On July 21, 2008, Westerberg released an album with 49 minutes’ worth of music for 49 cents. The album, 49:00… Of Your Time/Life , was taken down from Amazon.com and TuneCore store a few weeks later. In its place, Westerberg released a song titled “5:05” (a reference to the fact that 49:00 was really 43:55 long, 5:05 shorter than 49:00). From the lyrical content of “5:05,” it is believed that 49:00 was recalled because of copyright issues in the ending cover medley.
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