Maura
April 16th, 2008 // 17 Comments
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One of the best writers on the Internet ever, Joshua Allen, proves (by science) the perfect length for a pop song: “My scientists told me that the perfect song length had to be closer to three minutes than two, but definitely shorter than three minutes. Three minutes is where bloat starts to set in. Where the band thinks: Hey, let’s do the chorus seven times. Hey, let’s give the saxophone guy a real moment to shine on this one. Hey, let’s add another bridge.” The ideal length? 2:42. The proof? Here’s exhibit A, but you really should read the whole thing. [The Morning News]
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I always have been partial to 2:50. “Flags for Everything” by Let’s Active, “Refugees” by the Tears…”Almost Blue”…
America, remember 2:50 this 4/20!!
etc
Pete Townshend told us this years ago, in “The Kids Are Alright” movie.
He may be on to something. Other songs at 2:42, according to my iTunes: “Galveston”; “Okie from Muskogee”; “The Way You Do the Things You Do”; “A World Without Love”; “Up Around the Bend”; “Come See About Me”; the Sex Pistols’ “Liar”; “Thinking About You” by Radiohead; MCR’s “Teenagers”; several Candy Butchers tracks; Ween’s “Mushroom Festival in Hell” and “Mister Richard Smoker” (as well as Mary Lou Lord’s cover of their “Birthday Boy”).