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{{Short description|1968 instrumental musical piece}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Classical Gas
| cover      = Classical_Gas_-_Mason_Williams.jpeg
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| type       = single
| artist     = [[Mason Williams]]
| album      = [[The Mason Williams Phonograph Record]]
| B-side     = Long Time Blues
| released   = April 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/7190|title=Classical Gas / Long Time Blues - Mason Williams|publisher=45cat|access-date=2019-10-25}}</ref>
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| genre      = *[[Baroque pop]]
*[[easy listening]]
*[[classical music]]
*[[instrumental]]
*[[classical crossover]]
| length     = 3:00
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| writer     = Mason Williams
| producer   = [[Mike Post]]
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| misc       = {{Audio sample
 | type = single
 | file = Classical Gas.ogg
}}
}}
"'''Classical Gas'''" is an [[instrumental]] musical piece composed and originally performed by American guitarist [[Mason Williams]] with instrumental backing by members of [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|the Wrecking Crew]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Kent |last=Hartman |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312619749/page/261 261–263] |year=2012 |title=The Wrecking Crew |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312619749 |url-access=registration |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin’s Griffin]] |isbn=978-1-250-03046-7}}</ref>  Originally released in 1968 on the album ''[[The Mason Williams Phonograph Record]]'', it has been rerecorded and rereleased numerous times since by Williams. One later version served as the title track of a [[Classical Gas (Mason Williams and Mannheim Steamroller album)|1987 album]] by Williams and the band [[Mannheim Steamroller]].