Instrumental
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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]]
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