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
- 7 Skies H3The Flaming Lips24:00:00
- Every Purrple Cat Self Release, back to backPurrple Cat17:00:09
- The Rise and Fall of Bossanova (A 13:23:32 Song)P C III (Pipe Choir Three)13:23:32
- All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor’s Version)Taylor Swift0:10:13
Bars are drawn to one linear scale, so the 10-minute No. 1 is barely a sliver next to the record.
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Every Purrple Cat Self Release, 366 songs from 36 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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36releases since December 2018
2:47average song length
8.2×times through the playlist 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 previously listed a 115-hour-45-minute song by Mark Christopher Lee and The Pocket Gods (1 December 2021). Before that, P C III’s The Rise and Fall of Bossanova (13:23:32, released 1 November 2016) held the record from 2016 to 2020.
- 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 Self Release?
- All 366 Purrple Cat Self Release songs add up to 17 h 0 min 9 s back to back. That’s based on the real length of every track. The endless player on this page plays them all in release order, starting with Up All Night (2018), or shuffled.
- Can I use the music in my videos?
- Yes. 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.
- 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.
