The single "Chariots of Fire" features the instrumental "Titles" taken from the score album of the 1981 film "Chariots of Fire". The piece was composed, arranged, produced and performed by Greek musician Vangelis. Chariots of Fire is a British film released in 1981 with a music score by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis (credited as Vangelis Papathanassiou). ... // Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου) [IPA: ɛvæŋɛlɪs ɔðɪsɛɪæs ɔpæpæθænæsiu], artist name Vangelis Papathanassiou (Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) or just Vangelis (Βαγγέλης) [IPA: or ], is a world-renowned new age and electronic composer and musician, best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, and scores for...

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Chart Positions

"Titles" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 8, 1982, where it stayed for two weeks after climbing steadily for five months (it made #1 in its 21st week on the chart). It was Polydor's first-ever #1 single in the U.S.^[1] Only one other instrumental track, 1985's "Miami Vice Theme", by Czech musician Jan Hammer, had also topped the U.S. chart as of 2006. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920s vintage Polydor export label with its double-horn gramophone logo In 1954 Polydor Records introduced their distinctive orange label. ... The song Miami Vice Theme was released in September 1984 and was created and performed by Jan Hammer as the theme to the television series Miami Vice. ... Jan Hammer on the cover of Berklee Today Magazine Jan Hammer (pronounced yaan hah-mur) (born 17 April 1948, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a composer and musician. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The single was also #1 in other countries. In the U.K., it reached #12, whereas its parent album peaked at #5 and spent 107 weeks on the album chart. In Japan, it was the biggest-selling single of 1981.^[2]

Covers

Uncountable cover versions of "Titles" have been recorded in all styles by all manners of artists, like the orchestral sounds of John Williams and the Boston Pops, the electric guitars of The Shadows, the acoustic guitar of Bronn Journey, the 150-bpm house by Trance Opera, the soft piano of Richard Clayderman, the pan flute of Zamfir, the jazz of The Bad Plus. The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Beats per minute (bpm) is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of ones heart rate. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Richard Clayderman Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès on December 28, 1953, Paris, France) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums, including renditions and arrangements of popular music, French chansons, and popular piano works of Beethoven, Chopin and Mozart. ... The pan flute (also known as panpipes) is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe, consisting usually of ten or more pipes of gradually increasing length (and, at times, girth). ... Gheorghe Zamfir (born April 6, 1941, in Găeşti, Romania) is a famous Romanian musician who is a virtuoso on the pan pipes. ... The Bad Plus are a jazz piano trio consisting of pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson, and drummer Dave King. ...

"Titles" has even been sung more than once: by Italian female soprano Gioaria, by Mireille Mathieu, and by Demis Roussos, with lyrics provided by Jon Anderson.^[3][4] Mireille Mathieu (album) Mireille Mathieu (born July 22, 1946) is a French singer, who besides being very successful in her own country, became a star of international stature, recording in several languages. ... Demis Roussos in his 40s Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (born June 15, 1946) is a Greek singer. ... Jon Anderson (born October 25, 1944) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes. ...

Miscellanea

• Vangelis was accused of plagiarising "Titles" from a song by fellow Greek composer Stavros Logarides called "City of Violets". Vangelis won in court^[5] by convincing the judge to allow him to bring his setup to the court and demonstrating his method of composing by improvising new music.^[6]
• "Titles" was used as the theme for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.^[7]
• "Titles" is often used for slow-motion sequences and parodies of the sports genre. It is used in the soundtrack of National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Good Burger (1997) (uncredited), Bruce Almighty (2003), and Madagascar (2005, also included in the soundtrack album), in all cases in parodic slow-motion sequences.
• Other films released in theaters crediting Chariots of Fire are: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2000), Old School (2003), and Kicking & Screaming (2005).
• On TV, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Dead Ringer" uses music from Chariots of Fire.

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Notes

1. ^ Vangelis interview to Keyboard magazine, December 1992
2. ^ BBC Top of the Pops 2, January 1982
3. ^ Dennis Lodewijks' Elsewhere
4. ^ Dennis Lodewijks' Elsewhere
5. ^ Dennis Lodewijks' Elsewhere
6. ^ Dennis Lodewijks' Elsewhere
7. ^ Dennis Lodewijks' Elsewhere