Jack Black’s “Minecraft Movie” meme jam “Steve’s Lava Chicken” has become the shortest song to ever enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
“Steve’s Lava Chicken,’ which clocks in at a mere 34 seconds, debuted at No. 78 on the Hot 100. The song also reached No. 10 on the Hot Rock Songs chart. According to online data tracker Luminate (per Billboard), the tune has achieved 7 million total streams in the United States between April 18 and April 24.
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Black, a member of the comedy rock duo Tenacious D, is not the only accomplished musician featured on the “Minecraft Movie” soundtrack. The top-billed track, “I Feel Alive,” features “Foo Fighters” lead singer Dave Grohl on drums, Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen on guitar and Jellyfish’s Roger Joseph Manning Jr. on keys.
“Steve’s Lava Chicken” took the record for the shortest song ever on the Hot 100 from Kid Cudi’s “Beautiful Trip,” which has a run time of 37 seconds. Other short songs that have broken the Hot 100 include “Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen” by Piko-Taro (45 seconds), “Little Boxes” by The Womenfolk (one minute and two seconds) “Deck the Halls” by Nat King Cole (one minute and six seconds) and “Pete Davidson” by Ariana Grande (one minute and 13 seconds).
Following its debut on April 4, “A Minecraft Movie” has become a commercial bombshell, grossing over $800 million worldwide. Starring Black, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Jennifer Coolidge, Sebastian Eugene Hansen and Danielle Brooks, the film follows a brother and sister as they team up with a legendary crafter named Steve to save the world of “Minecraft” from an evil sorceress.
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