Classical Gas

"Classical Gas" is an Instrumental piece by Mason Williams . Williams plays Guitar and is accompanied by an Orchestra backing. It was released in February 1968 from the album ''The Mason Williams Phonograph Record''. In August 1968 it reached the top 5 in the American charts and went on to sell over a million copies.

AWARDS

In 1968 the piece won three Grammy awards: Best Instrumental Composition, Best Instrumental Performance, and Best Instrumental Arrangement.

In 1998 Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) awarded Williams a special Citation of Achievement. The piece has logged over three million broadcast performances to become BMI's all-time number-one Instrumental Composition for Radio air play.

TRIVIA

Lisa Simpson played "Classical Gas" in the Simpsons episode '' Last Exit To Springfield ''.

Mannheim Steamroller re-recorded the song, along with other compositions by Williams, in their album of the same name.

In the 1970s many local area news programs, throughout the United States , used it as their Theme Song .

This song is played in the 2003 movie Cheaper By The Dozen , in a series of scenes when the family are looking for their son Mark, who ran away.

The song is often credited to Eric Clapton (he covered it) or The Shadows on online file sharing programs.

It was originally titled "Classical Gasoline " (as in a Fuel ) but the title was mistakenly shortened while being copied.

EXTERNAL LINKS

Official Classical Gas website

Official Mason Williams website

Broadcast Music, Inc

Grammy Awards

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