# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Rahne\_McCloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rahne\_McCloud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rahne_McCloud)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/101 "2013-03-16T07:28:55Z")
Feel So Good- Chuck Mangione ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/102 "2013-03-16T23:50:07Z")
Everything I Want To Be - **Save Ferris** ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/103 "2013-03-17T01:52:25Z")
Just about anything recorded before 1945. Screw all y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/104 "2013-03-21T22:51:48Z")
[“Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” written to advertise for Vooray](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShFAeNdiEiA). Horns are fab and video is all kinds of awesome, pretty sure I’m being hypnotized by these beautiful, smiling people. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/105 "2013-03-22T02:51:27Z")
Stevie Wonder - “Superstition” Stevie Wonder - “I Wish” Stevie Wonder - “Sir Duke” Zappa - “Peaches en Regalia” Bartók - _Concerto for Orchestra_ Bowie - “V-2 Schneider” ---
**Author:** ![jrbor76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@jrbor76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrbor76)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/106 "2013-03-25T15:12:11Z")
I don’t think anyone’s mentioned this one, but “Get It On” from the short-lived band Chase. (If it doesn’t ring a bell, it’s the song that ends with the horns doing the opening riff from “In-a-Gadda-da-Vida”. Yes, I had to look it up.) ---
**Author:** ![jgregg42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jgregg42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jgregg42)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/107 "2014-01-20T04:03:12Z")
I’ve seen some great posts. here are a few with strong horn sections: Funky Fanfare by Keith Mansfield Italia a Mano Armata by Franco Micalizzi & The Big Bubbling Band(used by Quentin Tarantino in Death Proof) Ran Kan Kan Doo Doo Doo Doo (heartbreaker) by the Rolling Stones Hump De Bump by Red Hot Chili Peppers Stand Up by The Prodigy You can call me Al by Paul Simon Mojo Man by Jimi Hendrix on “People, hell and angels” Big Booty Woman by Black Joe Lewis ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/108 "2014-01-20T04:22:33Z")
Louisiana Gator Boys - [How Blue Can You Get?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWyrp9o2Rg8) ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/109 "2014-01-20T04:24:46Z")
[Turn the page](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAbY2cmEsS0) by Bob Seger. Not a lot of sax, but what there is, is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/110 "2014-01-20T04:48:25Z")
A few more I didn’t see get a mention: [Candy Everybody Wants](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORFcH5uAjM) and [Few and Far Between](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We2ppmhWh6Q) - 10,000 Maniacs [Smooth Operator](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA9gUspn6gc) - Sade ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/111 "2014-01-20T09:08:39Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Everything I Want To Be - **Save Ferris** Pretty much the entire genre of Ska is a good answer to this thread, but since someone brought up Save Ferris, here is how “Come on Eileen” sounds when you substitute horns for strings: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yzfCFFCSnLE/hqdefault.jpg "Save Ferris - Come On Eileen") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzfCFFCSnLE) Huge improvement, I think. A recent pop song with horns I’m partial to is this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ghb6eDopW8I/maxresdefault.jpg "Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghb6eDopW8I) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/112 "2014-01-20T11:48:23Z")
“move on up” I’m a huge fan of the version by The Jam. [Superb live version here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb2oEsCIWio). [“Will you”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQxghlWMWM) by Hazel O’Connor ---
**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:** [January 20, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/113 "2014-01-20T13:04:10Z")
What a fun thread! Found some really good music here. ---
**Author:** ![Roundabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Roundabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roundabout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/114 "2014-01-20T16:29:56Z")
**F.M.** - Steely Dan **Is that Enough** - Marvin Gaye **Superfly** - Curtis Mayfield ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/115 "2014-01-20T16:41:49Z")
“Would I lie to You” by the Eurythmics is a great horn song with a lousy fade-out finish. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/116 "2014-01-20T17:54:23Z")
_Sympathy For the Devil_. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/117 "2014-01-20T18:41:09Z")
This thread has existed for a year and no one has mentioned Dick Dale’s “Misirlou”? Shameful. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/118 "2014-01-20T18:48:44Z")
Anything from Five Iron Frenzy. Fair warning: it’s Christian ska, if that bothers you, but it isn’t particularly obnoxious about it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/119 "2014-01-20T19:00:34Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > _Sympathy For the Devil_. “Wooly Bully.” ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065/120 "2014-01-21T01:56:36Z")
Fantasy - Earth Wind and Fire [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/twICykaRRvY/hqdefault.jpg "EARTH WIND & FIRE - Fantasy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twICykaRRvY) Sing Sing Sing ["SING, SING, SING" BY BENNY GOODMAN - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2S1I_ien6A) (This one will never _not_ be cool.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-songs-with-kick-ass-horns/652065.md?page=7)