| "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Eumir_Deodato_2001.jpg) Cover art of the Dutch vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Deodato | ||||
| from the album Prelude | ||||
| B-side | "Spirit of Summer" | |||
| Released | 1973 [1][2] | |||
| Recorded | September 12–14, 1972 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 9:00 (Album version) 5:06 (Single version) | |||
| Label | CTI | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Richard Strauss | |||
| Producer(s) | Creed Taylor | |||
| Deodato singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" (album version) on YouTube | ||||
"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. 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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...
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles – April 7, 1973" (PDF).
- ^ "GRAMMY Award Results for Eumir Deodato". GRAMMYS. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Cti Covers: Eumir Deodato". Dougpayne.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.