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Wow. My shortest song is 25 seconds -- a reggae version of Cornell's Alma Mater.

And I didn't even go to Cornell.

Though the woman did. For eight reggaeless years.
 
Longest song?

Why can't we have a longest song comparison, too?
Rules: no audiobooks, no podcasts, no video
feel free to add additional rules\

I'll start with mine: Tubular Bells, Part 1 25:29
followed closely by:Tubular Bells, Part 2 23:20
both by Mike Oldfield, part one was used in the exorcist
 
Does the "Royal Canadian Air Farce" theme count as a 'real song'. It is 28 seconds long and is in acapella by Barenaked Ladies.

Otherwise it's "Jive Talkin'" by William Shatner's Spaced Out Album, it comes in at 30 seconds.

TEG
 
I would have to say my 7 year old son's song "Firebolt" 5 secs. He tried about 15 times to get it from 15 secs. to 5.
 
shortest song with lyrics on my computer

0:05 Hi! by Yoko Kanno from GITS: Be human.


I think that be a hard one to beat under the requirement of shortest song with lyrics.
 
Fact of the day

The shortest song Apple has given away as one of their free weekly tunes is [playlistId=93147164&s=143441&i=93146142]Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly[/playlistId] by Harry Christophers & The Sixteen, given away December 13, 2005. Its length is 1:13.
 
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