What is the shortest song: it lasts one second - and is still considered great
Music lovers are accustomed to the fact that the duration of most songs is 3-5 minutes.
Of course, there are longer compositions. There are slightly shorter tracks. But the average is several minutes.
Yet there are notable exceptions to this rule.
There are many rock bands whose repertoire includes 20-minute compositions. For example, the legendary Pink Floyd .
And there are groups that decided to create very short tracks.
The authors of an interesting musical record are members of the British grindcore group Napalm Death .
Their song You Suffer lasts less than two seconds. And such a super short duration did not prevent the composition from becoming popular and even gaining the status of one of the greats.
The Story of the Shortest Song in Music History
The composition was recorded by the musicians in 1986 while working on a demo version of one of the albums.
A year later, the song was first released as part of one of the records. And in 1989, the composition You Suffer was released as a separate single.
The exact duration of the song is 1.316 seconds, which is why the track is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest song.
Last year, journalists from one of the foreign publications included the composition You Suffer in the list of the greatest heavy metal songs.
Earlier we told you about the oldest writer in the world .
