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For other uses, see Instrumental (disambiguation).
Indian nadaswaram and tavil music is one of the oldest traditions in instrumental music.
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An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments.
In a song that is otherwise sung, a section not sung but played with instruments can be called an instrumental interlude. If the instruments are percussion instruments, the interlude can be called a percussion interlude. These interludes are a form of break in the song.
Contents
- 1 In popular music
- 1.1 Number-one instrumentals
- 2 Borderline cases
- 3 See also
- 4 References
- 5 External links
In popular music
In commercial popular music, instrumental tracks are sometimes renderings of a corresponding release that features vocals, but they may also be compositions originally conceived without vocals. An instrumental version of a song which otherwise features vocals is also known as a -1 (pronounced minus one).
The opposite of instrumental music is a cappella.
For genres in which a non-vocal song or interlude is conceived using electronic media, rather than with true musical instruments, the term instrumental is nonetheless used for it.
Number-one instrumentals
Title |
Artist |
Country |
Reached number-one |
Frenesi |
Artie Shaw |
US |
December 21, 1940 |
Song of the Volga Boatmen |
Glenn Miller |
US |
March 19, 1941 |
Piano Concerto in B Flat |
Freddy Martin |
US |
October 4, 1941 |
A String of Pearls |
Glenn Miller |
US |
February 7, 1942 |
The Memory of Trees |
Enya |
US |
December 5, 1995 |
Moonlight Cocktail |
Glenn Miller |
US |
February 28, 1942 |
Heartaches |
Ted Weems |
US |
March 15, 1947 |
Twelfth Street Rag |
Pee Wee Hunt |
US |
August 28, 1948 |
Blue Tango |
Leroy Anderson |
US |
May 17, 1952 |
The Song from Moulin Rouge[1][2] |
Mantovani |
UK |
August 14, 1953 |
Oh Mein Papa[note 1][2][3] |
Eddie Calvert |
UK |
January 8, 1954 |
Let's Have Another Party[2][4] |
Winifred Atwell |
UK |
December 3, 1954 |
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)[2][3] |
Perez Prado |
UK |
April 29, 1955 |
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)[5] |
Perez Prado |
US |
April 30, 1955 |
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)[3] |
Eddie Calvert |
UK |
May 27, 1955 |
Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White) |
Perez Prado |
Germany |
October 8, 1955 |
Autumn Leaves |
Roger Williams |
US |
October 29, 1955 |
Lisbon Antigua |
Nelson Riddle |
US |
February 25, 1956 |
The Poor People of Paris |
Les Baxter |
US |
March 17, 1956 |
The Poor People of Paris[2][4] |
Winifred Atwell |
UK |
April 13, 1956 |
Moonglow and Theme from Picnic |
Morris Stoloff |
US |
June 2, 1956 |
Tequila[note 2] |
The Champs |
US |
March 17, 1958 |
Patricia[5] |
Perez Prado |
US |
July 28, 1958 |
Patricia |
Perez Prado |
Germany |
October 18, 1958 |
Hoots Mon[note 3][2][6] |
Lord Rockingham's XI |
UK |
November 28, 1958 |
Side Saddle[2][7] |
Russ Conway |
UK |
March 27, 1959 |
The Happy Organ[8] |
Dave "Baby" Cortez |
US |
May 11, 1959 |
Roulette[2][7] |
Russ Conway |
UK |
June 19, 1959 |
Sleep Walk |
Santo & Johnny |
US |
September 21, 1959 |
Theme from A Summer Place[9] |
Percy Faith |
US |
February 22, 1960 |
Apache[2][8][10] |
The Shadows |
UK |
August 25, 1960 |
Wonderland by Night[9] |
Bert Kaempfert |
US |
January 9, 1961 |
Calcutta[9] |
Lawrence Welk |
US |
February 13, 1961 |
On the Rebound[2][11] |
Floyd Cramer |
UK |
May 18, 1961 |
Kon-Tiki[2][11] |
The Shadows |
UK |
October 5, 1961 |
Mexico |
Bob Moore |
Germany |
January 27, 1962 |
Wonderful Land[2][8] |
The Shadows |
UK |
March 22, 1962 |
Nut Rocker[2][12] |
B. Bumble and the Stingers |
UK |
May 17, 1962 |
Stranger on the Shore |
Acker Bilk |
US/UK
[note 4] |
May 26, 1962 |
The Stripper[9] |
David Rose |
US |
July 7, 1962 |
Telstar[2][8] |
The Tornados |
UK |
October 4, 1962 |
Telstar[13] |
The Tornados |
US |
December 22, 1962 |
Dance On![2][14] |
The Shadows |
UK |
January 24, 1963 |
Diamonds[2][10][15][16] |
Jet Harris and Tony Meehan |
UK |
January 31, 1963 |
Telstar |
The Tornados |
France |
February 9, 1963 |
Foot Tapper[2][14] |
The Shadows |
UK |
March 29, 1963 |
Il Silenzio |
Nini Rosso |
Germany |
July 19, 1965 |
A Taste of Honey[13] |
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Bass |
US |
November 27, 1965 |
Love is Blue[17] |
Paul Mauriat |
US |
February 10, 1968 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly[17] |
Hugo Montenegro |
US |
June 8, 1968 |
Grazing in the Grass[17] |
Hugh Masekela |
US |
July 20, 1968 |
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly[2][18] |
Hugo Montenegro, his Orchestra and Chorus |
UK |
November 13, 1968 |
Albatross[2][8] |
Fleetwood Mac |
UK |
January 29, 1969 |
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet[17] |
Henry Mancini |
US |
June 28, 1969 |
Amazing Grace[2][8] |
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |
UK |
April 15, 1972 |
Popcorn |
Hot Butter |
France |
July 13, 1972 |
Mouldy Old Dough[note 5][8] |
Lieutenant Pigeon |
UK |
October 14, 1972 |
Frankenstein[17] |
The Edgar Winter Group |
US |
May 26, 1973 |
Eye Level[2][8] |
Simon Park Orchestra |
UK |
September 29, 1973 |
Love's Theme[19] |
Love Unlimited Orchestra |
US |
February 9, 1974 |
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)[note 6] |
MFSB featuring The Three Degrees |
US |
April 20, 1974 |
Pick Up the Pieces[note 7][19] |
Average White Band |
US |
February 22, 1975 |
The Hustle[note 8][19] |
Van McCoy and the Soul City Orchestra |
US |
July 26, 1975 |
Fly, Robin, Fly[note 9] |
Silver Convention |
US |
November 29, 1975 |
Theme from S.W.A.T.[19] |
Rhythm Heritage |
US |
February 28, 1976 |
A Fifth of Beethoven[19] |
Walter Murphy |
US |
October 9, 1976 |
Gonna Fly Now[note 10] |
Bill Conti |
US |
July 2, 1977 |
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band[note 4] |
Meco |
US |
October 1, 1977 |
Rise[19] |
Herb Alpert |
US |
October 20, 1979 |
One Step Beyond |
Madness |
France |
March 7, 1980 |
Chariots of Fire[19] |
Vangelis |
US |
May 8, 1982 |
Miami Vice Theme[19] |
Jan Hammer |
US |
November 9, 1985 |
Song of Ocarina |
Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena |
France |
January 18, 1992 |
Doop[note 11][2][20] |
Doop |
UK |
March 19, 1994 |
The X-Files |
Mark Snow |
France |
June 8, 1996 |
Flat Beat[note 12][2][21] |
Mr. Oizo |
UK |
April 3, 1999 |
Harlem Shake |
Baauer |
US |
March 2, 2013 |
Borderline cases
Some recordings which include brief examples of the human voice are typically considered instrumentals. Examples include singles with the following:
- Short verbal interjections (as in "Tequila" or "Topsy" or "Wipe Out" or "The Hustle" or "Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out")
- Repetitive nonsense words (e.g., "la la..." (as in "Calcutta") or "Woo Hoo");
- A short spoken passage (e.g., "To Live Is to Die" by Metallica);
- Wordless vocal effects, such as drones (e.g., "Rockit" or "Flying");
- Vocal percussion, such as beatbox B-sides on rap singles;
- Yodeling (e.g., "Hocus Pocus");
- Whistling (e.g., "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" or "Colonel Bogey March").
- An ominous statement at the end (e.g., God Bless the Children of the Beast by Mötley Crüe, Cremation by King Diamond)
- Inclusion of field recordings which may or may not contain non-lyrical words. (e.g. Many songs by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and other post-rock bands.)
A few songs categorized as instrumentals may even include actual vocals, if they appear only as a short part of an extended piece (e.g., "Unchained Melody" (Les Baxter) or "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" or "Pick Up the Pieces" or "The Hustle" or "Fly, Robin, Fly" or "Do It Any Way You Wanna" or "Gonna Fly Now" (Bill Conti)). Falling just outside that definition is "Theme From Shaft" by Isaac Hayes.
See also
- Instrumental hip hop
- Instrumental rock
- List of rock instrumentals
- Easy listening
- Medley
- Post Rock
- Beautiful music
- Smooth jazz
- A cappella, vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment
- Backing track is a pre-recorded music that singers sing along to or a karaoke without vocals
- Choro, a Brazilian instrumental folk music
Notes
- ^ Contains several vocal interjections of the title track.
- ^ Features vocal interjections of the title track at the end of each chorus.
- ^ Contains several Scottish sounding grunts at the end of each chorus and immediately beforehand.
- ^ a b Stranger on the Shore hit #1 on the end of year UK charts, but NOT the weekly UK charts. Despite this, it is the highest selling instrumental single worldwide and in the UK; in the US, this honor falls to Meco's Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band.
- ^ Contains vocal interjections before, during, and immediately after the choruses.
- ^ Contains vocals at the beginning and during the fade-out.
- ^ Contains vocal interjections at the end of the second and third verses.
- ^ Contains screams of "do the hustle!" at the end of each chorus.
- ^ Contains vocal interjections of the title track at the end of each chorus and "up, up to the sky" as an ending.
- ^ Contains vocals, which total thirty words and thus contains the most amount of lyrics of any instrumental song to hit #1.
- ^ Contains, during its choruses, several nonsensical vocal interjections of the title.
- ^ At the beginning, before the main piece begins, it features the lyrics "Oh yeah, I used to know Quentin, he's a real, he's a real jerk".
References
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Mantovani: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Instrumental #1s". ukcharts.20m.com.
- ^ a b c Mawer, Sharon. "Eddie Calvert: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b Mawer, Sharon. "Winifred Atwell: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Pérez Prado: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Lord Rockingham's XI: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Pianist Russ Conway dies". BBC News. 16 November 2000. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h McNair, James (10 December 2009). "Whatever Happened To The Hit Instrumental?". Mojo. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d "All Instrumental Top 20 Songs, every top 20 instrumental, Dec 1959 - Jun 1962". Tunecaster.
- ^ a b "The Shadows founder member dies". BBC News. November 29, 2005.
- ^ a b "Country Music Hall of Fame To Welcome Floyd Cramer and Carl Smith". Broadcast Music Incorporated. 13 August 2003. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ Perrone, Pierre (23 September 2008). "Obituary: Earl Palmer". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b "All Instrumental Top 20 Songs, every top 20 instrumental, Sep 1962 - Oct 1966". Tunecaster.
- ^ a b "Rhythm magazine". Rhythm. March 2001.
- ^ "The Shadows founder member dies". BBC News. 29 November 2005. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Jet Harris – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ a b c d e "All Instrumental Top 20 Songs, every top 20 instrumental, Oct 1966 - Jun 1973". Tunecaster.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hugo Montenegro: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "All Instrumental Top 20 Songs, every top 20 instrumental, Nov 1973 - now". Tunecaster.
- ^ "All the No.1s: Doop – Doop". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Siegler, Dylan (April 2000). "Mr. Oizo". CMJ New Music Monthly (College Media Inc.) (80): 39. ISSN 1074-6978.
External links
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- Every instrumental top 20 hit song from 1960 to the present from Tunecaster.com with a sample of each
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