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* [[The Beatles]] did this twice. "Inner Groove" on British editions of ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,'' was made by having an endless loop of laughter and gibberish right at the end, designed to play forever if your turntable didn't have an automatic return function for the needle. "Her Majesty" was an actual song on the ''Abbey Road'' album, and arguably the [[Trope Maker]]. It was supposed to be cut from the album, but EMI's policy was to never throw away anything that The Beatles recorded. So the engineer stuck it on the end of the master tape, preceded by 14 seconds of silence. It made its way into the final version when they played it back and the Beatles liked the effect. "Her Majesty" isn't hidden anymore, though—later prints of ''Abbey Road'' include it on the track listing.

* The [[Keith Urban]] song "You're Not My God" (about getting over drug addiction) has a hidden track after it.

* Gary Allan's CD ''It Would Be You'' also features a hidden track, "No Judgment Day." The label was reluctant to add the song at all; making it a hidden track was the compromise.

* Opposite of the above example: Eels' album ''Daisies of the Galaxy'' has the album's first single, "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues," as an unlisted track. The artist didn't want to include it, but the label insisted, so it being unlisted was the compromise.

* Silversun Pickups' EP ''Pikul'' has 7 listed tracks, with the song "Sci-Fi Lullaby" hidden after several tracks of silence.

* Dynamite Hack's ''Superfast'' has three tracks hidden this way, but only one contains actual music: "Just Another Day" is a snippet of [[Studio Chatter]], and "Laughter" is, well, a deliberately annoying two minute loop of band members laughing. The actual song hidden among silent tracks is more interesting - it's a [[Softer and Slower Cover]] of their song "Anyway" performed by vocalist Mark Morris' sister, Emily Morris.

 

== Hidden in the middle of the album ==