Songs where the chorus is an instrumental

Thunder Road

It seems like on many of these we are treating the main riff of a song as if it were the chorus. It's kind of a fuzzy definition.

Like is the little keyboard figure that comes up several times in "When Doves Cry" really the chorus?
I always thought the chorus was the part that goes "How could you just leave me standing... etc."

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

How about "Town Feeling" by Kevin Ayers?

"Message From Home" by Broadcast

Supernaut

Hymn 43: Jethro Tull

Swervedriver "Last Train to Satansville"

White Stripes "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"

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

ftw.

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

Pink Floyd: Fearless

Thin Lizzy - Emerald. Plus it just hammers.

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

Flaming Lips, "Race for the Prize"

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

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

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)

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.

a million hip hop songs.

ballad of dorothy parker - prince.

Seam's Little Chang Big City

Lovely song as well.

Terrence Trent D'Arby - "Wishing Well"

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?)?

Wham - Careless Whisper.

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

ATB - 9PM (Till I Come)

nas - it aint hard to tell

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

UPTOWN FUCKIN' FUNKKK

"Do It Again" - Sonic's Rendezvous Band

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Souvenir

Manfred Mann Chapter iii - "One Way Glass"

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

Men Without Hats - Pop Goes the World

Guru Josh - Infinity

"Disconnect the Dots" - of Montreal

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

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

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

SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS

Pavement - Grounded

Yo La Tengo - From a Motel 6

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

War - "Low Rider"

Gary Numan - "Cars"

David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust"

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

A refrain is not the same as a chorus

it kind of is

Iiiiitt kind of is, yeahhhh..

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

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