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Post by Panda on Sept 27, 2023 18:43:06 GMT 1
Songs were definitely short in the 60s. I feel they reached a peak in terms of length in the early 90s and now we're back to shorter songs being the norm again
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Post by Earl Purple on Sept 27, 2023 19:57:44 GMT 1
My reckoning then is that "Tall Paul" is the 2nd shortest hit to reach my top 40 with "Poobrador" the shortest, but this one that falls in between in length was a minor hit (#44) in my chart in 2002
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Post by Earl Purple on Sept 27, 2023 20:00:57 GMT 1
and I may as well post this video too
After Elvis Presley she was the most successful act in my chart in 1960, but her big hits that year were over 2 minutes long.
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Post by Panda on Sept 28, 2023 17:52:42 GMT 1
My most recent chart has a song that's 63 seconds long.
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Post by woz123 on Sept 28, 2023 20:23:26 GMT 1
UK Chart Shortest Songs
Top 200: Secs [Chart Entry #Peak] :19 Fridge - Lign [14-2-98 #178] :32 Brakes - Pick Up The Phone [2-10-04 #82] :38 Kanye West feat. Frank Ocean - Frank's Track [14-04-16 #168] :39 Jonny Trunk & Wisbey - The Ladies' Bras [1-9-07 #27] :45 Kanye West - I Love Kanye [14-04-16 #123] :51 The Muppets & Joanna Newsom - The Muppet Show Theme [25-2-12 #182] :51 The Wizard Of Oz Film Cast - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead [20-4-13 #2] :56 Frank Sidebottom - Guess Who's Been On Match Of The Day [17-7-10 #66] :56 K**ts - Boris Johnson Is A F**king C**t [31-12-20 #5] :56 Bo Burnham - Bezos I (Cut) [15-7-21 #44]
Top 40: 0:39 Jonny Trunk & Wisbey - The Ladies' Bras [1-9-07 #27] 0:51 The Wizard Of Oz Film Cast - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead [20-4-13 #2] 0:56 K**ts - Boris Johnson Is A F**king C**t [31-12-20 #5] 1:04 The Simpsons/Hans Zimmer - Spider-Pig [11-8-07 #23] 1:04 Matt Lucas - Thank You Baked Potato [16-4-20 #34] 1:05 K**ts - Boris Johnson Is STILL A F**king C**t [30-12-21 #5] 1:23 Green Day - The Simpsons Theme [4-8-07 #19] 1:23 Lil Yachty - Poland [27-10-22 #30] 1:28 Lil Mabu - Mathematical Disrespect [18-5-23 #27] 1:30 Liam Lynch - United States Of Whatever [7-12-02 #10]
Top 10: 0:51 The Wizard Of Oz Film Cast - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead [20-4-13 #2] 0:56 K**ts - Boris Johnson Is A F**king C**t [31-12-20 #5] 1:05 K**ts - Boris Johnson Is STILL A F**king C**t [30-12-21 #5] 1:30 Liam Lynch - United States Of Whatever [7-12-02 #10] 1:31 Elvis Presley - Party [5-10-57 #2 & 22-9-07 #14] 1:35 Adam Faith - What Do You Want [21-11-59 #1] 1:36 Pinkfong - Baby Shark [23-8-18 #6] 1:38 Central Cee - Doja [4-8-22 #2] 1:41 Patrick MacNee & Honor Blackman - Kinky Boots [1-12-90 #5] 1:43 Chuck Berry - Let It Rock [10-10-63 #6]
UK #1s: 1:35 Adam Faith - What Do You Want 04.12.59 1:45 Alma Cogan - Dreamboat 15.07.55 1:45 Adam Faith - Poor Me 10.03.60 1:49 Elvis Presley - I Got Stung (Double A Side with 'One Night') 30.01.59 & 22.01.05 1:50 Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire 10.01.58 1:51 Elvis Presley - Surrender 01.06.61 1:52 Russ Conway - Roulette 19.06.59 1:52 The Shadows - Kon-Tiki 05.10.61 1:53 Russ Conway - Side Saddle 27.03.59 1:53 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road 25.04.19
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Post by greendemon on Sept 29, 2023 10:05:30 GMT 1
8 of the songs on the new Blood Command album are less than a minute long
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Post by woz123 on Sept 29, 2023 21:27:55 GMT 1
Yearly Shortest Songs in UK Top 40
1952 = 2:01 Doris Day & Frankie Laine - Sugarbush 14/11/1952, #8 1953 = 1:32 Vivian Blaine - Bushel And A Peck 10/07/1953, #12 1954 = 2:03 Joan Regan & Johnston Brothers - Wait For Me Darling 05/11/1954, #18 1955 = 1:47 Alma Cogan - Dreamboat 27/05/1955, #1 1956 = 1:49 Winifred Atwell - Left Bank 20/07/1956, #14 1957 = 1:31 Elvis Presley - Party 04/10/1957, #2 1958 = 1:38 Charlie Gracie - Cool Baby 10/01/1958, #26 1959 = 1:35 Adam Faith - What Do You Want 20/11/1959, #1 1960 = 1:39 Marty Wilde - Little Girl 22/12/1960. #16 1961 = 1:34 Hayley Mills - Let's Get Together 19/10/1961, #17 1962 = 1:38 Iain Gregory - Can't You Hear The Beat Of A Broken Heart 04/01/1962, #39 1963 = 1:42 The Rolling Stones - I Wanna Be Your Man 14/11/1963, #12 1964 = 1:43 Doris Troy - Whatcha Gonna Do About It? 19/11/1964, #37 1965 = 1:43 Dave Clark Five - Everybody Knows (I Still Love You) 14/01/1965, #37 1966 = 1:45 Sandy Posey - Born A Woman 15/09/1966, #24 1967 = 1:46 Jim Reeves - Trying To Forget 26/07/1967, #33 1968 = 1:49 Buddy Holly - Rave On [Re-Issue] 03/04/1968, #32 1969 = 1:40 Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin - Sanctus (Missa Luba) 19/03/1969, #28 1970 = 2:04 Status Quo - Down The Dustpipe 02/05/1970, #12 1971 = 1:58 Elvis Presley - Rags To Riches 15/05/1971, #9 1972 = 2:02 B. Bumble & The Stingers - Nut Rocker [Re-Issue] 03/06/1972, #19 1973 = 2:11 Guy Darrell - I've Been Hurt 18/08/1973, #12 1974 = 2:01 Little Jimmy Osmond - I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door 23/03/1974, #11 1975 = 1:56 The Goodies - Sick-Man Blues [Double A Side with The Funky Gibbon] 15/03/1975, #4 1976 = 1:59 Rodger Collins - You Sexy Sugar Plum 03/04/1976, #22 1977 = 2:00 The Clash - White Riot 02/04/1977, #38 1978 = 1:49 The Buzzcocks - Love You More 15/07/1978, #34 1979 = 1:44 The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer 21/07/1979, #34 1980 = 1:54 Keith Michell - Wilfred The Weasel [Double A Side with Captain Beaky] 26/01/1980, #5 1981 = 1:52 The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer 03/10/1981, #24 1982 = 2:09 Prelude - After The Goldrush [Re-Recording] 22/05/1982, #28 1983 = 1:59 The Beatles - From Me To You [Re-Entry] 23/04/1983, #40 1984 = 2:09 The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing 01/09/1984, #17 1985 = 1:53 Simon May Orchestra - Howard's Way 19/10/1985, #21 1986 = 2:09 Sam Cooke - Wonderful World [Re-Issue] 22/03/1986, #2 1987 = 2:02 Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual [Re-Issue] 30/05/1987, #17 1988 = 1:55 The Primitives - Out Of Reach 30/04/1988, #25 1989 = 2:18 Dogs D'Amour - Satellite Kid 05/08/1989, #26 1990 = 1:41 Patrick MacNee & Honor Blackman - Kinky Boots 01/12/1990, #5 1991 = 1:57 Simon & Garfunkel - Seven O'Clock News/Silent Night 07/12/1991, #30 1992 = 1:40 The Lemonheads - Being Around [Double A Side with Mrs Robinson] 05/12/1992, #19 1993 = 2:09 The Sultans Of Ping F.C. - You Talk Too Much 09/01/1993, #26 1994 = 2:21 Elastica - Connection 22/10/1994, #17 1995 = 2:10 Robson & Jerome - I Believe 11/11/1995, #1 1996 = 1:50 Super Furry Animals - God! Show Me Magic 11/05/1996, #33 1997 = 1:55 The Offspring - All I Want 01/02/1997, #31 1998 = 1:46 Lilys - A Nanny In Manhattan 21/02/1998, #16 1999 = 2:13 Lolly - Rockin' Robin [Double A Side with Big Boys Don't Cry] 04/12/1999, #10 2000 = 1:59 Super Furry Animals - Do Or Die 29/01/2000, #20 2001 = 2:09 The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba 24/11/2001, #26 2002 = 1:30 Liam Lynch - United States Of Whatever 07/12/2002, #10 2003 = 2:02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Pin 05/07/2003, #29 2004 = 1:58 Elvis Presley - That's All Right 17/07/2004, #3 2005 = 1:49 Elvis Presley - I Got Stung [Double A Side with One Night] 22/01/2005, #1 2006 = 2:03 Babyshambles & Friends - Janie Jones (Strummerville) 11/11/2006, #17 2007 = 0:39 Jonny Trunk & Wisbey - The Ladies' Bras 06/10/2007, #27 2008 = 2:05 Mint Royale - Singing In The Rain 07/06/2008, #1 2009 = 1:59 Marmaduke Duke = Rubber Lover 02/05/2009, #12 2010 = 1:52 Glee Cast - It's My Life / Confessions Pt. II 20/02/2010, #14 2011 = 2:00 Swede Mason - Masterchef Synesthesia (Buttery Biscuit Base) 13/08/2011, #37 2012 = 2:28 Alex Day - Lady Godiva 14/04/2012, #15 2013 = 0:51 Wizard Of Oz Film Cast - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead 20/04/2013, #2 2014 = 2:17 Tom Odell - Real Love 15/11/2014, #7 2015 = 2:14 Justin Bieber - Mark My Words 26/11/2015, #33 2016 = 2:24 Zay Hilfiger x Zayion McCall - Juju On Dat Beat (TZ Anthem) 27/10/2016, #37 2017 = 1:59 XXXTentacion - Jocelyn Flores 07/09/2017, #39 2018 = 1:34 XXXTentacion - Bad 22/11/2018, #23 2019 = 1:46 Kanye West - Follow God 07/11/2019, #6 2020 = 0:56 The K*nts - Boris Johnson Is A F**king C**t 31/12/2020, #5 2021 = 1:05 The K*nts - Boris Johnson Is STILL A F**king C**t 30/12/2021, #5 2022 = 1:23 Lil Yachty - Poland 27/10/2022, #30 2023 = 1:28 Lil Mabu - Mathematical Disrespect 18/05/2023, #27
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Post by Earl Purple on Oct 3, 2023 12:38:53 GMT 1
I just made the list for 1950 in preparation for Time Machine, and I'm surprised there is only one song on this list of 66 songs that is shorter than 2 minutes (Play A Simple Melody by Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby, 1:35)
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