# Pop songs with kick-ass horns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065 "2013-03-05T03:46:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/41 "2013-03-06T16:27:34Z")
_Delilah_ by Tom Jones has some pretty good horns. And Johnny Cash’s _Ring of Fire_ does too. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/42 "2013-03-06T16:29:29Z")
[Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ueaD22hg8) [Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTh1Wsqo2c) Anything from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/43 "2013-03-06T17:26:17Z")
[Lucretia McEvil](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9U34uPjz-g)by Blood Sweat & Tears, the horns kinda carry the song. The guitar break seems weak by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/44 "2013-03-06T17:45:29Z")
Beulah - [Hey Brother](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTbKcrt2L0o) Rilo Kiley - [It’s a Hit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXXY3OaeRf4) Tally Hall - [The Whole World and You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ZUo62N7Kc) ---
**Author:** ![CatherineZeta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@CatherineZeta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatherineZeta)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/45 "2013-03-06T18:06:47Z")
No Doubt uses horns in a lot of their songs. The horn section (Gabe and Steve) should be officially part of the band as they usually tour with No Doubt. Examples include [The Climb](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYkeS7e3UTQ) and [Squeal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYvKXKZhFgs). Morrissey featured horns on some of the songs and b-sides on his album _Ringleader of the Tormentors_. [I Just Want to See the Boy Happy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fPpKVoC7ic) (near the end) [Human Being](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E_-NsO-dmA) (New York Dolls cover) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/46 "2013-03-06T18:12:47Z")
[Sir Duke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmKshpLXnxE), Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/47 "2013-03-06T18:15:13Z")
Barry Manilow - Copacabana Paul Simon - Call Me Al ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/48 "2013-03-06T18:34:04Z")
This wasn’t a hit (I don’t think it was even a single), but not only does John Entwistle’s [_I Wonder_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6qNZ07vI8A)(from the Whistle Rhymes album) kick serious posterior, he played all or most of the horns himself. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/49 "2013-03-06T18:35:56Z")
J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame Oingo Boingo - take your pick ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/50 "2013-03-06T18:48:27Z")
[Open Sesame - Cool & The Gang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rarMJvxrXo0) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/51 "2013-03-07T00:37:10Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’ve always liked the horn/sax break in [Face The Face](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_N2kJg29v4). Wow. I haven’t heard that song in 25 years, and yet it was completely familiar to me on hearing it again. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/52 "2013-03-07T02:04:21Z")
Another one with kick ass horns: Just A Gigolo. Louis Prima or David Lee Roth, take your pick. Prima’s version is, well, _primo_, but DLR’s version is quite good, too. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/53 "2013-03-07T03:29:38Z")
[Vehicle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJFjO4Skgo), by Ides of March. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/54 "2013-03-07T03:35:14Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > [Vehicle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJFjO4Skgo), by Ides of March. ETA: Ha! I swear I searched the thread and somehow missed this was in the OP!!! ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/55 "2013-03-07T03:39:14Z")
Thorn in my side–Eurythmics ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/56 "2013-03-07T04:09:33Z")
No love for the Average White Band? Here’s [Pick Up The Pieces](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ISLeHByD-I) live at Montreaux. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/57 "2013-03-07T04:27:23Z")
Squirrel Nut Zippers [Hell](http://www.mtv.com/videos/squirrel-nut-zippers/10096/hell.jhtml)(They had an awesome horn horn section) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/58 "2013-03-07T04:33:05Z")
I guess it would be pop for it’s time but if you want horns check out [Fly Me To The Moon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W146Z_-O0J0) from [Sinatra at the Sands](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinatra_at_the_Sands). ---
**Author:** ![JerseySwamps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@JerseySwamps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseySwamps)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/59 "2013-03-07T05:53:49Z")
I Can’t Turn You Loose by Otis Redding ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/60 "2013-03-07T07:34:07Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I’m pretty sure they were synths, although they do indeed kick ass. NOPE the Horns are the real deal on Sledgehammer on purpose [Sledgehammer (disambiguation) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledgehammer_(song)). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065.md?page=4)