# Short But Sweet - The best songs clocking in at less than 1 minute **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 1, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943 "2009-05-01T05:51:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943/81 "2009-06-01T21:10:43Z")
I’m late but: U2, “Freedom for My People”, Rattle & Hum, 37 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943/82 "2009-06-01T22:36:24Z")
TMBG - “Minimum Wage” (hyaaah!) ---
**Author:** ![Buddha\_Clause](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@Buddha\_Clause](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buddha_Clause)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943/83 "2009-06-02T02:52:48Z")
There is a compilation album put out by Fat Wreck Chords called “Short Music for Short People” that is compiled of I believe 99 punk songs that all clock in at 30 seconds or under. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943/84 "2009-06-02T18:45:01Z")
**Ten Wheel Drive** Peculiar Friends is a human sounds track by the band. No lyrics, unless you count, “ahoojabeebits.” **The Fugs** , a track called (more or less) The Ghost Of Plontinius. “I’m in this for the sex, myself.” On the same album, Teenage Haiku Contest is probably a little too long. “Do not tell me, I am source of your knockup. The mud elephant, wading through the sea, leaves no tracks.” Rather too long to be a haiku, too. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943/85 "2009-06-02T23:01:56Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Ironically the Minute Waltz by Chopin is more than a minute long. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title. The shortest version on the iTunes store clocks in at 1:22, and the sample sounds crazy fast. I guess Chopin meant “minute” as in small, not “minute” as in “1 minute”. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943/86 "2009-06-02T23:52:53Z")
Just remembered another song: [Family Reunion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBIID49cMI0) by Blink-182 at 35 seconds. (Warning: SO NSFW or home, but still worth a listen) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943/87 "2009-06-25T10:38:06Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > The Art of Noise - Snapshot (ETA: I do believe this clocks in at just under a minute, but it might be just over.) Both the versions I have, on _Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise_ and on _Daft_ clock in at 2:34. The song is rather repetitive, though. Maybe someone cut it down on a different release? ETA: I know it’s a bit late to respond to this thread; I could have sworn I clicked the reply-via-email button… \*\*\* Ponder ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943/88 "2009-06-25T17:16:36Z")
Since this thread is still lurching around, I must add [Love & Kisses](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Xa07s_Z18) by Sam Phillips, at 0:57. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-but-sweet-the-best-songs-clocking-in-at-less-than-1-minute/494943.md?page=4)