Name (and link to) a song that is instantly recognizable with the very first few notes

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#1

(‘notes’ could mean anything from a piano chord to a cowbell to a vocalization)

Link to your song is mandatory!

Here is one that we can all get on the very first note: link.
mmm

#2

This one.

#3

That’s what I was going to post!

Then I guess Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones, but bunyupp wins.

#4

Pop Quiz: Can You Identify These Hit Songs by Just Their First Second?

#5

The first organ note of A Whiter Shade of Pale is unmistakeable.

#6

Lola

#7

This one’s gettable before the first note.

#8

PS: Wouldn’t it be better if we didn’t post the titles/artists so that the theory can be tested that the song is instantly recognisable?

#9

A key word in the OP made me instantly think of this one.

#10

First few notes on this one, since they come so quickly.

#11

Agreed. We can clink on the link, then look away from the screen.
mmm

#12

…and sit through the 30-second commercial. Fittingly, the ad I got from the link in your OP was for Microsoft OneNote.

#13

My example. One note:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmADpBu_ZCA

#14

AdBlock Biffy. Never listen to another Youtube commercial again.

#15

Three from the sixties

sixties - 1
sixties - 2
sixties - 3

#16

Without linking to them, I think Burt Bacharach opened the door with quite a few titles that would fit in this category.

#17

It was quite common in the early rock era for a song to start out cold, with a distinctive vocal note at the beginning:

And the ultimate ---

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMTNT_BzkdA

#18

The first one that occurred to me…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70QfHtKdh_0

#19

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And the ultimate —

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Do I get points for guessing that one before I clicked it? :slight_smile:

#20

Such a thread as this couldn’t be complete without:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PotB76gi2_4
And I'd bet there are at least a dozen more of the sort.