# Instantly recognized sound clips/tunes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 28, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393 "2002-11-28T20:33:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393/21 "2002-11-29T20:09:14Z")

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The start of the French National Anthem (that should go over well in Germany 😃 )

The piano chord that finishes “A Day in the Life” by the Beatles

Johnny Rotten cackling “I am an antichrist”

Silent Night

The first Noel

The intro to “Girl from Ipanema”

Oh Tannenbaum

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393/22 "2002-11-29T21:45:00Z")

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In Germany?

Is the Horst Wessel song still big there?

Anything by Wagner or Beethoven.

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**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393/23 "2002-11-30T17:33:10Z")

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The A-team theme…

da-dada-da da-da-da dadadadadada da-da-dada-da

you get the picture 😃

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393/24 "2002-11-30T17:41:30Z")

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I Dream Of Jeannie!

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393/25 "2002-11-30T18:24:29Z")

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Rocky (Gonna Fly Now)  
Themes from:  
Star Wars  
Jaws  
2001  
Bonanza  
Doctor Who  
Monty Python’s Flying Circus  
Satuday Night Live  
The Tonight Show  
All in the Family

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**Author:** ![MattK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@MattK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattK)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393/26 "2002-11-30T19:02:06Z")

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Thanks all! I already did the quiz, had about 50 tunes.  
And yojimboguy, no, the Horst Wessel song is not big here. I guess it stopped being big in 1945. In fact, I had to ask Google what it was.

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**Author:** ![yawndave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instantly-recognized-sound-clips-tunes/139393/27 "2002-12-01T00:15:45Z")

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With the popularity of CSI, ‘Who Are You’ might be a contender.

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