Shortest song ?

I've had a deep fascination with song lenghts for as long as I can remember

So... shortest song you've ever heard?

Bonus points if it's a full song as opposed to an album intro or intermission

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13 Comments

Kryptkravler@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 215d (1 reply)

It must be Napalm Death - You Suffer.

SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d

I was hoping this one would make an appearance in this thread!

Pronell@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 215d (1 reply)

Shortest actual song that comes to mind is They Might Be Giants with Minimum Wage, 46 seconds.

Even within the same band there's Fingertips from the album Apollo 18, which is a something like 20 tracks that total a bit over 4 minutes. That calls into question what a song truly is, though, as these would qualify as snippets but not songs in my mind.

If a snippet isn't and a jingle is, where's the line in the sand?

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 214d

Fingertips always felt like songs they started but couldn't finish. They could make a record of those fleshed out and it would be great.

anticonnor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 215d

Supernova’s album “Ages 3 & Up” from 1995 is full of short songs.

Whimsical418@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 214d

This one may not be a 'serious' answer, but "a world on fire" by Bo Burnham is quite short. https://youtu.be/1ws33f6qys4

phant@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 214d

I was gonna say the intros and interludes in the Modest Mouse Good News album are very short, but hard to call them songs per se. Dig Your Grave is 13 seconds of mumbling 'something about diggin' and 'i hope that youre dead'...

The Beatles song Her Majesty is ~23 seconds and feels like a complete song. Crazy stuff.

trublu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 177d (1 reply)

"Yeah" by Kyuss clocks in at 4 seconds. I keep it in regular shuffle for a laugh.

SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 177d

A short song AND it's by a band I know? You've just made 4 seconds of my day!

HexagonSun@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 214d

Comma comma comma full stop by Brakes is 8 seconds long. It’s an album track and part of the track listing but opinions may differ on whether it’s truly a song or not.

Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 214d (2 replies)

Short Songs - Dead Kennedys is like 30 seconds

swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 214d

Rick Wakeman, eat your heart out!

SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 214d

Relatable!