Short Songs
 

Since there is a long song thread, so why not the short songs. My shortest song I have in my itunes is the Double Rainbow Song which is 1 min 42 seconds.

What are your shortest songs you have

The Dark Elf -- Blind Guardian, 23 seconds.

Just a male choir singing "A dark seed of evil is grown". The end. Very to the point. :p

Define "song"....

OSTs can be short as heck, and no, I'm not talking about the ambients or SFX in games.

Let's go to dictionary.com to answer that question:

1.
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.

2.
a musical piece adapted for singing or simulating a piece to be sung: Mendelssohn's “Songs without Words.”

3.
poetical composition; poetry.


4.
the art or act of singing; vocal music.

5.
something that is sung.

6.
an elaborate vocal signal produced by an animal, as the distinctive sounds produced by certain birds, frogs, etc., in a courtship or territorial display.

Technically, the shortest "song" on my iTunes is the "Nutopian National Anthem" by John Lennon, but it's four seconds of silence so it probably doesn't count. xD

Then I have "Miracle Cure" by The Who, but that's a sort of bridge song for a rock opera album called Tommy. Also not sure it counts, but it's thirteen seconds.

"Her Majesty" by the Beatles is 23 seconds and we're getting closer to actual "song" territory, here.

"Maggie Mae" by the Beatles: 41 seconds.

"Tea for the Tillerman" by Cat Stevens: a minute, two seconds.

I have about 60 songs under a minute and thirty seconds, at varying degrees of completion.

I'd have to say the shortest songs I have art Introductions as well as Interludes from Kamelot.

Shortest song on my iTunes is "Soldier Side," System of a Down, but it's mroe an introduction to their CD than a proper song. The shortest song I've seen in the middle of a CD is Wierd Al Yankovic's "Harvey the Wonder Hampster." Can't recall the length but it's under a minutes, possibly under 30 seconds.

"Harvey, Harvey, Harvey the wonder hampster,
He doesn't bite; he doesn't squeal,
He just runs around on his hampster wheel.
Harvey, Harvey, Harveeeeeeeey the wonder hampsteeeerr!
Yay Harvey!"

Double Rainbow is still my shortest song Lift thread

Does that have anything to with the double rainbow title that shows up?

My shortest "song" is One Last "Whoo-hoo!" For The Pullman, on Sufjan Steven's Chicago album. Though it's really just a couple chords and then a shout of "Woo-hoo!" It's 6 seconds long.
I have a 9 second song, Here Come The 123s, by They Might Be Giants. It's an intro track that just sings, "They Might be Giants, Here Come The 123s!" so I don't know if it counts either. (There's a similar 11-second song for their "Here Come The ABCs" album)

I do have four 10-second tracks that I would start to consider songs. Horrible Theme from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Phil by The Bird and the Bee, Horn Intro by Modest Mouse, and When I Go Out by Five Iron Frenzy.
Then I have a 13 second track, Dig Your Grave, from the same Modest Mouse album.
At this short length, it's hard to say whether an instrumental interlude is a song or not. They are in some ways, but some are just bridges from one song to another.

The shortest totally-absolutely-unquestioned song I've got, because most of the previous were instrumental interludes and/or jokes, is Fluffy by Harry and the Potters. Since the whole band is kindof a joke, the fact that the song is a total joke doesn't negate the fact that it's a song.

Once you get up to 20-second songs, I have LOTS of tracks of that length. between having a lot of soundtracks, alternative, ambient, and folk music, there's a lot of short interludes and for-fun songs in my iTunes. There's a Relient K song called Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care, and the lyrics go, "I just wasted 10 seconds of your life." and that's the end of the song. XD

My shortest song is Yesterday by The Beatles. 2:05. C:

More short songs; lift

I am not willing to search ALL of my music (which admitedly isn't a lot)

"Elysian" by Pillar from their album The Reckoning
It's 1 minute and 48 seconds

well what you could do is if you have itunes you can order the sings by the time track

Five Iron Frenzy "When I Go Out" 7 seconds.

It's really a couple seconds longer with the drum at the end, but... this video seems to cut it off...
I think I have all of you beat... >.>