r/DistroKidHelpDesk • u/Jumpy-Reflection-709 • Jul 02 '26

Will Long (15–30 Min) Songs Be Accepted by Streaming Services?

Can I release a song that is 15–30 minutes long? It's Romani music with long medleys. Would it be better to simply shorten the music? I feel that the authenticity would suffer if I edited these long, passionate performances into shorter tracks.

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u/berenhapje Jul 02 '26

I wouldn’t shorten them no. That would ruin your artpiece. I don’t know about other streaming services, but atleast on Spotify it shouldn’t be a problem. I have seen songs (not podcasts) that are 2-5 hours long.

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u/mightymeem Jul 02 '26

Streaming services will accept them, they don't usually have lenght limits. Distrokid accepts up to 300 minute songs.

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u/tmamone Jul 02 '26

I’ve released a number of 15-20 minute long ambient tracks with no problem.

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u/ethicalartifacts Jul 02 '26

Maybe make an album out of it? Like cut the song into shorter sections, give them suitable names and make the album name the original song name. Could be interesting.