Short Songs: 60 of the Best Songs Under Two Minutes - Part One

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been teasing you guys with songs that seemed to have nothing in common with each other - except for the fact that each song clocked in under the two-minute mark. So now I present to you 60 of the Best Songs that time-in at 1:59 or less - however, some of these times may be vary, depending on the edition you have, or the times listed in the liner notes versus the actual digital time code - so these song lengths may not be 100% accurate, but that's okay.

I didn't choose any instrumentals (we'll save those for another day) - and I also tried to stay away from cover songs (but there are one or two, as those versions were more popular than the originals). Some of these tracks are fully-realized compositions, others are fragments - or musical segues - but regardless, they are all quite brilliant. Please enjoy, and be sure to interact in the comments section below, or over at the Life On This Planet Facebook Page. Oh yeah, if you use Spotify, I've programmed a playlist which includes the available songs in this list. Cheers, Bret.

60.  Bauhaus - Scopes (1:28)
59.  Neutral Milk Hotel - Communist Daughter (1:57)
58.  Motorhead - Ramones (1:26)
57.  The Magnetic Fields - In My Secret Place (1:42)
56.  Tom Waits - No One Knows I'm Gone (1:42)
55.  Pink Floyd - Goodbye Cruel World (1:17)
54.  Husker Du - Never Talking To You Again (1:40)
53.  Red Hot Chili Peppers - Catholic School Girls Rule (1:55)
52.  The Beatles - Misery (1:50)
51.  Depeche Mode - Sometimes (1:54)

50.  Pixies - The Thing (1:59)
49.  Deconstruction - That Is All (1:10)
48.  Best Coast - Crazy For You (1:50)
47.  The Church - Secret Corners (1:46)
46.  Big Star - St 100/6 (1:01)
45.  Morrissey - There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends (1:52)
44.  The Jesus And Mary Chain - Taste Of Cindy (1:42)
43.  Sun Kil Moon - I Know It's Pathetic But That Was The Greatest Night... (1:47)
42.  The Misfits - Last Caress (1:57)
41.  The Killers - Enterlude (0:50)

40.  The Replacements - Careless (1:08)

39.  Bad Brains - Sailin' On (1:55)

38.  Pink Floyd - Pigs On The Wing (Part One / Part Two) (1:26)

37.  Scott Walker - Butterfly (1:39)

36.  The Beatles - I Will (1:46)

35.  Jimi Hendrix - Ain't No Telling (1:49)

34.  Queen - Nevermore (1:18)

33.  The Jesus And Mary Chain - Drop (1:57)

32.  Tom Waits - Bend Down The Branches (1:06)

31.  The Beatles - It's Only Love (1:56)

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