The longest song in the world (with words) to many people is Free Bird, estimated between 14-16 minutes long. this may not be a long song compared to many other songs(without words though), but it is very long...many people hate this song because it is so long...i think it is awesome.(listen to the vocals and there is sorta like a message it sends to you.)
In the world of Progressive Rock, there are many songs longer than this.
Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness clocks in at an hour
Chris Butler - The Devils Glitch racks up 69 minutes
Plus many more 20 minute+ songs...
The song that is playing when the guys are playing football in the mud in The Longest Yard remake from 2005 is Have You Ever Seen The Rain. The song was written by John Fogerty and recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1971.
Ron Burgundy's Jazz Flute song.
According to the World Records Academy the longest pop song is 'Apparente Libertà' by Giancarlo Ferrari. http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/arts/longest_Pop_Song-Apparente_Liberta_by_Giancarlo_Ferrari_sets_world_record_90235.htm
The 1976 hit 'Do You Feel Like We Do?' is Peter Frampton's longest recorded and released song. Depending on the version, it is between seven and nine minutes long.
The Baltimore Clipper Fight Song was written by a team: Win McDonnell did the words and Jack Martz did the music.
Their longest song, written by Panic! at the Disco, is When the Day Met the Night, their longest cover song is Bohemian Rhapsody, originally written by Queen.
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'Song Without Words' was written for piano.
I meant the long title of the song in Mary Poppins
The song that is playing when the guys are playing football in the mud in The Longest Yard remake from 2005 is Have You Ever Seen The Rain. The song was written by John Fogerty and recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1971.
The longest song on a studio album is In My Time Of Dying from Physical Graffiti but the longest live song is No Quarter from Destroyer.
The longest song ever in the USA was 75 minutes
The Longest Whale Song - novel - was created in 2010.
Lil' Wayne's song 1000 bars, it's a freestyle of a whole bunch of written lyrics-36 minutes.... i think?
50,000 words
The Mahabharata with 74,000 verses and about 1.8 million words. Written by Vyasa.
"When God Ran" written & recorded by Benny Hester - #1 for 13wks 1985-86