{"id":1189575,"date":"2026-02-17T02:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9QPAeL2dS8ezQo2eejzcTJ"},"modified":"2026-02-17T02:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:56:40","slug":"at-34-seconds-jack-blacks-chicken-song-from-a-minecraft-movie-just-became-the-shortest-ever-to-crack-the-billboard-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/at-34-seconds-jack-blacks-chicken-song-from-a-minecraft-movie-just-became-the-shortest-ever-to-crack-the-billboard-hot-100\/","title":{"rendered":"At 34 seconds, Jack Black’s chicken song from A Minecraft Movie just became the shortest ever to crack the Billboard Hot 100"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jack Black\u2018s meme song Steve\u2019s Lava Chicken from A Minecraft Movie<\/a> is now the shortest song ever to crack the Billboard Hot 100, which tracks the most popular current songs week-by-week. Steve’s Lava Chicken is 34 seconds long.<\/p>\n

The song debuts at No. 78 on the Hot 100 and, according to online data tracker Luminate (thanks Billboard<\/a>) had over seven million streams in the US between April 18 and April 24. The Hot 100 made its own debut in August 4, 1958, and yep there’s never been a shorter track on there.<\/p>\n

As well as being an actor Jack Black is also a professional musician, best-known for his work with jokey rock group Tenacious D. Their song POD<\/a>, from 2006’s Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, spent one week on the Billboard Hot 100 at the exact same position. This is not even Black’s first hit videogame song. Black plays Bowser in the Super Mario Bros. Movie and performed the song Peaches<\/a>, which also broke into the Hot 100. It spent five weeks on the charts, eventually peaking at number 56.<\/p>\n

The previous shortest song on there was Kid Cudi’s Beautiful Trip, which clocks in at a frankly indulgent 37 seconds.<\/p>\n

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