"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" | ||||
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![]() Cover art of the Dutch vinyl single | ||||
Single by Deodato | ||||
from the album Prelude | ||||
B-side | "Spirit of Summer" | |||
Released | 1973 [1] [2] | |||
Recorded | September 12–14, 1972 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 9:00 (Album version) 5:06 (Single version) | |||
Label | CTI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Richard Strauss | |||
Producer(s) | Creed Taylor | |||
Deodato singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" (album version) on YouTube |
"Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" is an instrumental by Brazilian musician Eumir Deodato, from his 1973 album Prelude. [1] [2] It is a heavily jazz-funk styled rendition of the introduction from the Richard Strauss composition Also sprach Zarathustra. The "(2001)" mentioned is a reference to the soundtrack for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Released as the album's first single in early 1973, his rendition peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 31 March 1973 (behind Roberta Flack's " Killing Me Softly with His Song"), number 3 in Canada, [4] and number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] It won the 16th Annual Grammy Awards Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. [5] [1] [2]
The track has appeared on many compilation and re-issue albums since 1973. [6]
Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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Canadian RPM 100 Singles Chart [7] | 3 |
Canadian RPM AC Chart [8] | 22 |
UK Singles Chart [9] | 7 |
US Billboard Easy Listening [10] | 5 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] | 2 |
Chart (1973) | Position |
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Canada RPM (magazine) [12] | 42 |
US Billboard Year-End [13] | 90 |
...Eumir Deodato, who'd had a freak smash with the 1973 single "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)", a nine-minute instrumental prog-funk cover of the Richard Strauss classical piece...