Posted September 7, 201410 yr This topic may have been made before idk but with Walking With Elephants rightfully smashing plus Bullit probably going to be a future hit, it is quite rare for a chart hit to be fully instrumental. can you name some? Martin Garrix's chart hits do not count by the way as they all have at least 1 spoken word in them. The obvious two are Stranger on the Shore and Eye Level which both sold a million copies but surely there are more recent examples?
September 7, 201410 yr We had two French instrumentals in the top 10 at the same time in 1977 "Magic Fly" by Space and "Oxygene" by Jean-Michel Jarre. Pigbag had four instrumental hits, including the superb "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag" I'll leave others for somebody else to get.
September 7, 201410 yr Daft Punk's first top 10 hit "Da Funk" has some muffled speaking at the start but no clear words I think. That went to #7 in 1997, and 8 months earlier, the two guys from U2 that aren't Bono & The Edge also went to #7 with the theme to Mission Impossible.
September 7, 201410 yr Mark Snow - X-Files Theme :wub: Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F how can anyone forget that
September 7, 201410 yr Author Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F how can anyone forget that because the Crazy Frog version is far more iconic *.*
September 7, 201410 yr Eric Prydz - Pjanoo and Chicane - Poppiholla spring to mind, both Top 10 hits within the last 6 or 7 years! Also, I believe Escala - Palladio charted, if I remember rightly? Loved that song when it was performed on BGT. :wub:
September 7, 201410 yr Minimalistix - Close Cover :wub: Lots of other trance ones from 1998/9 in particular too.
September 7, 201410 yr William Orbit - Barbers Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corston Remix) (#3) Tiesto - Adagio For String (#37) Jurgan Vris - The Theme (#13) Chicane Poppiholler (#7) Yomanda. - Synth & Strings (#8) Edited September 7, 201410 yr by gavindeejay
September 7, 201410 yr Nearly all The Shadows' hits were instrumentals. We shouldn't forget the wonderful Nut Rocker by B Bumble and the Stingers and two versions of part of Mozart's 40th symphony by Waldo de los Rios and Sovereign Collection.
September 7, 201410 yr Other film and television themes to have been hits are Chi Mai (The Life & Times of David Lloyd George) - Ennio Morricone Who Pays The Ferryman - Yannis Markopoulos Star Wars - Meco Blue Peter - Mike Oldfield (who had several other instrumental hits) James Galway had a hit with an instrumental (flute) version of Annie's Song.
September 7, 201410 yr Orbital - Chime (17) Orbital - The Box (11) Orbital - The Saint (3) Aphex Twin - On (32)
September 7, 201410 yr There are a lot of tracks that you think are fully instrumental, but have one word in them :lol:
September 7, 201410 yr Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat lol. I remember the levi jeans adverts that used this song and the yellow puppet Flat Eric from when I was in Primary School.
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