# Your Favorite LONG Rock Hit Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924 "2009-12-04T00:32:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/21 "2009-12-04T04:06:22Z")
Actually, I’d go for either Song of Scheherazade(24:39) or Ashes Are Burning(11:20) by Renaissance. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/22 "2009-12-04T04:10:49Z")
Since I didn’t see any of these posted already, and since they’re some of my favorite long songs: Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (10:19) - from _Maggot Brain_ The Gumbo Variations - Frank Zappa (16:56) - from _Hot Rats_ Up In Her Room - The Seeds (14:39) - from _web Of Sound_ Marquee Moon - Television (10:40) - from _Marquee Moon_ Do Your Thing - Isaac Hayes (19:30) - from _Shaft_ (soundtrack) Many years ago I made a mix CD with just these 5 songs on it. It’s still a great way to spend 72 minutes or so. None were chart toppers but they’re all great songs. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/23 "2009-12-04T04:19:09Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Freebird!!! (9:06) Yes!!! ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/24 "2009-12-04T04:20:26Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Was _The Friends of Mr. Cairo_ a hit? Ooh, that’s one of my all-time favorite songs and your post is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/25 "2009-12-04T04:23:28Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Take “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” for example: I didn’t think it had ever been released as a single, which precludes it from being a “hit” by some definitions. I think that this song is a great example of a tune that many people who consider themselves Beatle fans would not recognize by name, but after a few seconds of hearing it, they would know the song as one they enjoy hearing and consider it a Beatle _hit_. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/26 "2009-12-04T04:31:46Z")
“Supper’s Ready” by Genesis - 22:54. Not really a “hit”, but a major, major song in the history of Progressive rock. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/27 "2009-12-04T04:42:35Z")
> [@sqweels](#): > > Ooh, that’s one of my all-time favorite songs and your post is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned on the internet. I have the vinyl. I understand there’s a second side to it, but I’ve never checked. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/28 "2009-12-04T06:01:40Z")
I think only one or two of these could be considered hits, but I’d rather not limit it to hit songs. Television- Marquee Moon (10:47) David Bowie- Station to Station (10:14) The Pogues- The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (8:14) New Order- Blue Monday (7:28) Nico- Chelsea Girls (7:25) R.E.M.- Leave (7:17) The Velvet Underground- Heroin (7:12) New Order- Temptation (7:01) Curtis Mayfield- Move On Up (8:48) One that’s just two seconds short: Sonic Youth- Teen Age Riot (6:58) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/29 "2009-12-04T06:06:27Z")
Here are some in my MP3 collection: “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” - Temptations - 11:44 “Time Has Come Today” - The Chambers Brothers - 11:02 “Walk on By” - Issac Hayes - 12:02 “In the Court of the Crimson King” - King Crimson - 9:25 “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” - Bauhaus - 9:34 ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/30 "2009-12-04T06:09:19Z")
Tam Lin by Fairport Convention 7:12 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/31 "2009-12-04T06:28:39Z")
Some of these might not quite fall in the jurisdiction of “rock hits”, but to do my best at fitting that: [Kashmir](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfR_HWMzgyc) by Led Zeppelin [Willie the Pimp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs4Z12VuaIc) by Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart [King Kong](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVQvuIOoG1k) by Frank Zappa [Tracy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opn8riUNygM) by Mogwai [Santi-u](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVQEtuXqSt4) by Yoko Kanno [Space Lion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qqc9Fujtt7k) by Yoko Kanno [Osorezan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpKa1ogS-RI) by Geinoh Yamashirogumi [Hybrid Rainbow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWIrPL4IhZ0) by The Pillows (YouTube video is of an edited, shorter version) ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/32 "2009-12-04T06:40:17Z")
It also has a long title. [Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty Of Infidelity.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHSEX9TLl8) 10 minutes and 54 seconds long. {Link to Video, NSFW language.} ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/33 "2009-12-04T16:00:23Z")
Off the “Woodstock” album, there’s “I’m Going Home” (12:02) by Ten Years After, and “Want to Take You Higher/Dance to the Music” (12:28) by Sly and the Family Stone. Would “Tubular Bells” by Mike Oldfield count? That clocks in at 26:01 ---
**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:** [December 4, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/34 "2009-12-04T16:13:19Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > “Supper’s Ready” by Genesis - 22:54. Not really a “hit”, but a major, major song in the history of Progressive rock. Genesis fans would probably consider these “hits” as well: _Watcher of the Skies_ – 7:23 _The Return of the Giant Hogweed_ – 8:09 ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/35 "2009-12-04T16:19:08Z")
The long version of Sweet’s “Love is Like Oxygen” on _Live at the Marquee_ (8:56). The studio version on _Level Headed_ is just under seven minutes at 6:57. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/36 "2009-12-04T17:27:19Z")
_For Crying Out Loud_ - Meat Loaf (8:45) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/37 "2009-12-04T17:52:59Z")
Rolling Stones - “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” Kansas - “Song for America” Wishbone Ash - “Phoenix” Little Feat - “Dixie Chicken” (Live version) And as long as we’re including old Genesis tunes, how about “The Musical Box”? ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/38 "2009-12-04T18:05:18Z")
21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson. Clocks in at 7:26. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/39 "2009-12-04T18:08:18Z")
The Smashing Pumpkin’s _Hummer_ is 6:57 so bummer it just missed. Buncha great songs mentioned already. I’ll add: Lou Reed’s _Intro/Sweet Jane_ 7:55, _Rock ‘n’ Roll_ 10:17 and Tommy Bolin’s _Post Toastee_ 9:03. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/40 "2009-12-05T00:00:31Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Space Truckin’ (19:41) What? I have Machinehead by Deep Purple on iTunes, and it shows 4:34. Is this some other song you’re mentioning? I’ll add “Lazy” - Deep Purple. Progressive hard rock that rocks and isn’t just noodling, running 7:23. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924.md?page=3)