What is your favorite "studio rock" song?

Meaning rock songs that cannot be (easily) replicated outside of a studio setting.

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Bohemian rhapsody
IMHO, the studio version of "More Than A Feeling" by Boston is an absolute masterpiece.
- In the early years Boston was essentially Tom Scholz who played pretty much all of the instruments on their demo tape of course with Brad on vocals (RIP). Then they had to go out and hire a band to actually tour with!
I don't know if it's my favorite, but A Day in the Life by The Beatles is quite a ride.
How about something from Alan Parsons Project? Though not difficult to replicate the sound outside of a studio, there was always this rumor of them being a "studio only" band, with a zero chance of seeing them live. Of course that wasn't true, but it is still some kind of urban legend that I always associate with them.

Alan Parsons Project - Time

Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
I think "Metal Gods" by Judas Priest is a good example:

Some of Ringo's cutlery can be heard on the song. They didn't have handy access to sound effects, so they made their own, shaking a tray of knives and forks to create the sound of the metal gods descending on humanity.

Maybe Ringo rents out his fork trays?
- I wouldn't call this a "studio rock" song per se, but this is an amazing fun fact.
  
  That's a good point, I suppose this was objectively not recorded in a studio haha.

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