Songs Recorded in a Single Take

It's not everyday that one is able to capture lightning in a bottle in the studio, but when it happens, the results are worth keeping.

In the below list, we've rounded up 15 Rock Songs Recorded in a Single Take. But we'd like to be clear: songs are very rarely made in one sitting. Unless a band is making a completely live album with the entire group miced at one time, instrument parts, including vocals, are typically separated out into different tracks to be layered and mixed together at a later point. The end product, of course, is one cohesive song.

So when we say "one take," we don't necessarily mean the full song — sometimes it's the vocal that was nailed in one take, or maybe the guitar solo. In any case, it's still awfully impressive, as you'll hear below.

1. "The House of the Ris