Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) Explained

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)
Cover:Eumir Deodato 2001.jpg
Caption:Cover art of the Dutch vinyl single
Type:single
Artist:Deodato
Album:Prelude
B-Side:Spirit of Summer
Released:1973
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
Producer:Creed Taylor
Next Title:Rhapsody in Blue
Next Year:1973

"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" is an instrumental by Brazilian musician Eumir Deodato, from his 1973 album Prelude.[2] [3] 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 .

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.[2] It won the 16th Annual Grammy Awards Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.[5] [2] [3]

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

In popular culture

Lead musicians

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Kool & The Gang’s "Celebration". . April 20, 2020 . ...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.... July 15, 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. DEODATO, Eumir. About/Introduction/History (link) . Publicado no site official de Eumir Deodato. Página visitada em 3 de maio de 2015.
  4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles – April 7, 1973.
  5. Web site: GRAMMY Award Results for Eumir Deodato. GRAMMYS . 29 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Cti Covers: Eumir Deodato . Dougpayne.com . 25 April 2016.
  7. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles – April 7, 1973.
  8. Web site: RPM Top AC – March 24, 1973.
  9. Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. September 6, 2022.
  10. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 77.

  11. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955–2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 233.

  12. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles of '73 – December 29, 1973.
  13. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1973.htm Billboard Top Songs 1973
  14. Web site: Being There (1979) Soundtrack . IMDB . 26 September 2020.
  15. Web site: Ric Flair – Also Sprach Zarathustra. 2020-06-24. Classic FM. en.

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