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).
― neva missa lost, wednesday nights on abc (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 18:20 (seven years ago) link
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.
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 18:26 (seven years ago) link
"Chump" by Green Day.
Not a charting hit, but I first heard the song played live on 120 Minutes so imo this should count.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
ZZ Top - La Grange. Vocals only in the first third of the song.
― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Stranger In Moscow
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 21:03 (seven years ago) link
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
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
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
― flappy bird, Wednesday, April 5, 2017 6:07 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Not a hit, doesn't count.
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 21:10 (seven years ago) link
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!
― ...so music and chicken have become intertwined (Turrican), Wednesday, 5 April 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
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Gary Numan - 'Cars'
it's more like 60%... numan stops singing before 1:30 and the song is about 3:50 long.
― new noise, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
Manic Street Preachers - You Love Us
― nashwan, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 21:56 (seven years ago) link
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)
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 5 April 2017 22:18 (seven years ago) link
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.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Thursday, 6 April 2017 10:51 (seven years ago) link
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.
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 6 April 2017 11:30 (seven years ago) link
For the long intro thread: Stone Roses' "Love Spreads." Vocals start about 1:15 into a 5:45 song.
― LimbsKing, Thursday, 6 April 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link