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The "Stars on 45 Medley" was a song issued in 1981 by the studio group on June 20, 1981. It is (to date) the longest titled song to ever chart in ''Billboard'', and is subsequently known by the shorter nickname, "Stars on 45 Medley". The reason for the long title was copyright requirements for the use of The Beatles ' songs. The origin of the single is the Netherlands where numerous bootleg Disco singles were floating around and Willem Van Kooten , the owner of one of the copyrights, decided to make a similar, legitimate record. He found singers who sounded similar to John Lennon and Paul McCartney and decided to make the single focus on The Beatles. The original version was a full album side (and appeared on the Stars on 45's first album, '' Stars On Long Play ''), then a 45 version was also released. SONGS
The album version of the song moved "Venus" and "Sugar Sugar" to Side Two into a different medley, and added several more Beatles songs for a total length of about 15 minues. REFERENCE
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