vocal pop hits with long, entirely non-vocal instrumental outros

"No More Lonely Nights" has a pretty long outro incl. an extremely long fadeout.

pretty loose definition of "pop hits" in this thread

Yeah, I came rushing on here with "The Riverbed" and then went "oh yeah, pop hits; sorry" and moved on

oh! "Chump" by Green Day. wasn't a single but they played it at every show from like 93-98

Gary Numan - 'Cars'

This was the first one to come instantly to mind - I'd say the coda is like 40% of the song.

And I don't think "Layla" should count, since the single was faded before the coda even started

"Theme From Shaft" probably counts, except I guess it's mostly instrumental with a short, but very famous vocal part.

Stevie's "I Wish" is an awesome example--I'll slap any DJ who cuts the song off before the horn outro (though most DJs def don't play the outro for the full minute or so it takes on the record).

roxy music - more than this

― clouds, Saturday, April 1, 2017 8:07 AM (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Definitely the best example here so far. The guitar licks near the end are amazing.

"Chump" by Green Day.

Not a charting hit, but I first heard the song played live on 120 Minutes so imo this should count.

ZZ Top - La Grange. Vocals only in the first third of the song.

Stranger In Moscow

Journey - Stone in Love goes from a catchy AOR to a sort pop-prog guitar solo outro (there are some light vox so it's cheating a bit but i still think it fits)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFqXFE8OSG4

oh! "Chump" by Green Day. wasn't a single but they played it at every show from like 93-98

― flappy bird, Wednesday, April 5, 2017 6:07 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Not a hit, doesn't count.

This was the first one to come instantly to mind - I'd say the coda is like 40% of the song.

Yup, which is quite something given that the song only goes on for three and a half minutes!

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Gary Numan - 'Cars'

This was the first one to come instantly to mind - I'd say the coda is like 40% of the song.

it's more like 60%... numan stops singing before 1:30 and the song is about 3:50 long.

Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us

tom tom club "genius of love" (ends with about 70 instrumental seconds)

("wordy rappinghood" almost ends with two-plus instrumental minutes but they sneak the vocals back in right at the end)

Madonna's "Don't Tell Me" has a good 90 seconds of strings, keyboards and (very) processed vocoder at the end, including 30 seconds of fading coda. I reckon that counts.

Is there a complementary thread for songs with long intros relative to the song as a whole? I was thinking of another Gary Numan song, "Complex", which is only three minutes long half of which is intro.

For the long intro thread: Stone Roses' "Love Spreads." Vocals start about 1:15 into a 5:45 song.