Blue Room (The Orb song)

After a number of maxi-singles had been excluded from the UK Singles Chart (or like how Prince's "Gett Off" maxi-single ended up on the UK Albums Chart), the chart compilers Chart Information Network, decided to include a rule alongside the usual 25 minute maximum playing time, which allowed 'maxi singles' to run to 40 minutes if only one title was listed amongst the single's tracks. The Orb thus decided to record a 39:58 version of "Blue Room" for a special release, as there would be only one track on the single. The title "Blue Room" is a reference to the supposed Blue Room of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which was investigated as a possible UFO evidence-holding room. In addition to being the longest UK chart hit, "Blue Room" is also "possibly the most amelodic song ever to chart anywhere," according to Trouser Press. ==Top of the Pops performance==

The Orb caused controversy when appearing on Top of the Pops to promote the single. Instead of performing, Alex Paterson and Kris Weston, the latter holding a toy sheep, played a chess-like game whilst passing a globus cruciger back and forth. The performance had a profound impact on Robbie Williams, then a member of Take That, who later declared "that Top of the Pops changed my life". ==Track listings==

UK CD1 • "Blue Room" – 39:58 UK CD2 • "Blue Room" (radio 7) – 4:08 • "Blue Room" (excerpt 605) – 5:58 • "Towers of Dub" (Mad Professor remix) – 14:51 UK 12-inch and cassette single • "Blue Room" (part 1) – 18:45 • "Blue Room" (part 2) – 19:01 US 12-inch single :A1. "Blue Room" (Frank de Wulf remix) – 7:37 :A2. "Blue Room" (excerpt 606) – 10:00 :B1. "Assassin" (Oasis of Rhythms mix) – 15:17 European maxi-CD single • "Blue Room" (radio 7) – 4:08 • "Blue Room" – 39:58 • "Blue Room" (excerpt 605) – 5:58 • "Towers of Dub" (Mad Professor remix) – 14:51 ==Charts==