Songs where the chorus is an instrumental

Aerosmith, "Sweet Emotion"
-- Myonga Von Bontee (scottyfield...), October 8th, 2004 4:31 AM. (Myonga Von Bontee)

Both of these Aerosmith songs have choruses that distinctly feature the songs' titles being sung! WTF!

-- gygax!

Yeah, you're right - dunno what I was thinking. I suppose I was considering "Sweet Emotion"'s heavy guitar part function as a chorus, just because it shows up after every verse.

Indeed. The most obvious example being "Maid of Orleans".

Bjork - Play Dead
Metallica - Fade to Black

someone mentioned the smiths : "the boy with the thorn", "barbarism"...

The White Stripes one that might fit the bill is Hand Springs

Erm, Earl Brutus "Your Majesty, We Are Here" has an awesome chorus in which Nick (rest his soul) yells "YEAH YEAH YEEEEEAH" over the top...does this count?

Well, if it does, so does Lithium.

He also yells "BABA BAAA BA-BA BA-BA/ BABA BAAAA BA BA BA/ BABA BAAAA/ BAAA BA BABA BAAAA", if that helps.

99 Red Balloons

Ride - Howard Hughes

(awesome song, maybe their best)

Also, many other Ride/shoegaze in general songs

Massive Attack 'Angel'

prince "when doves cry"

beatles "and your bird can sing"

hercules & love affair - blind

Red Snapper - Sleepless

Doves - "When Prince Cries"

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"

Ivy - “Baker”

I know this song very well but today it has me picturing a bleary eyed Baker Mayfield staring at the Cleveland skyline at 3am after finding out the Browns got Deshawn Watson.

xxp It couldn’t have vocals, it’s just a gtr riff! But even if he sang something over it, I’d still say “Boys are dyin’…” is part of the chorus. It’s certainly not the bridge(?)

Pavement songs don’t often have bridges, IIRC… they’re lesson in, “only include a bridge if you really write a kickass one” (e.g., “Stereo”).

You never, never know when the bridge falls apart.

these threads are kind of fascinating. it's amazing for a board that loves music how so many people don't seem to know what a chorus is

Vocabulary is what we make it (but also lol completely otm)

Kraftwerk, "Tour de France". Actually most (all?) Kraftwerk songs, I think?

Paul Simon - Duncan

Depeche Mode - Shame

"Duncan" is a great one!

A ton of EDM songs I guess count here