Talk:Three-minute pop song

The Era of the three-minute pop song

I think it might be worth mentioning that this term had a certain era when it was current and most relevant - the late twentieth century. One can hardly have this article without mentioning 7" vinyl 45s. Centrepull (talk) 01:18, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

This is article is fundamentally incorrect.

Being "original research" I'm not going to change it but this length has held basically true for hundreds of years and has nothing to do with the LP Single. For instance, the average piece in Handel's Messiah is just over 3 minutes. As is the average length of English Madrigals and etc.

Piston touches on the subject in a round about way when he points out that composers seem to have been in agreement that to remain in one key for any length of time is aesthetically undesirable. In other words, the human ear tires of a piece of music that doesn't modulate. Most pop songs don't so 3 minutes or so is as long as they can be.

I'd suggest the article be deleted until a credible, citable answer is found. Mad Bunny (talk) 02:34, 24 December 2021 (UTC)