What is the shortest number 1 song?

While it just misses the second list above, Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs' “Stay” is the shortest No. 1: just 1:38 in length. The classic led the Nov. 21, 1960, Hot 100.
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What is the shortest song to reach number 1?

Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' Stay (1959)

The track landed the number one slot on November 21, 1960, only to be brutally dislodged by Elvis Presley's Are You Lonesome Tonight a week later. While erroneously catalogued at 1:50, its actual runtime of 1:37 secures the place as the shortest number one of all time.
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What is the shortest song to sing?

"You Suffer" is a song by English grindcore band Napalm Death from the band's debut studio album, Scum (1987). The song is precisely 1.316 seconds long. The song was written by Nicholas Bullen, Justin Broadrick, and Mick Harris during the March 1986 demo sessions for From Enslavement to Obliteration.
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What is the shortest Billboard song?

The song debuted at the #77 position. The former holder was "Little Boxes", by The Womenfolk, which runs for 1 min 2 sec.
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What is the shortest pop song in the world?

The shortest song ever recorded, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is You Suffer by Napalm Death, which clocks in at just 1.316 seconds long.
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The 7 Shortest Songs to Hit #1



What's the shortest song on Spotify?

Meanwhile, the shortest song to appear in Spotify's top 100 is XXXTentacion's 2018 single Jocelyn Flores, at a slight one minute 59 seconds, and Adele's 2015 song Hello the longest, at a far-from-epic four minutes and 55 seconds.
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What is the longest #1 single on Billboard?

"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks.
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What is the longest song ever?

As of 2019, Guinness World Records states that the longest officially released song was The Rise and Fall of Bossanova,” by PC III, which lasts 13 hours, 23 minutes, and 32 seconds. The longest recorded pop song is “Apparente Libertà,” by Giancarlo Ferrari, which is 76 minutes, 44 seconds long.
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What songs are 2 minutes long?

Here's a few to get you started.
  • “I Will” — The Beatles.
  • “Fell In Love With A Girl” — The White Stripes.
  • “Flowers in Your Hair” — The Lumineers.
  • “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” — The Smiths.
  • “All Of The Drugs” — The Brobecks.
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  • “Juicebox Baby” — The Regrettes.
  • “Shut Down” — The Beach Boys.
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What is the longest #1 song on Billboard Hot 100?

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Dua Lipa's “Levitating” logs a 70th week on the Billboard Hot 100 (on the chart dated March 19, 2022), rewriting the record for the most weeks ever spent on the survey for a song by a woman. It one-ups the 69-week run of LeAnn Rimes' “How Do I Live” in 1997-98.
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What is the oldest song on Spotify?

Believe it or not, the oldest song on Spotify is actually the oldest song in the world. Titled “The Hymn Of Ugarit,” the track is a modern recording by Al-Pha-X of what is the oldest known piece of music ever discovered. The song dates back to 14th century B.C.E. and was discovered on a clay tablet in the 1950s.
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What's the shortest song ever written?

Napalm Death – You Suffer (Duration: 1.3 seconds)

In 1989, the British punk group Napalm Death released on their debut album, what according to Guinness records, is the shortest song ever recorded in the history of music. It has an exact duration of just 1.3 seconds!
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What is the shortest Queen song?

"Yeah" is the shortest song on the album and in Queen's song catalogue, lasting only four seconds.
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What's the longest UK number 1?

The longest unbroken run at number one is "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, which spent 16 consecutive weeks in 1991.
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Who's had the most number ones?

The Beatles have the most No. 1 hits of all time: 20.
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What is the minimum time for a song?

In general, a radio-ready song is one that is three minutes, give or take 30 seconds. It doesn't have a long intro, and it should get to the main hook within the first 30 seconds. Typically, even if it has an instrumental break, it's a shorter one, because three and a half minutes doesn't offer a lot of breathing room.
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What is Eminem's longest song?

As Billboard reports, Eminem's Rap God is the holder of this record, with Marshall Mathers working his way through 1,560 words in 6'04”, at an average of 4.28 words per second. Rap God, which was released in October 2013, comes from Eminem's eighth album, The Marshall Mathers LP2.
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What is the fastest written song?

"Thousand" was listed in Guinness World Records for having the fastest tempo in beats-per-minute (BPM) of any released single, peaking at approximately 1,015 BPM.
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What is the longest name in the world?

The longest personal name is 747 characters long, and belongs to Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (b. 4 August 1914, Germany) who passed away on 24 October 1997, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, as verified on 1 January 2021.
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What is the longest YouTube video?

Jonathan Harchick of Moldy Toaster Media currently holds the record for the longest video on YouTube, titled “THE LONGEST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE – 596 HOURS.” The video was uploaded back in 2012 and hasn't been beaten as far as we know.
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Who has the most Top 10 hits of all time?

Throughout his career, Drake has now charted 54 top 10 hits, by far the most among all artists.
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How many No 1 does Drake have?

Drake has 9 number-one songs

Many of his songs have gone on to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.
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How many #1 does Billie Eilish have?

On the Billboard 200 albums chart, Eilish has scored two No. 1s: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, for three weeks in 2019, and Happier Than Ever, for three weeks beginning this August.
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What is #1 song right now?

iTunes Top Pop Songs

The current number one pop song on iTunes right now is BREAK MY SOUL by Beyoncé.
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