Songs where the chorus is an instrumental

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.

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"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?

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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

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

The Beatles, "I'm Looking Through You"

^ where?

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

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.

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

Fever Ray - To the Moon and Back

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

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbaygmy30Z8

And Yazoo's other big hit is an even more obvious example of this.

For example "Party Fears Two" by The Associates

Also "Paper House" by The Associates.

That M83 song

Thin White Rope’s version of “some velvet morning” where they simply replace Nancy’s bit with dual lead guitars

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

No, there are (wordless) vocals.

Pavement - Grounded

The chorus is, “Boys are dyin’ on these streets...”

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

The chorus (if it has one) is, “My mind is playin’ tricks on me...”

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Uh...

If the guitar bit in Grounded had vocals you - ok I - would definitely say it was the chorus, and 'boys are dying on these streets' the bridge, or the last line of it.

"21st Century Schizoid Man"

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.