http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r523meU_lw

short short
so short

short short
so short

the shortest song in the universe
really isn't much fun
it only has one puny verse
and now it's done

oh what a gyp gyp
what a gyp gyp
oh what a gyp gyp
what a gyp gyp
so short
so short

Reminded of this:

Weird Al Yankovic

(This Song's Just) Six Words Long

This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long

Couldn't think of any lyrics
No I never wrote the lyrics
So I'll just sing any old lyrics
That come to mind, child

You really need words
Whole lotta rhyming words
You gotta rhyme so many words, mm-mm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it
To do it, to do it right, child

This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long

I know that you're probably sore
'Cause I didn't write any more
I just didn't get to complete it
So that's why I gotta repeat it

This song is just six words long (six words long)
This song is just six words long (six words long)

Oh I make a lotta money
They pay me a ton of money
They're payin' me plenty of money
To sing this song, child

I gotta fill time
Three minutes worth of time
Oh, how will I fill so much time, mm-mm
I'll throw in a solo, a solo, a solo
A solo, a solo here

This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long

This song's got nothin' to say
But I'm recording it anyway
I know if I put my mind to it
I know I could find a good rhyme here

Oh, you gotta have-a music
You need really catchy music
This song has got plenty of music
But just six words, child

And so I'll sing' em over
And over and over and over
And over and over and over, mm-mm
And over and over and over
And over and over and over again

Six words long, six words long
Six words long, six words long
Six words long, six words long

This song is just six words long
It's just six words long

Her Majesty by The Beatles is shorter...

Oh yeah alright....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysQSk1c9EKs

her majesty is 23 sec but a lot more words.
if you do not include the "short short" intro
and "gyp gyp" outtro
then

shortest song is actually only...14 secs

OK, Slow~Babay ...

IF we are speaking lyrics, not "time on clock" :

Shortest lyrics AND even melody, so actually the lack thereof, nonsong:

John Cage's ~ 4'33" ... ... :

... The Orchestral version, live at The Barbican, in 3 movements; BBC Symphony Orchestra performing ~ led by Michael Davies, Conductors ~ Lawrence Foster and Anthony Legge, Piano soloist by Philip Mead, Orchestral pianist ~ John Alley ... ... :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUJagb7hL0E

... For the piano ... by John Cage, performing ... ... :


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2zcLBr_VM

... The History ... ... :

http://solomonsmusic.net/4min33se.htm


... So, rather, THE longest ~ shortest ...


A timeless classic; I'm interested in your opinion as to which movement is most preferable? ...



Back to you, Bob ... I want what he's smokin' ...





Streuth

... I take it you are also hard~pressed to dial~in a favourite between the 3 movements? ...

tragically marred by audience noise at several key moments...

Heavy Metal from Ugly Kid Joe 20 seconds long

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNbGdikn2RQ

Shortest Hendrix song i am aware of. Its still about a minute long though.

Yes, I found it ever so unseemly and distracting ... changed the tonal magnificence entirely ...

The shortest song I'm aware of is by Napalm Death called you suffer, it clocks in around 3-4 seconds. There's some short songs on slayer's reign in blood and punk is known for their fast, short tunes. S.O.D. has some really short ones too.