no 1 song..

[squirelpoo]

what single has been at no 1, and has also been the longest ,in time, ( minutes)

[KingOpabinia]

Surely thats got to be Bohemium Rhapsidy?

[dr pop]

Length wise for the past eight and a bit
years the record holder has been All Around
The World by Oasis (nine minutes and 38 seconds)

[Mattk]

what about 'french kiss' by lil louis ?
went to number one when it was only available in 12" format and im almost certain it was longer than that !

always remember that song as it stopped in the middle leaving everyone just standing around on the dance floor twiddling their thumbs !

[littleoldme]

French Kiss didn't reach number one - it peaked at number 2. The correct answer is indeed All Around The World by Oasis.

[chewbacca]

Im pretty sure the longest number one on record is oasis,s Do you know what i mean! That is a massive 9 and a half mins long!!

[SC00BY]

Surely its got to be Meat Loaf. I would do anything for love (but I won't do that)

[jenstar]

And "All Around The World" was rubbish, wasn't it? While this is subjective, I wonder which number one was NATURALLY the longest - I mean, it just turned out that long, rather than being made artificially long in order to cynically create (what passes for) an "epic"?

[saintpeter48]

hey jude by the beatles was longest for years, then mcarthur park by richard harris was a long one as well, both number ones!

[gazzawazza]

McArthur Park only got to number 4.

[Disco Fever]

I was going to say "Oh Superman" by Laurie Anderson as it's at least 7 mins long but it only made it to #2....

[littleoldme]

Meat Loaf's I'd Do Anything For Love is longer in its full album version than All Around The World - nearly 12 minutes - but it was trimmed to a little under 8 minutes for its single release.

[supakev]

Longest single ever to reach the top 40 was "The Blue Room" by the Orb, at 39 minutes.