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At 6 minutes and 13 seconds, "Like A Rolling Stone" was at the time of its release, the single with the longest run time to get radio play. According to Shaun Considine, release coordinator for Columbia Records in 1965, "Like a Rolling Stone" was first relegated to the "graveyard of canceled releases" because of concerns from the sales and marketing departments over its unprecedented six-minute length and "raucous" rock sound. In the days following the rejection, Considine took a discarded acetate of the song to the New York club Arthur—a newly opened disco popular with celebrities and the media—and asked a DJ to play it. At the crowd's insistence, the demo was played repeatedly, until finally it wore out. The next morning, a disc jockey and a programming director from the city's leading top 40 stations called Columbia and demanded copies. Shortly afterward, on July 20, 1965, "Like a Rolling Stone" was released as a single with "Gates of Eden" as its B-side. The rest, as we say, is history
The actor Dennis Hopper, in an interview in 2008 with Men's Journal, claims that Davis named the song after intellectual conversations with Hopper, in which Hopper would reply, "So what?" Length: 9:23
'Endtroducing.....' is the debut album by American music producer DJ Shadow, and is composed almost entirely of samples, mostly from vinyl records, and features moody, slow tracks and upbeat jams reminiscent of Shadow's early hip hop influences. Shadow produced Endtroducing over two years using minimal equipment, particularly an MPC60 sampler. "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt" is built around a looped piano melody, with various other musical elements entering throughout the song's duration: interview samples, a women's choir, bass fills, electronically altered drum kicks, and a funk guitar. Length: 6:41
For several weeks before and after 'Sound of Silver's' release, the entire album was available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. What's a MySpace? Track runtime: 6:25
The world loves Prince - following his death in 2016, "Purple Rain" rose to number one on the US and UK iTunes Charts, allowing "Purple Rain" to re-enter the Billboard Hot 100 at number 17, later reaching number four. It also re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number 6, making it two places higher than its original peak of number 8. Originally peaking at number 12 in France, "Purple Rain" reached number one on the national singles chart.In the United States, it has sold an additional 1.18 million copies after becoming available as digital downloads. Length: 8:41
"Chloe Dancer" is about lead singer Andy Wood's muse/fiancee, Xana La Fuente, who had planned to be a stripper to support the pair, but left the club after one hour. "Crown of Thorns" was written about their nasty breakup over his on and-off-again dabbling in heroin and alcohol. "This song is about a relationship ruined by drugs," she explains. "He wrote it about our near breakup, and how I tried to control him and the drugs--hence his allusion to being tied to the ceiling." Length: 6:18
AllMusic critic Amy Hanson calls "Black Metallic" "a seven-minute epic!" Well, Amy, it's actually a 7 minute and 18 second epic - get it right!
The vocal track on the 12" version features an audible "startled yelp" during the song's intro. Vocalist Bernard Sumner has since explained that the scream was from him due to bandmates thrusting a snowball down his shirt during recording. Length: 8:47
"Tainted Love" was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964 and "Where Did Our Love Go" was originally recorded by The Supremes in, you guessed it, 1964! Track length: 8:57
From 1976 to 1995, disc jockey Bill "B.L.F. Bash" Freeman started a tradition of playing the original full version of the song on 100.7 WMMS/Cleveland every Sunday morning at 1:30 (around "last call"). The tradition was picked up in 1987 and is still carried on to this day, by Mr. Classic host of "The Saturday Night Live House Party" featured on 98.5 WNCX/Cleveland at 11:50pm. Track length: 10:21
Dave Navarro's guitar solo on this song was ranked as number 100 in Guitar World's "100 best guitar solos" article. Phew, just made it! Track length: 10:46
"This Corrosion" was written by Andrew Eldritch and produced by Jim Steinman. Eldritch's lyrics concern his previous band members leaving the Sisters of Mercy to form the Mission. It's one of the band's most well-known songs and uses a 40-piece choir, and the LP version of the song lasts for nearly 11 minutes and guess what? We're playing the LP version MFers! Track Length: 11:21
Up until now, the only version of "Show Me" that runs over 6 minutes was the Crazy Penis Remix - true fact, look it up - so we reached out to the band a few weeks back and they sent us this special version for this very special day of long tracks on the longest day of the year with the longest run-on sentence of the morning. Track length: 6:30
"Pump Up the Volume" is the only single by British recording act M|A|R|R|S and was a collaboration between electronic group Colourbox and alternative rock band A.R. Kane, two groups signed to the independent label 4AD. Track length: 6:28
In December 1984, Time Zone released their most well-known single, "World Destruction". A collaboration between Afrika Bambaataa, ex-Sex Pistol/Public Image Ltd. leader John Lydon, and producer/bassist Bill Laswell. The "World Destruction" single was arranged by Laswell after Lydon and Bambaataa had acknowledged respect for each other's work. Track length: 6:20
"(Every Day Is) Halloween" was originally released by Wax Trax! Records in 1984 as Ministry's “comeback” single following their departure from Arista Records, with "All Day" on the A-side and "(Every Day Is) Halloween" on the B-side. Track length: 6:35
"Soul Mining" is The The's debut album. It's included in the books "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and "Fear of Music: The Greatest 261 Albums Since Punk and Disco" by journalist Garry Mulholland, who described it as "a hidden masterpiece". Track length: 6:52
Ms Simone recorded her definitive 10-minute-plus version of "Sinnerman" on her 1965 album 'Pastel Blues'. Simone learned the lyrics of this English song in her childhood when it was used at revival meetings by her mother, a Methodist minister, to help people confess their sins."Sinnerman" was often used by her to wrap up her live shows. Track length: 10:20
A song titled "Soon" that is almost 7 minutes long? Who wudda thunk it? Track length: 6:58
This track was included on the 'Singles' soundtrack released on Epic along with tracks by Screaming Trees and Alice in Chains. "Drown" was to be released as a commercial single, but, as Billy Corgan explained, “We wanted it to be a single, we were pushing for it. I was even willing to make it a video. Radio stations were playing it. And when it came time for the third single [from the soundtrack], they said, 'Screaming Trees.' And I was like, 'Screaming Trees??' But what label is Alice in Chains on and what label are the Screaming Trees on? Epic, which is the label that put out the soundtrack. And that's what killed the song." Track length: 8:17
Track length: 7:44. I'm gonna go make a sammich, be back in 7:44
"Kashmir" was written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (with contributions from John Bonham) over a period of three years with lyrics dating to 1973 proving that great things come to those who wait.Track length: 8:37
"The Message" was the first prominent hip hop song to provide a social commentary rather than the self-congratulatory boasting or party chants of earlier hip hop. The song's lyrics describe the stress of inner city poverty. Still, it has a good beat and you can dance to it; I give it a 93 (AB baby!). Track length: 7:10
According to Wikipedia, "Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, but I don't see any references I trust, so I'll keep looking for info on this track. Heck, I have over 6 minutes and 13 seconds,so I should be able to find something. Oops, ran out of time. Track length 6:18
Wow! I didn't know that Harry Nilsson covered this LCD Soundsystem song! Man, you learn something every day. What? Oh. Sorry. Never mind. Track length: 6:54
“Move On Up's” lyrics are framed as a conversation to a child, with Mayfield acting as the wise sage who knows just what to say when times seem overwhelmingly tough. His message is that we should keep striving towards an ideal, even when obstacles in our way might tempt us to settle: “Just move on up toward your destination/Though you may find complication.” You are not alone. Track length:8:49
Marvin Gaye wrote "Got to Give It Up" as a response to a request from his record label that he perform disco music, it was released in March of 1977. The Jackson Five credit this song for influencing "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" and it also influenced the sound on Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough". Track length: 11:52
Lots of requests for this one, second only to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" which I think Cheryl is playing. Not! Track length: 14:35
This was a hit for The Chambers Brothers when they released it in 1966 and it is now considered one of the landmark rock songs of the psychedelic era. Track length: 11:06