Talk:List of instrumental number ones on the UK singles chart

US version

Shouldn't there be a US version of this?--90.220.160.137 (talk) 18:37, 21 November 2011 (UTC)

Borderline cases

There are a number of instances where the song is almost instrumental, for example Double Barrel hit #1 on May 1st, 1971 and We No Speak Americano hit #1 on 25th July 2010. What should we do about them? Make a list below the main one listing half-instrumentals?--90.220.160.137 (talk) 18:40, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. ATB could also qualify with 9 PM (Till I Come), as the record is mostly instrumental, but the title is heard at least a couple of times. Flat Beat has a spoken part at the end. Perhaps there should be a separate list, with Doop and Mouldy Old Dough on that instead, alongside these others. The instrumental hook was probably what made these records popular, but they aren't completely instrumental. --TrottieTrue (talk) 20:23, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Doop

If we are including "Doop" on the list, which actually has "Doop" sung in the song repetitevely, then why isn't "Block Rockin' Beats" on here too?--TangoTizerWolfstone (talk) 03:13, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

See my comment above. I'd be in favour of making the criteria more strict, and perhaps making a separate list of 'nearly' instrumentals. Animals, O Mein Papa and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly suffer from a similar problem. Possibly also Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White, from memory, so Eye Level would be the last purely instrumental number one. --TrottieTrue (talk) 20:24, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

Flat Beat doesn't have any lyrics per se, it has a sample that says "Oh yeah I used to know Quinnan; he's a real, he's a real jerk" which is said before the music starts. The song itself is an instrumental. Renard Migrant (talk) 17:33, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

If it was intended to be an instrumental track it should be added we shouldn't pick on minor words at the beginning of the track and martin Garrix is on this list no objections to one word said during the track, it's not exactly a song with only one word, "Block Rockin' Beats" is three words not sure about that one maybe we should keep as one word only during the track. DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 12:10, 16 April 2020

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Crazy Frog

Not sure Crazy Frog belongs here I added because it's based on the Beverly Hills Cop theme which is a completely instrumental track back in the 80s, Crazy Frog's version does have words in it like "ding ding ", "this is Crazy Frog" and "Weeeeeeeee".

I thought the same when I saw it on the list. Not only is the 'frog' effectively singing along with the tune, that was the hook for this version which was heavily used on ringtone advertisements at the time. Without the "ding-ding" singalong, it's just the original 80s song. GNU/Andrew (talk) 17:00, 30 May 2023 (UTC)

DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 12:00, 18 September 2020

Citations

This article suffers from lack of a proper definition of what an instrumental is. As it isn't WP's job to decide that, I would suggest that we need quality citations that state each song is an instrumental (rather than proving they got to number one, which is straight forward) Btljs (talk) 16:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Yep so i am noting here that these tracks: Mouldy Old Dough, Flat Beat, 9PM, Axel F and Animals need additional ref as these have words but considered a Instrumental DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 23:09, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

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Ref found

I got this ref but not sure where to add plus only covers up to Flat Beat minus Mouldy Old Dough and Block Rocking Beats http://ukcharts.20m.com/inst1.htm DanTheMusicMan2 (talk) 23:22, 30 March 2024 (UTC)