Songs that are instantly recognisable from the first few bars

[CormoranStrike]

I’ll start with:

Summer Nights from Grease.

Take It To the Limit by The Eagles and If You Don't Know Me By Now by Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes.
Both songs are in the same time signature and the first two (orchestral) bars of each are very similar. So, you have to wait two or three seconds before identifying .

Pretty much all the ones that I know and have heard enough times. There are some songs that have similar sounding intros, which I will start a thread on shortly.

This charming man - The Smiths
Though I could probably recognize 90% of Smiths songs from the first few notes I played them so much.

Echo and The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Sisters of Mercy - Temple Of Love

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Girls just wanna have fun here Cindy Lauper

In my life - Beatles
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Sunshine of your love - Cream
Ain’t no mountain high enough- Diana Ross

How soon is now - The Smiths

Groove Armada I see you baby
Fleetwood Mac The Chain
Adele Hello
Queen We Will Rock You
Prodigy Out of Space

Deelite Groove is in the Heart

Club Tropicana

No more heroes The Sranglers
London Calling The Clash

Hotel California.

Eminem- Lose yourself.

First one that comes to mind is

Strangers in the Night

Hrtwt but
Take me down to the Paradise City - Guns and Roses
Seven Wonders - Fleetwood Mac

Love is a stranger (following the ‘stranger’ theme...)

Dancing Queen -Abba
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen

Some of the choices on here are really strange and obscure, I can't imagine many people would recognise them unless you were a fan of the artist or style of music.

Chain - Fleetwood Mac

Heroes - David Bowie

Livin on a prayer -Bon Jovi

Under Pressure - Queen
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits

Long Tall Woman In A Black Dress - The Hollies
Tiger Feet - Mud
Caroline - Status Quo
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Fast Car has just come on my player. Unmistakeable from the first few seconds.

Can you believe it’s 35 years old?

Have I told you lately that I love you?