The answer, checked October 2026
The longest song ever is138:41:20
Shri Ramcharitmanas, sung by Dr Jagadeesh Pillai, runs 138 h 41 min 20 s. That’s 5 days 18 h 41 min 20 s. Guinness World Records lists it as the longest officially released song (12 April 2023, Varanasi, India).
- What
- Longest officially released song
- Who
- Dr Jagadeesh Pillai
- Length
- 138:41:20
- When
- 12 April 2023
- Where
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
The longest songs, side by side
- Shri RamcharitmanasDr Jagadeesh Pillai138:41:20
- The Pocket Gods’ 115-hour songMark Christopher Lee and The Pocket Gods115:45:00
- Symphony of the CrownEarthena (Tharaneetharan Dhanayarajan)48:39:35
- The Noise Militia (#38/76)Steve Lieberman (“The Gangsta Rabbi”)35:41:09
- Canto V – Meditation on Wage Labor and the Death of the AlbumTerre Thaemlitz29:40:31
- 7 Skies H3The Flaming Lips24:00:00
- 9 Beet StretchLeif Inge24:00:00
- Every Purrple Cat song, back to backPurrple Cat23:36:24
- Sonata Fantasy, The Book of MomentsLiu Ji18:00:00
- The Rise and Fall of Bossanova (A 13:23:32 Song)P C III (Pipe Choir Three)13:23:32
- SleepMax Richter8:24:21
- I Found a Star on the GroundThe Flaming Lips6:00:00
- The Well-Tuned Piano 81 X 25La Monte Young5:01:09
- The Things They Did for Me Out of LoveYeule4:44:00
- In The GardenP C III3:01:50
- The ScripturesLove Hope Strength Foundation1:43:40
- Zwei JahrePhrasenmäher1:30:10
- Apparente LibertàGiancarlo Ferrari1:16:44
- The Devil GlitchChris Butler1:09:00
- DopesmokerSleep1:03:31
Every recording of an hour or more, drawn to one linear scale. Shorter famous long songs, like the 10-minute No. 1, are on the records page.
Your turn
Can’t spare 138 hours? Try 23.
Every Purrple Cat song, 510 songs from 107 releases, back to back. It plays from Up All Night (December 2018) to the newest album, then starts over. Or shuffle it. The clock counts how long you’ve listened.
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510songs
107releases since December 2018
2:46average song length
5.9×times through every Purrple Cat song to match Shri Ramcharitmanas
4:32longest Purrple Cat song: Please Hold Me
1:08shortest: Up All Night
Questions people ask
- What is the longest song ever?
- According to Guinness World Records, the longest officially released song is Shri Ramcharitmanas by Dr Jagadeesh Pillai: 138 h 41 min 20 s (5 days 18 h 41 min 20 s), achieved in Varanasi, India, on 12 April 2023.
- What was the longest song before that?
- Guinness has listed seven holders before it. In order: Zwei Jahre by Phrasenmäher (1:30:10, 10 January 2014); The Scriptures by the Love Hope Strength Foundation (1:43:40, 24 October 2014); In The Garden by P C III (3:01:50, 16 August 2015); P C III’s The Rise and Fall of Bossanova (13:23:32, 1 November 2016), which held it until 2020; The Noise Militia (#38/76) by Steve Lieberman (35:41:09, 3 December 2020); Symphony of the Crown by Earthena (48:39:35, 1 October 2021); and the 115-hour-45-minute song by Mark Christopher Lee and The Pocket Gods (1 December 2021).
- What is the longest song to reach No. 1?
- Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)”, at 10 min 13 s, topped the Billboard Hot 100 on 27 November 2021. It beat Don McLean’s 8 min 37 s “American Pie”.
- Is there a song that is still playing?
- Yes. John Cage’s Organ²/ASLSP has been playing on an organ in Halberstadt, Germany since 5 September 2001 and is scheduled to end on 5 September 2640. Longplayer, a 1,000-year composition by Jem Finer, has been playing since 1 January 2000.
- How long would it take to listen to every Purrple Cat song?
- Every Purrple Cat song, played back to back, adds up to 23 h 36 min 24 s. The endless player on this page plays all 510 of them in release order, starting with Up All Night (2018), or shuffled.
- Can I use the music in my videos?
- Yes, the Self Releases. Purrple Cat Self Releases are free under CC BY 4.0 on social media and livestreams with the credit “Music by Purrple Cat”. Never re-upload them to music streaming services and never register them in Content ID. Songs from label releases, compilations and other artists’ releases are here to listen to only. They aren’t Self Releases, so CC BY 4.0 doesn’t cover them.
- Who is Purrple Cat?
- Purrple Cat is a solo lofi project that started in December 2018. Produced 500+ songs with 500+ million streams and 425K followers. Featured in Disney, League of Legends & Rocket League.
