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==Notable hidden tracks==
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Some hidden tracks are historically significant, have become well known and even occasionally received radio airplay and climbed the charts.
*[[The Beatles]]' track "[[Her Majesty (song)|Her Majesty]]" from their 1969 album ''[[Abbey Road]]'' is considered a hidden track. It was originally a part of the medley on side two of the album, before [[Paul McCartney]] requested that it be removed; the engineer who edited it out of the rough mix placed it after the medley to preserve it, and when the Beatles heard it there, they decided to place it there on the album.<ref>{{cite book |last= Lewisohn|first= Mark|author-link= Mark Lewisohn|date= 2004|title= The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions|url= |location= London|publisher= EMI/Hamlyn|page= 183|isbn=0-681-03189-1|edition= 2004}}</ref> The original pressings of ''Abbey Road'' did not list "Her Majesty" on the back cover song title listing, nor the record label; subsequent LP pressings and then CD issues were issued revealing the track. However, two years prior, in 1967, on the UK version of the ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album, there was the "[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band#Inner groove|inner groove]]" that appeared after "A Day in the Life" at the end of side two. It was an unexpected, untitled, and un-credited Beatles recording; so this might be deemed a precursor to the hidden track. A potential hidden track on yet another Beatles album is on ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' (also known popularly as ''The White Album'') 1968 double album. The hidden track is a snippet of a song called "[[Can You Take Me Back]]", serving as an "outro" to "[[Cry Baby Cry (song)|Cry Baby Cry]]".
*[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] put the hidden song "[[Endless, Nameless (song)|Endless, Nameless]]" 10 minutes after the last listed track on their 1991 album ''[[Nevermind]]''. It was the first prominent hidden track in the CD era and inspired a slew of hidden tracks on albums in the following years. Lead singer Kurt Cobain said he got the idea from when he would make [[mix tape|mix tapes]] for his friends and then add a secret song after a long silent gap at the end, to startle them. Interestingly, some of the initial pressings of the album accidentally omitted the secret track because the person pressing the album thought it was not meant to be there. This was quickly corrected in subsequent pressings after the band let the label know.
*[[Janet Jackson]]'s track "[[Whoops Now]]", a hidden track from her album ''[[janet.]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hampp|first1=Andrew|title=Janet Jackson, 'janet.': classic track-by-track review|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1562833/janet-jackson-janet-classic-track-by-track-review|website=Billboard.com|date=18 May 2013|access-date=19 December 2018}}</ref> was released as a single, and reached number nine in [[UK Singles Charts]], and number one in [[New Zealand]] Singles Chart.
*[[Eels (band)|Eels]]' album ''[[Daisies of the Galaxy]]'' contains a hidden track, "[[Mr. E's Beautiful Blues]]", which was released as a single, and received radio airplay, although it was not featured on the sleeve notes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.music-critic.com/rock/eels_daisiesofgalaxy.htm|title=The Most Beautiful of Freaks|access-date=8 January 2009|first=Peter|last=Naldrett|website=MusicCritic.com|date=March 2000|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820085323/http://www.music-critic.com/rock/eels_daisiesofgalaxy.htm|archive-date=20 August 2008}}</ref> The song was, in fact, released as the first single from the album, and peaked at number&nbsp;11 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].
*[[Cracker (band)|Cracker]]'s "[[Euro-Trash Girl]]", an original, was one of their biggest radio hits, despite being a hidden track on ''[[Kerosene Hat]]''.<ref name="kerosene hat">{{cite web|url=http://www.epinions.com/content_32102190724|title='Kerosene Hat' is hot|access-date=2007-03-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017000850/http://www.epinions.com/content_32102190724|archive-date=2007-10-17}}</ref>
*"[[Skin (Sarabeth)]]" by [[Rascal Flatts]], a hidden track from their 2004 album ''[[Feels Like Today]]'', received enough airplay to chart in the Top 40 on the country charts, peaking at number&nbsp;2 in late 2005. In mid-2005, the album was re-issued, with the song officially listed as a track, coinciding with the song's release as a single.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encoremusic.com/piano/1704836.html|access-date=2007-03-07|title=Piano Sheet Music - Rascal Flatts - Skin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928110014/http://www.encoremusic.com/piano/1704836.html|archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref>
*Of the two hidden tracks on [[Lauryn Hill]]'s ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]'', one of them, the cover of "[[Can't Take My Eyes Off You]]" was nominated for a [[41st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy in 1999]] in the category of 'Best Female Pop Vocal Performance'. It was the first time a hidden track was nominated for a Grammy.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kot|first1=Greg|title=10 nominations put Lauryn Hill atop Grammy heap|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-01-06-9901060056-story.html|website=ChicagoTribune.com|access-date=19 December 2018}}</ref>
*[[Tally Hall]]'s 2005 album ''[[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (album)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]]'' had a hidden track, aptly titled "[[Hidden in the Sand]]", that would prove to be the band's most successful song, gaining over 35 million plays on YouTube<ref>{{cite web |title=Tally Hall - Hidden in the Sand (Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOFA9kPQ_uU |website=youtube.com |access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref> and over 280 million on Spotify.<ref>{{cite web |last=Becker|first=Sarah|url=https://audiophix.com/posts/revisiting-tally-hall-surprise-hit-01hv3p66bfaa|title=Revisiting Tally Hall's surprise hit "Hidden in the Sand"|website=[[FanSided|AudioPhix]]|language=en|date=April 13, 2024|accessdate=April 16, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Robbie Williams]] has had hidden tracks on many of his albums. On his first studio album, ''[[Life thru a Lens]]'', the standard edition included one hidden track.<ref>Bresnark, Robin. "Review: ''Robbie Williams – Life Thru A Lens, Chrysalis''". ''[[Melody Maker]]'' (4 October 1997): 51.</ref> His second album, ''[[I've Been Expecting You]]'', includes two.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I've Been Expecting You |url=https://robbiewilliams.com/pages/timeline/entry-album-ive-been-expecting-you |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Robbie Williams |language=en}}</ref> By doing this, Williams' regular listeners would have likely expected a hidden track of sorts on the third album, ''[[Sing When You're Winning]]''. To play on this, instead of a hidden track appearing on the album, a recording of Williams' saying "No, I'm not doing one on this album" plays after 24 minutes of silence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Staffordshire - Robbie Williams - Sing When You're Winning |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/robbie/discography/sing_when_youre_winning.shtml |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>