It's 3'30", and you're listening to your playlist ...

What do ELO's Livin' Thing, Aretha Franklin's Spanish Harlem and Paul Simon's Kodachrome have in common, other than their '70s pedigree? They're three minutes and 30 seconds long.

The things you learn while you sort your iTunes library by length.

Among the others measuring 3'30": Into the Mystic by Van Morrison, Since You're Gone by the Cars, Animals by Talking Heads, No Kathleen by Ron Hynes, Short Skirt, Long Jacket by Cake, Wishing Well by Terence Trent D'Arby, Upside Down by Jack Johnson, The Bitterest Pill by the Jam, and, um, Girls on Film by Duran Duran.

Comments

[Craig Welsh]

Oh John...Duran Duran? You were doing so well there...

[John Mutford]

For what it's worth (and this is such an odd collection; 3:30 is so arbitrary- but I guess that's why it's interesting):

At This Moment- Billy Vera

Atlantic Blue- Ron Hynes

Hit Me Baby One More Time- Brittney Spears (Don't judge me for knowing that)

Born To Be Wild- Steppenwolf

Don't Stop Me Now- Queen

Fallin' - Alicia Keys

Fully Completely- Tragically Hip

I Wanna Be Adored- Stone Roses

I've Got You Under My Skin- Frank Sinatra

Intergalactic- Beastie Boys

Into The Fire- Sarah McLachlin

Jig Walker- Bottled Beats

Patio Latterns- Kim Mitchell

Queen Of Hearts- Juice Newton

School's Out- Alice Cooper

Season's In The Sun- Terry Jacks

Take It Easy- Eagles

The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death - The Housemartins

Tusk- Fleetwood Mac

You Shook Me All Night Long- AC/DC

(I have more, but I figure these are MORE than enough!)

[Sure B'y]

Mine is up too. Love this great idea, John.

[Helmut]

I agree, great idea!

Here I am again, logging in late.

And it's just as well. The ONLY song I have that is 3:30 in length is... wait for it... Stumblin' In, by Suzi Quatro.

This song is actually not representative of most of the songs in my playlist. Hell, I'm not even sure what genre it is. I suppose it sounds something like Juice Newton or Rosanne Cash.

Thanks for letting me play!