MEDLEY (MUSIC)

In music, a 'medley' is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. They are common in popular music, and most medleys are songs rather than instrumental. A medley which is a remixed series is called a megamix, often done with tracks for a single artist, or for popular songs from a given year or genre. "Medley" is also used colloquially to mean any song.

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List of medleys

See also

List of medleys

Some examples of medleys:

★ "Stars on 45 Medley" (1981) single by Stars on 45.

★ "Beatles Movie Medley" (1982) single by The Beatles.

★ "Ageless Medley (EP)" (1983) by Amy Grant.

★ "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)" (1988) by Will to Power.

★ "Purple Medley" (1995) by Prince.

★ "Never Too Far/Hero Medley" (2001) by Mariah Carey.

★ "Instrumedley" (2002) by Dream Theater from their live album ''Live at Budokan''.

★ "Medley" (2003) by Five Iron Frenzy from their live album ''The End Is Here''.

★ "HELL-O Medley" (2006) by GWAR from their ''From the Bloodbath and Beyond''.

★ "Weird Al" Yankovic has had a medley played as a polka on every album except his debut, ''Even Worse'' and ''Alapalooza''. Most often, Yankovic's polka medleys feature snippets of hit songs that are popular at the time he records an album, though he sometimes chooses songs of a similar genre (and in one case, different songs recorded by a single group) for a themed medley.

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★ "Polkas on 45" (1984) from his album ''In 3-D''.

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★ "Hooked on Polkas" (1985) from his album ''Dare to be Stupid''.

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★ "Polka Party!" (1986) from his album ''Polka Party!''.

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★ "The Hot Rocks Polka" (1989), a medley of The Rolling Stones songs, from his album ''UHF''.

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★ "Polka Your Eyes Out" (1992) from his album ''Off the Deep End''.

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★ "The Alternative Polka" (1996) from his album ''Bad Hair Day''.

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★ "Polka Power" (1999) from his album ''Running With Scissors''.

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★ "Angry White Boy Polka" (2003) from his album ''Poodle Hat''.

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★ "Polkarama!" (2006) from his album ''Straight Outta Lynwood''.

★ Dream Theater frequently performs medleys of other bands live. In various medleys, Dream Theater has covered works by Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Elton John, Queen, Kansas, and Dixie Dregs, occasionally using some of their own work to smooth the transition between bands.

★ In 2003, Sum 41 did a medley of Metallica songs at MTV Icon Metallica.

★ Metallica did a medley of Mercyful Fate songs on their album Garage Inc.

★ Metallica did a medley of Orion, To Live Is To Die and The Call of Ktulu (all composed primarily by late bassist Cliff Burton) at a 1993 concert. These were all songs that were rarely or never played live.

★ The famous side-two medley on ''Abbey Road'' (1969) by The Beatles.

See also

★ Potpourri (music)

★ List of Genesis medleys