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In music, trends come and go, chart-toppers rise and fall—but every once in a while, an artist or a band does something that is completely untouchable. I’m talking about milestones that will never be shattered. For today’s episode, we’re tipping our hat to the Guinness Book of World Records and counting down the Top 10 greatest music records That Will Never Be Broken. From the Elton John that sold a record 33 million copies and was only performed one time… when it was recorded, and Elton it didn’t make a dime off it... to The Dark Side of the Moon that spent almost 20 years on the charts, to The Beatles who had 20 #1 hits in just 6 years, to Frank Sinatra, the only artist to have a hit song in 7 different decades. These are the most awesome feats ever. Get ready to have your mind blown… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.

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So the other day, my son walked up to me with a book order from school. He asked if he could order some books, and of course, it took me back to the early 80s when I was doing the same thing with my own dad. He said Dad, can I get the Guinness Book of World Records? It's really cool. My friend has one and it has all these cool facts like the tallest man and the oldest person, and of course, I said Buddy, I used to buy the Guinness book of world records every single year. It was a rite of passage for any child of the 80s, and apparently it still is! So we both got into a long discussion about Records and it got me thinking about the greatest records or feats in music history So I went down a rabbit hole of unbeatable record in music history so Here’s my own Guinness book of world records …a top 10 of the greatest record in music history that will never be topped.

For the #10 record, I’m going with the most words ever packed into a hit song. Now the previous record for this was Bob Dylan’ Subterranean Homesick Blues with 360 words. That record stood for over 20 years until REM blew it away with It’s the End of the World as we know it and I feel Fine which also happens to be one of the longest song titles ever. REM fit 600 words into a hit song in 1987, and that record stood for 26 years and then got obliterated by… Who else? A rapper. Back in 2013, Eminem released “Rap God”—a six-minute lyrical hurricane that nearly tripled REMS count with 1,560 words. Yeah, you heard me right. The lyrics in this one are delivered at warp speed. One stretch of the track even clocks in at 6.46 words per second, another record, and even more impressive, performed live without missing a beat. It was an elite showcase of breath control, pacing, and articulation.

Rap God isn’t just about density—it’s also about dexterity. Eminem fires off complex rhyme schemes, rapid internal rhymes, and tongue-twisting patterns that would leave anyone else gasping for breath before the first chorus. And yet, this wasn’t some underground mixtape—“Rap God” was a mainstream hit. The track peaked at #7 on the Hot 100 and went multi-platinum. And that’s what makes this record so untouchable—Rap God combined elite technical skill with some serious commercial success. Sure, there have been other high-word-count songs, but nothing on this level of precision and popularity.

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