Their 6 minute song . . .
"The March of the Black Queen"
shareThe issue wasn't that Bohemian Rhapsody was 6 minutes long, it was that it was 6 minutes long and the band wanted it to be the single. Radio stations wouldn't play anything over 3 minutes back then.
shareThat’s not completely true. The full version of The Doors’ Light My Fire got airplay on some stations; but it’s true that songs over 3 minutes did not get as much radio exposure as short songs.
shareSome songs had radio edits. In-a-gadda-da-vita was edited down to just under 3 minutes. So was Thick as a Brick.
shareYessss, did not like them either, it just made me want to go home and listen to the true song! lol
Cutting In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida down to 3 minutes is like trying to cram an African elephant into a steamer trunk.
shareDidn't the full version of American Pie also get played on the radio?
shareYes it did, on stations that used the Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) format.
shareYes, "American Pie" got frequent full-length play on the radio. Around 1971, it seemed to be on about twice an hour, and went on (so it seemed) for about fifteen minutes. Same with "MacArthur Park".
shareTrue that, love Santana!
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