Editing Instrumental (section)

==Borderline cases==
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Some recordings which include brief or non-musical use of the human voice are typically considered instrumentals. Examples include songs with the following:
* Short verbal interjections (as in "[[Tequila (Champs song)|Tequila]]", "[[Topsy (instrumental)|Topsy]]", "[[Wipe Out (instrumental)|Wipe Out]]", "[[The Hustle (song)|The Hustle]]", or "[[Bentley Rhythm Ace (album)|Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out]]")
* Repetitive [[Non-lexical vocables in music|nonsense]] words (e.g., "la la..." (as in "[[Calcutta (song)|Calcutta]]") or "[[Woo-Hoo (Rock-A-Teens song)|Woo Hoo]]")
* Non-musical spoken passages in the background of the track (e.g., "[[To Live Is to Die]]" by [[Metallica]] or "[[Desolation of Eden|Wasteland]]" by [[Chelsea Grin]])
* Wordless vocal effects, such as [[drone (music)|drones]] (e.g., "[[Rockit (song)|Rockit]]" or "[[Flying (Beatles instrumental)|Flying]]")
* [[Vocal percussion]], such as beatbox [[B-sides]] on rap singles
* [[Screaming (music)|Yelling]] (e.g. "[[Cry for a Shadow]]")
* [[Yodeling]] (e.g., "[[Hocus Pocus (song)|Hocus Pocus]]")
* [[Whistling]] (e.g., "[[I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman]]" or "[[Colonel Bogey March]]")
* Spoken statements at the end of the track (e.g., "[[God Bless the Children of the Beast]]" by [[Mötley Crüe]] or "[[For the Love of God (instrumental)|For the Love of God]]" by [[Steve Vai]])
* Non-musical vocal recordings taken from other media (e.g., "[[Vampires (Godsmack song)|Vampires]]" by [[Godsmack]])
* [[Field recording]]s which may or may not contain non-lyrical words (e.g., many songs by [[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] and other [[post-rock]] bands)

Songs including actual musical—rhythmic, melodic, and lyrical—vocals might still be categorized as instrumentals if the vocals appear only as a short part of an extended piece (e.g., "[[Unchained Melody]]" (Les Baxter), "[[Batman Theme]]", "[[TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)]]", "[[Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)|Pick Up the Pieces]]", "The Hustle", "[[Fly, Robin, Fly]]", "[[Get Up and Boogie (song)|Get Up and Boogie]]", "[[Do It Any Way You Wanna]]", and "[[Gonna Fly Now]]"), though this definition is loose and subjective.

Falling just outside of that definition is "[[Theme from Shaft|Theme from ''Shaft'']]" by [[Isaac Hayes]].

"[[Better Off Alone]]", which began as an instrumental by [[DJ Jurgen]], had vocals by [[Judith Pronk]], who would become a seminal part of [[Alice Deejay]], added in later releases of the track.