SONGS UNDER TWO MINUTES (21): WHAT’S THE WORLD

If SWC was to call upon the members of his musical jury over at No Badger Required to cast their votes for the greatest songs that are under two minutes in length, then I would certainly be making something of a case for this:-

mp3: James – What’s The World

The lead track on JIMONE, the band’s debut single on Factory Records back in 1983.  It had the distinction of being voted single of the week in all three major weekly music papers – NME, Melody Maker and Sounds.

The Smiths would later cover What’s The World during some of their live sets, and in due course a recording from a Glasgow Barrowlands show in September 1985 would find its way onto the cassette release of I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish.

JC

2 thoughts on “SONGS UNDER TWO MINUTES (21): WHAT’S THE WORLD

  1. This was great, maybe James’s finest couple of minutes. Challenging Age of Consent as the best song released on Factory in ’83?

  2. Chapter 3 Paragraph 6 Sub Section 4 of The Badger Manifesto states, “never ignore a request:or suggestion from JC”

    Swc.

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