The longest I remember was "O Superman" by Laurie Anderson.
2006-10-31 21:49:19 · 17 answers · asked by Vernix Lanugo 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The Orb's 1992 hit "Blue Room" had a duration of 39 minutes and 58 seconds, two seconds shorter than the maximum permitted for a single under chart rules. There was, however, a second CD available which that featured shorter mixes.
Longest Top 40 track not to have a shortened version on sale is also the Number One with the longest running-time; Oasis' "All Around The World" (1998). It has a duration of 9 minutes 38 seconds.
The longest 7" A-side - and available in only that format - was "Inside Looking Out" by Grand Funk Railroad. It is 9 mins 31 secs long and scraped into the Top 40 at no. 40 in Feb 1971.
The first Number 1 to have a playing time of more than four minutes was Harry Belafonte's "Mary's Boy Child" (1957; 4 mins 12 secs).
2006-10-31 22:40:28 · answer #1 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a feeling it was something like 'Do they know it's Christmas?', you know, one of the Live Aid songs. The longest running number one in the UK was 'Everything I do I do it for you' by Brian Adams - 16 weeks, I think, closely follwed by 'Love is all around' by Wet Wet Wet at 14 weeks, if I remember rightly. God, I hate those songs now!
Or do you mean the longest playing? In which case I haven't a clue.
2006-10-31 21:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a bit of an old duffer at 52, I believe the longest TIMED single ever was the Beatles "Hey Jude" from 1968 which droned on and on forever! Great at the time of course! I'll be humming the chorus all day now thanks to this!
2006-10-31 22:44:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Led Zeppelin- Stairway to heaven or Guns N Roses- November Rain
2006-10-31 22:03:37 · answer #4 · answered by carshalton70 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey Jude- Beatles
2006-10-31 21:52:56 · answer #5 · answered by Fonzie T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it may have been "Now that is what I call music 23" it had 34 top 40 hits and was not a greatest hits two seconds on google got the answer Most Top 40 Singles from an album by a single artist (8) Come on Over (1997) by Shania Twain "Love Gets Me Every Time" (#25); "Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)" (#20); "You're Still the One" (#2); "From This Moment On" (#4); "That Don't Impress Me Much" (#7); "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" (#3); "You've Got a Way" (#39); "Come on Over" (#35); And for the record Most Top 10 Singles from an album (7) Thriller (1982) by Michael Jackson "The Girl Is Mine" (#2); "Billie Jean" (#1); "Beat It" (#1); "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (#5); "Human Nature" (#7); "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (#10); "Thriller" (#4); Born in the U.S.A. (1984) by Bruce Springsteen "Dancing in the Dark" (#2); "Cover Me" (#7); "Born in the U.S.A." (#9); "I'm on Fire" (#6); "Glory Days" (#5); "I'm Goin' Down" (#9); "My Hometown" (#6); Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) by Janet Jackson "Miss You Much" (#1); "Rhythm Nation" (#2); "Escapade" (#1); "Alright" (#4); "Come Back to Me" (#2); "Black Cat" (#1); "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (#1); and to finish off Most #1 Singles from an album (5) Bad (1987) by Michael Jackson "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"; "Bad"; "The Way You Make Me Feel"; "Man in the Mirror"; "Dirty Diana";
2016-05-23 01:14:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was something by King Crimson in the seventies. I cant remember the title but its nearly 20 minutes long.
2006-10-31 21:58:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do yo mean longest number one well that was bryan Adams Everything i do
longest song was Meatloaf i will do anything for love that was just under 8 min
2006-10-31 22:09:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bryan Adams "Everything I Do....." - a long song with the longest stay at No1.
2006-11-01 06:52:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Radiohead's Paranoid Android was pretty long. Over seven minutes if i remember rightly.
2006-10-31 21:52:53 · answer #10 · answered by bluenose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋