List of rock instrumentals
The following is a list of rock instrumentals. Only instrumentals that are notable are included.
Instrumentals which have charted
Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing. An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics, or singing, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting.1950s and 1960s chartings
1970s and 1980s chartings
| Artist | Song title | Date | Highest position on US charts | Highest position on UK charts | Highest position on R&B charts | Miscellaneous |
| Dennis Coffey | ‘'Scorpio’’ | 1971 | #6 | #7 | #9 | |
| Hot Butter | ‘'Popcorn’’ | 1972 | #9 | #5 | ||
| Billy Preston | Outa-Space | 1972 | #2 | #44 | #1 | |
| Deodato | ‘'Also Sprach Zarathustra ’’ | 1973 | #2 | #7 | based on Richard Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra | |
| Edgar Winter Group | ‘'Frankenstein’’ | 1973 | #1 | #18 | ||
| The Love Unlimited Orchestra | Love's Theme | 1973 | #1 | #10 | #10 | orchestra formed and song written by Barry White |
| Billy Preston | Space Race | 1973 | #4 | #1 | ||
| Average White Band | Pick Up the Pieces | 1974 | #1 | #6 | #5 | |
| B. T. Express | Express | 1974 | #2 | #34 | #1 | |
| The Commodores | Machine Gun | 1974 | #22 | #20 | #7 | |
| Focus | Hocus Pocus | 1974 | #9 | #20 | ||
| MFSB | ‘'TSOP ’’ | 1974 | #1 | #22 | #1 | |
| Silver Convention | Fly, Robin, Fly | 1975 | #1 | #28 | #1 | |
| Van McCoy | The Hustle | 1975 | #1 | #3 | #1 | |
| Mike Post | The Rockford Files | 1975 | #10 | |||
| Walter Murphy | A Fifth Of Beethoven | 1976 | #1 | #28 | #10 | based on the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony |
| Rhythm Heritage | Theme from S.W.A.T. | 1976 | #1 | #11 | ||
| Chuck Mangione | Feels So Good | 1977 | #4 | |||
| Herb Alpert | ‘'Rise’’ | 1979 | #1 | #13 | #4 |