List of rock instrumentals

Instrumentals which have charted

1970s and 1980s chartings

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10cc

• "How Dare You"

A

[ABBA]

• "Intermezzo No. 1"
• "Arrival"

[AC/DC]

• "Fling Thing"
• "D.T."
• "Chase the Ace"

[Aerosmith]

• "The Movie"
• "Krawhitham"
• "Circle Jerk"
• "Boogie Man"

[The Allman Brothers Band]

• "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
• "Hot 'Lanta"
• "Mountain Jam"
• "Little Martha"
• "Jessica"
• "Pegasus"

[Herb Alpert]

• "Rise",, No. 1 US, No. 13 UK, No. 4 R&B

[And So I Watch You from Afar]

• ''And So I Watch You from Afar''

[Animals as Leaders]

• "Animals as Leaders"
• "Wave of Babies"
• "Weightless"
• "The Joy of Motion"
• "The Madness of Many"
• "Parrhesia"

[Ray Anthony]

Anthrax">Anthrax (American band)">Anthrax

• "Pipeline"

[Apocalyptica]

• ''Wagner Reloaded-Live in Leipzig''

Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and various artists

• "A Song for Chi"

Asia">Asia (band)">Asia

• ''Rare''

August Burns Red

• "Carol of the Bells"
• "O Come O Come, Emmanuel"
• "The Little Drummer Boy"

[Avenged Sevenfold]

• "Jade Helm"

Average White Band

• "Pick Up the Pieces",, No. 1 US, No. 6 UK

AVKRVST

• "Østerdalen"
• "Preceding"

B

The Bar-Kays

• "Soul Finger",, No. 17 US, No. 33 UK, No. 3 R&B

Michael Angelo Batio

• ''Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity''

[The Beach Boys]

• "Moon Dawg"
• "Misirlou"
• "Let's Go Trippin'"
• "Honky Tonk"
• "Surf Jam"
• "Stoked"
• "The Rocking Surfer"
• "Boogie Woodie"
• "Denny's Drums"
• "Carl's Big Chance"
• "Summer Means New Love"
• "Let's Go Away for Awhile"
• "Pet Sounds"
• "Look"
• "I Wanna Be Around" / "Workshop"
• "The Elements: Fire"
• "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)"
• "Passing By"
• "Diamond Head"
• "The Nearest Faraway Place"

Beastie Boys

• ''Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament''

[The Beatles]

• "Cry for a Shadow"
• "Flying"
• "Cayenne"
• "12-Bar Original"

[Jeff Beck]

• "Beck's Bolero", featuring Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones], and Nicky HopkinsBlow by Blow Wired There & Back Escape Flash, Guitar Shop">Guitar (Frank Zappa album)">Guitar Shop Frankie's House Who Else! You Had It Coming Jeff Emotion & Commotion
• ''Loud Hailer''

[Jason Becker]

• ''The Blackberry Jams''

Bee Gees

• "Seven Seas Symphony"

Bill Black's Combo

• "White Silver Sands",, No. 9 US, No. 33 UK, No. 1 R&B
• "Don't Be Cruel",, No. 11 US, No. 32 UK, No. 1 R&B

Black Flag

[Black Sabbath]

• "Rat Salad"
• "Embryo"
• "Orchid"
• "FX"
• "Laguna Sunrise"
• "Fluff"
• "Don't Start "
• "Supertzar"
• "Breakout"
• "E5150"
• "Stonehenge"
• "The Dark"
• "Sphinx "
• "Scarlet Pimpernel"
• "The Gates Of Hell"
• "The Battle Of Tyr"

Blaqk Audio

• "Stiff Kittens"

Boston">Boston (band)">Boston

• "Foreplay"
• "A New World"
• "Walkin' at Night"
• "Get Organ-ized"/"Get Reorgan-ized"
• "The Star-Spangled Banner/4th of July Reprise"
• "Last Day of School" ''

[David Bowie]

• "Speed of Life"
• "A New Career in a New Town"
• "Warszawa"
• "Art Decade"
• "Weeping Wall"
• "V-2 Schneider"
• "Sense of Doubt"
• "Moss Garden"
• "Neuköln"
• "Crystal Japan"
• "The Wedding" (Black Tie White Noise, 1993

[Bring Me the Horizon]

• "Slow Dance"
• "Fifteen Fathoms, Counting"
• "Moon Over the Castle"

B. T. Express

• "Express",, No. 2 US,#34 UK, No. 1 R&B,

Roy Buchanan

• "Sweet Dreams"

Buckethead

• "Sketches of Spain "
• "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment"
• "Jordan"

B. Bumble and the Stingers

• "Bumble Boogie",, No. 21 US, based on Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee"
• "Nut Rocker", The recording is a version of the march from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.

[The Byrds]

• "John Riley" & "Captain Soul",

C

[Café Tacuba]

• "Perfidia"
• ''Revés''

Cake

• "Arco Arena"

Calexico">Calexico (band)">Calexico

• ''Tool Box''

Camel

• Supertwister '
• Earthrise 'The Snow Goose
• Aristillus '
• Chord Change '
• Lunar Sea '
• First Light '
• One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night '
• Elke '
• Skylines '
• Rain Dances '
• The Sleeper '
• Eye of the Storm '
• Survival '
• Ice '
• Pressure Points '
• Missing'
• After Words'
• Dust Bowl '
• Dusted Out '
• Needles '
• Milk and Honey '
• Storm Clouds '
• Cotton Camp '
• Broken Banks '
• Sheet Rain '
• Whispers '
• Little Rivers and Little Rose '
• Hopeless Anger '
• Whispers in the Rain '
• Irish Air '
• Cóbh '
• Under the Moon '
• Generations '
• Running from Paradise '
• Coming of Age '
• The Hour Candle '
• Three Wishes
• Sahara ''''

Camper Van Beethoven

• "Interstellar Overdrive"

Gustavo Cerati

• ''+Bien''

The Champs

• "Tequila", No. 1 US, No. 5 UK, No. 1 R&B
• "Limbo Rock", No. 40 US featured Earl Palmer on drums, Tommy Tedesco on guitar, and Plas Johnson on sax

[The Chantays]

• "Pipeline"

The Chemical Brothers

• "Song to the Siren"

Chicago

• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: Anxiety's Moment"
• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: West Virginia Fantasies"
• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: To Be Free"

Eric Clapton

• "Edge of Darkness"

Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse

• Steppin' Out,, Eric Clapton guitar, Paul Jones harmonica, Jack Bruce bass, Steve Winwood vocals and Pete York drums.

The Dave Clark Five

• ''Instrumental Album''

Bruce Cockburn

• "Nude Descending a Staircase"

Dennis Coffey

• "Scorpio",, No. 6 US, No. 7 UK, No. 9 R&B

The Commodores

• "Machine Gun",, No. 22 US, No. 20 UK, No. 7 R&B

Dave "Baby" Cortez

• "The Happy Organ", No. 1 US, No. 5 R&B

Floyd Cramer

• "Last Date",, No. 2 US, No. 32 UK

Cream">Cream (band)">Cream

• "Toad"
• "Steppin' Out"

[Creedence Clearwater Revival]

• "Susie Q. "
• "Poorboy Shuffle"
• "Side o' the Road"

King Curtis

• "Soul Twist",, No. 17 US, No. 1 R&B

D

The Dakotas

• "The Cruel Sea",, No. 18 UK

Dick Dale

• "Let's Go Trippin'"
• "Misirlou"

[Deep Purple]

• "And The Address"
• "Wring That Neck"
• "Fault Line"
• "'A' 200"
• "Coronarias Redig"
• "Owed To 'G'"
• "Son Of Alerik"

Deodato

• "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)",, No. 2 US, No. 7 UK, based on Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra

Derek and the Dominos

• "Tell the Truth "

Bill Doggett

• "Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2)" No. 2 US No. 1 R&B
• "Slow Walk" No. 26 US No. 4 R&B
• "Soft" No. 35 US

Down">Down (band)">Down

• "Pray for the Locust"
• "Doobinterlude"
• "Flambeaux's Jamming with St. Aug"

[Dream Theater]

• "Ytse Jam"
• "Another Hand"
• "Bombay Vindaloo"
• "A Mind Beside Itself I: Erotomania"
• "Eve"
• "A Change of Seasons I: The Crimson Sunrise"
• "A Change of Seasons IV: The Darkest of Winters"
• "A Change of Seasons VI: The Inevitable Summer"
• "Cruise Control"
• "Funeral For a Friend"
• "The Rover"
• "Hell's Kitchen"
• "Trial of Tears II: Deep In Heaven"
• "Puppies on Acid"
• "Scene Two: Overture 1928"
• "Scene Seven: The Dance Of Eternity"
• "Acid Rain"
• "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: I. Overture"
• "Stream of Consciousness"
• "Instrumedley"
• "In the Presence of Enemies I: Prelude"
• "In the Presence of Enemies V: The Reckoning"
• "Larks' Tongues in Aspic - Part II"
• "Odyssey"
• "Raw Dog"
• "False Awakening Suite"
• "Enigma Machine"
• "Illumination Theory I: Paradoxe de la Lumière Noire"
• "Illumination Theory III: The Embracing Circle"
• "Dystopian Overture"
• "2285 Entr'acte"
• "Distance over Time Instrumental Mixes"
• "A View from the Top of the World Instrumental Mixes"
• "In the Arms of Morpheus"

Duran Duran

• "Tel Aviv",
• "Tiger Tiger"

Bob Dylan

• "Woogie Boogie",
• "Wigwam",

E

Duane Eddy

• "Rebel Rouser", No. 6 US, No. 8 UK, No. 19 R&B, saxophone by session musician Gil Bernal, yells and handclaps by doo-wop group the Rivingtons.
• "Peter Gunn", No. 8 US, No. 6 UK, this was the second charting of the song in 1959

Electric Light Orchestra

• "Daybreaker"
• "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
• "Fire on High"
• "The Whale"

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

• "The Barbarian"
• "Tank"
• "Nut Rocker"
• "Hoedown"
• "Karn Evil 9: Second Impression"
• "Fanfare for the Common Man"
• "Canario"

An Endless Sporadic

• "Ameliorate"
• "An Endless Sporadic"
• "Spaceship Factory"
• "Derpulous"
• "The Adventures of Jabubu II"
• "Magic Machine"

Preston Epps

• "Bongo Rock", No. 14 US

F

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

• "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"

Family">Family (band)">Family

• "Variation on a Theme of 'Hey Mr. Policeman'"
• "Variation on a Theme of 'The Breeze'"
• "Variation on a Theme of 'Me My Friend'"
• "Summer '67"
• "93's OK J"
• "Normans"
• "Crinkly Grin"
• "Banger"

Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens

• "Top Gun Anthem"

[Fleetwood Mac]

• "Albatross"/"Jigsaw Puzzle Blues"
• "Oh Well Part 2"
• "Sunny Side of Heaven"

A Flock of Seagulls

• "DNA"

Focus

• "Hocus Pocus"

Marty Friedman

• ''Loudspeaker''

The Bobby Fuller Four

• "Misirlou", 1964

Peter Frampton

• ''Frampton Forgets the Words''

FromUz

• "13th August"

Funkadelic

• "Maggot Brain"

G

Peter Gabriel

• The first twelve tracks on Disc 2 of the deluxe edition of New Blood are instrumental versions of the first twelve tracks on the main album

Genesis

• '"Horizons"
• "After the Ordeal"
• "Los Endos"
• "Wot Gorilla?"
• "'Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers..."
• "...in That Quiet Earth'"
• "Duke's End"
• "Second Home by the Sea"
• "The Brazilian"

[Paul Gilbert]

• "Gilberto Concerto"
• "Whole Lotta Sonata"
• "G.V.R.O." Get Out of My Yard Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar
• ''Fuzz Universe''

[David Gilmour]

• "Mihails"
• "Raise My Rent"
• "Let's Get Metaphysical"
• "Castellorizon"
• "Red Sky at Night"
• "Then I Close My Eyes"
• "5 A.M."
• "Beauty"
• "And Then..."

Gary Glitter

• "Rock and Roll Part 2"

God Is an Astronaut

• ''Age of the Fifth Sun''

Godsmack

• "Vampires"
• "The Oracle"

Gorillaz

• "Lake Zurich"

Gov't Mule

• ''Sco-Mule''

H

[Jan Hammer]

• "Miami Vice Theme"
• "Crockett's Theme"

[Kirk Hammett]

• "Portals"

[Jet Harris]

• "Besame Mucho",, No. 22 UK

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan

• "Diamonds"
• "Scarlett O'Hara"

George Harrison

• "Thanks for the Pepperoni"
• "I Remember Jeep"
• "Out of the Blue"
• "Plug Me In"
• "Hari's on Tour (Express)"
• "A Bit More of You"

Jeff Healey Band">The [Jeff (album)">Jeff Healey Band]

• "Hide Away"
• "Shapes of Things"

Hellecasters

• "Sweet Dreams"

[Jimi Hendrix]

• "Third Stone from the Sun"
• "Star Spangled Banner"
• "Pali Gap"
• "Born Under a Bad Sign"
• "Sunshine of Your Love"

Hot Butter

• "Popcorn",, No. 9 US, No. 5 UK

I

[Iron Maiden]

• "Transylvania"
• "The Ides of March"
• "Genghis Khan"
• "Losfer Words"

J

Jade Warrior">Jade Warrior (band)">Jade Warrior

• ''Kites''

[Jefferson Airplane]

• "Journey (instrumental)|Embryonic Journey]"

Jethro Tull">Jethro Tull (band)">Jethro Tull

• "Dharma for One"
• "Bouree"
• "Warm Sporran"
• "Elegy"
• "The Pine Marten's Jig"

[Johnny and the Hurricanes]

• "Red River Rock", No. 5 US, No. 3 UK, No. 5 R&B

Elton John

• "Funeral for a Friend"

Eric Johnson">Eric Johnson (guitarist)">Eric Johnson

• "Tones"
• "Ah Via Musicom"
• "Venus Isle"
• "Seven Worlds"
• "Souvenir"
• "Bloom"
• "Up Close"
• "Mrs. Robinson"
• "Once Upon A Time In Texas"
• "Serinidad"
• "Fatherly Downs"
• "The World is Waiting For The Sunrise"
• "Song For Irene"
• "Collage", 2017)
• "Charldron's Boat"
• "Lake Travis"
• "Black Waterside"
• "For The Stars"

Billy Joel

• "Nocturne"
• "Root Beer Rag"
• "The Mexican Connection"
• "Prelude"

Bradley Joseph

• ''Hear the Masses''

Journey">Journey (band)">Journey

• ''Venus''

Bill Justis

• "Raunchy", No. 2 US, No. 24 UK, No. 1 R&B

K

Kinks

• "Revenge", from the ''

King Crimson

• "Larks' Tongues in Aspic":
• * Part I
• * Part II
• * Part III
• * Part IV
• "Red"
• "Providence"
• "Asbury Park"
• "The Sheltering Sky"
• "Discipline"
• "VROOOM"

Kiss">Kiss (band)">Kiss

• "Love Theme from Kiss"
• "Acrobat"

[Mark Knopfler]

• ''Altamira''

Kokomo

• "Asia Minor",, No. 8 US, No. 35 UKAdopted from the Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto in A minorand sub sequentially banned by the BBC.

L

[Led Zeppelin]

• "Black Mountain Side"
• "Moby Dick"
• "Bron-Yr-Aur"
• "Bonzo's Montreux"
• "White Summer"
• "LA Drone"
• "La La"
• "10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod"
• "St. Tristan's Sword"

[Linkin Park]

• "Session"
• "Wake"
• "Tinfoil"
• "Drawbar"

[Liquid Tension Experiment]

• ''Liquid Tension Experiment 3''

Liquid Trio Experiment

• ''When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago''

[Kiko Loureiro]

• "No Gravity"
• "Universo Inverso"
• "Fullblast"
• "Sounds of Innocence"
• "Open Source"

[The Love Unlimited Orchestra]

• "Love's Theme",, No. 1 US, No. 10 UK, No. 10 R&B orchestra formed and song written by Barry White

M

[Lonnie Mack]

• "Memphis",, No. 5 US, No. 4 R&B

Madness

• "The Return of the Los Palmas 7"

Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal (musician)">Taj Mahal

• "Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie ",

Tak Matsumoto

• "Little Wing"

Yngwie Malmsteen

Manfred Mann

• "Sack O' Woe" and "Mr. Anello"
• Instrumental Asylum, EP,
• Instrumental Assassination, EP,

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

• "Pluto, the Dog"
• "Countdown"
• "Crossfade"
• "As Above, So Below"
• "Waiter, There's a Yawn in My Ear"
• "Platform End"
• "Fritz the Blank"

The Mar-Keys

• "Last Night",, No. 3 US, No. 2 R&B

The Marketts

• "Out of Limits",, No. 3 US

Hank Marvin

• ''Guitar Man''

Hugh Masekela

• "Grazing in the Grass",, No. 1 US, No. 1 R&B

Dave Matthews Band

• "#34"
• "Anyone Seen the Bridge?"

Mastodon

• "Elephant Man"
• "Joseph Merrick"
• "Bladecatcher" Jonah Hex: Revenge Gets Ugly EP, 2010

Brian May

[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]

• "Hideaway"
• "Steppin' Out"
• "The Stumble",
• "The Supernatural",

Paul McCartney (and Wings)

• "Singalong Junk"
• "Valentine Day"
• "Hot As Sun / Glasses"
• "Momma Miss America"
• "Kreen-Akrore"
• "Bip Bop Link"
• "Mumbo Link"
• "Sunshine Sometime"
• "Great Cock and Seagull Race"
• "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)"
• "Jazz Street"
• "Night Out"
• "Zoo Gang"
• "Lunch Box / Odd Sox" Thrillington
• "Cuff Link"
• "Rockestra Theme"
• "Front Parlour"
• "Frozen Jap"
• "Bogey Wobble"
• "Hey Hey"
• "Robbie's Bit " Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest Standing Stone Rushes Working Classical Ecce Cor Meum
• ''Ocean's Kingdom''

Van McCoy

• "The Hustle",, No. 1 US, No. 3 UK, No. 1 R&B

Meshuggah

• "Acrid Placidity"

Metallica

• " – Pulling Teeth"
• "The Call of Ktulu"
• "Orion"
• "To Live Is to Die"
• "The Ecstasy of Gold" ;
• "Suicide & Redemption"

The Meters

• Struttin'
• Cabbage Alley
• Rejuvenation
• Fire on the Bayou
• Trick Bag
• ''New Directions''

MFSB

• "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)",, No. 1 US, No. 22 UK, No. 1 R&B

Midnight Oil

• "Wedding Cake Island"
• "Bakerman"
• "A Crocodile Cries"

Moby Grape

• The "Grape Jam" album of the Wow/Grape Jam two-album set is largely instrumental, featuring guest artists Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper

Mogwai

• "Summer"/"Ithica 27 Φ 9"
• "New Paths to Helicon, Parts 1 and 2"
• "Superheroes of BMX"
• "Like Herod"
• "Mogwai Fear Satan"
• "Christmas Steps"

[Van Morrison]

• "Scandinavia"

Walter Murphy

• "A Fifth of Beethoven",, No. 1 US, No. 28 UK, No. 10 R&B, based on the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Muse

• "Popcorn"

N

[Sandy Nelson]

• Most, if not all, of Sandy Nelson's recordings are instrumentals.
• "Teen Beat", No. 4 US, No. 9 UK, No. 17 R&B, The piano on the recording is by Bruce Johnston.
• "Drums Are My Beat", No. 29 US, No. 30 UK

New Order

• "Elegia"

Jack Nietzsche

• "The Lonely Surfer",, No. 39 US

Nine Inch Nails

• "Just Like You Imagined"
• ''Ghosts I–IV''

Cliff Nobles and Co.

• "The Horse",, No. 2 US, No. 2 UK, No. 2 R&B

Ted Nugent

• "Home Bound"

O

The Offspring

• "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

Ozzy Osbourne

• "Dee"

Ozric Tentacles

P

[Jimmy Page]

• "Outrider"

[The Alan Parsons Project]

• "Dream Within a Dream"
• "The Fall of the Usher House"
• "I Robot"
• "Nucleus"
• "Total Eclipse"
• "Genesis Ch.1 V32"
• "Voyager"
• "In the Lap of the Gods"
• "Hyper Gamma Spaces"
• "Lucifer"
• "Secret Garden"
• "The Gold Bug"
• "The Ace of Swords"
• "Sirius"
• "Mammagamma"
• "Pipeline"
• "Hawkeye"
• "Beaujolais"
• "Where's the Walrus?"
• "Chinese Whispers"
• "Paseo De Gracia"

Joe Perry">Joe Perry (musician)">Joe Perry

• "Mercy"
• "Twilight"
• "Wooden Ships"
• "Rumble in the Jungle"
• "Spanish Sushi"

Joe Perry Project">The [Joe Perry (album)">Joe Perry Project]

• "Break Song"

[John Petrucci]

• ''Terminal Velocity''

[Phish]

• "The Divided Sky"
• "The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony"
• "Eliza"
• "Magilla"
• "The Landlady"
• "Faht"
• "All Things Reconsidered"
• "Cars Trucks Buses"
• "Bliss" The Siket Disc
• "The Inlaw Josie Wales"
• "Maggie's Revenge"
• ''Headphones Jam''

[Pink Floyd]

• "Pow R. Toc H."
• "Interstellar Overdrive"
• "A Saucerful of Secrets"
• "Up the Khyber"
• "Party Sequence"
• "Main Theme"
• "More Blues"
• "Quicksilver"
• "A Spanish Piece"
• "Dramatic Theme"
• "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"
• "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party "
• "Heart Beat, Pig Meat"
• "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up"
• "Atom Heart Mother"
• "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast"
• "One of These Days"
• "Obscured by Clouds"
• "When You're In"
• "Mudmen"
• "Absolutely Curtains"
• "Speak to Me"
• "On the Run"
• "Any Colour You Like"
• "Shine on You Crazy Diamond pts. I, II, III, V, VI, VIII, IX"
• "Signs of Life"
• "Round and Around"
• "Terminal Frost"
• "Cluster One"
• "Marooned"
• "Unknown Song"
• "The Last Few Bricks" The Endless River except "Louder than Words"
• ''The Endless River''

Chris Poland

• ''Return to Metalopolis''

The Police

• "Reggatta de Blanc"
• "Behind My Camel"
• "The Other Way of Stopping"
• "Chambelle"

Porcupine Tree

• "Wedding Nails"

Billy Preston

• "Outa-Space",, No. 2 US, No. 1 UK, No. 44 R&B
• "Space Race",, No. 4 US, No. 1 R&B

The Pyramids

• "Penetration",, No. 18 US, adopted from Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor

Q

Queen

• "Seven Seas of Rhye"
• "Procession"
• "God Save The Queen"
• A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling
• "Forever"
• "Chinese Torture"
• "Track 13"

Quiet Sun

R

Rainbow">Rainbow (rock band)">Rainbow

• "Still I'm Sad"
• "Weiss Heim"
• "Vielleicht Das Nächste Mal"
• "Difficult to Cure"
• "Anybody There"
• "Snowman"

Ramones

• "Durango 95"

Red Hot Chili Peppers

• "Behind the Sun "
• "Me & My Friends "

Rhythm Heritage

• "Theme from S.W.A.T.",, No. 1 US, No. 11 R&B

Rockin' Rebels, aka The Rebels

• "Wild Weekend",, No. 8 US, No. 3 UK, No. 28 R&B

Rodrigo y Gabriela

• ''9 Dead Alive''

The Rolling Stones

• "Now I've Got a Witness"
• "2120 South Michigan Avenue"
• "Potted Shrimp"

[Jordan Rudess]

• ''Rockestra''

Rush

• "2112 - I: Overture"
• "Cygnus X-1, Book I: Prologue"
• "La Villa Strangiato"
• "YYZ"
• "Broon's Bane"
• "Leave That Thing Alone"
• "Limbo"
• "Cygnus X-1"
• "The Main Monkey Business"
• "Hope"
• "Malignant Narcissism"

S

Santana">Santana (band)">Santana

• "Soul Sacrifice"
• "Samba Pa Ti"
• "Incident at Neshabur"
• "In a Silent Way"
• "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)"
• "Jugando"
• "Verão Vermelho"
• "Revelations"

Carlos Santana

• ''Blues for Salvador''

[Santo and Johnny]

• "Sleep Walk", No. 1 US, No. 22 UK, No. 4 R&B
• "Tear Drop",, No. 23 US, No. 50 UK, No. 17 R&B

[Joe Satriani]

• ''The Elephants of Mars''

[Savatage]

• "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)"

Scorpions">Scorpions (band)">Scorpions

• "Night Lights"
• "Coast To Coast"

[Sepultura]

• "Inquisition Symphony"
• "The Abyss"
• "Kaiowas"
• "Jasco"
• "Itsári"
• "Canyon Jam"
• "Tribus"
• "F.O.E."
• "T3rcermillenium"
• "Valtio"
• "Enter Sandman/Fight Fire with Fire Medley"
• "Lost"
• "Limbo"
• "Eunoé"
• "Primium Mobile"
• "A-Lex I"
• "A-Lex II"
• "A-Lex III"
• "Ludwig Van"
• "A-Lex IV"
• "Iceberg Dances"
• "The Pentagram"
• "Quadra"

[The Shadows]

• "Apache"
• The Shadows EP
• "FBI"/"Midnight"
• "The Frightened City"
• "Kon-Tiki"
• "Wonderful Land"
• The Boys EP
• "Dance On!"
• "Foot Tapper"
• "Atlantis"
• "Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt">Rise (instrumental)">Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt"
• "The Warlord"
• "Maroc 7"

[Derek Sherinian]

• ''The Phoenix''

[Silver Convention]

• "Fly, Robin, Fly",, No. 1 US, No. 28 UK, No. 1 R&B

[Slade]

• "M'Hat M'Coat"

[Slayer]

• "Delusions of Savior"

[Slint]

• Their untitled 1994 EP is composed entirely of instrumentals.

[Sonic Youth]

[Soulfly]

• "Four Sticks"

[Steely Dan]

• "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo",, written by Duke Ellington

[Steve Stevens]

• ''Memory Crash''

[Rod Stewart]

• "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"

[The String-A-Longs]

• "Wheels",, No. 3 US, No. 8 UK, No. 19 R&B

Styx">Styx (band)">Styx

• "Little Fugue in G"

[The Surfaris]

• "Wipe Out" b/w Surfer Joe No. 2 US

[Symphony X]

• "The Odyssey: Odysseus' Theme/Overture"

T

The T-Bones

• "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)",, No. 3 US

Therapy?

• "Sky High McKay"
• "Big Cave In"
• "Magic Mountain"
• "Marlow"

Timo Tolkki

• ''Classical Variations and Themes''

The Tornados

• "Telstar" No. 1 US, No. 1 UK, No. 5 R&B

Tortoise

• ''Beacons of Ancestorship''

Traffic

• "Glad"

Trans Am

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

• "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24"
• "Wizards in Winter"

U

[U2]

• "4th Of July"
• "Boomerang 1"

V

[Steve Vai]

• "The Attitude Song" Passion and Warfare
• "Zappa song)|Sofa]" Alien Love Secrets EP
• "Fire Garden" The Ultra Zone Alive In An Ultra World Real Illusions: Reflections The Story of Light
• ''Modern Primitive''

[Van Halen]

• "Eruption"
• "Spanish Fly"
• "Sunday Afternoon in the Park"
• "Cathedral"
• "Little Guitars"
• "1984"
• "316"
• "Strung Out"
• "Doin' Time"
• "Baluchitherium"
• "New World"
• "Primary"

Eddie and Alex Van Halen

• "Respect the Wind"

[Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble]

• "Rude Mood"
• "Testify"
• "Scuttle Buttin'"
• "Lenny"
• "Hide Away"
• "Say What!"
• "Riviera Paradise
• "Little Wing"
• "Chitlins con Carne"

The Virtues

• "Guitar Boogie Shuffle",, No. 5 US, No. 27 R&B

W

The Wailers aka The Fabulous Wailers

• "Tall Cool One",, No. 36 US, No. 24 R&B

Rick Wakeman

• ''The [Six Wives of Henry VIII (album)|The Six Wives of Henry VIII]''

Mike Watt

• "Maggot Brain"

The Who

• "The Ox"
• "Cobwebs and Strange"
• "Overture"
• "Sparks"
• "Underture"
• "Quadrophenia"
• "The Rock"
• "Hall of the Mountain King"
• "My Generation "

Mason Williams

• "Classical Gas", No. 2 US, No. 9 UK "orchestrated rock and roll" backed by the Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew]

[Brian Wilson]

• "The Elements: Fire"

The Edgar Winter Group

• "Frankenstein"

[Link Wray]

• "Rumble", No. 16 US, No. 11 R&B

Y

The Yardbirds

• "Steeled Blues",
• "Jeff's Boogie"
• "White Summer"

Yes

• "Mood for a day"
• "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)"
• "Five Per Cent For Nothing"
• "Cinema"
• "Amazing Grace"

Neil Young

• Soundtrack to Dead Man, 1996)

Yowie

• ''Cryptooology''

Z

Frank Zappa

• "Peaches en Regalia"
• "Eat That Question" Sleep Dirt
• "Rat Tomago" Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar/Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More/Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Jazz from Hell The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa Guitar Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
• ''Trance-Fusion''