It was a beautiful song
But it ran too long
If you're gonna have a hit
You gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to 3:05
-- Billy Joel, The Entertainer, 1974
To be fair, the article acknowledges songs were already getting shorter in the 90s, after getting longer with LPs and CDs.
To be fair, the article acknowledges songs were already getting shorter in the 90s, after getting longer with LPs and CDs.