The 3:49 Club

All of these songs have a running time of 3:49 (according to iTunes)

• Ryan Adams - "City Rain, City Streets"
• Ryan Adams - "New York, New York"
• Christina Aguilara - "Cruz"
  
• Alkaline Trio - "Settle For Satin"
• Barenaked Ladies - "Take It Outside"
• Barenaked Ladies - "What A Letdown"
  
• Beastie Boys - "Song For Junior"
• The Beatles - "Across The Universe"
• Belle And Sebastian - "I'm Waking Up To Us"
• Big Star - "Daisy Glaze"
  
• Blur - "She's So High"
• Blur - "When The Clouds Come Home"
  
• BR549 - "Movin' The Country"
• Candy Butchers - "What To Do With Michael"
  
• Camera Obscura - "Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken"
  
• Mariah Carey - "Love Takes Time"
• Kim Carnes - "Bette Davis Eyes"
• Cheap Trick - "Can't Stop Falling Into Love"
  
• Chicago - "Stay The Night"
• Kelly Clarkson - "A Moment Like This"
• The Clash - "Clampdown"
• The Clash - "Clash City Rockers"
  
• The Click Five - "I'll Take My Chances"
• Collective Soul - "Love Lifted Me"
  
• Collective Soul - "Not The One"
  
• The Concretes - "Song For The Songs"
• Elvis Costello - "Little Palaces"
  
• Crash Test Dummies - "Swimming In Your Ocean"
• Crowded House - "Locked Out" (Live Version)
  
• The Dandy Warhols - "Insincere"
  
• Damone - "Out Of My Way"
• Death Cab For Cutie - "Pictures In An Exhibition"
• The Decemberists - "O Valencia"
  
• Depeche Mode - "Suffer Well"
• Dixie Chicks - "Hello Mr. Heartache"
• The Dukes Of Stratosphear - "My Love Explodes"
• Electric Light Orchestra - "Sweet Talkin' Woman"
• Eminem - "Who Knew"
  
• Erasure - "Breathe"
• Eve feat. Gwen Stefani - "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
• Everclear - "Now That It's Over"
• Everclear - "My Sexual Life"
• Fall Out Boy - "Sugar We're Goin Down"
• Jason Faulkner - "I Go Astray"
• Feist - "Secret Heart"
  
• Foo Fighters - "Generator"
• Foo Fighters - "Virginia Moon"
  
• Ben Folds - "Carrying Cathy"
• Ben Folds - "Fired"
  
• Franz Ferdinand - "Jaqueline"
• Michael Frenti & Spearhead - "Tolerance"
  
• G Love & Special Sauce - "I-76"
• G Love & Special Sauce - "Soda Pop"
• Marvin Gaye - "Trouble Man"
• Genesis - "Turn It On Again"
• Vince Gill - "Blue Christmas"
  
• Nina Gordon - "Too Slow To Ride"
  
• George Harrison - "This Is Love"
  
• Hieruspecs - "I'm Behind You"
• Hem - "Lucky"
• Jay-Z - "The Ruler's Back"
  
• Jayhawks - "Smile"
• Mason Jennings - "Stars Shine Quietly"
• Jellyfish - "Glutton Of Sympathy"
• Jimmy Eat World - "Cautioners" (EP Version)
  
• Jimmy Eat World - "Lucky Denver Mint"
• Elton John - "Candle In The Wind"
• Elton John - "One Day At A Time"
• Jude - "End Of My Rainbow"
  
• Kubla Kahn - "Adidas"
• Chris Koza - "Look Left Look Right"
• Chantal Kreviazuk - "Far Away"
  
• John Lennon - "Crippled Inside"
  
• Julian Lennon - "Jesse"
• Sondre Lerche - "On The Tower"
• Lincoln - "Unhappy"
  
• Lisa Loeb - "How"
• Love And Rockets - "No Words No More"
  
• Kenny Loggins - "Footloose"
• Loretta Lynn - "Portland Oregon"
• Lucious Jackson - "Stardust"
• Aimee Mann - "Driving Sideways"
• Aimee Mann - "Little Bombs"
• Aimee Mann - "Nightmare Girl"
• Erin McKeown - "Cosmopolitians"
  
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "Another Drinkin' Song"
• Ronnie Milsap - "Why Can't I"
• Kylie Minogue - "Love Affair"
• Kylie Minogue - "Your Love"
• Modest Mouse - "Bury Me With It"
• Modest Mouse - "Ocean Breathes Salty"
• The Monkees - "Long Way Home"
  
• Alanis Morissette - "Ironic"
  
• Bob Mould - "I Am Vision, I Am Sound"
• Nas - "Carry On Tradition"
  
• N*E*R*D - "Breakout"
• Nirvana - "All Apologies"
  
• Old 97's - "Barrier Reef"
• Old 97's - "Bird In A Cage"
• Old 97's - "Designs On You"
• Old 97's - "Niteclub"
• The Outfield - "Somewhere In America '89"
• The Pierces - "Lights On"
• The Pierces - "Secret"
  
• Liz Phair - "Big Tall Man"
• Glen Phillips - "Blindsight"
• Matt Pond PA - "Brooklyn Stars"
• Positive K - "I Got A Man"
• The Pretenders - "Don't Get Me Wrong"
  
• Prince - "Dirty Mind"
• Prince - "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?"
• Puffy AmiYumi - "Planet Tokyo"
  
• R.E.M. - "Find The River"
• Otis Redding - "Try A Little Tenderness"
• Ike Reilly - "Cash Is King"
  
• Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - "We've Come Too Far To End It Now"
• Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
• The Rosebuds - "I Better Run"
  
• The Rosenbergs - "After All"
  
• David Ruffin - "I Miss You - Pt. 1"
• The Sewergrooves - "It's My Century"
• The Shins - "A Comet Appears"
• Sierra Leone 's Refugee All-Stars - "Living Like A Refugee"
  
• Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Happy House"
• Skee-Lo - "You Ain't Down"
  
• Smashing Pumpkins - "Saturnine"
• The Smiths - "Rubber Ring"
  
• Soul Coughing - "4 Out Of 5"
• Soul Coughing - "Down To This"
• Spin Doctors - "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"
  
• Spymob - "John Madden"
• Spymob - "Thinking Of Someone Else"
  
• Squeeze - "Heaven"
• Squeeze - "King George Street"
• The Subdudes - "Laughing At Birds"
• Matthew Sweet - "A Day In The Life Of A Tree"
  
• Matthew Sweet - "Everything Changes"
  
• Talking Heads - "Artists Only" (Live Version)
• James Taylor - "Native Son"
  
• They Might Be Giants - "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)"
  
• Travis - "Sing"
• Trashcan Sinatras - "Weightlifting" (Acoustic Version)
  
• A Tribe Called Quest - "1nce Again"
• A Tribe Called Quest - "Mr. Incognito"
• Shania Twain - "She's Not Just A Pretty Face"
• U2 - "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"
• John Vanderslice - "Angela"
• Valaria - "Rhythm Of The Night"
• Weezer - "O Girlfriend"
• Bill Withers - "Use Me"
  
• Wilco - "I Thought I Held You"
  
• Wilco - "Panthers"
• Wilco - "War On War"
• XTC - "Life Begins At The Hop"
• XTC - "Miniature Sun"
  
• XTC - "Sacrifical Bonfire"
• Elliot Yamin - "Take My Breath Away"

About the blog title

Here are the ten songs whose running times I averaged to reach the magic number of 3:49!

The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko (3:00)
Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby (2:51)
Neil Diamond - The Boat That I Row (2:40)
Jay-Z - 99 Problems (3:54)
Elton John - Your Song (4:01)
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds (4:34)
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown (3:03)
Simon & Garfunkel - America (3:35)
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (4:56)
Toto - Africa (4:19)

Top 15 "We're Through!" Songs

15. Dandy Warhols - The Last High (from Welcome To The Monkey House)
14. Annie Lennox - Why (from Diva)
13. John Lennon - How Do You Sleep? (from Imagine)
12. XTC - Your Dictionary (from Apple Venus, Vol.1)
11. The Honeydogs - Over You (from Everything I Bet You)
10. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U (from I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got)
9. Ben Folds Five - Song For The Dumped (from Whatever And Ever, Amen)
8. The Shins - Gone For Good (from Chutes Too Narrow)
7. Rhett Miller - Come Around (from The Instigator)
6. Paul Simon - Train In The Distance (from Hearts And Bones)
5. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (from Rumours)
4. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (from Breakaway)
3. Fiona Apple - Limp (from When The Pawn...)
2. Aimee Mann - Believed You Were Lucky (from Everything's Different Now)
1. Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (from Jagged Little Pill)

Top 5 Automotive Love Songs

5. Jimmy Eat World - Night Drive (from Futures)
4. Scissor Sisters - Lovers In The Backseat (from self-titled)
3. Billy Joel - Keepin' The Faith (from An Innocent Man)
2. Death Cab For Cutie - We Looked Like Giants (from Transatlanticism)
1. Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light (from Bat Out Of Hell)

Top 5 Side One, Track Ones

5. Wilco - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart (from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)
4. Prince - Let's Go Crazy (from Purple Rain)
3. Elton John - Funeral For A Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)
2. Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (from Pet Sounds)
1. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Starting Something (from Thriller)

Top 10 Songs About Self-Gratification

10. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again (from Music For The Masses)
9. Dannii Minogue - Vibe On (from Neon Nights)
8. Britney Spears - Touch Of My Hand (from In The Zone)
7. Tweet - Oops (Oh My) (from Southern Hummingbird)
6. The Vapors - Turning Japanese (from New Clear Days)
5. The Who - Pictures Of Lily (from Magic Bus)
4. Billy Idol - Dancing With Myself (from self-titled)
3. Queen - You're My Best Friend (from Night At The Opera)
2. Cyndi Lauper - She Bop (from She's So Unusual)
1. DiVinyls - I Touch Myself (from self-titled)

Top 10 Songs About Stretching The Truth

10. Gram Parsons - How Much I've Lied
9. James Taylor - I Was Only Telling A Lie (from JT)
7. Huey Lewis & The News - Some Of My Lies Are True (from self-titled)
6. Thompson Twins - Lies (from Quick Step & Side Kicks)
5. Toad The Wet Sprocket - Liars Everywhere (from Pale)
4. Chris Issak - Lie To Me (from self-titled)
3. Big Star - Don't Lie To Me (from #1 Record)
3. They Might Be Giants - Fibber Island (from No!)
2. Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies (from Tango In The Night)
1. The Posies - Everybody Is A Fucking Liar (from Amazing Disgrace)

Top 11 Songs About Gender or Sexuality Confusion

11. Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady) (from Permanent Vacation)
10. Maniac Street Preachers - Born A Girl (from This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours)
9. The Who - I'm A Boy (from Live At Leeds)
8. White Town - Your Woman (from Women In Technology)
7. Counting Crows - I Wish I Was A Girl (from This Desert Life)
6. Louden Wainwright III - I Wish I Was A Lesbian (from Grown Man)
5. Garbage - Androgony (from Beautifulgarbage)
4. The Replacements - Anadrogynous (from Let It Be)
3. The Kinks - Lola (from Lola Versus Powerman)
2. Dukes Of The Stratosphear - Have You Seen Jackie? (from Psonic Psunspot)
1. Prince - If I Was Your Girlfriend (from Sign O' The Times)

Top 10 Love Songs

10. The Roots (feat.Erykah Badu) - You Got Me (from Things Fall Apart)
9. Smashing Pumpkins - Luna (from Siamese Dream)
8. XTC - I'd Like That (from Apple Venus, Vol.1)
7. Lionel Richie - You Are (from Lionel Richie)
6. The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do (from The Ultimate Collection)
5. Ella Fitzgerald - You're The Top (from The Cole Porter Songbook, Vol.2)
4. James Taylor - Your Smiling Face (from JT)
3. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (from Pet Sounds)
2. Ben Folds - The Luckiest (from Rockin' The Suburbs)
1. Elton John - Your Song (from Elton John)

Top 5 Anti-Love Songs

Don't put these on a mix for someone you actually like, unless you are trying reverse psychology.

5. Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (from Pet Sounds)
4. Wallflowers - If You Never Got Sick (from Red Letter Days)
3. Al Green - Let's Get Married (from Livin' For You)
2. Dismemberment Plan - Ellen And Ben (from Change)
1. Joe Jackson - Be My Number Two (from Body And Soul)

Top 5 Soundtracks

This isn't counting soundtracks of original material (i.e. songs written for and performed in the movie). If I were to do that list, number one would easily be The Muppet Movie.

5. O Brother Where Art Thou?
4. Pulp Fiction
3. Rushmore
2. Ghostbusters II
1. Say Anything