Anyone can play guitar. So goes the Radiohead song. Which is why this feature concerns itself with songs where guitars are noticeable entirely by their absence. And so out come all kinds of instruments: from synthesisers to pianos, oboes and even a harp.

Does your favourite song come with no guitar stings attached? Have we missed it out? Don't fret. Tell us your suggestions in the box below.

Ben Folds – 'Philosophy'

The original Ben Folds Five album featured this song, but it's at its best live with Folds incorporating 'Miserlou', the theme from 'Pulp Fiction' and Gershwin's 'Rhapsody In Blue' – all the while doing absolutely incredible things with the piano. For anyone who has ever taken piano lessons, this is sick makingly good. Damn him! Get it here. (Stephen Morris)

Future Bible Heroes — 'Losing Your Affection'

Stephin Merritt's synthesiser sideline have two exceptional albums. This song is from 'Eternal Youth' and boasts such lines as: "I'd rather rub the hair of a bear in a lair in the opposite direction / I would rather put the make on a rattlesnake that be losing your affection." Enough said. Hear it here. (Mark Nicholls)

Janis Joplin – 'Mercedes Benz'

Not only is this song guitar-less, it's entirely instrument-less as Joplin sings acapella in her trade mark strained, whiskey drenched. Sadly, the makers of the aforementioned luxury car didn't quite see the irony of using this 'song of great social and political import' in one of their commercials. Get it here. (Stephen Morris)

Judgement Day – 'Zombie Rodeo Clown'

String metalists from California? Who'd 'ave thought it - move over, Metallica! (Linn Branson)

LCD Soundsystem – 'Losing My Edge'

LCD Soundsystem (James Murphy) marketed himself as a dance act for people who had long given up dancing – and so songs like 'Losing My Edge' seem entirely. LCD Soundsystem's music is witty and informed, unlike much of the music it might be pigeon holed with – and this track, name checking a billion and one great musical acts over the grooviest, funkiest of beats, is as good a place to start as any. Get it here. (Stephen Morris)

Kraftwerk – 'Autobahn'

It seems a bit too easy to include electronic music in a list of songs without guitars, but I think the canonical status of this piece should mean it's not considered cheating. Kraftwerk practically invented electronic music, and 'Autobahn' was the breakthrough track that proved that great music could be made with no guitars involved. Get it here. (Alan Ashton-Smith)

Paul Melia – 'Shelter From My Mind'

Short but very sweet, 'Shelter From My Mind' allows tinkling piano and poignant, fragility-infused lyrics to take centre stage. The lack of instrumental adornment lends itself well to the track's innate simplicity, as the Irishman sings of his hope that the safety blanket provided by love will 'keep the black dogs away.' (Sheila Ring)

Joanna Newsom – 'Monkey And Bear'

A song of nigh on ten minutes featuring a harp? That could take some selling. But Newsom is more than up to the job on this track from her 'Ys' album. Against swooping string parts and gently rising brass, our harp wielding heroine guides us through a mystical fairy tale of rural splendour. Beautiful. Get it here. (Stephen Morris)

Pet Shop Boys – 'Happiness Is An Option'

Proving that sampling is not just the preserve of hip-hop, the Pet Shop Boys featured Russian composer Rachmaninov's 'Vocalise' with gorgeous results. Rachmaninov was always one of the most expressive of the Russian greats (Noel Coward used his second piano concerto for the soundtrack to wartime tear-jerker 'Brief Encounter').

So it stands to reason that this song – a quest for happiness - works beautifully with an oboe led 'Vocalise' weaving throughout. And a fantastic introduction to a classical legend to boot. Get it here. (Stephen Morris)