally by an  American Band named <em>Con Funk shun <\/em> which is about 5.18 minutes. Bruno Mars and <em>Anderson .Paak <\/em>have  recorded a version of this song which was released in Februray 2022 for Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NlsM3ZDhEcc\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maggot Brain by Funkadelic 1971<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The name of the song is Maggot Brain by Funkadelic. The band was a pioneering American funk rock band formed in 1968 and active until 1982 led by George Clinton, This funky tune runs at 10.00 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Funkadelic - Maggot Brain [HQ]\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JOKn33-q4Ao?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Velvet Underground by Sister Ray 1968<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This is pure rock, this masterpiece is by the cult American band The Velvet Underground entitled Sister Ray, and runs for a stunning 14.00 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray (MONO, Best Sound)\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7d69mDT11yI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to know more about t<em>he longest pop song,<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicroom.com\/the-big-book-of-pop-ballads-piano-vocal-guitar-musam975007?glid=gb&amp;CAWELAID=120075890000072506&amp;CATARGETID=120075890000893432&amp;CADevice=c&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwjtOTBhAvEiwASG4bCIF4BFmY9T3lkvT95cD1gGnlM_fb6dCfU2UCkvikU2zVo_vzwBdZ4hoCqu4QAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">if you enjoyed reading this piece then why not reading&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/revive-through-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Revive through art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/heal-your-soul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heal Your Soul<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/for-the-love-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">.Cent Magazine London<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>Be inspired;<\/strong><em><strong> Get involved.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever stopped and thought about the longest pop song? 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