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Coffee Break: Short songs

vintage Minerva stopwatch
vintage Minerva stopwatchAnsgar Koreng, Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

by Anna Weggel

June 30, 2020

Today in 1978, Buzzcocks' released "Love You More" which timed in at 1 minute 29 seconds, and was the second-shortest single ever released at the time (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs' 1960 hit "Stay" was the shortest hit at 1 minute 28 seconds).

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what super short songs do you want to hear?

Let's shoot for under 2 minutes!

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Bruise Violet - Nightmare
The Suburbs - Cows
The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O
The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
The Box Tops - The Letter
The Breeders - Wait in the Car
Buddy Holly - Rave On
The Clash - Career Opportunities
Guided By Voices - As We Go Up, We Go Down
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
HALEY - Something Great
Descendents - I Like Food
Pixies - Allison
Noname - Song 33
Wire - Three Girl Rhumba
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman