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==Table of Songs featuring Yamaha DX7==
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!Artist
!Song
!Year
!Notes
!Reference
!Media URL
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|	Berlin	
|	Take My Breath Away	
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|	"Moroder's keyboard player Arthur Barrow did just that for "Take My Breath Away", employing the 16 Bass 2 preset, which was designed to emulate the sound of a fretless bass guitar. You can hear this same bass patch at work in Commodores’ 1985 single “Nightshift”. 
|[https://artsandculture.google.com/story/what-s-that-sound-the-classic-synthesizers-behind-10-iconic-tracks/RQLik5CyN9w2KA Google Arts]
|[https://youtu.be/Bx51eegLTY8 YouTube]	
|-
|	Deep Purple	
|	The House Of Blue Light (album)	
|	1987	
|	"Synthesizer [Yamaha Qx1, Emulator 2] – Roger Glover. Keyboards [Hammond B3, Minimoog, Yamaha Dx1, Cp70 (midi), Dx7, Emulator 2] – Jon Lord 
|[https://www.discogs.com/release/1471344-Deep-Purple-The-House-Of-Blue-Light Discogs]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZIg6tUmg4c&list=PL3hju7cJi6zIjDi_l0iRWFac9CkGlf3Uk YouTube]"	
|-
|	Gary Numan	
|	Strange Charm album	
|	1986	
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|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/just-cant-stop/1636 SOS 1986]
|[https://youtu.be/gKlKpu8Pd1c YouTube]	
|-
|	Ultravox	
|	Heart of the Country	
|	1984	
|	a fascinating bridge passage that saw Midge Ure playing DX7 koto sounds from the Roland G707 guitar (thanks to MIDI) over two sequenced OSCars” 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/on-stage/7981 Discogs]
|[https://youtu.be/JL_YGjltYuo?t=84 YouTube]	
|-
|	Ultravox	
|	Revelation (album)	
|	1993	
|	"“Billy ... believes that now is the best time to get the most out of them some FM synthesis from a DX or TX rack, and then maybe a bit of Prophet. The aim is to make a 'stack', or a sculpted piece of sound.” 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/re-vox/2451 Music Technology 1993]
|[https://youtu.be/xOz60yXoAyU YouTube]
|-
|	Gary Numan	
|	New Thing From London Town	
|	1986	
|	A song written with Bill Sharpe 
|[http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/just-cant-stop/1636 SOS 1986]
|[https://youtu.be/aFxlG35nkF0 YouTube]	
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|	Herbie Hancock	
|	Perfect Machine	
|	1988	
|	Synthesizer [Yamaha DX1, DX7, DX7IIFD, Kurzweil K-250, Fairlight Series II And Series III, Roland Super Jupiter, Rhodes Chroma, Oberheim Matrix 12, Yamaha TX 8/16], Sampler [Akai 900-S], Vocoder, Producer – Herbie Hancock 
|[https://www.discogs.com/release/13318669-Herbie-Hancock-Perfect-Machine Reference]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJq9_EqcwQU&list=PLjIuADMrDKIaMDeboP0PiwfRU8GWN603l YouTube]	
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