Songs with an awesome "a capella" bit right before the last chorus

Surprised I'm not able to think of more examples of this offhand, this is one of my favorite tropes in pop music

I put "a capella" in quotes because there's often drums or bass or something, but often everything else drops out. Doesn't have to be before the last chorus either, I just put that in because that's usually where it is. Here are two examples:

Gentle Giant - Free Hand (live)
https://youtu.be/vMrYSTzqFI8?t=3m45s

Yasuyuki Okamura - Young Oh! Oh!
https://youtu.be/D58OAZ0VkAg?t=3m1s

You???

love this part in 'never been any reason'

You're My Only One by Cadallaca, the great 90s Corin Tucker Sarah Dougher album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q_rBu6vp_w

Pumpkins to thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBiuJ4Pc0po

Silverfuck (around 6.10: bang bang you're dead)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhvrvVGh2hY

XYU (around 4.00: AND IN THE EYES OF THE JACKAL I SAY KABOOM)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNjrBUzXDJk

Repeated the trick on 'Don't Bring Me Down' too.

Raspberries' "Overnight Sensation" pwns this

the "transistor-radio" mix punch in at 3:05 (which, granted, is not strictly a cappella since the guitar is still out front in the mix) is one of my favorite pop music moments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s82ho7w9X6Q

There haven't been many posts to this thread and it is still shameful and embarrassing that En Vogue hasn't been posted yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuYQ_4TcXg

Bboys "sloop john b" is a great one

Bboys "sloop john b" is a great one

the "transistor-radio" mix punch in at 3:05 (which, granted, is not strictly a cappella since the guitar is still out front in the mix) is one of my favorite pop music moments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s82ho7w9X6Q

oh yeah that's nice

There haven't been many posts to this thread and it is still shameful and embarrassing that En Vogue hasn't been posted yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuYQ_4TcXg

good one but I can only think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOqb_UzJSUQ

^^ meant to say, that's a good one, quote function is kinda weird if you're quoting multiple things I guess

There haven't been many posts to this thread and it is still shameful and embarrassing that En Vogue hasn't been posted yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIuYQ_4TcXg

good one but I can only think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOqb_UzJSUQ

lol @ me

with En Vogue I can only think of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOqb_UzJSUQ

multixpost to myself, they also did it on 'Rockaria!' too, probably on other stuff I've missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfK8t4j7I64

omg frogbs, that is the best

lmao

Pumpkins to thread

"The Everlasting Gaze" came to mind first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OiSEr1-LYk

Are we counting only distinct "bits," and not a capella renditions of the chorus, followed by the full band kicking back in for the final go-round? I'm thinking of the robot doo-wop group that shows up in Eric Carmen's "Make Me Lose Control" to deliver their pinched, alien, fascinating version of the chorus before BIG COLLINS-STYLE DRUMS call the rest of the arrangement back into existence. I'm sure the intended effect is something similar to the "Sloop John B" bridge, but compositionally it's a different animal.

more pumpkins :)

5:12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jryXCyvzDUQ

2:46

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWJYaep-0sg

/Pumpkins to thread/

"The Everlasting Gaze" came to mind first.

I think every SP1 album has at least one of these... drawing a blank on Adore, though.

2:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMtW7LulXG8

An absolute doozy here from the former Coil man: https://youtu.be/gbgX58t7WrY

2:49

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afrdo2qneoI

Think there are a couple of others on O & O actually.

The bit at 2:29 is the best. It's only one bar, but I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAn3JdtSrnY

Ah, thought of another example: The Tangent - "In Darkest Dreams", which actually does this in the context of a prog epic (~18 mins in)

https://youtu.be/Cfzchg1VNtk?t=18m6s

Not completely a capella [has tambourine] and super obvious but 'Dance To The Music'

nah that's exactly what I'm looking for

I'm not really the first person to include this by The Doobie Brothers, am I?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-ljExHrDLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-3LuhQ5plU

Heard this at the dentist yesterday. Does have some bass with the a capella bit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls

Joan Jett - I Hate Myself For Loving You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPkTGm4RtVM

Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL5spALs-eA

Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name

Both with percussion but yeah.

1:55 or so. I know ppl hate her/this schtick but whatever this song is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYvABfWf6cM