10 Great Hard Rock Songs Under 2 Minutes Long

10. Hello There - Cheap Trick

We're starting off this list with an incredibly appropriate song.

In 1977, US rock band Cheap Trick put out their sophomore album In Color. Alongside singles like I Want You to Want Me and Southern Girls, the album also contained a very short song called Hello There.

Hello There serves as the album's opener and might just be the most functional track in the history of music.

It lasts for one minute and 41 seconds and it's mostly just lead singer Robin Zander greeting his audience and asking them if they're "ready to rock?" That makes it sound bad, but it's actually a lot of fun.

So fun in fact that it was often used to open the band's live concerts, making it their fifth most-played song on stage. It's also the first thing you hear on their record Cheap Trick at Budokan, widely regarded as one of the best live rock albums of all time.

For such a short and simple song, Hello There has really taken on a life of its own and is a firm favourite amongst the band's most devoted followers.

It even received a companion piece called... Goodbye Now.

Of course.