Friday, October 03, 2008

The 3:49 Club

There are tons of songs with a 3:49 running time. Here are some of the best:
  • Ryan Adams - "New York, New York"
  • The Beatles - "Across The Universe"
  • Belle And Sebastian - "I'm Waking Up To Us"
  • Blur - "She's So High"
  • Camera Obscura - "Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken"
  • Cars - "Hello Again"
  • Cheap Trick - "Can't Stop Falling Into Love"
  • Chicago - "Stay The Night"
  • Kelly Clarkson - "A Moment Like This"
  • The Clash - "Clampdown""
  • Crash Test Dummies - "Swimming In Your Ocean"
  • The Dukes Of Stratosphear - "My Love Explodes"
  • Electric Light Orchestra - "Sweet Talkin' Woman"
  • Everclear - "Now That It's Over"
  • Fall Out Boy - "Sugar We're Goin Down"
  • Ben Folds - "Fired"
  • Marvin Gaye - "Trouble Man"
  • Genesis - "Turn It On Again"
  • Jellyfish - "Glutton Of Sympathy")
  • Jimmy Eat World - "Lucky Denver Mint"
  • Elton John - "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"
  • Junior Senior - "Take My Time"
  • John Lennon - "Crippled Inside"
  • Kenny Loggins - "I'm Alright"
  • Aimee Mann - "Little Bombs"
  • Modest Mouse - "Ocean Breathes Salty"
  • Alanis Morissette - "Ironic"
  • Nirvana - "All Apologies"
  • Old 97's - "Bird In A Cage"
  • Positive K - "I Got A Man"
  • Prince - "Dirty Mind"
  • Radiohead - "No Surprises"
  • R.E.M. - "Find The River"
  • Otis Redding - "Try A Little Tenderness"
  • Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
  • The Roots - "The Next Movement"
  • Paul Simon - "Homeless"
  • The Smiths - "Rubber Ring"
  • Spin Doctors - "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"
  • Cat Stevens - "Hard-Headed Woman"
  • Teitur - "You're the Ocean"
  • They Might Be Giants - "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)"
  • U2 - "Pride (In The Name Of Love)"
  • Van Halen "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
  • Tom Waits - "Clap Hands"
  • Bill Withers - "Use Me"
  • XTC - "Life Begins At The Hop"
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic - "Airline Amy"

Thursday, October 02, 2008

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)