Some recordings which include brief or non-musical use of the human voice are typically considered instrumentals. Examples include songs with the following: • Short verbal interjections (as in "
Tequila", "
Topsy", "
Wipe Out", "
The Hustle", or "
Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out") • Repetitive
nonsense words (e.g., "la la..." (as in "
Calcutta") or "
Woo Hoo") • Non-musical spoken passages in the background of the track (e.g., "
To Live Is to Die" by
Metallica or "
Wasteland" by
Chelsea Grin) • Wordless vocal effects, such as
drones (e.g., "
Rockit" or "
Flying") •
Vocal percussion, such as beatbox
B-sides on rap singles •
Yelling (e.g. "
Cry for a Shadow") •
Yodeling (e.g., "
Hocus Pocus") •
Whistling (e.g., "
I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" or "
Colonel Bogey March") • Spoken statements at the end of the track (e.g., "
God Bless the Children of the Beast" by
Mötley Crüe or "
For the Love of God" by
Steve Vai) • Non-musical vocal recordings taken from other media (e.g., "
Vampires" by
Godsmack) •
Field recordings which may or may not contain non-lyrical words (e.g., many songs by
Godspeed You! Black Emperor and other
post-rock bands) Songs including actual musical—rhythmic, melodic, and lyrical—vocals might still be categorized as instrumentals if the vocals appear only as a short part of an extended piece (e.g., "
Unchained Melody" (Les Baxter), "
Batman Theme", "
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)", "
Pick Up the Pieces", "The Hustle", "
Fly, Robin, Fly", "
Get Up and Boogie", "
Do It Any Way You Wanna", and "
Gonna Fly Now"), though this definition is loose and subjective. Falling just outside of that definition is "
Theme from Shaft" by
Isaac Hayes. "
Better Off Alone", which began as an instrumental by
DJ Jurgen, had vocals by
Judith Pronk, who would become a seminal part of
Alice Deejay, added in later releases of the track. ==See also==