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* "The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side" by The Magnetic Fields ends in a series of "ride"s of increasingly long duration. They go up in pitch as well.
* In ''[[Vampire Musicals|Dance of the Vampires]]'', Michael Crawford held a note at the end of Act I for a very long time, as he was escorting his bride across the drawbridge into his castle. (Though it was pre-recorded, not actually performed live).
* [[Judas Priest]]: [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|CAN'T! STOP! THE! PAIN!KILL!ER................................................................................................]] (Almost 20 seconds. Have fun with that on ''[[Rock Band]] 2''.) {{spoiler|PAIN!}}
* The [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] series has a [[Goldfinger|long]], ''[[Thunderball|long]]'', '''[[Tomorrow Never Dies|long]]''' love affair with this trope. See exhibits [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MagCoUYvIXE A], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTaLhbNQ34o B], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyMH6q5Fq4w C] for more details.
* "Dim All the Lights" by [[Donna Summer]] once held (and may still?) the record for the longest note held in an American Top 40 pop hit.
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** And then he cranks it [[Up to Eleven]] with Break The Vase, which contains THREE incredibly long notes in the ending.
* [[Counting Crows]] did this in the song "Sullivan Street."
* [[Disturbed|TEN THOUSAND FISTS IN THE AAAI~AIII...]][[Singing Simlish|AII-III-II]] [[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|AII~IIIR!]] [[Heavy Metal/Awesome Music|TEN THOUSAND FISTS IN THE AIR!!]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKjIo80mKE Especially so when played live].
* [[Evanescence|Bring me to Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffe]]
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