Sahara Hotnights - Too Cold For You

Sahara Hotnights - Too Cold For You

Joshua Allen wrote a hilarious piece for the Morning News last week where he posits that the perfect pop song is exactly 2 minutes and 42 seconds long. The Listening Post follows it up with some interesting back story, and a muxtape of songs that clock in at 2:42.

I decided to take a look at my own music to see what comes in at 2:42. Allen might be on to something here; over 2 months of Song a Day posts, I've already had two songs at 2:42: Okkervil River's The Presidents Dead and Art Brut's Emily Kane. Emily Kane is just about as good as rock n' roll gets.

Buried among these songs was Sahara Hotnight's Too Cold For You. Sahara Hotnights are a Swedish band who were cast as the female version of The Hives. This song is a trip down memory lane. I loved it back in 2000 when it was on constant repeat, and then I forgot about it for the next few years, until right now.

And following the example from Listening Post, I thought I'd set up my own Muxtape of favorite 2:42 songs:

http://monsur242.muxtape.com

Enjoy!