For other uses, see Also sprach Zarathustra (disambiguation).

"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 1896 Richard Strauss composition Also sprach Zarathustra. The "(2001)" mentioned is a reference to the soundtrack for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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"), number 3 in Canada,[4] and number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It won the 16th Annual Grammy Awards Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.[5][1][2]

The track has appeared on many compilation and re-issue albums since 1973.[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart[7] 3
Canadian RPM AC Chart[8] 22
UK Singles Chart[9] 7
US Billboard Easy Listening[10] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1973) Position
Canada RPM (magazine)[12] 42
US Billboard Year-End[13] 90
  • The track was used in the 1979 film Being There starring Peter Sellers, as his character leaves home for the very first time.[14]
  • Retired professional wrestler and pop culture personality Ric Flair used several versions of the opening fanfare as his entrance theme for the majority of his in-ring career.[15]
  • The band Phish has played a cover of this song over 200 times across their various live shows.[16]

Lead musicians

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ Breihan, Tom (April 20, 2020). "The Number Ones: Kool & The Gang's "Celebration"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 15, 2023. ...Eumir Deodato, who'd had a freak smash with the 1973 single "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)", a nine-minute instrumental prog-funk cover of the Richard Strauss classical piece...
  4. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles – April 7, 1973" (PDF).
  5. ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Eumir Deodato". GRAMMYS. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Cti Covers: Eumir Deodato". Dougpayne.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  7. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles – April 7, 1973" (PDF).
  8. ^ "RPM Top AC – March 24, 1973" (PDF).
  9. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  10. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 77.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955–2012. Record Research. p. 233.
  12. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles of '73 – December 29, 1973" (PDF).
  13. ^ Billboard Top Songs 1973 Musicoutfitters.com
  14. ^ "Being There (1979) Soundtrack". IMDB. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Ric Flair – Also Sprach Zarathustra". Classic FM. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  16. ^ "Also Sprach Zarathustra History". Phish.net. 1993-07-16. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
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