# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/41 "2009-12-05T00:39:35Z")
> [@Cardinal](#): > > What? I have Machinehead by Deep Purple on iTunes, and it shows 4:34. Is this some other song you’re mentioning? **tr0psn4j** is probably referring to the live version on _Made in Japan_, or some other live version. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Mumble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Captain\_Mumble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Mumble)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/42 "2009-12-05T00:52:14Z")
Tubular Bells Part I - Mike Oldfield - 25:31 Alice’s Restaurant Massacree - Arlo Guthrie - 18:34 I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival - 11:07 In My Time of Dying - Led Zeppelin - 11:05 Free Bird - Lynard Skynard - 10:07 War Pigs - Black Sabbath - 7:57 Layla - Eric Clapton - 7:06 I assume we’re not including live versions of our favourites ‘cause the list’ll get waaaay long. **Cardinal’s** version of Space Truckin’ is off the Live In Japan album - Mitch ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Mumble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Captain\_Mumble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Mumble)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/43 "2009-12-05T01:02:46Z")
Screwd up the edit - **tr0psn4j** ’s query was answered during my post ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/44 "2009-12-05T02:01:07Z")
It’s interesting that most of the songs nominated are 60s and 70s classic and prog rock. I’ve been trying think of more recent chart hits that meet the 7 minute minimum and I’m not coming up with much. I’m pretty sure “Svefn-G-Englar” (10:04) by Sigur Rós was a hit but other than that I’m drawing a blank. My first thought was “Paranoid Android” by Radiohead but, at 6:23, it doesn’t quite meet the 7 minute cut-off. Can anybody else think of +7 min hit song from, say, the last 20 years? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/45 "2009-12-05T03:51:00Z")
Iron Butterfly, In-a-gadda-da-vida. 17 minutes and the best drum solo ever. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/46 "2009-12-05T03:51:06Z")
Queen, The Prophet’s Song Wiki says ‘‘over eight minutes.’’ Best eight minutes _ever_. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/47 "2009-12-05T05:19:15Z")
Tool Lateralus ---
**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 5, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/48 "2009-12-05T05:45:28Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > Can anybody else think of +7 min hit song from, say, the last 20 years? Daft Punk- Around the World The Pet Shop Boys have had several I don’t know if the Sonic Youth song “Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream” is considered a hit, but I heard it a lot on the radio when Sonic Nurse came out. ---
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/49 "2009-12-05T06:30:33Z")
Master of Puppets - Metallica (8:34) Hurricane - Bob Dylan (8:31) Civil War - Guns n’ Roses (7:40) Cemetery Gates - Pantera (7:02) No Quarter - Led Zeppelin (7:00) ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/50 "2009-12-05T07:02:55Z")
“Ball and Biscuit” - The White Stripes “Estranged” - Guns N’ Roses ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/51 "2009-12-05T07:30:27Z")
Meatloaf, the “that” song. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/52 "2009-12-05T07:35:56Z")
Does anyone know how many of these were actual hits or released as singles at their full length. I ask because only weeks ago I was playing Layla and the people listening had no idea that there was any long piano part because they had only heard the radio version. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/53 "2009-12-05T15:02:23Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Does anyone know how many of these were actual hits or released as singles at their full length. > > I ask because only weeks ago I was playing Layla and the people listening had no idea that there was any long piano part because they had only heard the radio version. My 45 of “Layla” is timed at 7:10. It’s a stock copy, though; the promo copies sent to radio stations may have included a shorter edit. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/54 "2009-12-05T22:32:15Z")
_removed warning about not being rock_ Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart. 8m31s. [Music Vid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-yP7mb8UE) ---
**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 5, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/55 "2009-12-05T22:46:00Z")
> [@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 forgot to mention: it’s available for listening on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/56 "2009-12-05T23:00:06Z")
**Loan Me A Dime** by Boz Scaggs with Duane Allman on guitar - 12:33 on the album version. I can only find it in 2 parts on Youtube and (sadly) not the original version. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eWyS5V05H7Q/hqdefault.jpg ""Loan Me A Dime" PT 1 - ABB w/Boz Scaggs 3/13/09") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWyS5V05H7Q) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/un4-IPJ1Peo/hqdefault.jpg ""Loan Me A Dime" PT 2 - ABB w/Boz Scaggs 3/13/09") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un4-IPJ1Peo) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/57 "2009-12-06T00:38:33Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Queen, The Prophet’s Song > > Wiki says ‘‘over eight minutes.’’ Best eight minutes _ever_. 8:21…at least, that’s what the copy I ripped from my CD times out at. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/58 "2009-12-06T02:27:19Z")
A favorite of my son’s: Green Day, _Jesus of Suburbia_ (9:08) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/59 "2009-12-06T03:38:56Z")
What? no mention of _Autobahn_ by Kraftwerk (22:49) - one of the classic “long songs” ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924/60 "2009-12-06T03:50:02Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > The Camera Eye - 11:01 I think this is a vastly underrated Rush song. I’ve always really liked it. Also, from the OP’s list, Floyd’s “Time” rates up there somewhere too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-long-rock-hit-song/519924.md?page=4)