The best long rock and pop songs
Keep it going
Most songs fit into a certain box. However, there are times when performers let everything go and the songs become iconic for their greatness and length. What are some of the best? Figure over 6-7 minutes or so…these are our picks.
Taylor Swift: "All Too Well" (Taylor's Version)
Song length: 10:13
The Rolling Stones: "Midnight Rambler"
Song length: 8:58 (longer live, of course)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"
Song length: 11-plus minutes
Iron Butterfly: "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida"
Song length: 17:05
Lynyrd Skynyrd: "Free Bird"
Song length: 9:08
The Temptations: "Papa Was a Rolling Stone"
Song length: 12:04 (album mix)
Allman Brothers Band: "Whipping Post"
Song length: 22:40 (live)
Guns N' Roses: "November Rain"
Song length: 8:57
Led Zeppelin: "Stairway to Heaven"
Song length: 7:55
Green Day: "Jesus of Suburbia"
Song length: 9:08
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: "Don't Come Around Here No More"
Song length: 13:52 (live)
Donna Summer: "Love to Love You Baby"
Song length: 16:49 (album)
Meat Loaf: "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"
Song length: 8:28
Queen: "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Song length: 5:55 (okay, okay, below the criteria; but it is epic!)
The Sugarhill Gang: "Rapper's Delight"
Song length: 14:35
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: "Kitty's Back"
Song length: 7:09 (album, more than twice that live)
Don McLean, "American Pie"
Song length: 8:42
