ChatGPT is a big fan of Daft Punk. What other artists used vocoders in tracks with examples:

 

This is a nice quick read about them, that I had not run into before. https://www.antarestech.com/community/vocoder-history

"top 50 vocoder songs", we'll see how this websites list actually holds up: https://www.complex.com/music/a/complex/the-50-greatest-vocoder-songs

 

Barclay James Harvest - Who Do We Think We Are? Album "Caught in the Light", 1993. Fantastic band, seen them live several times. Solo members John Lees and Les Holroyd still touring!

 

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind the Mask of course!

 

One of the originals:

 

"So hold me, Mom, in your long arms
Your petrochemical arms
Your military arms
In your electronic arms"

 

Not the greatest song ever, but...

 

Eat your heart out!

 

Still great, as most APP songs.
It was done with a rare and ghostly (never seen) EMI Digital Harmony Vocoder, 1975.
There is a demo in yt but I believe it was pitched down for unknown reasons.

 

That EMI sounds amazing.

 

 

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This one popped into my head, if anybody comes up with a weirder cut than this I'll be impressed

 

sorry but i have to do this....
DO YOU BELIEEEVEEE IN LOOOOVEE AFTER LOOOVEEE ... pi-pi rí-pi rí-piiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

 

EWF

Zapp & Roger

Jamiroquai

The Meters (probably talkbox)

And in you'll indulge in talkboxes, these 2 songs have amazing talkbox solos:

Stevie

Ed Motta