Hooked on Classics


Hooked on Classics is a classical crossover album recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Louis Clark, released in 1981 by K-tel and distributed by RCA Records, part of the Hooked on Classics series. It was produced by Jeff Jarratt and Don Reedman.
The opening track was called "Hooked On Classics ". A unique arrangement of this track, simply called "Hooked on Classics", was released as a single in July 1981, and was the version predominately played by radio. It peaked at number 2 in the UK, number 10 in the US, and number 21 in Canada.
In Germany and Austria, the album was released titled "Classic Disco" and reached number one in both countries.

The single

The opening track was called "Hooked on Classics ". A unique arrangement of this track, simply called "Hooked on Classics", was released as a single in July 1981, and was the version predominately played by radio. With a listed time of 3'48", it contained the first five pieces of the album cut, skipping the next five, followed by the remaining pieces. Though not listed as such on the single's label or in the Performance Rights Organization's database, it is implied this portion is "Part 1". The B-side of the single, also called "Hooked on Classics" and lasting 2:13, begins with the fifth piece from "Part 1", contains the missing five pieces found on the album cut, and concludes with the remaining pieces through "March of the Toreadors" which fades out, as opposed to the album cut and "Part 1"'s cold ending of the "1812 Overture". Presumably this is "Part 2". The label of the single incorrectly omits the "1812 Overture" from the list of pieces in the "Part 1" medley.
The single peaked at number 2 in the UK and later in the US at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1982. It was the 56th biggest hit of that year. The song also reached number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100. In Canada, it peaked at number 21, and spent four weeks at that position. "Hooked on Classics" also reached number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.
"Hooked on Classics " is usually played at Lambeau Field after every Green Bay Packers home victory.

Chart performance "Hooked on Classics (Part 1)"

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart Rank
US Billboard Hot 10056

Grammy nominations

Track listing

Full track listing

  1. Hooked on Classics - 5:06
  2. * Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ Minor, Op. 23, I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  3. * The [Tale of Tsar Saltan |The Tale of Tsar Saltan]: Flight of the Bumblebee / Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
  4. * Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, I: Allegro molto / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. * Rhapsody in Blue / George Gershwin
  6. * Karelia Suite, Op. 11, I: Intermezzo / Jean Sibelius
  7. * Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, I: Allegro con brio / Ludwig van Beethoven
  8. * Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, Toccata / J.S. Bach
  9. * Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik", I: Allegro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  10. * Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, IV: Presto- Allegro assai / Ludwig van Beethoven
  11. * William Tell Overture / Giacchino Rossini
  12. * The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, Act 2: "Voi Che Sapete" / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  13. * Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  14. * Prince of Denmark's March / Jeremiah Clarke
  15. * Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2, No. 44: Hallelujah Chorus / George Frederic Handel
  16. * Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 I: Allegro molto moderato / Edvard Grieg
  17. * Carmen Suite No. 1, V: Les Toréadors / Georges Bizet
  18. * 1812 Overture, Op. 49 / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  19. Hooked on Romance - 6:42
  20. * Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, II: Air / J.S. Bach
  21. * Ave Maria, Op. 52, No. 6 / Franz Schubert
  22. * Liebesträume No. 3 in A♭ Major / Franz Liszt
  23. * Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, III: Adagio molto e cantabile / Beethoven
  24. * Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variation XVIII: Andante cantabile / Sergei Rachmaninov
  25. * Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ Minor, Op 27, No. 2 "Moonlight", I: Adagio sostenuto / Beethoven
  26. * Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique", II: Adagio cantabile / Beethoven
  27. * Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622, II: Adagio / Mozart
  28. * Xerxes "Ombra mai fu" / Handel
  29. Hooked On Classics - 6:02
  30. * A [Midsummer Night's Dream |A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61], IX: Wedding March / Felix Mendelssohn
  31. * Radetzky March, Op. 228 / Johann Strauss I
  32. * Symphony for Organ No. 5, V: Toccata / Charles Marie Widor
  33. * Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, Alla Hornpipe / Handel
  34. * Humoresque No. 7 in G♭ Major, Op. 101 / Antonin Dvořák
  35. * Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4 / Johannes Brahms
  36. * Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Handel
  37. * Pictures at an Exhibition, I: Promenade / Modest Mussorgsky
  38. * Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 23a, IV: In the Hall of the Mountain King / Grieg
  39. * Caprice No. 24 in A Minor / Niccolo Paganini
  40. * Die Walküre, Act 3, No. 1: Ride of the Valkyries / Richard Wagner
  41. * The Hebrides / Mendelssohn
  42. * Military March No. 1 in D Major, Op. 51 / Schubert
  43. * Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1 / Frederic Chopin
  44. * Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, "Italian" I: Allegro vivace / Mendelssohn
  45. * Light Cavalry Overture / Franz von Suppé
  46. * L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2, IV: Farandole / Bizet
  47. * Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World", II: Largo / Dvořák
  48. * Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 / Wagner
  49. Hooked On Bach - 5:59
  50. * Ave Maria, "Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de J. S. Bach" / Charles Gounod
  51. * Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114
  52. * Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067, VII: Badinerie
  53. * Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048, I
  54. * Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047, I
  55. * St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Stanza 5, No. 15: Erkenne mich, mein Hüter
  56. * Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067, IV: Bourrée
  57. * Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067, IV: Bourrée
  58. * Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068, III: Gavotte
  59. * Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126
  60. * March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122
  61. * French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816, IV: Gavotte
  62. * Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
  63. * Ave Maria
  64. Hooked on Tchaikovsky - 5:29
  65. * Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
  66. * Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a, I: Scene
  67. * The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, VII: Dance of the Reed Flutes
  68. * Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
  69. * Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique", I: Adagio
  70. * The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, IV: Trepak
  71. * The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, III: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
  72. * The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, II: March
  73. * The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, VI: Chinese Dance
  74. * The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, I: Miniature Overture
  75. * Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ Minor, Op. 23, I: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
  76. * Capriccio Italien
  77. Hooked on a Song - 5:11
  78. * Carmen, Act 2, "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" / Bizet
  79. * Funiculì, Funiculà / Luigi Denza
  80. * Tarantella Napoletana / Rossini
  81. * Prince Igor, Act 2, Polovtsian Dances / Alexander Borodin
  82. * La Gioconda, Act 3, Dance of the Hours / Amilcare Ponchielli
  83. * Carmen, Act 1, No. 5, "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" / Bizet
  84. * Neapolitan Serenade / Eduardo di Capua
  85. * Madama Butterfly, Act 2, No. 2, "Un bel dì vedremo" / Giacomo Puccini
  86. * Il Trovatore, Act 2, No. 1, "Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spogli" / Giuseppe Verdi
  87. * Votre Toast / Bizet
  88. Hooked On Mozart - 4:09
  89. * Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331, III: Rondo
  90. * Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545, I: Allegro
  91. * Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik", II: Andante
  92. * Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, II: Andante
  93. * Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545, I: Allegro
  94. * Divertimento in F Major, "Ein musikalischer Spaß" A Musical Joke K. 522, IV: Presto
  95. * The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, Act 1, No. 20, "Non più andrai"
  96. * The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, Overture
  97. * Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik", IV: Allegro
  98. * The Magic Flute, K. 620, Overture
  99. * Horn Concerto No. 4 in E♭ Major, K. 495, III: Rondo: Allegro Vivace
  100. * Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331, III: Rondo
  101. * Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter", I: Allegro vivace
  102. Hooked on Mendelssohn 4:25
  103. * Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, III: Allegro molto vivace
  104. * Octet in E♭ Major, Op. 20, III: Scherzo
  105. * Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, III: Allegro molto vivace
  106. Hooked on a Can-Can - 4:56
  107. * Orpheus in the Underworld, Infernal Galop / Jacques Offenbach
  108. * Unter Donner und Blitz Polka, Op. 324 / Johann Strauss II
  109. * Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor / Brahms
  110. * Tritsch Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 / Johann Strauss II
  111. * La Vie Parisienne Overture / Offenbach
  112. * La Gioconda, Act 3, Dance of the Hours / Ponchielli
  113. * Csárdás / Vittorio Monti
  114. * La Vie Parisienne Overture / Offenbach
  115. * Poet and Peasant Overture / Suppé
  116. * Can-Can / Offenbach
  117. * 10 Hooked on a String Quartet No.53 4th
  118. * String Quartet No 53 4th Haydn
  119. * Divertimento 136 3rd Mozart
  120. * Hungarian Dance No.8 In A Major / Brahms
  121. * Piano Sonata No. 7 K309 3rd Mozart
  122. * Piano Concerto No. 27 2nd Mozart
  123. * String Quartet No. 53 4th Reprise Haydn