Too Long For Radio. . . . (never make it)

[bass12]

Isaac Hayes' full-length version of "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (18:42) and - from the same album - "Walk On By" (12:03).

 

[red_rhino]

John Cage's 4'33"...

Lasts four hours and 33 minutes when performed properly.

Yeah, I always mess it up right at 4:32:15 and have to start over.

 

[FatStringer52]

Vanilla Fudge - Eleanor Rigby
Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Rare Earth - Get Ready
Chicago - I'm a Man
The Allman Brothers Band - In Mermory of Elizabeth Reed
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You
Deep Purple - Child in Time

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

So I've got Funeral For A Friend, Like A Rolling Stone, American Pie, Dylan's Jokerman and Idiot Wind. The list goes on.

Do tell. . .

MacArthur Park, In a Gadda Da Vida

 

[Richland123]

Hey Jude - The Beatles (7:11)

 

[FatStringer52]

Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Vanilla Fudge - Season of the Witch
Prince - Purple Rain
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold

 

[Feral Feline]

Yeah, I always mess it up right at 4:32:15 and have to start over.

I'm lysdexic and always think it's taking forever and just tsop lpaying at 33 hours and 4 minutes...

 

[J-Bassomatic]

Steppenwolf - Monster (Album Version)
Not that there's any danger of it being played on the radio but Highlands by Bob Dylan is a masterpiece

 

[lancimouspitt]

Shine on you crazy diamond.

 

[BassBrass]

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. btw, I've never heard Earth or Sun O))) on the radio! We have college radio so I Know they probably have been played, like on No Commercial Potential WZBC, but I never personally heard it. the qualifying songs were on commercial radio usually in the 70s.

 

[tubedude]

I walk on golden splinters- Humble Pie
I'm your captain- Grand Funk Railroad
Since i've been loving you- Led Zeppelin
You're gonna need me- James Gang

Long songs don't fit the format of commercial pop radio. And irrespective of length, most good music won't see the airwaves anyway. Modern radio cultivates and markets pop crap devoid of musical content. Hence the explosion in popularity of streaming services.

 

[Richland123]

Radar Love - Golden Earring album version (6:26)
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring album version (7:58)
American Woman - The Guess Who album version (5:10)

 

[steamthief]

 

[Michedelic]

The entirety of James Brown’s “Cold Sweat”. That’s why it was cut into ‘Parts 1&2’. Too funky for just three minutes.
The Buzzcocks’ “I Believe”, a pretty lengthy epic for a band known for single length blasts of power pop punk perfection.

 

[Ric5]

 

[jhm2112]

I don’t understand this post. I’ve heard a ton of these songs on the radio. Are you talking about extended versions?

 

[Oberst]

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[Relsom]

This one just came to mind...
Traffic - Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys

 

[onamission]

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Trilogy - ELP
Aja - Steely Dan
Knocking at Your Back Door - Deep Purple
Angry Eyes - Loggins and Messina

 

[mcarp555]

"Hey Jude" by The Beatles

Hey Jude - The Beatles (7:11)

Innagaddadavida - Iron Butterfly.

"MacArthur Park" Richard Harris (written by Jimmy Webb).

MacArthur Park, In a Gadda Da Vida

I guess this thread is too long for some people as well.