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"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" is an instrumental by Brazilian musician Eumir Deodato, from his 1973 album Prelude.[1][2] It is a heavily jazz-funk styled rendition of the introduction from the Richard Strauss composition Also sprach Zarathustra.

"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"
Cover art of the Dutch vinyl single
Single by Deodato
from the album Prelude
B-side"Spirit of Summer"
Released1973 [1][2]
RecordedSeptember 12–14, 1972
StudioVan Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz-funk
Length9:00 (Album version)
5:06 (Single version)
LabelCTI
Songwriter(s)Richard Strauss
Producer(s)Creed Taylor
Deodato singles chronology
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"
(1973)
"Rhapsody in Blue"
(1973)

Released as the album's first single in early 1973, his rendition peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 31 March 1973 (behind Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song") and number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It won the 16th Annual Grammy Awards Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.[3][1][2]

The track has appeared on many compilation and re-issue albums since 1973.[4]


Charts



Weekly charts


Chart (1973) Peak
position
Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart[5] 3
Canadian RPM AC Chart[6] 22
UK Singles Chart[7] 7
US Billboard Easy Listening[8] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 2

Year-end charts


Chart (1973) Position
Canada RPM (magazine)[10] 42
US Billboard Year-End[11] 90



Lead musicians



References


  1. DESOUTEIRO, Arnaldo. 40 Years of Eumir Deodato's iconic "Prelude". Publicado em Jazz Station – Arnaldo DeSouteiro’s Blog (jazz, bossa e Beyond), Los Angeles – Based Jazz Historian, Educator and Record Producer. Voting member of Naras-Grammy, Jazz Journalists Association and Los Angeles Jazz Society. Founder & Ceo of Jazz Station Records (JSR), a division of Jazz Station Marketing & Consulting – Los Angeles, Califórnia – 30 de setembro de 2013. Página visitada em 1º de março de 2014.
  2. DEODATO, Eumir. About/Introduction/History (link) Archived 2015-03-10 at the Wayback Machine. Publicado no site official de Eumir Deodato. Página visitada em 3 de maio de 2015.
  3. "GRAMMY Award Results for Eumir Deodato". GRAMMYS. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  4. "Cti Covers: Eumir Deodato". Dougpayne.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 7, 1973" (PDF).
  6. "RPM Top AC - March 24, 1973" (PDF).
  7. "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  8. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 77.
  9. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 233.
  10. "RPM Top 100 Singles of '73 - December 29, 1973" (PDF).
  11. Billboard Top Songs 1973 Musicoutfitters.com
  12. "Being There (1979) Soundtrack". IMDB. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  13. "Ric Flair – Also Sprach Zarathustra". Classic FM. Retrieved 2020-06-24.



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