Songs That Use Unconventional Instruments

Give away the guitar. Forget the flute. Put away the piano. These songs all incorporate odd instruments in their sound. Hear them in action in the Spotify playlist below!

Song	Artist	Instrument/ Sound
Vega-Tables	Beach Boys	Mouth chewing
Drain You	Nirvana	Rubber duck
In The Cave	Pepe Deluxe	Water dripping in a cave
Highway 61 Revisited	Bob Dylan	Slide whistle
Wild Thing	The Troggs	Ocarina
Crosstown Traffic	Jimi Hendrix	Kazoo
It’s a Long Way to the Top	AC/DC	Bagpipes
Velouria	The Pixies	Theremin
The Lumberjack	Jackyl	Chainsaw
Bad guy	Billie Eilish	Pedestrian signal crossing
Aerial	Kate Bush	Blackbird
Wordy Rappinghood	Tom Tom Club	Typewriter
Clean	Taylor Swift	Mbira
Everyone’s at it	Lily Allen	Xylophone
Whenever, Wherever	Shakira	Pan pipes

Unusual Instruments in Songs

Spotify playlist:

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