Top 100 Under 3-minute Songs

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18. Pantera, 'Primal Concrete Sledge'

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

19. Jane's Addiction, 'Up The Beach' (3 mins dead on)

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

20. Motorhead, 'Shoot You In The Back'

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

Just about any Minutemen, "There's a Place" Beatles (1.50 or thereabouts), I'm too tired to think properly, sorry

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

22. Minor Threat - "Straight edge"

― Jacob, Friday, 22 November 2002 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

3 minutes dead on doesnt count :)

― Tom (Groke), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

23. New Establishment - "The People Skanking" (2:37)

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

24. Ol Dirty Bastard - "Baby I like it raw" 2'28"

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

24. Tool, ‘Hush’

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

25. Fantomas, ‘The Godfather’

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

26. Bolt Thrower, ‘Through the Eye of Terror’

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

27. Alice in Chains, 'Them Bones'
Them Bones
Them Bones

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

I like Them Bones

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

28. Ricky Skaggs - Ridin that midnight train 2'47"

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

29. Would-Be-Goods - "Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook" (2:53)

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

30. Jimmy Cliff - Many rivers to cross 2'59"

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

31. Lois Maffeo & Brendan Canty - "Monument" (2:33)

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 22 November 2002 14:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

32. Bad Brains - "Pay to Cum" ('bout 1:50)

― Lee G (Lee G), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

33. Larry and Lorrie Collins - "Mercy" (2:02)
Also search on "Collins Kids"

My work here is done.

― Curt (cgould), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

34. Wire - "A Field Day for the Sundays" (dunno--no reference handy)

Could be lotsa Pink Flag tunes in this category.

― Lee G (Lee G), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

35. Otis Redding "Sitting On The Dock Of A Bay" (2'45)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

36. Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner" (2'07)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

35. Boards Of Canada 'Roygbiv' - not much of a 'song' tho

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

38. Run DMC "Christmas In Hollis" (2'58)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

'Roygbiv' is 2:28 long roughly

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

36. Liam Lynch 'United States Of Whatever' (2:03 including the Sifl & olly dialogue at the start)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

37. Basement Jaxx 'SFM' (2:39)

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

40. Lee Dorsey "Holy Cow" (2'39)
41. Lee Dorsey "Working In A Coal Mine" (2'50)
42. Lee Dorsey "Ya Ya" (2'37)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 22 November 2002 15:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

43 Undertones: Teenage Kicks 2:26

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

0. Sly and the Family Stone, "There's a Riot Goin' On" (0:00)

44. Afghan Whigs, "Sweet Son of a Bitch" (0:23)

― j.lu (j.lu), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

45. The Roots "Panic"

(honorable mention for my band Green Theory...of the ten songs on our first and only album so far, six are under 3 minutes, with the whole thing clocking in at 29:45)

― nickalicious, Friday, 22 November 2002 16:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

46 aphex twin-nannou (2:47)

― robin (robin), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

47. The Residents - Act Of Being Polite (1'00")

― Jeff W (Jeff W), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

48. Soft Cell - Tainted Love (2:30)

― Aaron W, Friday, 22 November 2002 16:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

49. Marvin Gaye - Can I Get a Witness (2:54)

― Aaron W, Friday, 22 November 2002 16:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

50. Ben Folds Five "Sports and Wine" (2:58)

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 22 November 2002 16:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

Descendants - "All" (0:01)

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Friday, 22 November 2002 17:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

has anyone bothered to upload that?

if so:
52. Napalm Death - Dead (0'01")

― Jeff W, Friday, 22 November 2002 17:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

53. The Venue - Mmhm! (1:03)
54. Rocket From The Crypt - Straight American Slave (1:56)
55. All-Girl Summer Fun Band - Dreamy You (1:37)
56. Maow - Miss Lefevre (1:50something)

― Mr Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 22 November 2002 17:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

57. Chris Kenner - "Sick and Tired" (2:13)

Under three minutes isn't much of a challenge. Under two maybe . . .

― Burr, Friday, 22 November 2002 17:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

58. Operation Ivy - Sound System

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 22 November 2002 19:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

59. Blue Man Group - "Drumbone" (2:44)
60. Daniel Johnston - "I Did Acid With Caroline" (1:42)
61. Weezer - "Buddy Holly" (2:39)

― Curtis Stephens, Friday, 22 November 2002 20:35 (twenty-one years ago) link

62. Sly & the Family Stone: "There's a Riot Goin' On" (0:00)

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 22 November 2002 20:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

63. The Descendents: "All" (0:01)

― gygax!, Friday, 22 November 2002 22:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

64. Lightning Bolt, "13 Monsters"
65. Los Crudos, "Curiosidad"
66. Ted Leo, "Treble In Trouble"

― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 23 November 2002 00:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

67. Dropdead - Dead Inside
68. Xiu Xiu - I Broke Up
69. Big Black - Pavement Saw

― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 23 November 2002 00:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

A variation on the Random Winamp thing, here're the first 10 sub-3-minute songs I called up on my playlist:

70: Lemonheads, "So I Fucked Up" (1:02)
71: The Clash, "Brand New Cadillac (live at Bond's Casino Halloween 1982) (1:48)
72: Lalo Schifrin, "Enter the Dragon" (2:22)
73: Sahara Hotnights, "Down and Out" (2:40)
74: Buzzcocks, "Fast Cars" (2:31)
75: Man... or Astro-Man?, "Out of Limits" (2:00)
76: Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham, "Lover And A Friend" (2:34)
77: Scrawl, "Public Image" (2:56)
78: Dead Kennedys, "Buzzbomb From Pasadena" (2:21)
79: Giorgio Moroder, "Lost Angeles" (2:44)

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Saturday, 23 November 2002 01:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

80. The Byrds - Time Between
81. Rolling Stones - Miss Amanda Jones

― Squirrel Police, Saturday, 23 November 2002 01:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

82. Minutement - Joe McCarthy's Ghost

― Ian Johnson (orion), Saturday, 23 November 2002 01:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

83. Third Eye Blind - Anything (1:59)

― theodore fogelsanger, Saturday, 23 November 2002 02:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

84 primal scream 'velocity girl' i think it's like 1:45

― keith (keithmcl), Saturday, 23 November 2002 02:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

85 tugboat - don't care really (2:20)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Saturday, 23 November 2002 07:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

86. Guided By Voices - Game of Pricks

― Chris Davis, Saturday, 23 November 2002 08:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

87. The Chordettes - Mr Sandman 2.23

― meirion john lewis (mei), Saturday, 23 November 2002 08:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Flipper - "Living for the Depression" (1.25)

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

89. Germs, "Lexicon Devil" (1.11)
90. Destroy All Monsters, "Mom's & Dad's Pussy" (2.00)
91. Van Halen "Tora! Tora!" (0.56)92. Black Sabbath "E5150" (2.54)

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:18 (twenty-one years ago) link

93. Dils "I Hate the Rich" (1.40)
94. Grateful Dead "And We Bid You Goodnight" (0.36)

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:21 (twenty-one years ago) link

I got a Grateful Dead song onto THIS list. Do I get an award?

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Fine, I'll give myself the award then. 95 - Brazen Hussies, "Decathexis" (1.58)

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

96 montgolfier brothers ~ pro-celebrity standing around (1:45)

― gareth (gareth), Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

''Do I get an award?''

yes. a kiss from me at a future london FAP.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 23 November 2002 11:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

97 - Guns'n'Roses, "My World" (1.22)

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 12:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

98 - Alice Cooper, "Ten Minutes Before the Worm" (1.36)

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 12:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

99 - Giorgio Moroder, "The Wheel"(from 'Midnight Express' OST) (2.25)

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 12:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

For #100 pick one of three Roxy Music tunes ("Serenade" 2.59, "Virgina Plain" 2.58, "Bitter's End" 2.03) or else the Plasmatics' "Living Dead" (1.36)

― dave q, Saturday, 23 November 2002 12:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

Descendants - "All" (0:01)
has anyone bothered to upload that? if so:
52. Napalm Death - Dead (0'01")
Yeah, but Napalm Death never did a 0.03 second remix called "No, Dead!"

― Lord Custos Omega (Lord Custos Omega), Sunday, 24 November 2002 02:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

101 Moondog - Bird's Lament

http://www.jahsonic.com/Moondog.html

― Jan Geerinck, Sunday, 24 November 2002 21:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

three years pass...

Sublime - What I got

― Corey Michaels, Tuesday, 28 March 2006 01:27 (eighteen years ago) link

Turtles, "You Know What I Mean" (2.03)
Ramones, "Judy is a Punk" (1.30)

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 02:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Unbelievably missing off this list is "Wouldn't it be Nice" (2:25) and at least a half a dozen other Beach Boys tracks.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Tuesday, 28 March 2006 05:18 (eighteen years ago) link

"Dali's Car" (a certain amount of seconds)

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Tuesday, 28 March 2006 08:35 (eighteen years ago) link

fifteen years pass...

angry samoans - time to fuck (0:32 i think)

― unknown or illegal user (doo rag), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 02:41 (two years ago) link

Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 03:44 (two years ago) link

David Bowie - Letter to Hermione

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 03:44 (two years ago) link

Jacqueline Taïeb - Le cœur au bout des doigts

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link

The Beatles - for noone

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 03:47 (two years ago) link

David Bowie - Breaking Glass (1:58)

― yeah but how, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:12 (two years ago) link

Curtis Mayfield - Eddie You Should Know Better. A grand symphony in two minutes eighteen.

― chap, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link

And only one GBV track?!

Guided by Voices - Dayton OH - 19 Something and 5 [Tonics and Twisted Chasers ver.] (1:45)

― yeah but how, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link

Hardcore punk heroes Jethro Tull:

Cheap Day Return (1:23)
Slipstream (1:13)

― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link

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― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link

REM - 'Fall On Me'

― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link

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