Songs over six minutes long
The gist
Bob Dylan released six-minute single Like a Rolling Stone in July 1965, over twice most singles' length.
Long songs keep resurfacing, from Bohemian Rhapsody to Rolling Stone's 21st-century picks.
How it unfolded
- Jul 1965Bob Dylan released "Like a Rolling Stone," six minutes long and more than twice the length of nearly every other single at the time; Columbia Records issued it as a 45 RPM single.
- Aug 1965Dylan's album "Highway 61 Revisited" came out and climbed to number 3 in the U.S.
- 1975Queen released "Bohemian Rhapsody"; critics called it a "brazen hodgepodge."