What is the shortest record, i.e minutes and seconds, to be a top ten, or No.1, U.K. hit?
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I don't know about #1 but according to Guinness the shortest UK top ten was a song called 'United States of Whatever' by Liam Lynch, which was 1:26. It peaked at #10, so whatever the shortest #1 is, it must be longer.\n\nI've never heard it. The accompanying picture shows a relatively geeky-looking guy strumming a guitar about as big as he is.
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my first Eurhthmics single was\n\nNever gonna cry again\nnot their biggest hit but my fav
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Here is a link that lists top-40 for 1983.  I think you can also look on Billboard's website and search years.  I know that for me, 1983 is the year I discovered Run-DMC, The Clash, The English Beat and Steele Pulse
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Please Please Me - Number 1 in British charts for 29 weeks (setting record for longest run at #1). \n\nSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Was in US Billboard Top 100 for 85 weeks, and the Top 200 for 113 weeks.\n\nAbbey Road - Estimated world sales by the end of November 1969, 4 million; by the end of 1969, 5 million; by 1980, 10 million and remains their best-selling album of all-time.
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'Studio 1' by All Saints. Entered at No.41, just outside the Top 40.
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There is no official world record because the shortest distance measured is the 50.  The problem is that the coaches are measuring the times, so they can be way off compared to a computer doing it.  There's a big article here about Ben Johnson running the 40 in about 4.38.
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the world record is 8:06
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guinness book of records?
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Dead or Alive. Pete rocks!!!!\n\nGot to number 1 in the UK in 1984
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actually the biggest selling single of all time is Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" iit s recognised by the 2007 Guinness Book of Records as having sold more than 100 million copies, with 50 million of these in single format.
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Check out the billboard chart...\n\nhttp://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=The+Billboard+Hot+100
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Not Beatles.\n\nThree Dog Night.\n\nIt is called "One."
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OMGosh don't get me started!!!\nuhhh bohemian rhapsody, don't stop me now, under pressure, death on two legs, '39, sweet lady, best friend, bicycle race, seven seas of rhye....i don't feel like typing anymore..as u can tell i love queen (hence the screenname i have)...so....\n\nk bye!
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Yesterday by the Beatles.\n\nSplooch!
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world record : 8minutes 58 seconds by Tom Sietas.\n\ni heard some pearl divers holding their breath 13 minutes but it is a hearsay..
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The shortest war on record took place\nin 1896 when Zanzibar surrendered to Britain after 38 minutes.
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Seven Seconds\n\nSilence\n\nObscurity