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 7th September 2014, 10:19 PM
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QUOTE(Rush @ Sep 7 2014, 06:07 PM)  #13 Thanks! Should have gone top ten. I love it mashed up with "Antidote", was that a release? I guess it doesn't count since it has a single verse, eh? |
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8th September 2014, 12:33 AM
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QUOTE(Therm• @ Sep 7 2014, 05:34 PM) Rank 1 - Airwave (2000) Armin van Buuren - Communication (2000) Gouryella - Gouryella (1999) Dutch Force - Deadline (2000) 'Communication' charted in a vocal mix in the UK, the others just had one line (or in Gouryella's case one word) added to the song so people knew what it was. |
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8th September 2014, 04:56 PM
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A couple of relatively recent ones that haven't been mentioned yet:
Ludovico Einaudi - I Giorni (2011) Madeon - Icarus (2012) I *think* those two and 'Greyhound' may be the last 3 instrumentals to make the top 40 (prior to 'Walking With Elephants')? Quite surprising how rare instrumental top 40 hits are, I suppose it's quite hard for them to get radio airplay which is probably why but even so only 4 of them in 4 years (one of which was a non-standard chart entry), unless I'm forgetting any... |
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8th September 2014, 08:47 PM
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QUOTE(Tyler~ @ Sep 7 2014, 11:19 PM) Thanks! Should have gone top ten. I love it mashed up with "Antidote", was that a release? I guess it doesn't count since it has a single verse, eh? Despite its peak, it spent loads of weeks in the top 40 and sold a pretty hefty amount. Adore that track so much. 
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9th September 2014, 07:49 AM
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tweets - the birdie song (#2 1981)
sweet people - and the birds were singing (#4 1980) |
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9th September 2014, 08:05 AM
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Many many dance/trance hits from the 90s.
Also, Vanessa Mae - Tocatta and Fugue (1995) I'm guessing Riverdance doesn't count because of the start having vocals. |
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12th September 2014, 02:05 PM
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Mostly all Duane eddy hits
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13th September 2014, 12:59 PM
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I've thought of quite a few that I need to listen back to so I can check they really were instrumental, but I'm slightly surprised nobody's mentioned Booker T & The MGs yet.
Also, 'The Crunch' by the RAH band was in the chart this week in 1977, at the same time as 'Magic Fly' and 'Equinoxe' - and also Bruce Johnston's version of 'Pipeline', which has vocals but no lyrics. Not sure what people had a against words that autun. Another massive but sadly forgotten hit was 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' by Propellerheads and David Arnold. |
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13th September 2014, 01:12 PM
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QUOTE(The Hit Parade @ Sep 13 2014, 01:59 PM) I've thought of quite a few that I need to listen back to so I can check they really were instrumental, but I'm slightly surprised nobody's mentioned Booker T & The MGs yet. Also, 'The Crunch' by the RAH band was in the chart this week in 1977, at the same time as 'Magic Fly' and 'Equinoxe' - and also Bruce Johnston's version of 'Pipeline', which has vocals but no lyrics. Not sure what people had a against words that autumn. Another massive but sadly forgotten hit was 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' by Propellerheads and David Arnold. It was a mass protest against the censorship of God Save The Queen earlier that year 
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13th September 2014, 04:05 PM
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Another couple of minor Euro-dance hits
"Chief Inspector" by Wally Badarou "Underwater" by Harry Thumann |
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13th September 2014, 10:16 PM
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Mogwai - Friend Of The Night reached #38 in 2006.
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13th September 2014, 10:58 PM
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This is the time to mention
Popcorn by Hot Butter |
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13th September 2014, 11:11 PM
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QUOTE(paulgilb @ Sep 13 2014, 11:16 PM) Mogwai - Friend Of The Night reached #38 in 2006. Yeah, I was trying to remember whether there were any vocals on that one. I'm pretty sure their Top 75 EP 'No Education = No Future (F**k The Curfew)' was all-instrumental too, but I'm not sure about all their other charting hits. On a different musical style, there's the theme tune from 'Reilly Ace Of Spies' (actually an excerpt from The Gadfly Suite by Shostakovich). Turns out both the 187 Lockdown songs I was going to mention do have some vocal samples. |
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14th September 2014, 09:48 AM
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Lily Was Here - David A Stewart Featuring Candy Dulfer
Rise - Herb Alpert Spanish Flea - Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass Falcon - RAH Band Morning Dance - Spyro Gyra Rain Forest - Paul Hardcastle This post has been edited by Robbie: 14th September 2014, 09:49 AM |
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14th September 2014, 08:25 PM
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Well we can now officially add Ten Walls to this
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7th December 2015, 06:33 PM
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This 1994 classic should also be mentioned:
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7th December 2015, 07:12 PM
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Who remembers
Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing Probably the most pointless record ever made |
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8th December 2015, 12:58 AM
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It probably doesn't count because of that very small vocal sample but: “Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out!” by Bentley Rhythm Ace.
#17 in 1997 but never played on the chart show as it charted the week Diana copped it in August 1997. This post has been edited by Doctor Blind: 8th December 2015, 12:58 AM |
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8th December 2015, 10:53 AM
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What about Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall?
I can't recall any vocals (and at work so can't check) |
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17th March 2024, 09:52 PM
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Bumping this thread. Have there been any instrumental top 40 hits since Ten Walls 'Walking with Elephants' back in Sept 2014 apart from Mark Knopfler likely to get one this Friday?
Before I even bumped this thread the last one I could definitely remember was Ten Walls. They really seemed to have died a death in streaming era. But maybe I've missed some. This post has been edited by Smint: 17th March 2024, 09:56 PM |
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