Awesome! These Songs Are The Longest in The World, Check Their Duration

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FEMUSINDO.com - Many songs that we often hear have an average duration of only around 3-5 minutes or even more per song. 

However, it turns out that there are some songs that last for hours or even years.

How come? So curious. Yes, they do exist. Citing several sources, Femusindo.com recorded the longest songs in the world.

The longest song in the world is called Longplayer. The longest song in history was created by a British musician, Jem Finer.

Uniquely, this song is believed to continue playing for 1,000 years, starting at midnight on December 31, 1999.

The music was created with a simple idea inspired by six short musical works then produced an unlimited composition until December 31, 2999.

The song consists of various melodies and sounds composed by Finer using a computer algorithm, even Longplayer is also a mobile application.

Ironically, the song was played in a high and narrow place, namely at the Trinity Buoy Wharf lighthouse, London, where for more than 100 years, lighthouse keepers were on duty.

In addition, some of the longest songs in the world are the song by composer Richard Wagner entitled The Ring Cycle which took 26 years to complete.

Next, Shri Ram Charit Manas which comes from India. This song is based on a 16th-century poem of the same name, which contains more than 15,000 verses in the Awadhi language.

Then, the song by Earthena entitled Symphony of the Crown which lasts 48 hours, 38 seconds. This song took about 1 year to compose and was released on October 1, 2021 in Canada.

Next, the song by The Flaming Lips entitled 7 Skies H3, a band from the United States, which lasts 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Apparente Liberta is the longest pop song in the world ever recorded, with a duration of 1 hour 16 minutes. (*)