20 Amazing Songs That Clock In At Under 60 Seconds

9. The Magnetic Fields - "Boa Constrictor"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuD8bTyKYjM The entire 69 Love Songs album is chockfull of these little ditties. (That title isn't taking the piss, there really are 69 different songs stretched out across three volumes.) It's a sprawling anthology of wildly different genres and song topics that was conceived as a piece of musical theater that would be performed by drag queens. "Boa Constrictor" is one of the shortest in the collection, but it might just be the most hauntingly beautiful. Although lyrics like "My mother should have murdered me" don't paint the rosiest picture, the sprightly guitar plucking provides a fascinating contrast. It's like a Shel Silverstein poem come to life.