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by Gary E. Andrews - 10/19/26 10:48 PM
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Kimberly,
Up until the mid 60's, most songs were in the 2:30 region. Most Early Beatles songs were just that. The drug era and long playing records expanded a bit until the mid 70's, where things started going back to where they were.
The mainstream record and radio business very rarely will play anything past 3:30. The closer on the 3:00 side you get the better you will do. In the case of established artists some times songs are a bit longer and sometimes you will have a song on the charts for a while leading people to think that they are all getting longer. They are actually getting shorter.
If you are in the 4 minute range, you should pretty much eject that one or keep cutting. Newbies are getting about a verse/chorus max. So you are looking more at a minute for a yes or no.
Do we have shorter or longer attention spans?
MAB
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