Imovie Novice:background music on iphoto slideshow - help :/

It's my very first time using Imovie.. i have taken some photos that i want to upload to youtube/vimeo.... its a slideshow of 10 photos but i wanted to play a song in the background that about 3mins long..the song stops abruptly when the slideshow finishes after about 1 mins or so. How can i get the slideshow to go back to the start, freeze and then the rest of the song play out... ? Hmm.. which it what i think might work best.. any other suggestions how I can make this short slideshow work best..i really want to add music...
I'd really appreciate your help!!
big thanks.
Vx

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