Top 10 Songs Thought to Be Too Long to Get Radio Play

The Top Ten

1 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Back then people thought it was too long because they had not heard Dream Theater songs yet, LOL

2 Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues

3 Layla - Derek & The Dominos

4 American Pie - Don McLean

5 The Final Countdown - Europe

6 In-A-gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

Wow, this practice sounds funny and sad at the same time - DJ's bathroom breaks were the best use of a song with a supposed title "In the Garden of Eden"...

It was standard practice for DJ's to put his on whenever they needed a bathroom break or "other" extended absence from the broadcast booth.

7 The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

8 The End - The Doors

9 Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

You need the full nine minutes every time. Oh, how I hate radio edits!

10 Paranoid Android - Radiohead

The Contenders

11 Echoes - Pink Floyd

12 Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John

13 This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy

14 Foreplay / Long Time - Boston

15 Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" had to be shortened for radio play. Tyler did not believe that the song was radio-friendly at its full length; the song was reduced from seven minutes and two seconds to four minutes and thirty seconds." - wiki

16 El Paso - Marty Robbins

The full song is 4:38 long, so Columbia Records issued a promo 45 with both the full version and an edited version. Almost everyone preferred the full version, and it became a #1 hit on both the pop and the country & western charts.

17 Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands - Bob Dylan

18 Desolation Row - Bob Dylan

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