Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)

"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.

For other uses, see Also sprach Zarathustra (disambiguation).
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"
Cover art of the Dutch vinyl single
Single by Deodato
from the album Prelude
B-side"Spirit of Summer"
Released1973 [1][2]
RecordedSeptember 12–14, 1972
StudioVan Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz-funk
Length9:00 (Album version)
5:06 (Single version)
LabelCTI
Songwriter(s)Richard Strauss
Producer(s)Creed Taylor
Deodato singles chronology
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"
(1973)		 "Rhapsody in Blue"
(1973)

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 and number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] It won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.[1][2]

The track has appeared on many compilation and re-issue albums since 1973.[3]

Charts
Chart (1973) Peak
position
Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart[4] 3
UK Singles Chart 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2
  • The track was used in the 1979 film Being There[5] starring Peter Sellers, as his character leaves home for the very first time.
  • Retired professional wrestler and pop culture personality Ric Flair used several versions of the opening fanfare as his entrance theme for the majority of his in-ring career.[6]
  • In 2001 it was used by the University of South Carolina Gamecocks football team in their entrance onto the field.

Lead musicians

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Cti Covers: Eumir Deodato". Dougpayne.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  5. "Being There (1979) Soundtrack". IMDB. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. "Ric Flair – Also Sprach Zarathustra". Classic FM. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
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