Great 'singles' between 6 and 7 minutes long

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There's a lot of great sub-6min songs, right, and a lot of overwrought but classic over 7 minute songs. But there's this dead zone in between! If a pop group is making an over-6 track they better have a good reason, right! This is an easy one if you've got all your stuff as MP3s of course. The only rule is that the song has to be relatively friendly, ie no field recordings tacked on the end or Mahavishnu Orchestra songs.

Bonus Statistics:
# of Peter Gabriel songs that showed up in this Smart Playlist: 15
Number of XTC songs I couldn't include since they were long because of a godawful "rap" in the middle: 1

Just a sample:

Built to Spill: Randy Described Eternity [6:05]
Squeeze: Black Coffee in Bed [6:07]
Peter Gabriel: Lay Your Hands on Me [6:09]
Radiohead: Paranoid Android [6:23]
Faith No More: King For a Day [6:35]
Wilco: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart [6:56]
Jim O'Rourke: Get a Room [6:57]
My Bloody Valentine: Soon [6:58]

― caspar (caspar), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

hey jude, of course

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hey Jude" is above 7 minutes (would have been a better record had 3 minutes been edited away at the end though).

"Like a Rolling Stone", however, is one of those canonical classics that clearly belong here.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Pulp : This Is Hardcore 6:26

― Shooz (shooz), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Elton John-Tiny Dancer 6:06

― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I have seen "Bohemian Rhapsody" clock in at 6.00 in some CDs. However, in others, it is just 5.58 or something.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Errr... an awful lot of dance tracks.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

i always had a soft spot for 'Whatever' by Oasis.

― Hari Ashurst (Toaster), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Alba: mostly looking for pop/verse-chorus-bridge tracks

― caspar (caspar), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

If memory serves, "Why Can't I Touch It?" (Buzzcocks) is exactly 6:30.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - "Together In Electric Dreams" 6:25
The Gap Band - "Early In The Morning" 6:31 (I suspect a lot of funk that charted fits into this category)
Tears For Fears - "Shout" 6:33
Belle & Sebastian - "Stay Loose" and a few others
Wham! - "Wham Rap" 6:41 (though the single mix was much shorter)
The Smiths - "How Soon Is Now?" 6:43

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Prince - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (Comes in at 6:29 on Sign 'O' the Times, though the radio edit is only 3:40)

Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child) 6:13

― Gregory T (tubesocks), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:26 (twenty-one years ago)

The radio edit and live versions of "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" far outshine the album version. I put the latter on a mixtape once and it *killed* the momentum.

Other suggestions:

Tears for Fears, "The Seeds of Love"

Bon Jovi, "Bed of Roses" (their last Top 10 hit and only good power ballad)

Bran Van 3000, "Astounded"

Wilco + Billy Bragg, "Remember the Mountain Bed" (is the title right?)

Raspberries, "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" (I think it goes on this long)

Wham!, "Careless Whisper" (cheezy but still effective after all these years)

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:55 (twenty-one years ago)

These are all pretty great verse-chorus-bridge tracks.

Peter Gabriel's 'Mercy Street' (6:22) and 'Don't Give Up' (6:33)
All Saints - 'Never Ever' (6.24)
Belle & Sebastian's 'Stay Loose' (6:41) and 'Your Cover's Blown' (6:03)
Mike Scott - 'Long Way To The Light' (6:32)
The Delgados - 'No Danger' (6:32)
Jeff Buckley - 'Hallelujah' (6:53)
The Kinks - 'Australia' (6:47)
Gene Clark - 'Strength Of Strings' (6.33)
The Kingsbury Manx - 'Silver Trees' (6:45)
The The - 'Uncertain Smile' (6:52)
Sonic Youth 'Teen Age Riot' (6:59)
The Wedding Present's best song - 'Octopussy' (6:21)
Television's best song - 'The Dream's Dream' (6:31)
Maybe the Pet Shop Boys' best song - 'Left To My Own Devices' (6:20)
Maybe the Smiths' best song - 'The Queen Is Dead' (6.24)

and maybe the best song of all:

Al Green 'How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?' (6.25)

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

"Sugar Kane," Sonic Youth (6:00)
"Wanna Be Starting Something," Michael Jackson (6:03)
"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough," Michael Jackson (6:06)
"Roses," Outkast (6:09)
"Everyday is Halloween," Ministry (6:22)
"Last Exit," Junior Boys (6:34)
"Isn't She Lovely," Stevie Wonder (6:34)
"The Humpty Dance," Digital Underground (6:34)
"Rock Lobster," B-52s (6:51)
"Expressway to Yr Skull," Sonic Youth (6:54)

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 11 November 2004 06:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hotel California" isn't all that bad.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 11 November 2004 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I've had a rough night, and I hate the fucking Eagles, man ...
(which movie?)

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Thursday, 11 November 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hey Jude" better without the long fadeout?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cor, our Hongro's a right Nordic nutbag, isn't he?

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 11 November 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Jeez, is there no sense of history here? The original "long" single was the album version of The Doors'"Light My Fire", at 6:50. Not my personal fave, but it effing changed the world.

― Vornado (Vornado), Thursday, 11 November 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)

The Electrician - Walker Brothers (6:10)

― Jonathan Z. (Joanthan Z.), Thursday, 11 November 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Tori Amos - Hey Jupiter (Dakota version) (I have no idea why the radio version of this song was a minute longer than the album version, but there you go)
JC Chasez - All Day Long I Dream About Sex

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 11 November 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"Paranoid Android" - Radiohead, 6:23.

The movie quote is from the mighty Big Lebowski.

― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 11 November 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

"Hey Jude" certainly would be better without the last three minutes. I mean, the song itself is a quite nice melodic ballad, typical of McCartney's ballad style at its best, and it has deservedly become part of the songbook "canon".

Those boring and repetitive sequences towards the end are dragging the entire thing down a lot though.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 11 November 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Funky 4 + 1 "That's the Joint" 6:12

― Not That Chuck, Thursday, 11 November 2004 16:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, how long is the Optikonfusion mix of Acen's "Close Your Eyes"? Because even though it's a dance track it still broadly follows a verse-chorus-bridge pattern.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:01 (twenty-one years ago)

bob hund - min trampolin
guns n'roses - paradise city
bdp - love's gonna get 'cha (material love)
d'angelo - cruisin
ol' dirty bastard - harlem world
madonna - frozen
sly & the family stone - don't call me nigger, whitey

― Kornél Kovács (Kornél Kovács), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

PiL - Rise
Psychedelic Furs - India (depending on how essential you think the intro is)
Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
New Order - Crystal

― anode (anode), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:35 (twenty-one years ago)

The version of 'Rock Your Baby' by George McCrae that I have is six minutes twenty. Pretty damned lush.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 11 November 2004 20:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Alba: mostly looking for pop/verse-chorus-bridge tracks

Then, explain the inclusion of "Soon" in your list...

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I believe "Leave it All Behind" by Ride is at least 7 mins. long and was released as a single.

Isn't "Jesus of Suburbia" by Green Day like 7 mins. long too?

― tk, Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"Mother of Pearl," Roxy Music (6:50) (not very v-c-v, tho)

― Sean Thomas (sgthomas), Thursday, 11 November 2004 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Quad City DJ's - C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Michael Jackson - You Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Tool - Aenema
Tool - Schism
Eminem - Stan

― billstevejim, Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Styx - Come Sail Away (6:05)
Elvis Costello - Tokyo Storm Warning (6:23)
Fleetwood Mac - Sara (6:26)
Rod Stewart - It's All Over Now (6:26)
George Michael - Freedom '90 (6:29)

― John Fredland (jfredland), Thursday, 11 November 2004 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" wasn't edited for single release like "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and "Thriller" were?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 11 November 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Metallica: Nothing Else Matters

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 11 November 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Glad Light My Fire was mentioned: Just dues
L.A. Woman was near that mark lengthwise too.

MacArthur Park?
Layla?
Won't Get Fooled Again?

Sorry, I'm too tired to go and look them up.

I think Hey Jude had just the right # of refrains.

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Leonard Cohen "The Future" 6.40
The Isley Bros "Summer Breeze" 6.16
David Bowie ""Heroes"" 6.09
Rod Stewart "The Killing Of Georgie (Parts I & II)" 6.29
Noel Coward "I'll Follow The Secret Heart" 6.18
Labi Siffre "I Got The" 6.33
Bonnie Tyler "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" 6.58
Sly & The Family Stone "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" 6.02
Guns N Roses "Paradise City" 6.44
Akasha "Sweet Child O' Mine" 6.10
The B52s "Rock Lobster" 6.48
Nina Simone "Young, Gifted And Black" 6.21
The Rolling Stones "Sympathy For The Devil" 6.23
Tears For Fears "Woman In Chains" 6.28
PiL "Rise" 6.16
Soul II Soul "Keep On Movin'" 6.01
Iron Maiden "Two Minutes To Midnight" 6.03
Stevie Ray Vaughan "Little Wing" 6.50
Laurie Anderson "Big Science" 6.24
George Michael "Freedom 90" 6.31
Bob Dylan "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" 6.51
Billie Holiday "Embraceable You" 6.49
4 Hero "Mr Kirk's Nightmare" 6.20
Afroman "She Won't Let Me Fuck" 6.01
Marianne Faithfull "Why D'Ya Do It?" 6.47
Tom Waits "Tom Traubert's Blues" 6.38
Spiritualized"Broken Heart" 6.38
The Specials "Too Much Too Young" 6.07
Thomas Kran "Din Daa Daa" 6.07
Bob Dylan "Like A Rolling Stone" 6.09

and solely to annoy Marcello

Trouble Funk "Drop The Bomb" 6.59

― Acme (acme), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Killing Joke's 'Love Like Blood' and the Chameleons 'Swamp Thing' are both around that sort of length, but I really can't remember if they were edited down for the singles or not.

― Jah Rasta Four-Eyes (NickB), Tuesday, 23 November 2004 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Felt's "Primitive Painters" clocks in at 6:02. Just over the bar!

― Bill A, Tuesday, 23 November 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

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