Hits tend to be short. The average time for songs that reached the Hot 100’s Top 10 in 2024 was three minutes and 40 seconds, but no hit has been as brief as “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” by 55-year-old actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, which entered the chart this week.
The song, at just 34 seconds, breaks the record for the shortest Hot 100 hit in history.
“Steve’s Lava Chicken” is featured on the soundtrack to the movie “Minecraft,” and when the Hot 100 is updated this morning, it will debut at number 77.
Jack Black co-stars in “Minecraft,” which has grossed $816 million worldwide in its first four weeks of release.
THE 10 SHORTEST HOT 100 HITS IN HISTORY, FROM 1958 TO PRESENT.
There are songs by Nat King Cole (#5), Ariana Grande (#6), and even Beyoncé (#9).
TOP 10
- 34 seconds — “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” Jack Black
Hot 100 peak: #77, 2025 - 37 seconds — “Beautiful Trip,” Kid Cudi
Hot 100 peak: #100, 2020 - 45 seconds — “PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen),” Piko-Taro
Hot 100 peak: #77, 2020 2016 - 1 minute, 02 seconds — “Little Boxes,” The Womenfolk
Hot 100 peak: No. 83, 1964 - 1 minute, 06 seconds — “Deck the Halls,” Nat King Cole
Hot 100 peak: No. 16, 2022 - 1 minute, 13 seconds — “Pete Davidson,” Ariana Grande
Hot 100 peak: No. 99, 2018 - 1 minute, 16 seconds — “Difference (Interlude),” XXXTentacion
Hot 100 peak: No. 16, 2022 100: No. 84, 2018 - One Minute and 17 Seconds — “Some Kind-A Earthquake,” Duane Eddy, His Twangy Guitar and the Rebels
Peak Hot 100: No. 37, 1959 - One Minute and 19 Seconds — “Forward,” Beyoncé feat. James Blake
Peak Hot 100: No. 63, 2016 - One Minute and 20 Seconds — “What I’ve Been Looking For (Reprise),”
Andrew Seeley and Vanessa Anne Hudgens
Peak Hot 100: No. 67, 2006
