Instrumental 14967 222485610 2008-06-29T16:26:07Z TheTablaHouse 7391636 {{Otheruses}} An '''instrumental''' is, in contrast to a [[song]], a [[musical composition]] or recording without [[lyrics]] or any other sort of [[vocal music]]; all of the [[music]] is produced by [[musical instrument]]s. Specifically, this term is used when referring to [[popular music]]; some [[musical genre]]s make little use of the [[human voice]], such as [[jazz]], [[electronic music]], and large amounts of [[European classical music]] (although in electronic music the voice can be [[sampling (music)|sampled]] just like anything else). In commercial music, some tracks or songs on a [[compact disc]] include instrumental tracks. These tracks are exact copies of the corresponding song, but do not have vocals. Instrumentals that have reached #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] include * "[[Theme from A Summer Place]]" - [[Percy Faith]] ([[1960]]) * "[[Telstar (song)|Telstar]]" - [[The Tornados|Tornados]] ([[1962]]) * "[[L'Amour Est Bleu|L'Amour Est Bleu (Love Is Blue)]]" - [[Paul Mauriat]] ([[1968]]) * "[[Grazing in the Grass]]" - [[Hugh Masekela]] ([[1968]]) * "[[Frankenstein (song)|Frankenstein]]" - [[Edgar Winter Group]] ([[1973]]) * "[[Love's Theme]]" - [[Love Unlimited Orchestra]] ([[1974]]) * "[[Hustle (dance)|The Hustle]]" - [[Van McCoy]] ([[1975]]) * "[[Theme from "S.W.A.T."|Theme from 'S.W.A.T.']]" - [[Rhythm Heritage]] ([[1976]]) * "[[Rise (Herb Alpert song)|Rise]]" - [[Herb Alpert]] ([[1979]]) * "[[Chariots of Fire (instrumental)|Chariots of Fire]]" - [[Vangelis]] ([[1982]]) * "[[Miami Vice Theme]]" - [[Jan Hammer]] ([[1985]]) * "[[Sandstorm (song)|Sandstorm]]" - [[Darude]] ([[2000]]) Since the release of "Sandstorm", no instrumental has reached the Top 40 on the ''Billboard'' charts.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} ===Borderline cases=== Recordings which include brief verbal interjections (e.g. "[[Tequila (song)|Tequila]]"), repetitive [[nonsense]] words (e.g. "[[Woo Hoo]]"), or wordless vocal effects (such as [[drone (music)|drones]], [[vocal percussion]], [[yodeling]], or [[whistling]]), or in which sung vocals appear in only a short part of an extended piece (e.g. "[[TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)]]" are often considered instrumentals. Other examples include "[[Twilight Zone (2 Unlimited song)|Twilight Zone]]" by [[2 Unlimited]] which has a brief portion of repetitious singing. ==See also== {{Wiktionary}} *[[Instrumental hip hop]] *[[Instrumental rock]] *[[List of rock instrumentals]] *[[Easy listening]] *[[Beautiful music]] *[[Smooth jazz]] *[[A cappella]], vocal music or singing without instrumental accompaniment *[[List of instrumental groups]] [[Category:Instrumentals|*]] [[de:Instrumentalmusik]] [[et:Instrumentaalmuusika]] [[es:Música instrumental]] [[fr:Musique instrumentale]] [[id:Instrumental]] [[is:Hljóðfæratónlist]] [[he:קטע כליי]] [[nl:Instrumentale muziek]] [[ja:器楽曲]] [[no:Instrumental]] [[nn:Instrumentalmusikk]] [[pt:Música instrumental]] [[ru:Инструментальная музыка]] [[fi:Instrumentaali (musiikki)]] [[sv:Instrumentalmusik]] [[zh:器樂]]