September 7, 201410 yr PPK - Resurrection I believe the song has a except of a message from the Russian Space station as Yuri Gagarin flew over Russia in his rocket
September 7, 201410 yr I believe the song has a except of a message from the Russian Space station as Yuri Gagarin flew over Russia in his rocket But I still class it as an instrumental.
September 7, 201410 yr Mike Oldfield - In Dulce Jubilo was an instrumental top 5 hit in the 70s, was probably the only ever charting instrumental Christmas-themed song unless I'm missing something.
September 7, 201410 yr BBE - Seven Days & One Week (1996) Chicane - Offshore (1996) Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (1998) Storm - Storm (1998) Yomanda - Synth & Strings (1999)
September 7, 201410 yr 808 state - Cubik 808 state - Olympic 808 state - pacific state Vangelis - Chariots of fire Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag Mathar - Indian vibes Rob Dougan - Clubbed to death
September 7, 201410 yr If by hit you're counting the whole Top 40 (or 75) then there were loads of trance tracks in the 90s/early 00s. To name just a few off the top of my head... Veracocha - Carte Blanche Ayla - Ayla Chicane - Sunstroke System F - Out Of The Blue
September 7, 201410 yr Also, I believe Escala - Palladio charted, if I remember rightly? Loved that song when it was performed on BGT. :wub: Yep, it scraped in at #39! I love classical crossover, they did a great job with their rendition, I agree! All the other examples I was going to post here have already been said. :lol: OH apart from Samim - Heater making it to #12 in 2007 as well.
September 7, 201410 yr Machine Gun - Commodores - 1974 Doina De Jale (Light Of Experience) - George Zamfir - 1976 Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk - 1960 - (Million seller) Aria - Acker Bilk - 1976 Edited September 7, 201410 yr by Common Sense
September 7, 201410 yr Author Sasha & Emerson - Scorchio (2000) Rank 1 - Airwave (2000) Armin van Buuren - Communication (2000) Gouryella - Gouryella (1999) Da Hool - Meet Her at the Love Parade (1998/2001) Dutch Force - Deadline (2000) Quite a lot of trance, I guess that's because that genre is less keen on vocal samples. And let's not forget: John Cage - 4"33 (2010)
September 7, 201410 yr And let's not forget: John Cage - 4"33 (2010) Haha, pushing the boundaries of "instrumental" there.
September 7, 201410 yr Instrumental hits that have reached #1 (* = is regarded as instrumental but does contain a few words): Mantovani - The Song From The Moulin Rouge Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa* Winifred Atwell - Let's Have Another Party Perez Prado - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Eddie Calvert - Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Winifred Atwell - Poor People Of Paris Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon* Russ Conway - Side Saddle Russ Conway - Roulette Shadows - Apache Floyd Cramer - On The Rebound Shadows - Kon-Tiki Shadows - Wonderful Land B Bumble & The Stingers - Nut Rocker Tornados - Telstar Shadows - Dance On! Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - Diamonds Shadows - Foot Tapper Hugo Montenegro - The Good The Bad And The Ugly (has some grunting noises but no actual words) Fleetwood Mac - Albatross Pipes & Drums & Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Amazing Grace Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough* Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level Doop - Doop* Mr Oizo - Flat Beat* Martin Garrix - Animals* There are also other instrumentals that reached #1 but whose popularity was due to a vocal version/re-mix of the song e.g. Groovejet, Lola's Theme. Other relatively recent instrumentals that have not been mentioned: Steve Mac - Paddy's Revenge (entered the chart on this day in 2008) Alter Ego - Rocker Interestingly, if a strict definition is taken (i.e. no vocals at all), then since the last instrumental #1 in 1973 there have been 12 instrumentals that have reached #2: Space - Magic Fly Emerson Lake & Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band - Floral Dance Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics Tweets - The Birdie Song Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme Perez Prado - Guaglione Robert Miles - Children Mark Snow - X Files Eric Prydz - Pjanoo Edited September 15, 201410 yr by paulgilb
September 7, 201410 yr Who considers "Doop" an instrumental? The whole song was chuck full of "doopy-doop" vocals
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