# Short & Long Versions of Pop/Rock Songs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-long-versions-of-pop-rock-songs/318525>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 25, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-long-versions-of-pop-rock-songs/318525 "2005-08-25T01:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-long-versions-of-pop-rock-songs/318525/81 "2012-02-21T06:20:59Z")

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[I tried to ask this question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=628469) awhile back but did so less coherently. A couple of examples in the unanswered OP though.

ETA: The linked thread which I created was about songs where the longer version was created AFTER the fact.

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**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-long-versions-of-pop-rock-songs/318525/82 "2012-02-21T16:29:44Z")

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I agree with the hatchet job that was done to **Green Eyed Lady** since they randomly snipped the ends of various instrumental sections.

I’ll add in a few by category with the radio station rationale.

Long-ass Intro that Gets the Boot.  
Fly Like an Eagle  
Jet Airliner both by **Steve Miller**  
\*\*John Mellancamp’s \*\*I Need a Lover

Crappy Overlong Instrumental that Needs a -trimmin’  
\*\*Steely Dan \*\*Do It Again

Fade out / Outro that needs to stop right…here  
Hey Jude  
Born on the Bayou  
Heard it Through the Grapevine  
Suzie-Q all by **Creedence Clearwater Revival** and actually deserved to be cut down since they end with pointless jam-session fades that offer nothing to the song.

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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-long-versions-of-pop-rock-songs/318525/83 "2012-02-21T16:38:46Z")

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> [@minlokwat](#):
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> Fade out / Outro that needs to stop right…here  
> Hey Jude

Hey Jude started a bizarre, but fortunately short-lived fad in the late 60s/early 70s: the long, repetitive coda that takes up half the playing time. Examples:

Simon & Garfunkle, “The Boxer”  
Donovan, “Atlantis”  
Three Dog Night, “Celebrate”  
Chicago, “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day”  
Journey, “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’”

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