SHORT SONGS

 If you've developed a short attention span since summer is currently showering us with its shine, take a breather and listen to a sharply short song. Sample an early self-titled Beastie Boys morsel or get pumped up with Battles' Dominican Fade, a breviloquent blast of audio excellence. These selections are all under two minutes in length.

 Our first entry holds the world record for the shortest song ever, lasting under two seconds; 1.316 seconds to be exact. You Suffer by English grindcore band Naplam Death was released in 1987 and Justin Broadrick has said the band never intended to set a Guinness record. 


"You Suffer was largely a comedy thing, one-second song. Utterly retarded. It's ridiculous, but it was hilarious. We played that song in front of 30 local kids, like, every weekend. We played that song 30 times. It was a laugh," Broadrick is quoted as saying in Albert Mudrian's book Precious Metals: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces.

Scroll on down and you will see short songs don't have to suck.


You Suffer
Naplam Death



Dominican Fade
Battles



Shifty
Flying Lotus



Norgaard
The Vaccines



Bad Time
The Vibrators



Dirty Needles
Screeching Weasel



Brookfield
Silverstein



Abra Cadaver
The Hives



New Radio
Bikini Kill



Little Room
White Stripes



Koka Cola
The Clash



Reno Dakota
Magnetic Fields



The Three Shadows Part III
Bauhaus



A Struggle Like No Other
Epoxies



#1 Is Number Two
The Soviettes



One Chance
Dananananakroyd



Water Boy
Imperial Teen



Pull Out
Death From Above 1979



Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys



Team
Bon Iver



Short Attention Span
Fizzy Bangers

BREAK UP SONGS

 Whether you are alone by choice this V-day or you're alone because it turns out your valentine gave you VD; here are thirteen break up songs to help nurse your broken heart.

Cupid 
Spinerette

"Cupid don't you know that, that it's over?"

You & I  
Cut Off Your Hands

"You were not there for me. I just moved on. I've been moving on for so long."

Do Me a Favour 
Arctic Monkeys

"Do me a favour and stop flattering yourself. How to tear apart the ties that bind? Perhaps fuck off, might be too kind."



Capri Pants 
Bikini Kill

"I like you but baby it's all wrong."

Knives Out 
Radiohead

"Look into my eyes. I'm not coming back."

Breakaway 
Detroit Cobras

"I'll make that vow to myself. You and I are through.  Nothing can change my mind. I'm sorry just won't do."

Like a Drug 
Queens of the Stone Age

"What can I say? I guess it wasn't meant to be. Now you're gone."

Divorce Song 
Liz Phair

"And the licence said you had to stick around 'til I was dead. But if you're tired of looking at my face, I guess I already am."

Gone Daddy Gone 
Violent Femmes

"The love is gone."

Not In Love 
Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith

"And we were lovers. Now we can't be friends. Fascination ends."

Night Watch 
Tegan & Sara

"I've got grounds for divorce. It's in my blood this divorce. I seperate everybody. I need distance from your body."

Freebird 
Lynyrd Skynyrd

"Bye bye, it's been a sweet love. Though this feeling I can't change."

Don't Dream It's Over 
Crowded House

"They come, they come. To build a wall between us."