Top 10 Best Songs 7 Minutes and Longer

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Stargazer - Rainbow

For a long time, this was my favorite song of all time. It's still up there.

This is an epic masterpiece.

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Easily, together with Battery, Disposable Heroes, and Damage, Inc., their four best songs ever.
For fifth, I have a problem, since on RtL I like For Whom the Bell Tolls the most, but the riffs still sound too Sabbath-ish to me. Very simple, almost amateurish.
Master of Puppets wins on all counts in their entire catalogue. It stands head and shoulders above anything recorded in all metal genres, along with the best Death albums, Time Does Not Heal, and the first two classic Testament albums, plus others who have at least three instant-classic studio releases that already stood, or will stand, the test of time for sure: Iron Maiden (Powerslave, BNW, AMOLAD), Fates Warning (A Pleasant Shade of Gray, Disconnected, Darkness in a Different Light), Dream Theater (SFAM, Train of Thought, because of SL), and Judas Priest (Sad Wings of Destiny, Screaming for Vengeance, Painkiller).
We'll see how Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction, and Endgame, and Still Life, Blackwater Park, and Ghost Reveries survive an uncompromising test of time. I wish that they would age with the grace of the phenomenal creations In the Court of the Crimson King, Abbey Road, The Dark Side of the Moon, and Wish You Were Here.

November Rain - Guns N' Roses

Child in Time - Deep Purple

Beautiful song that slowly increases in intensity as it reaches a guitar solo climax, then falls again and increases in intensity a second time to finish with an epic outro. One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

Child in Time is amazing. A true masterpiece. Way better than Stairway to Heaven, which is one of the most overrated songs on the list, except for maybe November Rain.

Layla - Derek and the Dominos

"Perfection." - Michael Fassbender

Alive - X Japan

One - Metallica

Ridiculously awesome in every way possible. I love the lyrics too.

Jesus of Suburbia - Green Day

Best song ever. Meaningful lyrics, great band. This is probably the best song Green Day ever wrote.

Definitely up there with Stairway to Heaven and Free Bird.

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Street Player - Chicago

The full version of Chicago's cover of Street Player by Rufus & Chaka Khan was 9 minutes 11 seconds long while the radio edit was only 4 minutes 54 seconds. This makes it their longest song to this day.

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