# Songs whose intros fake you out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235 "2015-09-14T19:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/21 "2015-09-15T11:13:51Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > Slightly off topic, but I can’t easily imagine both the John William’s Superman theme and Indiana Jones theme. Once one is in my head, I cannot for the life of me remember how the other goes. I can tell them apart easily when I hear them, though. I can totally agree with you on that. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/22 "2015-09-15T11:18:53Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > There’s also an episode of Daria where I swear the first few chords of Blink-182’s Dammit play, but then it goes off into something different. Really psyches me out. I presume that originally Dammit was used but when released on DVD they couldn’t get the rights. But in most other episodes it’s just replaced with fairly generic music which doesn’t sound like anything in particular. > > Slightly off topic, but I can’t easily imagine both the John William’s Superman theme and Indiana Jones theme. Once one is in my head, I cannot for the life of me remember how the other goes. I can tell them apart easily when I hear them, though. There are probably a lot of other pop punk songs that sound similar, but I can’t remember the difference between the riffs in Dammit and Right Now by SR-71. Same with The A Team and Sunshine Of Your Love. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/23 "2015-09-15T11:24:04Z")
Well, there’s Mel Torme singing… [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZNiFGdp00Y), although it’s intentional. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/24 "2015-09-15T11:39:31Z")
Any time Boston’s “Foreplay/Long Time” plays on the radio, it gets all the way to the beginning of “Long Time” before I realize it isn’t a Yes song. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/25 "2015-09-15T11:59:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > “All Summer Long” by Kid Rock always fakes me into thinking I’m gonna hear “Werewolves of London.” Every time. And then I’m pissed. You’d think by now I’d have learned that you’re not likely to hear “Werewolves” unless listening to a classic rock station. It’s still always a disappointment though. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/26 "2015-09-15T13:03:01Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Every time. And then I’m pissed. You’d think by now I’d have learned that you’re not likely to hear “Werewolves” unless listening to a classic rock station. It’s still always a disappointment though. Totally agree. You’re just getting ready to sing along about that hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent… and then you have to change the station. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/27 "2015-09-15T13:30:09Z")
> [@HowSoonIsThen](#): > > \<\<\< snipped \>\>\> > Slightly off topic, but I can’t easily imagine both the John William’s Superman theme and Indiana Jones theme. Once one is in my head, I cannot for the life of me remember how the other goes. I can tell them apart easily when I hear them, though. > [@Dante\_G](#): > > I can totally agree with you on that. To confuse me even further there was a commercial for Kent cigarettes that had the line [“…to a smoker it’s a Kent…”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9jGRFJXmfU) that I always hear in those tunes. Effective? (There are many instances of such things harking back to unforgettable tunes to sell stuff!) As another aside, when I read the thread title and before seeing other interpretations of its intent, I thought we were looking for tunes similar to [Cant Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons + lyrics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcJm1pOswfM) that “switch gears” like this one at 1:20. Blows me away every time and really makes the song, which was about to put me to sleep before that bodacious break! ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/28 "2015-09-15T14:21:07Z")
Not sure if it counts as an intro, but last night I heard the wind chime opening for the Doobie Brothers “Black Water” and was expecting Chicago’s “Fancy Colours”… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/29 "2015-09-15T15:06:24Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > Totally agree. You’re just getting ready to sing along about that hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent… and then you have to change the station. Else you’ll be stuck listening to a song about a greasy maladroit who terrorized Detroit ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/30 "2015-09-15T15:58:11Z")
The Stooge’s “Lust for Life” Adam Ant’s “Goody Two Shoes” until the horn starts in. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/31 "2015-09-15T16:00:41Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > Totally agree. You’re just getting ready to sing along about that hairy-handed gent who ran amok in Kent… and then you have to change the station. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/32 "2015-09-15T16:50:36Z")
The Strokes “Last Nite” Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “American Girl” Every time. [http://www.soundsjustlike.com/2701/the-strokes-sounds-like-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/](http://www.soundsjustlike.com/2701/the-strokes-sounds-like-tom-petty-the-heartbreakers/) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/33 "2015-09-15T17:23:14Z")
Going back a bit, I think the Ink Spots made a point of using the exact same intro to _every song._ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/34 "2015-09-15T17:24:59Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > The Stooge’s “Lust for Life” > Adam Ant’s “Goody Two Shoes” until the horn starts in. Can’t recall the beginning of Goody Two Shoes but I do confuse the beginning of Lust for Life with A Town Called Malice. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/35 "2015-09-15T19:10:00Z")
Doobies: “China Grove” and “Rockin’ Down the Highway”. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/36 "2015-09-15T20:00:14Z")
Free’s “All Right Now” vs “Rock’n Me” by the Steve Miller Band Chuck Berry’s “School Days” and his “No Particular Place to Go” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/37 "2015-09-15T20:28:29Z")
The intro to Tom Petty’s [Breakdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJQQYUjPUNQ) sounds exactly like something Steely Dan would do. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/38 "2015-09-15T21:10:22Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The intro to Tom Petty’s [Breakdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJQQYUjPUNQ) sounds exactly like something Steely Dan would do. For real! Wonder if anything else by anybody else sounds a little like my Dan favorite [Deacon Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzcVXHqJFps) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/39 "2015-09-15T21:11:22Z")
The late, great Beatles scholar Ian McDonald pointed out that the 1963 Beatles song “All I’ve Got to Do” has the same introductory chord as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles’ then-recent song “You Can Depend on Me.” ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235/40 "2015-09-15T21:12:35Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > The Stooge’s “Lust for Life” > Adam Ant’s “Goody Two Shoes” until the horn starts in. I get more faked out by _Lust for Life_ vs _Are you going to be my girl_ by The Jets [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-whose-intros-fake-you-out/731235.md?page=3)