Hooked on Classics

The opening track was called "Hooked on Classics (Parts 1 & 2)". 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 (Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5, 1st Movement" through Rossini's "William Tell Overture"), 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" (Sibelius' "Karelia Suite, Intermezzo"), 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Royal-Philharmonic-Orchestra-Hooked-On-Classics/release/1600232|title=The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Hooked On Classics, Vinyl 7" single USA release|website=Discogs.com|access-date=2019-03-15}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1982-02-06 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart |website=Billboard.com |date=1982-02-06 |access-date=2016-07-19}} It was the 56th biggest hit of that year.{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1982 |title=1982 |website=Longboredsurfer.com |access-date=2016-07-19}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0431&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=oln964kaajnhr85e6iarkphke3 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |access-date=2016-07-19}} "Hooked on Classics" also reached number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0429.pdf |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |access-date=2016-12-17}}

"Hooked on Classics (Part 1)" is usually played at Lambeau Field after every Green Bay Packers home victory.

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| Best Pop Instrumental Performance[https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/louis-clark/1582 GRAMMY Award Results for Louis Clark], Grammy.com

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| Best Pop Instrumental Performance

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{{Track listing

| title1 = Hooked on Classics (Parts 1 & 2)

| length1 = 5:06

| title2 = Hooked on Romance

| length2 = 6:42

| title3 = Hooked on Classics (Part 3)

| length3 = 6:02

| title4 = Hooked on Bach

| length4 = 5:59

| title5 = Hooked on Tchaikovsky

| length5 = 5:29

| title6 = Hooked on a Song

| length6 = 5:11

| title7 = Hooked on Mozart

| length7 = 4:09

| title8 = Hooked on Mendelssohn

| length8 = 4:25

| title9 = Hooked on a Can-Can

| length9 = 4:56

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1. Hooked on Classics (Parts 1 & 2) - 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: 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" (Largo) / Handel
29. Hooked On Classics (Part 3) - 6:02
30. * 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 (Lullaby) / 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 (All music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach)
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 (No. 2)
57. * Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067, IV: Bourrée (No. 1)
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 (All music composed by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky)
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 (Russian Dance)
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" (Toreador Song) / 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" (Habanera) / Bizet
84. * Neapolitan Serenade (O sole mio) / 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" (Anvil Chorus) / Giuseppe Verdi
87. * Votre Toast (Reprise) / Bizet
88. Hooked On Mozart - 4:09 (All music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
89. * Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K.331, III: Rondo (Alla Turca)
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 (Romanza)
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 (Alla Turca) (briefly)
101. * Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter", I: Allegro vivace (briefly)
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 (Can-Can) / Jacques Offenbach
108. * Unter Donner und Blitz (Thunder and Lightning) 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 (Reprise) / Offenbach

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