Flight of the Bumblebee.
Neil Diamond, of all people, has a version, which you might or might not like.
Joke Answer: Star Trek Theme
The Star Trek Theme was originally composed with lyrics.
Playing God - Polyphia
Yakety Sax
yakety sax is based on a song with lyrics! “yakety yak” by the Coasters
Tangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It’s great.
I was also thinking I’d love to hear some adagios being sung.
Cbat by Hudson Mohawke. Is it actually about sex? Let’s find out.
Opus No1
This is quite literally one of the reasons I started making music. Too many instrumentals without vocals.
Spazzmatica Polka would surely be crazy.
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I, too, would like to hear eldrich silent singing.
You can only hear the lyrics in your writhing mind.
Christopher Columbus (Squirrels & Onions remix) doesn’t technically have lyrics, but I always sing the title words along with the beat, at least in my head. Kinda of like how a lot of EDM just turns into Boots and Cats in my head.
They redid the Ducktales NES moon level song and added lyrics and it wasn’t half bad.
Original: https://youtu.be/KF32DRg9opA Remake: https://youtu.be/cJW5n8f0Z9o
