[ELI5] Why are most pop songs 3 minutes long?

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I’m listening right now to Gojira’s Flying Whales, this song is 07:46. Previously I listened to the Art of Dying which was 09:54. That got me thinking about this discrepancy between some metal songs and the pop available on the radio. Why is everything around 3 minutes long?

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Pays are per play of a song on a streaming service. Make songs short to get more plays in the same time, to get more pay.

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