Songs about instruments

So many dudes named songs after their dicks guitars that I had to resort to online research. Those lists are endless! So let’s hear it for the mighty mighty Earth, Wind & Fire for their ode to the mbira, the Zimbabwean instrument which also duets well with hard riffin’ guitar, thank you, a bit like a doorbell ringing over a dog’s growl.

The list:

1. Earth, Wind & Fire – Kalimba Story
2. Tabu Ley Rochereau – Aon Aon
3. T. Rex – Bang a Gong
4. Tony Bennett – I Love a Piano
5. Frankie Knuckles – The Whistle Song
6. Prince and the Revolution – Tambourine
7. Britney Spears – Big Fat Bass
8. Rod Stewart – Mandolin Wind
9. Sleater-Kinney – Words and Guitar
10. Brenda Russell – Piano in the Dark
11. The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
12. Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs
13. The Stone Poneys (featuring Linda Ronstadt) – Different Drum
14. Wynonna Judd – Girls with Guitars
15. Alan Jackson – Don’t Rock the Jukebox
16. Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man
17. Foreigner – Jukebox Hero
18. Beastie Boys – Pass the Mic
19, R.E.M. – E-Bow the Letter
20. Sparks – As I Sit Down and Play the Organ at the Notre Dame Cathedral
21. Todd Rundgren – Bang The Drum All Day
22. Taylor Swift – Teardrops on My Guitar
23. Fiona Apple – Tymps (the Sick in the Head Song)
24. David Sylvan – Red Guitar
25. Sharon Van Etten – Jupiter 4

4 thoughts on “Songs about instruments

  1. taking the risk of being annoying by commenting suggestions even though you didn’t ask (and apologies in advance) … but great list!

    Kraftwerk “Home Computer”
    Laurie Spiegel “Drums”
    Equiknoxx “Melodica Badness”

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