5 Epic Songs That Broke the Rules and Became Huge Hits – Even at 7+ Minutes Long

Professor of Rock · Mar 17, 2025 · 26m

Back in the day if your song wasn’t under 4 minutes, it wouldn’t get played. In fact, if it was over 3 and half minutes it was a gamble. coming up next we are telling the stories of 5 songs that defied the odds and at over 7 minutes long made it to the Top 40. in fact a few of them became the biggest hits of the year they were released in. One by the Moody Blues may have invented prog rock and it was inspired by bed sheets. It failed when it was first released not even hitting the top 100 but then it went straight to the top of the charts 5 years later when a DJ played it so he could go take…