Songs where the chorus is an instrumental

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Steve Earle: "Guitar Town" and its obvious predecessor,
Johnny Cash: "Tennessee Flat Top Box"

ftw.

staggerlee, Saturday, 22 November 2008 18:07 (seventeen years ago)

Most of the songs on Phil Collins' "But Seriously" album.

Geir Hongro, Saturday, 22 November 2008 18:09 (seventeen years ago)

seven months pass...

Pink Floyd: Fearless

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 16 July 2009 16:10 (sixteen years ago)

Thin Lizzy - Emerald. Plus it just hammers.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 16 July 2009 16:22 (sixteen years ago)

^Good Call!
Jimi Hendrix "1983 a merman I should turn to be"

Trip Maker, Thursday, 16 July 2009 16:27 (sixteen years ago)

Flaming Lips, "Race for the Prize"

max readroom (jaymc), Thursday, 16 July 2009 17:14 (sixteen years ago)

on tenterhooks waiting for Geir to up the ante again and tell us the entirety of But Seriously does this

surm? lol (sic), Friday, 17 July 2009 05:47 (sixteen years ago)

Gang Starr - "Who's Gonna Take The Weight"

∅ us (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 17 July 2009 05:55 (sixteen years ago)

I can't remember now if 2Unlimited's 'Get Ready For This' had rapping or not, but the awesome main riff is definitely a chorus. It didn't have a video either, which is pretty cool for such a massive pop smash. (hated it at the time, obviously)

Ismael Klata, Friday, 17 July 2009 08:22 (sixteen years ago)

Isn't the chorus to "And Your Bird Can Sing" the part that goes "When your prized possiessions start to weigh you down..."?

― Moodles, Monday, 27 October 2008 20:17 (8 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

No, that's a middle 8.

Mark G, Friday, 17 July 2009 09:38 (sixteen years ago)

a million hip hop songs.

ballad of dorothy parker - prince.

titchy (titchyschneiderMk2), Friday, 17 July 2009 09:49 (sixteen years ago)

Seam's Little Chang Big City

Lovely song as well.

Bill A, Friday, 17 July 2009 20:20 (sixteen years ago)

Terrence Trent D'Arby - "Wishing Well"

master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Friday, 17 July 2009 21:44 (sixteen years ago)

That's a tough one. I can see how that would fit the thread call. But isn't the "Wish me love a wishing well
To kiss and tell" part the chorus (too?)?

Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 17 July 2009 21:54 (sixteen years ago)

Wham - Careless Whisper.

EDB, Friday, 17 July 2009 23:11 (sixteen years ago)

Wham - Careless Whisper.

I'm never going to dance again
These guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
A wasted chance that I've been given
So I'm never going to dance again...
The way I danced with you

Geir Hongro, Friday, 17 July 2009 23:13 (sixteen years ago)

ATB - 9PM (Till I Come)

Siegbran, Friday, 17 July 2009 23:13 (sixteen years ago)

nas - it aint hard to tell

the weinest of display names groanly (k3vin k.), Friday, 17 July 2009 23:15 (sixteen years ago)

Xpost, achh, I wasn't sure if there was a vocal chorus or not, just remembered the saxophone.

EDB, Friday, 17 July 2009 23:16 (sixteen years ago)

five years pass...

UPTOWN FUCKIN' FUNKKK

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 January 2015 15:35 (eleven years ago)

"Do It Again" - Sonic's Rendezvous Band

thinking of a master plan (m coleman), Friday, 9 January 2015 16:04 (eleven years ago)

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 9 January 2015 22:12 (eleven years ago)

Manfred Mann Chapter iii - "One Way Glass"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTExEWt7zN4

Mark G, Friday, 9 January 2015 23:07 (eleven years ago)

Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World

cock chirea, Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:36 (eleven years ago)

Guru Josh - Infinity

cock chirea, Saturday, 10 January 2015 01:36 (eleven years ago)

"Disconnect the Dots" - of Montreal

when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Saturday, 10 January 2015 02:02 (eleven years ago)

Geto Boys - 'My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me'

austinato (Austin), Saturday, 10 January 2015 02:35 (eleven years ago)

If we want to be nerdy, shouldn't it be "refrain" rather than "chorus" in the thread title?

walid foster dulles (man alive), Saturday, 10 January 2015 03:10 (eleven years ago)

Does R.E.M.'s "Belong" count here?

the strawberries are for the entrepreneurs (SlimAndSlam), Saturday, 10 January 2015 03:49 (eleven years ago)

SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS

quan voice (voodoo chili), Saturday, 10 January 2015 13:23 (eleven years ago)

Pavement - Grounded

Darvin H.A.M. (AlexPh), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:12 (eleven years ago)

Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6

kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 21:38 (eleven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuqEbRzy_t8

Tuomas, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 22:59 (eleven years ago)

War - "Low Rider"

fan boy three (Lee626), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 23:52 (eleven years ago)

Gary Numan - "Cars"

when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 22 January 2015 03:29 (eleven years ago)

David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust"

when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 22 January 2015 04:09 (eleven years ago)

A refrain is not the same as a chorus, "Living on the ceiling" has both..

Mark G, Thursday, 22 January 2015 07:52 (eleven years ago)

A refrain is not the same as a chorus

it kind of is

you've got no fans you've got no ground (anagram), Thursday, 22 January 2015 08:31 (eleven years ago)

Iiiiitt kind of is, yeahhhh..

Mark G, Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:28 (eleven years ago)

If (chorus AND refrain)=0 AND (chorus OR refrain) = 1 THEN chorus=refrain

Mark G, Thursday, 22 January 2015 10:30 (eleven years ago)

The main riff in Ziggy Stardust is definitely the chorus, the "So where were the spiders?" bit is the pre-chorus

when is the new Jim O'Rourke album coming out (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 22 January 2015 16:14 (eleven years ago)

True, if the riff was left out, this is a song without a chorus.

Mark G, Thursday, 22 January 2015 16:16 (eleven years ago)

The Beatles, "I'm Looking Through You"

Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Thursday, 22 January 2015 16:58 (eleven years ago)

^ where?

fan boy three (Lee626), Friday, 23 January 2015 05:09 (eleven years ago)

yeah, two chords on the farfisa is not a chorus.

Mark G, Friday, 23 January 2015 11:53 (eleven years ago)

Given how loose people are being with terminology, I don't see why not. Where else is the chorus? The "Why, tell me why did you not treat me right?" part is a bridge/middle eight, and the entire verse builds to the four-bar organ/guitar part.

Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Friday, 23 January 2015 12:00 (eleven years ago)

four years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auJ_wkSxiKA
("if you ever change your mind..." is definitely the bridge)

PaulTMA, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 12:48 (seven years ago)

Fever Ray - To the Moon and Back

Tuomas, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 13:50 (seven years ago)

I'm slightly hesitant to be the pedant here, but In that Squeeze song, isn't the "Never chew a pickle" bit the chorus?

enochroot, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 15:05 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPeQGWL7fok

This one counts too, right? I mean, the "can't stop now, don't you know / I'll never let you go, don't go!" bit is cleary the pre-chorus, and the chorus melody only starts after it.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 17:13 (seven years ago)


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