- You Suffer
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Name =You Suffer
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Artist =Napalm Death
Album = Scum
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B-side = "Mega-Armageddon Death Pt. 3" ByElectro Hippies
Released = 1989
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre =Grindcore
Length = 0:01.316
Label =Earache Records
Writer = Nicholas Bullen / Justin Broadrick
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Misc ="You Suffer" is a song by the British
grindcore bandNapalm Death . The song has earned a place in theGuinness Book of Records as the shortest recorded song ever. [http://www.ocweekly.com/music/music/extreme-extremeness/24665/ Orange County Weekly article] ] It is precisely 1.316 seconds long and consists entirely of the lyrics "You suffer - but why?" [ [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/into-the-void-stylus-magazines-beginners-guide-to-metal.htm Stylus Magazine article] ]The song was written by band members Nicholas Bullen and
Justin Broadrick during the sessions for the 'From Enslavement to Obliteration' demo recording in March1986 , and is featured on the album "Scum", released in1987 . Napalm Death usually performs the song during live concerts as well.The Finnish
Alternative metal BandHIM play this song live sometimes.ingle release
In 1989 the song appeared on one side of a 7" single given away free with copies of a compilation album entitled "Grindcrusher". The song on the other side, "Mega-Armageddon Death Part 3" by the
Electro Hippies , also lasts approximately one second, making the disc the shortest single ever released. Each side features one groove at the outer edge of the disc containing the music, with the rest of the surface covered with etched writing and cartoons. [ [http://www.earache.com/catalog/mosh012.html Grindcrusher page on the Earache Records website] ]Video
To coincide with the release of the "Scum"
dualdisc in March 2007, a music video (produced by Earache records, not the group) was released for the song. [ [http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68684 Roadrunner Records news story] ]References
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z1IGjr2cT0 "You Suffer" video] at
YouTube
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