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Micco · 05-19-2015, 04:57 PM

When Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" made waves on the radio statioms in NY all 14 minutes of it were played on air, however I feel like nowadays that pretty much happen on mainstream radio stations, I'd say 5 minutes is the max for your song to still get airplay. If you are stuck on wanting a longer song and feeling that cutting it down will damage your track just keep the original on your album and release a single edit to send to stations. I can't count how many Funk and Soul artists did this with their cuts bringing 8-12 minute long songs down to around 3 for their single editions.

05-19-2015, 04:57 PM	#47 (permalink)
Micco Karaoke Crooner Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 170	When Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" made waves on the radio statioms in NY all 14 minutes of it were played on air, however I feel like nowadays that pretty much happen on mainstream radio stations, I'd say 5 minutes is the max for your song to still get airplay. If you are stuck on wanting a longer song and feeling that cutting it down will damage your track just keep the original on your album and release a single edit to send to stations. I can't count how many Funk and Soul artists did this with their cuts bringing 8-12 minute long songs down to around 3 for their single editions. __________________ Follow me on instagram @HipHopLand, #salute!