As fans, we get to hear the artist's final product after all their hard work in the studio.

Just how long it took for a song to be finished depends on a myriad of factors and, like any labor of love, there are lots of things that can go wrong or make the task more difficult. Making and recording music is, after all, as much a logistical process as it is a creative one.

In the below list, we've gathered up 20 Iconic Rock Songs and How Many Takes It Took to Record Them. Some, you'll notice, took far less time than others.

We should clarify for those unfamiliar with the recording process: a song is often broken up into parts to be recorded separately. As studio technology evolved through the '60s, '70s and '80s, artists found themselves able to be more precise with their takes so as to ach

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