Songs that are instantly recognisable from the first few bars

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I’ll start with:

Summer Nights from Grease.

Hey Jude and Let It Be

Mr Brightside - The Killers

Hard days night but any Beatles song for me. Also hotel california and boys of summer.

Tin Soldier - Small Faces

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Eye of the Tiger

Come On Eileen

Bohemian Rhapsody

Boys Don’t Cry- The Cure 🖤🖤🖤

Blue Monday -New Order

I Heard it Through the Grapevine

Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n roses

Smoke on the water.

Those first 4 bars are everything. I'm pretty meh about the rest of the song!

Midnight Train to Georgia

Back in Black - ACDC

Shape of you -Ed Sheeran

Show Must Go On - Queen

I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Bohemian Rhapsody
Smoke on the Water
We Will Rock You
Another One Bites the Dust
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Layla
Whole Lotta Love

Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

Hit me Baby - Britney Spears

And (unfortunately) that god awful All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey - makes my ears bleed.

Jump Around by House of Pain

Africa by Toto.

Layla - Derek and the Dominos
Thunderstruck - AC/DC
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
Jonny B Good - Chuck Berry
and shit loads more.

Rage against the machine....killing in the name. Recognisable from the first note.

To quote my 13 year old...."omg mum how did you know it was gonna be that song???"

Mr Blue Sky,
Don't Look Back in Anger

Purple Rain?