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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Super spicy! Jack Black’s Minecraft song Steve’s Lava Chicken becomes shortest ever UK Top 40 hit

Jack Black at the world premiere of A Minecraft Movie in London on 30 March.
Jack Black at the world premiere of A Minecraft Movie in London on 30 March. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters

Actor and musician Jack Black has made UK chart history, with the shortest ever song to reach the Top 40: his novelty track Steve’s Lava Chicken is just 34 seconds long.

The spectacularly silly song reaches No 21 this week, and is taken from A Minecraft Movie, the video game spin-off film, which has earned $570m (£430m) so far at the global box office – and caused cinemas to be overrun by the game’s young and high-energy fanbase.

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