# Songs with long, anthemic endings **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088 "2013-03-27T11:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/21 "2013-03-27T21:37:48Z")
Whatever the song is that ends with “I’m getting closer to my home” – perhaps by Grand Funk Railroad? I hate that damn song too much to want to google the title. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/22 "2013-03-27T21:49:52Z")
Cerrone’s 18 1/2 minute long mix of “[Supernature](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BwcI1O-EHQ)”. Maybe not anthemic, but kind of continues the theme. Simple Minds - “Don’t You Forget About Me”. Definitely anthemic… ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/23 "2013-03-27T21:53:13Z")
A few more: [“You Can’t Always Get What You Want”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OagFIQMs1tw) - The Rolling Stones [“Burn Down the Mission”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUGP4WbeS44)- Elton John [“By the Time I Get to Phoenix”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bbdJSW3pvM) - Isaac Hayes ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/24 "2013-03-27T22:30:45Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > “[Atlantis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AUEjzVQwKo)” by Donovan One cool thing about “Atlantis” is that the long repeating ending jibes perfectly with the ending from the Beatles’ “Hey Jude.” One time, many years ago, I heard a mash-up of the two (if that’s the correct term) where someone had blended the two endings together, and it worked wonderfully. Whenever I hear either song, I usually sing along with the ending from the other. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/25 "2013-03-28T00:42:17Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > The live version of [Sultans of Swing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jxsnIRpy2E) ends with an extended coda. > > (They’ve got a guest playing second guitar in that clip; guess their regular guy couldn’t make it that night. He’s okay.) Do you know his name? He seems to know all the chords, I’ve heard he prefers playing rhythm and doesn’t want to make it cry or sing - though he’s been known to do so at the crowd’s insistence- and I’ve seen him playing old guitars though I rather suspect he could afford newer. So I guess he may be George. But I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/26 "2013-03-28T03:29:11Z")
> [@NeonMadman](#): > > One cool thing about “Atlantis” is that the long repeating ending jibes perfectly with the ending from the Beatles’ “Hey Jude.” One time, many years ago, I heard a mash-up of the two (if that’s the correct term) where someone had blended the two endings together, and it worked wonderfully. Whenever I hear either song, I usually sing along with the ending from the other. You probably can also add the end of Lenny Kravitz’s [“Let Love Rule”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wztq4_GEHEw) to the mix since it’s a near steal. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/27 "2013-03-28T15:01:22Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Whatever the song is that ends with “I’m getting closer to my home” – perhaps by Grand Funk Railroad? I hate that damn song too much to want to google the title. That would be “[I’m Your Captain (Closer to Home)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MYsii4DZY)”. It’s actually the one song by GFR that I like, largely because of the anthemic ending… good call; I’d forgotten about it. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/28 "2013-03-28T15:28:19Z")
“It’s the End of the World” by REM Because most of the song is so hard to sing along with, the chorus and extended finale (including a fake out ending) are irresistible. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/29 "2013-03-28T15:30:44Z")
“MacArthur Park” has a pretty long ending, but it’s pretty long all around as well. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/30 "2013-03-28T16:00:48Z")
“Hey Jude” seemed to have started a brief rash of songs where 50% is repetitive fade-out. Most have been listed already (The Boxer, Atlantis, Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’). There’s also: Chicago, “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” Three Dog Night “Celebrate” ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/31 "2013-03-28T16:27:51Z")
Oh well by Fleetwood Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/32 "2013-03-28T17:03:11Z")
Not sure if it’s anthemic, but the long ending and the dueling guitars at the end of Hotel California are what really makes the song for me. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/33 "2013-03-28T17:12:19Z")
What about “November Rain” by Guns n’ Roses? Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![EMCEE\_98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5ac83/32.png) [@EMCEE\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EMCEE_98)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/34 "2013-03-28T17:21:23Z")
The one that comes to mind is\* Achille’s Last Stand\* by Zeppelin. Crazy guitar, great drums, and then coda. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/35 "2013-03-28T17:37:07Z")
_Starship Trooper_ by Yes should qualify. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/36 "2013-03-28T17:58:09Z")
Thanks to all for a lot of interesting suggestions. Some I don’t know and am looking forward to hearing. Some may not be exactly what I had in mind, but I love a good outro - and there are many here. If this has mutated into outros generally, then _Comfortably Numb_ would be hard to beat, and staying in the comfort zone, I can highly recommend the ending of _[Comforting Sounds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PvSbj22ZQY)_ by **Mew**. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/37 "2013-03-28T18:15:21Z")
Alice’s Restaurant: not just a long anthemic ending, but long in general. Win/win. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/38 "2013-03-28T19:30:36Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Thanks to all for a lot of interesting suggestions. Some I don’t know and am looking forward to hearing. Some may not be exactly what I had in mind, but I love a good outro - and there are many here. Let us know which ones you particularly like! Thought of another – “[Autumn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKkCKxWiwNM)” by Strawbs. The whole last section (“The Winter Long”) is an anthemic ending. (Strawbs were good at that.) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/39 "2013-03-28T20:25:26Z")
[High Hopes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqvcmud3LFQ) - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088/40 "2013-03-29T05:41:49Z")
Are these actually called “anthemic” endings? I always thought of them as songs where either the writers were too lazy to write some kind of finale, or the musicians threw out the endings to extend their jam sessions. In neither case do the songs sound like what I think of as anthemic, at least not for that reason. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-long-anthemic-endings/654088.md?page=3)