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icecream
02-03-2023, 03:12 PM
for songs that go over 5 minutes on a studio recording (concert version would likely be longer). No classical music here as just one movement of a symphony or concerto could easily go over 5 minutes.

All About Soul- Billy Joel 6:00
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant- Billy Joel 7:36
Piano Man- Billy Joel
Hey Jude- The Beatles
American Pie- Don McLean
Harry Chapin has several long songs.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine- Credence Clearwater Revival 11:04 Nothing else on my CD of theirs is more than 4:35.

Zoneboy
02-03-2023, 03:21 PM
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

JO Sweet Heart
02-03-2023, 10:29 PM
The first two that come to my mind are the following.

Travis Tritt's "Dixie Flyer" 6:04
Alan Jackson's cover of "The Blues Man" 7:04.

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

biffbronson
02-03-2023, 10:50 PM
Roundabout - Yes -- 8:29 on the album, studio recording.

DJs anecdotally played that when they needed a bathroom break.

opus
02-03-2023, 11:49 PM
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly

17 minute album version. Grab a seat, a drink, and enjoy

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Or if you’re in a hurry, 3 minute single version

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biffbronson
02-24-2023, 09:15 AM
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd -- 9:08 on their album

Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues -- 5:38 on their album. Fairly long for its time especially.

Torgo
02-24-2023, 10:17 AM
Velveteen - Transvision Vamp (9:51)

The Grand Vizier's Garden Party - Pink Floyd (8:55)

Us And Them - Pink Floyd (7:42)

Bonniegirl
02-24-2023, 04:40 PM
The low spark of high healed boys - Traffic ( 11 minutes & 41 seconds)

1960'sTVfan
02-24-2023, 04:57 PM
Don't Look Back by Boston, runs about 6 minutes.

Madison Avenue by BTO, runs about 6 minutes.

Johnny All Alone by Starz, runs about 7 1/2 minutes.

All of these are from the year 1978.

Bonniegirl
02-24-2023, 06:01 PM
A hard rains gonna fall - Bob Dylan ( 7 minutes, really long for the early 1960's)

ThisLittlePiggy
02-24-2023, 06:23 PM
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner (13:39)

ThisLittlePiggy
02-24-2023, 06:25 PM
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (10:07)

biffbronson
02-27-2023, 06:10 PM
Meat Loaf:

Bat Out of Hell - 9:52 on album
Paradise by the Dashboard Light - 8:28 on album
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - 5:27 LP

and likely more by him.

D-Dey
03-08-2023, 12:44 PM
Two known long ones by Local H

Buffalo Trace - 10:14
What Would You Have Me Do? - 25:14

biffbronson
03-08-2023, 02:32 PM
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance: 5:42 on her album

1960'sTVfan
03-12-2023, 11:48 AM
Between The Lines by Lake, runs a little over 10 minutes. The first half of the song has lyrics and the second half is instrumental.