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Famous Microphones and the Songs they Recorded

Created by SaintMark on 31 Dec 2020
Famous Microphones and the Songs they Recorded

based on this list:
https://www.gemtracks.com/guides/view.php?title=famous-songs-and-the-mic...

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Superstition by Stevie Wonder, recorded on the Electro Voice RE20, or 'Elephant Trunk'.

https://www.thomann.de/gb/ev_re20_microphone.htm

Translations:  Croatian #1
+10 more
, #2, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian (Central dialects), Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish

2. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours English 

'I'm Yours' performed by Jason Mraz on the Telefunken ELA M 251

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ELAM251E--telefunken-ela-m-251e-...

Translations:  American Sign Language
+34 more
, Arabic, Chinese, Croatian #1, #2, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French #1, #2, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian #1, #2, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish #1, #2, #3, Swedish, Thai #1, #2, Turkish #1, #2, Ukrainian

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was recorded on the Shure SM7

https://www.thomann.de/gb/shure_sm_7b_studiomikro.htm

Translations:  Chinese
+26 more
, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, German #1, #2, #3, Greek #1, #2, Hindi, Hungarian #1, #2, Interlingua, Italian, Japanese, Persian, Polish, Portuguese #1, #2, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish

Rolling in the Deep was recorded with a Rode Classic Microphone.

http://www.rode.com/classic/learnmore

Translations:  Albanian
+72 more
, Arabic #1, #2, Arabic (other varieties), Azerbaijani, Bulgarian #1, #2, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech #1, #2, Danish, Dutch #1, #2, Finnish, French #1, #2, #3, #4, German, German (Swiss-German/Alemannic), Greek #1, #2, Hebrew #1, #2, #3, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian #1, #2, #3, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish (Sorani) #1, #2, Macedonian, Malay, Masonese, Norwegian, Persian #1, #2, #3, #4, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian #1, #2, Russian #1, #2, #3, Serbian #1, #2, #3, #4, Slovak #1, #2, Spanish, Swedish #1, #2, Thai, Turkish #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, Ukrainian, Uzbek dialects, Vietnamese #1, #2

5. John Lennon - Imagine English Subtitles

John Lennon used a Neumann U87 for his famous hit 'Imagine'.

https://vintageking.com/neumann-u87-39783-vintage

Translations:  Albanian
+122 more
, Arabic #1, #2, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Betawi, Bosnian, Bulgarian #1, #2, Catalan, Chinese #1, #2, #3, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch #1, #2, Esperanto, Estonian #1, #2, Faroese, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish #1, #2, #3, French #1, #2, #3, #4, German #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, Greek #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, Guaraní, Hebrew #1, #2, #3, Hindi #1, #2, Hungarian #1, #2, #3, Indonesian, Interlingua, Italian #1, #2, #3, Italian (Central dialects), Japanese, Korean #1, #2, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani) #1, #2, #3, Kyrgyz, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Neapolitan #1, #2, Norwegian, Other, Persian #1, #2, #3, #4, Polish #1, #2, Portuguese, Romanian #1, #2, #3, #4, Romansh #1, #2, Russian #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, Serbian #1, #2, #3, Sicilian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish #1, #2, #3, #4, Swedish, Tamil, Toki Pona, Turkish #1, #2, #3, Ukrainian #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, Urdu, Ute, Vietnamese #1, #2, Yiddish

6. The Beatles - Hey Jude English Subtitles

"Hey Jude" by the Beatles was recorded on a Neumann U67

https://www.thomann.de/gb/neumann_u67_set.htm

Translations:  Arabic
+36 more
, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch #1, #2, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew #1, #2, Hungarian #1, #2, #3, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian #1, #2, Polish, Portuguese #1, #2, Romanian, Russian #1, #2, #3, #4, Serbian, Spanish #1, #2, #3, Turkish #1, #2, Vietnamese

Avril Lavigne used an AKG C12 for her song "Imagine"

https://www.proaudiodesign.com/products/vintage-akg-c12-large-diaphragm-...

Translations:  Arabic
+9 more
, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Latvian, Persian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish

Sting and the Police used the AKG c414 for their hit "Every breath you take"

https://vintageking.com/akg-c-414-xls

Translations:  Arabic #1
+58 more
, #2, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bulgarian #1, #2, Chinese, Croatian #1, #2, Czech #1, #2, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish #1, #2, French #1, #2, #3, #4, German #1, #2, #3, Greek #1, #2, #3, #4, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian #1, #2, #3, Kazakh, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Persian #1, #2, Polish, Portuguese #1, #2, Romanian, Russian #1, #2, Serbian #1, #2, Slovak #1, #2, Spanish #1, #2, #3, Swedish, Thai #1, #2, Turkish #1, #2, #3, #4, Ukrainian #1, #2, #3

Michael Jackson recorded the vocals for "Billie Jean" on a humble Shure SM57 microphone. it is basically an SM58 (the most popular and indestructible microphone in the world used for live events) with its top cage screwed off. the SM57 is normally used for guitar cabinets, overheads, and other things.

https://vintageking.com/shure-sm57-lc

Translations:  Arabic
+44 more
, Bulgarian #1, #2, Croatian #1, #2, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Georgian, German #1, #2, #3, Greek #1, #2, #3, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian #1, #2, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian #1, #2, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian #1, #2, Russian #1, #2, Serbian #1, #2, Spanish #1, #2, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian #1, #2

10. Sufjan Stevens - Chicago English Subtitles

Sufjan Stevens recorded his "Illinoise" album with an AUDIO TECHNICA 4033

https://www.thomann.de/gb/audio_technica_at4033_asm.htm

Translations:  Catalan
+5 more
, Dutch, German, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish

NOrah Jones recorded "Don't know why" on the Neumann M49B

https://vintageking.com/neumann-m49b-tube-microphone-356-vintage

Translations:  Croatian
+17 more
, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian #1, #2, Russian, Spanish #1, #2, Turkish #1, #2

Cindy Lauper used a Neumann U48 for this song

https://en-de.neumann.com/u-48

Translations:  Arabic
+36 more
, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish #1, #2, French #1, #2, German #1, #2, German (Kölsch), Greek #1, #2, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish #1, #2, Ukrainian

Mick Jagger used a Neumann U67 for this song

https://www.thomann.de/gb/neumann_u67_set.htm

Translations:  Albanian
+25 more
, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek #1, #2, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian #1, #2, #3, #4, Spanish #1, #2, Swedish, Turkish #1, #2, Ukrainian

Kurt Cobain used for the "Nevermind" album a Neumann U67

https://www.thomann.de/gb/neumann_u67_set.htm

Translations:  Albanian
+68 more
, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French #1, #2, #3, #4, Frisian, German #1, #2, Greek #1, #2, #3, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Lao (other varieties), Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian #1, #2, Persian #1, #2, Polish, Portuguese #1, #2, Romanian #1, #2, #3, Russian #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish #1, #2, #3, Swedish #1, #2, Thai #1, #2, Turkish #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, Ukrainian #1, #2, Vietnamese

15. Jeff Buckley - Grace English 

Jeff Buckley used for the song "grace" a Neumann U87

Translations:  German
+6 more
, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Turkish #1, #2, #3

Avril Lavigne used for the song "Sk8er boi" a Neumann 87

https://www.thomann.de/gb/neumann_u87_ai.htm

Translations:  Arabic
+31 more
, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian #1, #2, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian #1, #2, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Romanian #1, #2, Russian #1, #2, Serbian #1, #2, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish #1, #2, #3, Ukrainian

17. Duran Duran - Rio English Subtitles

the same mic was used by Duran DUran for the song "Rio"

https://www.thomann.de/gb/neumann_u87_ai.htm

Translations:  Italian
+4 more
, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish #1, #2

18. Duran Duran - Astronaut English 

for the song Astronaut they used the Neumann TLM 103

https://en-de.neumann.com/tlm-103

the white stripes used a retro microphone for the album Icky Thump, it's an RCA 77DX

http://www.coutant.org/rca77dx/

Translations:  Turkish

20. Amy Winehouse - Valerie English 

Amy Winehouse rocking the humble Rode NT1A for her song "Valerie". the same microphone I use myself.

Translations:  German
+6 more
, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish #1, #2

21. Portishead - Silence English 

Portishead used for the entire "Third" album the RODE NTK

https://www.thomann.de/gb/rode_ntk_inkl_spinne.htm

Translations:  German
+2 more
, Greek, Spanish

22. U2 - Magnificent English Subtitles

for the "no lines on the horizon" album U2 used this microphone: Shure Beta 58

https://www.thomann.de/gb/shure_beta_58_a.htm

Translations:  Croatian
+9 more
, Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish #1, #2

23. Metallica - St.Anger English Subtitles

in order to release some anger, James Hetfield and his bandmates of Metallice used a Shure SM7

https://www.thomann.de/gb/shure_sm_7b_studiomikro.htm

Translations:  Bulgarian
+5 more
, French, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish

Bjork used a humble SHure SM58 for almost all her albums. the microphone, no musician can go without.

https://www.thomann.de/gb/shure_sm58.htm

Translations:  Arabic
+15 more
, Bulgarian, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish #1, #2, Turkish

the Red Hot Chili Peppers used a humble Shure SM57 on vocals for their album "Californication".

https://www.thomann.de/gb/shure_sm57_lc.htm

Translations:  Arabic
+31 more
, Asturian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Esperanto, French, German #1, #2, #3, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Masonese, Polish #1, #2, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian #1, #2, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish #1, #2, #3, Ukrainian

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