I don’t know if John’s trying to start a meme, but here’s all the songs on my computer that are exactly 3:30 in length:
- A Tribe Called Quest – Oh My God
- Agent Orange – Tearing Me Apart
- Billy Joel – Christie Lee
- Charlie Parker – Star Eyes
- Dada – Scum
- DJ Boom Boom – Spin Spin Sugar (SneakerPimps)
- Fastball – G.O.D. (Good Old Days)
- Foo Fighters – For All The Cows
- Grapes Of Wrath – Try
- Harry Belafonte – Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
- Hayden – Bad As They Seem
- Headstones – Pretty Little Death Song
- INXS – Tiny Daggers
- Iris Dement – My Life
- John Prine – A Good Time
- Kate Bush – Between A Man And A Woman
- Kate Bush – Sat In Your Lap
- Local H – Eddie Vedder
- Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker
- Maria McKee – The Way Young Lovers Do
- Marilyn Manson – I Put A Spell On You
- Matthew Good – In Love With A Bad Idea
- Mudhoney – Living Wreck
- Nine Inch Nails – Please
- Pearl Jam – Porch
- Pearl Jam – Satan’s Bed
- Phil Collins – A Groovy Kind Of Love
- Prince – Escape
- R.E.M. – Perfect Circle
- Rage Against The Machine – Testify
- Rush – For What It’s Worth
- Sarah McLachlan – Into The Fire
- Sarah McLachlan – Shelter
- Shaggy – Finger Smith
- Sloan – C’mon C’mon (We’re Gonna Get It Started)
- Sonic Youth – Androgynous Mind
- Spandau Ballet – The Freeze
- Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
- Steve Earle – Snake Oil
- Stranglers – Golden Brown
- The Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
- The Cure – Lovesong (Acoustic Version)
- The Grapes Of Wrath – See Her Go
- The Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
- The Tragically Hip – Fully Completely
- The Tragically Hip – Summer’s Killing Us
- The Who – When I Was A Boy
- Universal Honey – Upfront With You
- Van Halen – Jamie’s Cryin’
- Various Artists – Chicane Feat. Maire Brennan Of
- Yes – Long Distance Runaround
- Marilyn Manson – I Put A Spell On You
That’s 52, in case you’re counting. Yes, I have a lot of crap on my computer. The top five played are In Love With a Bad Idea, Scum, C’mon C’mon, Fully Completely and Tiny Daggers, which I will note includes three Canadian bands, one alternative band that should have been known a lot better and something terribly conventional.
Technical note: I used iTunes to make a playlist of the 3:30 songs, exported the song list, messed around in a spreadsheet to get exactly the columns I wanted and then back into a text editor for formatting.
Final note: the Phil Collins amid Billy Joel tunes are from my wife’s meagre collection, not mine! Really. No it’s true…