43 Classic Songs You'll Recognize But Don't Know Who They're By

We see you, The Alan Parsons Project!

You know those tunes you've heard a million times -- in movies, on TV, in the hotel lobby or just in your general surroundings wherever you go -- for which you cannot, for the life of you, name the artist?

You might try to Shazam but it's often too noisy, or too late, which only adds to the mystery.

Luckily for you, we've rounded up 43 such tunes to bring you that elusive Eureka! moment.

You can thank us later.

The Alan Parsons Project, "Sirius"
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Homer 'Boots' Randolph III, "Yakety Sax"
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Raymond Scott Quintette, “Powerhouse”
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Antonio Vivaldi, "Le Quattro Stagioni"
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Average White Band, "Pick Up the Pieces"
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Mr. President, "Coco Jambo"
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Ludwig van Beethoven, "Symphony No. 5 in C minor"
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Dick Dale, "Misirlou"
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Johann Strauss II, "The Blue Danube"
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Benny Goodman, "Sing, Sing, Sing"
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Gary Glitter, "Rock 'N' Roll Part 2"
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Yello, "Oh Yeah”
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
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Dave Brubeck, "Take Five"
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Richard Strauss, "Also sprach Zarathustra" Op. 30
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Johann Sebastian Bach, "Air on the G String"
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Giacomo Puccini, "O mio babbino caro"
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky, "1812 Overture"
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Richard Wagner, "Ride of the Valkyries"
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Erik Satie, "Gymnopédie No. 1"
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Run–D.M.C., "It's Tricky"
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Johannes Brahms, "Hungarian Dance No. 5"
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Julius Fučík, "Entry of the Gladiators"
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The Proclaimers, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky, "Romeo and Juliet"
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Carl Orff, "O Fortuna"
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Wilson Pickett, "Land of 1000 Dances"
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Percy Faith, "Theme From A Summer Place"
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Georges Bizet, "Les Toréadors"
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The Ventures, "Hawaii Five-O"
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David Glen Eisley, "Sweet Victory"
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s, "Green Onions"
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Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "Spanish Flea"
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Young-Holt Unlimited, "Soulful Strut"
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Aram Khachaturian, "The Sabre Dance"
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Zombie Nation, "Kernkraft 400"
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Edvard Grieg, “In the Hall of the Mountain King”
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Johann Sebastian Bach, "Toccata and Fugue in D minor”
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Henry Mancini, "Baby Elephant Walk"
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Scott Joplin, "The Entertainer"
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Luigi Boccherini, "Minuetto"
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Autumn Thunder, "Forearm Shiver" (also known as "The Lineman")
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Camille Saint-Saëns, "The Carnival of the Animals"
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