Favorite Short songs

#1

Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:04pm

I was listening to Promises, Promises and realized that the title song is only 1:47.
Can you think of some other really good short (about 2 minutes or less) songs?
Off the top of my head
Piragua (ITH)
Title song from Urinetown
I Can Do That (ACL)

and lots from Caroline, or Change but that's really just one big amazing song

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#2

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:12pm

My favourite songs from "Little Mermaid" are really short--"The World Above (Reprise)," "Sweet Child," and "Sweet Child Reprise."

Also, I love those two little short songs from Les Miserables that start with "You at the barricades listen to this..." And, "Do You Hear The People Sing" is only 1 minute, 59 seconds.

Chauvelin's angry reprise of "Where's the Girl" in Scarlet Pimpernel.

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#3

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:13pm

The Five Fifteen Reprise and Around the World Reprise from Grey Gardens, both about a minute long.

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#4

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:16pm

I Hate the Bus from Caroline, or Change.

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#5

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:18pm

It's part of the Montage, but I love Rain on the Roof.

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#6

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:26pm

Who wears Short Shorts (I love the opening especially in the actual musical) - Jersey Boys

School For Monsters - Avenue Q

That Face (Reprise) - The Producers

Brave Sir Robin - Spamalot

Opus 17 - Jersey Boys

Updated On: 9/13/08 at 12:26 PM

#7

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:27pm

I Never Knew His Name from Brooklyn.

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#8

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 12:28pm

"Sympathy, Tenderness" from Jekyll and Hyde.

A LOT of great songs from Smokey Joe's Cafe are under 2 minutes.

#9

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 2:01pm

"I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today"- Avenue Q

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#10

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 2:19pm

How could I forget that one?

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#11

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 2:23pm

"Too Beautiful For Words" - THE COLOR PURPLE

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#12

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 2:53pm

"I Hate the Bus"-CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
"Long Distance"-CAROLINE, OR CHANGE
"A Cockeyed Optimist"-SOUTH PACIFIC
"We Just Had Sex"-PASSING STRANGE
"Tiger, Tiger"-THE APPLE TREE
"Gorgeous"-THE APPLE TREE
"Loving You"-PASSION
"Don't Look At Me"-FOLLIES
"You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan"-CAROUSEL
"Air"-HAIR
"Sodomy"-HAIR
"No Life"-SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

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#13

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 3:22pm

definitely ... amneris'letter from aida

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#14

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 3:57pm

I Know Your Kind [DESTRY RIDES AGAIN]
Pine Cones and Holly Berries [HERE'S LOVE]
Carefully Taught [SOUTH PACIFIC]
Love Look Away [FLOWER DRUM SONG - Original 1957 Version]
Ice Cream [ANNE OF GREEN GABLES]

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#15

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 6:43pm

The Tony Award Song from [Title of Show]

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#16

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 7:41pm

I Am Playing Me and What Kind of Girl Is She? - [Title of Show]

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#17

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 8:33pm

I agree with "I Hate the Bus" and...even though it's 2 minutes and 9 seconds, can I count "Three Letters" from She Loves Me?

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#18

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/13/08 at 8:33pm

Johanna - Sweeney Todd

and at a little over two minutes...

I Get a Kick Out of You - Anything Goes

Updated On: 9/13/08 at 08:33 PM

#19

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/14/08 at 10:57pm

"Distant Melody" - Peter Pan

#20

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/14/08 at 11:20pm

I loved that Caroline, or Change has been mentioned!

I'll add in "Cockeyed Optimist" from South Pacific.

#21

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/15/08 at 12:30am

"The Man is Dead" (Curtains)
"Sweet Child(reprise)" and "I Want the Good Times Back(reprise)" (The Little Mermaid)
"I Need to Know" (Tarzan), if you consider that to be a short song.

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Updated On: 9/15/08 at 12:30 AM

#22

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/15/08 at 12:44am

'Learn Your Lessons Well'- GODSPELL.

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#23

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/15/08 at 1:12am

"Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)" ~~~Spring Awakening

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#24

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/15/08 at 2:08am

Maybe My Baby Loves Me from Grand Hotel

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#25

re: Favorite Short songs

Posted: 9/15/08 at 11:05am

"I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today" - Avenue Q
"Better" - Little Women
"How Long Must This Go On" - Beauty and the Beast

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