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1->''"It's been..."''
2-->-- '''Music/BarenakedLadies'''
3
4Most songs start with an instrumental intro before heading into the first verse or chorus. Some even have a [[FadeIn fade-in]]. A Lyrical Cold Open is the musical equivalent of a ColdOpen, where the vocalist jumps in with lyrics at the very beginning, either before the music starts or at the same time it does, often adding an element of surprise or impact. Makes the song instantly recognizable to anyone who's heard it before, with the first line often becoming one of the most memorable parts.
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6ACappella songs don't count, nor does StudioChatter, nor do songs that segue immediately from previous music in longer works. Contrast with EpicInstrumentalOpener.
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9!!Examples:
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12[[folder: Anime]]
13* The first opening theme of ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS'', "i love."
14* Television version of the ending theme of ''Anime/AngelBeats'', "Brave Song." Album version from the split single (OP/ED) has an intro and slightly different arrangement.
15* The opening theme of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove'', ''Aruite Ikou!''.
16* ''Anime/AttackOnTitan'''s first opening "Guren no Yumiya" starts with a BadassBoast in GratuitousGerman ("Seid ihr das Essen? Nein, wir sind die Jäger!/Are you the prey? No, we are the hunters!), sung by a chorus who spend the rest of the song chanting along with the lead singer. It's considered one of the most recognizable parts of the series.
17* The fourth opening of ''Literature/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' first season, "Ren'ai Circulation."
18* The ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' ending theme "Daidai" by Chatmonchy.
19* The ''Manga/{{Btooom}}'' opening, "No pain, No game."
20* The ''Anime/CasshernSins'' opening, "Aoi hana" by color bottle.
21* The ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' ending, "Dear My Friend."
22* ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' opening, "Shiny Tale" by Mix Speakers, inc.
23* The first closing theme of ''Manga/DeathNote'', "Alumina" by Nightmare.
24* The first opening theme of ''Manga/FairyTail'', "Snow Fairy."
25* The English closing of ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPDOT2GEBRg Little Prayer]]".
26* ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'''s first ending theme "Uso" by Sid, and its second "Let It Out" by Miho Fukuhara, though not in the latter's full version.
27* The end theme to ''[[Literature/TheGardenOfSinners Kara No Kyoikai: Spiral Paradox]]'', "Sprinter" by Kalafina.
28* The opening to ''Literature/BeyondTheBoundary'' anime, "Kyoukai no Kanata."
29* "departure!", the opening theme of the 2011 adaptation of ''Manga/HunterXHunter''. [[spoiler:The full version played at the end of the last episode averts this trope.]]
30* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'''s ending, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyEOS8buYWY Little Wish]]".
31* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs''' opening and ending, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3U6UtDysBE Eternal Blaze]]" and "Spiritual Garden", respectively.
32* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' second ending, "Beautiful Amulet."
33* All openings of ''Manga/MinamiKe''.
34* The variety of ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'' ending theme renditions (sung by different sets of character cast), "A-LY-YA!"
35* Opening of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' tv-series, "Zankoku na Tenshi no These."
36* Used in all three openings for ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', as well as the endings to the first season and the ''F'' OVA.
37* The ending/credits theme of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' leads with 25 seconds of vocals.
38* The opening of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', "Connect."
39* The opening of ''Manga/{{Sankarea}}'', "Esoragoto" by nano.Ripe.
40* The closing theme of ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'' second season, "Mirai Night."
41* The opening theme of ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'', "Duvet" by UK indie band Boa.
42* The opening of ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' first season, "Treasure."
43* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'''s third season opening EXTERMINATE starts with Creator/NanaMizuki's powerful voice ringing within silence before the powerful instruments kick in.
44* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'''s first season opening "Unravel" starts with TK from ling tosite sigure singing before the instruments kick in.
45* The ending theme of ''Manga/{{Upotte}}'', "Himekuri."
46* Both opening and closing themes of ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' first season, "Someone Else" and "Heart no Edge ni Idomou Go to Heart Edge" respectively. Second season opening, "Coolish Walk."
47* "Stray", opening theme from ''Anime/WolfsRain''.
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50[[folder: Theatre]]
51* ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'': "A Barber and His Wife", "Epiphany".
52* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': "Dancing Through Life", "Defying Gravity", "One Short Day", "What Is This Feeling?", "The Wizard and I".
53* ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'': "Feed Me".
54* ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'': "Magical Mister Mistoffelees", "Memory".
55* ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'': "Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now".
56* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'': Tony begins singing "Maria" on the first bar of music.
57* ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof'': "Matchmaker".
58* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'':
59** "My Favorite Things" has only quiet E minor chords on a few downbeats before Maria starts singing, and not even that in the film version, where the number begins as dialogue (though the context is quite different). The second act reprise begins with the children singing unaccompanied for eight bars, though one of the children is allowed to secretly pluck the E string of the guitar on the table to get the starting pitch.
60** The reprise of the title song has the children begin harmonizing offstage without any musical cue, so as to surprise the audience as well as the Captain.
61** "Maria" features the typical ploy of speaking the first line of the verse ("She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee") over music and only starting to sing on the second.
62* ''Theatre/HelloDolly'': "So Long Dearie".
63* ''Film/MaryPoppins'': "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
64* In ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls'', "I'll Know" and "Sit Down You're Rocking the Boat" begin with a pitch-setting tone, and "Sue Me" and "Marry The Man Today" have the first few lines spoken rather than sung while a pizzicato accompaniment sneaks in. The original cast recording averts this trope with all the aforementioned songs but plays it straight with "If I Were A Bell," whose first lines go from bare dialogue to soft-focus recitative to fully accompanied song.
65* ''Theatre/MyFairLady'':
66** "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" has an opening vamp in the song's softshoe tempo, but the original cast recording deletes it to begin with the ACappella verse.
67** "With A Little Bit Of Luck," on the other hand, has no opening vamp in the show, but the original cast recording adds one.
68** "A Hymn To Him" pulls the typical trick of seamlessly transitioning from dialogue by having the actor speak instead of sing the first few bars of the verse as the accompaniment discreetly comes in. It's written that way in the score, even though most actors playing Higgins will talk their way through every song.
69* ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'', aside from several ACappella quartets and one spoken-word number:
70** "Ya Got Trouble" opens cold from dialogue (as does its reprise), though most of it is spoken or half-sung.
71** "The Sadder-But-Wiser Girl" takes the dialogue-to-spoken-word-to-song transition to an extreme, discarding the music entirely for the first six bars of the first refrain and continuing with six more bars spoken over a few pizzicato chords before full accompaniment sets in.
72* ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' pulls off the speech-to-singing transition rather cleverly with "You Are Woman, I Am Man":
73-->'''Nick''': I'll be much more direct! You! ''(Beat with chord)'' ''(Sings)'' Are woman, I am man...
74* "That Was Yesterday" from ''Milk and Honey'', but only on the original cast recording--the show version includes an 8-bar intro. Likewise, "Like a Young Man" gets this treatment on the cast album only.
75* ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]'': "You Can Drive A Person Crazy" begins on the original cast recording with close-harmony {{Scatting}}. However, in the show, this is preceded by a dozen or so bars of vamp.
76* ''Theatre/PaintYourWagon'': "Whoop-ti-ay!" begins immediately after Ben wins Elizabeth in the auction, with the former shouting out the opening line. (On the original cast recording, James Barton's contribution to the number ends right there, with the chorus singing the rest.)
77* ''I Can Get It For You Wholesale'':
78** "I'm Not A Well Man" (both separately-cued verses) and "Miss Marmelstein" each open with only one horn note to set the pitch for the young Music/BarbraStreisand or her equivalent, though the cast album version of "Miss Marmelstein" substitutes a conventional vamp till ready.
79** "Who Knows?" does similarly with the conventional bell chime.
80** "Have I Told You Lately?" and "Eat A Little Something" let the actors talk through the first lines.
81* ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'': Rose launches directly into the refrain of "Some People" after only a couple of orchestral stabs at the finish of the preceding dialogue. The original cast recording averts this with a fully scored intro derived from a deleted continuation of the "I had a dream" bridge.
82* In ''Theatre/DamnYankees'', Van Buren needs only one dominant seventh chord to begin singing, "You've gotta have heart..." This trope also applies to every reprise of "Heart" except for the one at the CurtainCall.
83* ''Theatre/TheUnsinkableMollyBrown'':
84** The first number, "I Ain't Down Yet," has an extremely long spoken patter introduction which the orchestra only begins to play quietly under at bar 27 of the score.
85** "I've A'ready Started In" does without an orchestral introduction because Johnny is providing his own accompaniment for his {{serenade|YourLover}}.
86** "Beautiful People Of Denver" starts immediately from dialogue.
87** "Are You Sure?" has Molly once again beginning with spoken patter and no underscoring at first, though a trumpet does play Molly's {{Leitmotif}} very shortly before.
88* ''Theatre/MeAndMyGirl'': "The Lambeth Walk".
89* ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'': "Loud", "Telly".
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92[[folder: Film - Animation]]
93* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", "Hakuna Matata", and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc Circle of Life]]".
94* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': "He Mele No Lilo" and "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride".
95* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'': "Kiss the Girl".
96* ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'': "Take My Hand Paree".
97* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'': "Trust in Me".
98* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'': "Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a Pirate's Life for Me".
99* ''Film/SongOfTheSouth'': "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah".
100* ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvGs7LumhIo No Way Out]]"
101* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' - "Everything Is Awesome" by Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island
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103
104[[folder: Film - Live Action]]
105* ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'': "The Beautiful Briny Sea".
106* ''Film/DirtyDancing'': "I've Had the Time of My Life".
107* The ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' version of "Why Don't You Do Right?"
108* ''Film/SinginInTheRain'': "Moses Supposes" starts as purely spoken dialogue that becomes rhythmic patter and then the actual song.
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110
111[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
112* The ''Series/PushingDaisies'' version of "Morning Has Broken". "Birdhouse in Your Soul" does this as well, although it's also true of [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants the original version.]]
113* "Philosopher's Song" in one of the ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketches.
114* "Heart of Gold Montage" from the ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' soundtrack, which starts with Arabic vocals.
115* The second theme song from ''Series/UltramanLeo'', used from Episode 14 forward.
116* The first theme song from ''Series/UltramanEighty''
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118
119[[folder: Music - Alternative]]
120* Music/TheAllAmericanRejects - "My Paper Heart" and "Believe"
121* Music/AllTimeLow - "Dear Maria Count Me In"
122* Music/ArcticMonkeys - "From The Ritz to the Rubble", "Riot Van", and "Dancing Shoes" from ''Music/WhateverPeopleSayIAmThatsWhatImNot'' all qualify.
123* Music/{{Chevelle}} - "Tug-O-War"
124* Music/{{Cake}} - "The Distance"
125* Music/CobraStarship: "The City is at War" and "Guilty Pleasure"
126* Music/TheDresdenDolls: "Delilah" and "Bad Habit"
127* Heavily used by alternative/indie band Music/BlueOctober, in tracks like "Blue Skies", "Calling You", "Sound of Pulling Heaven Down", "X-Amount of Words", and hidden bonus track "It's Just Me".
128* Music/{{Evanescence}}: "Going Under," "Call Me When You're Sober" and "Exodus"
129* Music/FlorenceAndTheMachine: "Kiss with a Fist", "I'm Not Calling You a Liar", "Cosmic Love", "Falling", "Addicted to Love", "Bird Song", and "Shake it Out".
130* Music/FranzFerdinand: "Do You Want To", "Lucid Dreams" (album version), "Fresh Strawberries".
131* Music/{{HIM}}: "In Venere Veritas" stands out because its LCO actually serves as one for the entire ''album'' it was released on, a decision made during the mastering process. Elsewhere, they have "The Funeral of Hearts" and "The Heartless".
132* Music/{{Hole}} - "Doll Parts" and "Miss World", from ''Music/LiveThroughThis''.
133* "Mexican Wine" by Music/FountainsOfWayne
134* Gotye - "Eyes Wide Open" (listen very closely and you'll hear it)
135* "Glad Girls" by Music/GuidedByVoices.
136* "Sublet" by Music/LifterPuller.
137* Music/MyChemicalRomance: "Famous Last Words, "Teenagers" and "Boy Division"
138* Music/PearlJam: "Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town"
139* Music/{{REM}}: "New Test Leper", "Wake Up Bomb", "King Of Comedy", "Supernatural Superserious"
140* "Banana Co." by Music/{{Radiohead}}.
141* Music/RoyalBlood - "I Only Lie When I Love You."
142* Heavily used by Saves The Day: in some songs like "Certain Tragedy" and "Firefly", they launch into the vocals instantly, while in others like "At Your Funeral" and "See You" they come in after just a single note.
143* Music/TheSmashingPumpkins - "Bullet With Butterfly Wings".
144* Music/StoneTemplePilots - "Dead and Bloated"
145* The Summer Set: "Jukebox (Life Goes On)" and "Boomerang".
146* Music/TheUsed - "The Taste of Ink"
147* Music/TheyMightBeGiants - "Bangs", "Birdhouse in Your Soul", "Narrow Your Eyes", "On The Drag", "Thunderbird", "You're On Fire", "Stuff is Way"
148* Music/ThreeDaysGrace - "Pain" and "The High Road"
149* "Pennyroyal Tea" by Music/{{Nirvana}}, from ''Music/InUtero''
150* Marianas Trench: "Say Anything"
151* Music/JimmyEatWorld - "Sweetness"
152* Enter Shikari -"Gandhi Mate, Gandhi"
153* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence have a hell of one on “Witness,” opening not only the song but their entire fifth album.
154* Music/ViolentFemmes - "Add It Up."
155* Several from Music/TheWhiteStripes: "The Denial Twist," "Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)", "I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman."
156* Music/BuiltToSpill - "Big Dipper"
157* {{Music/Weezer}} - "Buddy Holly".
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159
160[[folder: Music - Christian]]
161* John Elefante - "Where Does Our Love Go"
162* Jordan Feliz - "Next to Me," "The River"
163* Rachael Lampa feat. TobyMac - "Perfectly Loved"
164* Brooke Ligertwood - "Honey in the Rock"
165* Stephen [=McWhirter=] - "Come, Jesus, Come"
166* Sandi Patty - "We Shall Behold Him"
167* Jordan St. Cyr - "Fires," "Weary Traveler"
168* Chris Tomlin - "I Will Follow"
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171[[folder: Music - Country]]
172* Trace Adkins - "The Rest of Mine"
173* Music/{{Alabama}} - The No. 1 hits "Roll On" (the single/radio edit), "Southern Star," "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6slibTD9MF0 I'm In A Hurry (And Don't Know Why)]]", and "Reckless." Their top 10 hits "T.L.C. A.S.A.P.", "Here We Are", and "The Maker Said Take Her" do so too.
174* Music/BillAnderson – "Still" and "For Loving You" (with Jan Howard). Both had backing vocalists do the honors.
175* Eddy Arnold – "Make the World Go Away."
176* Atlanta - "Atlanta Burned Again Last Night"
177* David Ball: "Thinkin' Problem," which starts off cold with a "Yes, I admiiiiiiiit…"
178* Music/TheBandPerry — "If I Die Young"
179* Boy Howdy - "They Don't Make 'em Like That Anymore"
180* Music/GarthBrooks – "Longneck Bottle", "Rodeo or Mexico"
181** He cold opens "That Summer" when he sings it live.
182* Jim Ed Brown and the Browns – "The Three Bells (Les Trois Cloches)," the No. 1 country and pop smash. Solo, Jim Ed had "Pop a Top," which in its 1999 remake by Alan Jackson had an instrumental opening.
183* The Buffalo Club: "Heart Hold On". In an inverse of how this is usually handled for radio edits, the album version did not have one, but the radio edit (also used in the music video) dubbed the first half of the chorus into the intro as a cold open.
184* Carl Butler and Pearl – "Don't Let Me Cross Over"
185* Cam - "My Mistake" and "Diane"
186* Glen Campbell — His 1970 cover of “It’s Only Make Believe.” (Conway Twitty’s 1958 original and subsequent remakes began with a short three-note guitar chord at the beginning.)
187* Deana Carter - "Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
188* Music/JohnnyCash - "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" (backing vocalists) and "Folsom Prison Blues" (the live 1968 recording where he says, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash"). Also, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGMpc5bCpFY Get Rhythm]]."
189* Music/MarkChesnutt – "Brother Jukebox", "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man".
190* Music/LukeCombs - "When It Rains It Pours"
191* Dave & Sugar – "The Door Is Always Open" and "Golden Tears."
192* The Davis Sisters – "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know." Notable as the only chart-topper in the career of Skeeter Davis, one half of the Davis sisters, and only single release in their short career (as the other half of the duo died in a car accident shortly after the song was released and became a hit).
193* Billy Dean - "Only Here for a Little While"
194* Jimmy Dean – "Big Bad John" (the backing chorus singing the title lyrics) and "The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (and the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)."
195* Music/JohnDenver - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPHTQgj1t2E Follow Me]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSY_sitExdQ Goodbye Again]]"
196* Music/JoeDiffie – "Third Rock from the Sun" (album and dance mixes only, which open with an electronic-voiced "Welcome to Earth, third rock from the sun!")
197* Music/TheChicks - "Tonight the Heartache's on Me"
198* Emerson Drive — "Fall into Me", although it was edited out of the radio version.
199* Music/SaraEvans - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6jkyTkc50A Big Cry]]"
200* Jace Everett - "Bad Things", the RealSongThemeTune to ''Series/TrueBlood''.
201* Donna Fargo - "Superman."
202* Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine — "Cruise" and "Stay." The latter is a cover of Black Stone Cherry, whose original version features a couple guitar chords first.
203* Radney Foster - "Hammer and Nails"
204* Janie Fricke - "Please Help Me I'm Falling." This was a ballad remake of a No. 1 country and top 10 pop smash (from 1960) by Hank Locklin, which had a standard opening.
205* Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers – "All the Gold in California," which hit No. 1 in 1979. Among non-No. 1s, "Broken Lady," "Statues Without Hearts," "Love Is Just a Game," "Nothing But Your Love Matters" and "She Used To Be Somebody's Lady" were all top-10 hits with cold opens.
206* Crystal Gayle – "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For"
207* Mickey Gilley – "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" (his spoken word, "Ah 1, ah 2, ah 1-2-3-go!" before the rollicking piano opening).
208* Gloriana - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxN7SHF86ws If You're Leavin']]"
209* Jack Greene – "There Goes My Everything," "All the Time" and "You Are My Treasure."
210* Lee Greenwood – "Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love)"
211* Music/MerleHaggard – "Natural High"
212* Emmylou Harris – "Together Again" (where she takes a very audible deep breath before opening) and "Beneath Still Waters." Also, her 1984 top 10 hit "Pledging My Love," also where she takes a deep breath before the open.
213* Freddie Hart - "My Hang-Up Is You" and "Bless Your Heart."
214* Bobby Helms – "My Special Angel" (backing vocalists).
215* Music/JohnnyHorton – "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" and "North to Alaska," both with backing vocalists doing the honors.
216* Ferlin Husky – "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove" (his country gospel No. 1 smash from 1960).
217* Music/AlanJackson – "Don't Rock the Jukebox" and "Someday"
218* Sonny James - "You're the Only World I Know," "Behind the Tear," "Need You," "Only the Lonely" and "Empty Arms." Also, the backing vocalists on "I'll Keep Holding On (Just to Your Love)."
219* Carolyn Dawn Johnson - "Georgia"
220* Music/GeorgeJones: "The Grand Tour" and "He Stopped Loving Her Today." Also his 1961 top 10 hit "The Window Up Above."
221* Music/TheKentuckyHeadhunters - "Rock 'n' Roll Angel" begins with a "Ya da da da..."
222* Cristy Lane: "One Day at a Time," the perennial country gospel No. 1 hit. The original Marilyn Sellars version, which was a No. 37 pop and No. 19 country hit, also had a cold open.
223* Little Texas — "Life Goes On" (begins with an {{a cappella}} rendition of the chorus)
224* Love and Theft - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doBK9Zv9rsw Don't Wake Me]]"
225* Mac [=McAnally=]'s "Down the Road" begins with him singing "When I was a boy..." The more famous cover by Music/KennyChesney with [=McAnally=] on duet vocals follows suit.
226* Music/TimMcGraw — "Last Dollar (Fly Away)". Also cut from the radio edit.
227* Midland - "Make a Little" and "Burn Out"
228* David Lee Murphy - "Party Crowd"
229* Music/WillieNelson – "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" (his spoken word, "1, 2, 1-2-3-4" before the opening guitar chord) and "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground."
230* Music/TheOakRidgeBoys - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H_rr9m9jaE Trying To Love Two Women]]"
231* Music/BuckOwens - "My Heart Skips a Beat," "Together Again," "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail," "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line" and "Your Tender Loving Care."
232* Music/DollyParton - "Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That" from 1989, a No. 1 hit. Among non-No. 1 hits, "My Tennessee Mountain Home" was probably the most famous.
233* Johnny Paycheck – "TakeThisJobAndShoveIt"
234* Danielle Peck - "Findin' a Good Man". Edited out of the radio edit, which instead began with a guitar solo.
235* Kellie Pickler - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP77BVLE-0o Best Days Of Your Life]]"
236* Webb Pierce – "In the Jailhouse Now." Applies to the 1955 hit version; Pierce's 1960 rockabilly remake has a standard electric guitar opening.
237* Music/ElvisPresley – "Heartbreak Hotel." Other remakes -- including one done in 1979 as a duet by Willie Nelson and Leon Russell -- have a standard instrumental opening.
238* Music/CharleyPride – "I'll Be Leaving Alone."
239* Music/RascalFlatts' "Bob That Head" begins with a CarefulWithThatAxe-level TitleScream.
240* Music/CollinRaye – "My Kind of Girl."
241* Jim Reeves – "I Guess I'm Crazy" (which went No. 1 shortly after his 1964 death); also, "Snowflake," his No. 2 hit from 1966 where backing vocalists do the honors.
242* Music/RestlessHeart — "Let the Heartache Ride"
243* Charlie Rich — “I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore” (backing vocalists); this was a song originally recorded in 1963 but released in 1974 to become a No. 1 country hit and a minor pop hit.
244* Music/MartyRobbins – "Among My Souvenirs"
245* Johnny Rodriguez – "Love Put a Song In My Heart"
246* Music/KennyRogers - "Sweet Music Man". Most covers of the song omit the opener entirely ("I wouldn't listen / But I couldn't see / That all I have left now / Are words you sang to me.").
247* Runaway June - "Lipstick"
248* Ashton Shepherd - "Takin' Off This Pain"
249* Carl Smith – "Hey Joe." When redone in 1981 by Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley as a duet ("Hey Joe (Hey Moe)"), it had a standard instrumental opening.
250* Sons of the Desert - "Everybody's Gotta Grow Up Sometime"
251* Joe Stampley - "Soul Song" and "All These Things"
252* Music/ChrisStapleton - "Broken Halos"
253* Music/TheStatlerBrothers – "Elizabeth" and “Don’t Wait On Me.”
254* Wynn Stewart – "It's Such a Pretty World Today"
255* Marty Stuart - "Burn Me Down"
256* Music/TanyaTucker - "What's Your Mama's Name" and "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)"
257* Music/PamTillis - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NLjcWH6v6I Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)]]"
258* The Tractors — "Baby Likes to Rock It" (album version only; the single and radio edits go into a standard instrumental opening).
259* Music/RandyTravis - "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-dX3yFkLVE&ob=av2e I Told You So]]." Subsequent cover versions, including the 2009 hit by Music/CarrieUnderwood, had a standard opening.
260* Trick Pony: "Just What I Do", [[StepUpToTheMicrophone their only single not sung by Heidi Newfield]], opens with a TitleDrop. Their 2005 cover of Bonnie Tyler's "It's a Heartache" also uses one, although the original doesn't.
261* Music/TravisTritt - "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'" (duet with Marty Stuart)
262* Music/ShaniaTwain - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcsKfM7RaU No One Needs To Know]]." Also "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZRA-Dwv86E&ob=av2e Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?]]."
263* Music/ConwayTwitty - "Hello Darlin'" and "I Can't Stop Lovin' You." His 1971 duet with Loretta Lynn, "Lead Me On," also has a cold lyrical open.
264* Music/KeithUrban - "Blue Ain't Your Color". Also the radio edits of "I'm In" and "Somewhere in My Car"
265* Jerry Wallace - "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry"
266* Music/SteveWariner - "Every Little Whisper"
267* Kitty Wells – "Heartbreak U.S.A."
268* Music/HankWilliamsJr – "Mind Your Own Business"[[note]]featuring Music/RebaMcEntire, Music/WillieNelson, Music/TomPetty, and Reverend Ike[[/note]]. Earlier recordings by Hank Williams Sr., Jimmy Dean and Charley Pride each used a standard opening. There was also an electronically created duet from the mid-1960s where Hank Jr. added new vocals to Hank Sr.'s original recording of "...Business" (for the album ''Father And Son''), and in its original honky-tonk style although updated for the time (instead of the hard-driving country rock version from 1986, some 20 years later); the Jr./Sr. duet also had a regular standard open.
269* Tom Wopat - "Susannah"
270* Music/ChelyWright - "Shut Up and Drive"
271* Tammy Wynette - "Run, Woman, Run" and "Bedtime Story."
272* Yankee Grey - "All Things Considered"
273* Music/TrishaYearwood - "Heaven, Heartache, and the Power of Love"
274* Music/DwightYoakam – "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" (CoveredUp Lefty Frizzell; the 1958 re-recording of his original is also an example, although the 1951 original version was not), "The Pocket of a Clown"
275[[/folder]]
276
277[[folder: Music - Electronic]]
278* 4 Strings - "Turn It Around".
279* Music/CalvinHarris - "Feel So Close" and "I'm Not Alone".
280* Music/CrazyFrog - "Axel F".
281-->A ring ding ding ding d-ding baa aramba baa baa barooumba
282-->'''[[RepetitiveAudioGlitch WH-WHA-WHAT'S GOING ON-ON]]'''
283* Music/DaftPunk - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoPplpBPQxQ Technologic]]", "Doin' It Right" and "Daftendirekt" (The "Da funk, back to the punk, c'mon" MadnessMantra is repeated several times at the beginning of the song, going from heavily distorted to really easy to hear).
284* Music/{{Erasure}} - "Oh L'amour"(album version).
285* Gigi D'Agostino - "Bla Bla Bla".
286* "New York I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down," "Watch the Tapes," "Drunk Girls," and "Sound of Silver" by Music/LCDSoundsystem
287* Olive - "You're Not Alone".
288* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZQ50Qa9h9M "Expialidocious"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCr0YoXUDrE "Jiminy"]] by Music/{{Pogo}}.
289* Music/JoyElectric: “The Otherly Opus”, “The Memory of Alpha”, “Red Will Dye These Snows of Silver”. All three of these come from the album ''The Otherly Opus'', which has more of a focus on vocal harmonies than any other JE album.
290** Also "Whose Voice Will Not Be Heard" from ''Dwarf Mountain Alphabet''.
291* On Music/{{Covenant}}'s ''Modern Ruin'', "Kairos" is a cold open to "The Beauty and the Grace".
292* Sash!: "Encore une Fois", "Ecuador", "Stay".
293[[/folder]]
294
295[[folder: Music - Metal]]
296* Architects (UK)- "Dethroned"
297* Music/{{Behemoth}} - "Slaves Shall Serve"
298* Music/BlackSabbath - "Valhalla"
299* Bride - "Dust Through A Fan"
300* Music/DeathAngel - "EX-TC"
301* Music/{{Delain}} - "The Gathering"
302* Deliverance - "Happy Star" and "Belltown"
303* Music/DragonForce - "Soldiers of the Wasteland"
304* Music/EdgeOfSanity - "Crimson"
305* Music/IronMaiden - "Can I Play With Madness" (the TitleDrop, no less)
306* Music/JudasPriest - "Ram It Down", even if it's just a MetalScream. "All Guns Blazing" too.
307* The Kennedy Veil - "Ad Noctum"
308* Music/{{Lamb of God}} - "Boot Scraper"
309* Music/{{Manowar}} - "Sleipnir"
310* Music/{{Metallica}} has both "Fuel" and "The Memory Remains” from ''Reload'' plus "Chasing Light" from ''72 Seasons''.
311* Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} does it in "I Wish I Had An Angel."
312* Music/TheOcean for their whole Anthropocentric album. Happens again on "Heaven TV" on the same album.
313* Music/{{Rammstein}} has several songs that use this trope:
314** Herzeleid off of Herzeleid.
315** Ich Will of Mutter
316* Riot V - "Until We Meet Again"
317* Music/{{Sabaton}} - "Primo Victoria," "Attero Dominatus" and "Night Witches"
318* {{Music/Slipknot}} - "Lech"
319* Tardigrade Inferno - "Execution Is Fun!"
320* Music/{{Tool}} - "The Pot"
321* Music/VanCanto - While technically every song qualifies (van Canto being an a Capella band), their cover of the aforementioned "Primo Victoria" is the only one to follow the spirit of the trope.
322* White Lion - "Wait"
323
324[[/folder]]
325
326[[folder: Music - Pop]]
327* 3OH!3 - "Don't Trust Me"
328* America - "I Need You"
329* Music/AnnaNalick - "Breathe (2 AM)"
330** Anna does this again in "Shine" and in "Car Crash" with one of her characteristic unusual metaphors ("I think I love you like a car crash, dear")
331* Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven is a Place on Earth"
332* Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - "I've Had the Time of My Life" (as mentioned under Film above)
333* Music/BillyJoel - "The Longest Time"
334* Blue Swede - their cover of B.J. Thomas' "Hooked On A Feeling" begins with the "hooga chaka" chant.
335* Bonnie Tyler - "Goin' Through The Motions"
336* Music/CelineDion - "Because You Loved Me"
337** Also "The Power of Love" ("The whispers in the morning...")
338** From Celine Dion's early French-language days, "La Religieuse" (The Nun), which starts with "Même à genoux, même en prière..." (Even kneeling, even in prayer...), a line repeated at the start of every verse in the song.
339* Charlie Dore - "Pilot Of The Airwaves"
340* Cher Lloyd - "Want U Back" and With Ur Love"
341* Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro - "Stumblin' In"
342* The Corrs - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aR3W9t9Q6I Breathless]]"
343* Music/CultureClub - "Miss Me Blind", "Mannequin", "Boy, Boy (I'm The Boy)", "Reasons", "Move Away", and the album version of "Sexuality".
344* Music/DemiLovato - "Heart Attack"
345* Music/DonMcLean - "American Pie" and "Vincent"
346* Music/DReam - "Things Can Only Get Better"
347* Music/DuranDuran - "Is There Something I Should Know", "Notorious", and "None Of The Above"
348* Music/EltonJohn - "Blue Eyes"
349* Music/EricClapton's version of "I Shot the Sheriff"
350* Music/FleetwoodMac - "Monday Morning"
351* Music/AFlockOfSeagulls - the 1995 version of "Magic" from ''The Light At The End Of The World''
352* Music/{{Fun}} - "Some Nights", "At Least I'm Not as Sad as I Used to Be" and "Benson Hedges"
353* Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - "Young Girl"
354* Music/GeorgeMichael - The album version of "Fastlove" from ''Music/{{Older}}'' begins with "Got to get up to get down".
355* Music/HarryBelafonte - "Banana Boat Song", better known by its first line "Day-o, day-O, daylight come and me wan' go home..."
356** By extension, Music/JasonDerulo's "Don't Wanna Go Home".
357* B'coz I Love You by HitomiYaida
358* ''Gonna be here'', by Creator/JunkoNoda
359* ''Kitto Wasurenai'', by ZARD
360* Music/TheJonasBrothers - "Sucker"
361* Music/{{Kerli}} - "Chemical".
362* Music/{{Kesha}} - "[=TiK ToK=]".
363* Lucky Soul - "Could It Be I Don't Belong Anywhere"
364* OneHitWonder Nine Days and their hit "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)", which launches right into the hook/chorus. WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows called this "a damn good move" because of how strong the hook is.
365* Music/MariahCarey - her cover of Music/{{Journey|Band}}'s "Open Arms"
366* Music/MarinaDiamandis: "Obsessions", "I am Not a Robot", "Hollywood", "Numb", "Teen Idle" and "Primadonna".
367* Music/{{Maroon 5}}: "Daylight", "Payphone", "Won't Go Home Without You", and "One More Night", "Maps", and "Animals."
368* Music/MeghanTrainor's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMTAUr3Nm6I "No"]].
369* Millennium - "Day After Day"
370* Music/{{NSYNC}}: "Tearin' Up My Heart" and "I Want You Back"
371* Music/{{Oasis}}: "I'm Outta Time"
372* Music/PatBenatar: - "Shadows of the Night"
373* Music/PeterSchilling - "Only Dreams" and its German counterpart "...Dann Trugt Der Schein"
374* Music/PhilCollins - "One More Night" and "Separate Lives"
375* Plain White T's - "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)"
376* The Playmates - "Beep Beep"
377* Music/{{Pink}} – "Perfect" (and its [[ClusterFBomb f-worded variant]]).
378* The Righteous Brothers: "You've Lost That Loving Feeling" and "Unchained Melody"
379* Music/{{Rihanna}} - "Where Have You Been", "[=S&M=]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e6wE8UnJJs Don't Stop The Music]]"
380* Robbie Nevil - "Wot's It To Ya"
381* Music/SavageGarden - "Promises"
382* Music/{{Seal}} - "Future Love Paradise", which launches straight into its distinctive opening verse:
383-->But if only you could see them, you would know from their faces, there were kings and queens, followed by princes and princesses...
384** As well as "Bring it On"
385* Serena Ryder - "Stompa" (the radio version, however, cuts out the opening lines)
386* Music/SmashMouth - "All-Star" has become one of the most well-known examples due to its [[MemeticMutation memetic]] status. All together now: "Some... [[DynamicEntry BODY]] once told me--!"
387** Trivia note: it was directly inspired by [[Music/BarenakedLadies "One Week"]]'s cold open.
388* Spunk Adelic - "9.95"
389* Music/{{Squeeze|Band}}'s "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)"
390* [[Music/{{tatu}} t.A.T.u.]] - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDpU536W-FM Stars]]"
391** Also, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaM7U5P9o8g Loves Me Not]]".
392* Tegan and Sara - "Closer"
393* Troye Sivan - "BITE"
394* Whitney Houston - her cover of Music/DollyParton's "I Will Always Love You"
395[[/folder]]
396
397[[folder: Music - Punk]]
398* Music/TheClash: "London's Burning", "Know Your Rights", "The Sound of Sinners"
399* Music/GreenDay, "Basket Case"
400* FEAR - "I Love Livin' In the City"
401* Music/{{Lagwagon}} - "Bombs Away"
402* Music/TheOffspring, "Self-Esteem", "All I Want" (though it's {{Scatting}} in both cases), "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" (a bubbly-voiced man saying "Gunter glieben glauten globen", sampled from Music/DefLeppard's "Rock of Ages") and "Why Don't You Get A Job?"
403* "Killing Away" and "Panic Attack" by OFF!
404* Music/MotionCitySoundtrack:
405** Delirium
406** Stand Too Close by
407* Rancid - "Roots Radical"
408* Descendents - "Suburban Home"
409* Music/{{Sublime}} - "Wrong Way"
410* Music/BigBlack - "The Power of Independent Trucking" and "L.Dopa"
411[[/folder]]
412
413[[folder: Music - Rap]]
414* Music/BeastieBoys: "Paul Revere", "Slow And Low", "Time to Get Ill", "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn" (all from ''Music/LicensedToIll''), "Intergalactic" (though it's heavily distorted)
415* [[Music/KRSOne Boogie Down Productions]] - "Criminal Minded"
416* Music/KanyeWest - "Gold Digger" (albeit it's JamieFoxx doing the singing), "Can't Tell Me Nothing", "Dark Fantasy", "All of the Lights" (if not counting the album's interlude)
417* Music/LLCoolJ - "Rock the Bells"
418* Music/MCHammer - "U Can't Touch This", "This Is What We Do"
419* Music/NickiMinaj - "Roman Holiday", "Pound the Alarm".
420* Music/{{Pitbull}} loves this trope. "Give Me Everything", "Feel This Moment", "Don't Stop the Party", "[[Film/MenInBlack Back in Time]]", etc.
421* Music/PublicEnemy - "Rightstarter"
422* Music/RunDMC was fond of this trope early on. To wit: "My Adidas", "Peter Piper", "Run's House", "King Of Rock", "It's Tricky", "You Talk Too Much".
423* Music/TupacShakur - "Ambitionz Az A Ridah", "California Love" (Although sung by Roger Troutman.)
424* U.T.F.O. - "Roxanne, Roxanne" and the AnswerSong "The Real Roxanne"
425* Music/WillSmith - "Will 2K"
426* Music/{{Eminem}} - "Kill You", "Who Knew?", "I'm Back", "Not Afraid", "Asshole", "The Monster", "Desperation", and "Wicked Ways".
427* Big Daddy Kane - "Set It Off".
428[[/folder]]
429
430[[folder: Music - R&B]]
431* Betty Everett - "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)"
432* Music/{{Beyonce}} - "If I Were a Boy"
433* Bill Withers - "Ain't No Sunshine" [[note]]when she's gone. It's not warm when she's away...[[/note]]
434* The Coasters - "Searchin' ", "Yakety Yak", "Charlie Brown".
435* Clarence "Frogman" Henry - "Ain't Got No Home"
436* Music/JanetJackson - "Nasty" ("Gimme a beat!")
437* Four Tops - "Standing in the Shadow of Love"
438* Music/OtisRedding - "These Arms of Mine"
439* Rotary Connection - "Silent Night Chant"
440* Music/RKelly - "Bump N' Grind"
441[[/folder]]
442
443[[folder: Music - Rock]]
444* "Head over Feet" by Music/AlanisMorissette.
445* "...one week since you looked at me!" - Music/BarenakedLadies' "One Week", as quoted atop the page.
446* Music/{{Asia}} - "Rock And Roll Dream", "Too Late", "Are You Big Enough", "Valkyrie", and "Till We Meet Again".
447* Music/TheBeachBoys - "Barbara Ann"
448* Music/TheBeatles were fond of this trope, doing it in "There's a Place", "All My Loving", "It Won't Be Long", "No Reply", "If I Fell", "I'm a Loser", "Help!", "You're Going to Lose That Girl", "Wait", "Nowhere Man", "Girl", "Eleanor Rigby", "I'm Only Sleeping", "Paperback Writer", "Yellow Submarine", "Hey Jude". "Happiness Is a Warm Gun", "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and "The Long and Winding Road".
449** And solo as well: Music/PaulMcCartney on "Another Day", "Bluebird", "Junk", "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", and "No More Lonely Nights". Music/JohnLennon on "Gimme Some Truth", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "How?", and "(Just Like) Starting Over".
450* Music/BonJovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name"
451* Music/BruceSpringsteen - "Atlantic City"
452* Bullet - "White Lies Blue Eyes"
453* Music/CheapTrick's version of "California Man" by The Move, where Robin Zander sings the first four words of the song ACappella before the rest of the band comes in. The original song, however, is not an example.
454* Music/{{Daughtry}}: "Asylum" opens straight with Chris singing the first two lines before the rest of the band joins in.
455* Music/ElvisCostello is fond of this trope: his first three albums open with lyrical cold opens, "Welcome to the Working Week", "No Action", and "Accidents Will Happen", respectively.
456* Music/DefLeppard - "Rock Of Ages" and some versions of "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
457* Music/TheDoors - "The Crystal Ship"
458* Music/ElvisPresley - "Heartbreak Hotel"
459* Music/FatsDomino - "Ain't That a Shame"
460* Music/FooFighters - "Best of You", "Breakout", "This Is a Call", and "Lonely As You"
461* Music/{{Foreigner|Band}} - "Say You Will"
462* Music/{{Genesis|Band}} - "Looking for Someone", "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" and "Supper's Ready". Many live versions of "Firth of Fifth" open this way as well, omitting the piano of the studio version.
463* The Guess Who - "Star Baby"
464* Music/{{INXS}} - "Mystify"
465* Music/JeffersonAirplane - "Somebody To Love"
466* Music/TheJGeilsBand - "Freeze Frame"
467* Music/{{Journey|Band}} - "Any Way You Want It" and "Anytime"
468* Music/{{Kansas}} - "Carry On Wayward Son"
469* Kenny Loggins - "I'm Alright (Theme from ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'')"
470* Music/{{KISS}} - "I Just Wanna". Also, when performed live, "Lick It Up" (as heard on Alive III).
471* Music/LedZeppelin - "I Can't Quit You Baby", "What Is and What Shall Never Be"
472* Music/LitaFord - "Kiss Me Deadly"
473* Litfiba - "Santiago"
474* Music/LittleRichard - "Long Tall Sally" and "Trutti Frutti"
475* Music/LittleRiverBand: "Lonesome Loser" opens by asking if you've heard about the titular loser.
476* Music/{{Maneskin}} - "Coraline" and "I Wanna Be Your Slave"
477* Music/{{Marillion}} - "Script for a Jester's Tear"
478* Music/TheMarsVolta - "Inertiatic ESP" (aside from the four split-second guitar chords), "Cassandra Gemini", and "The Widow".
479* Music/NickCave has "And No More Shall We Part", "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow", "Oh My Lord", "Sweetheart Come", "The Sorrowful Wife", "Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?", "Train Long-Suffering", "Black Crow King", "The Good Son", "Sorrow's Child", "Brother, My Cup Is Empty", "Loom of the Land", "Loverman", "Lay Me Low", "The Lyre of Orpheus", "There Is a Town"... He sure loves this trope.
480* Music/{{Nickelback}} - "Figured You Out", "How You Remind Me" and "Rockstar"
481* Music/OzzyOsbourne - "Crazy Train"
482* Papa Roach - "Last Resort"
483* Music/{{Pavement}} "Gold Soundz" and "Stop Breathin'"
484* Music/PeterGabriel - "Big Time" starts with a cheerful "Hi there!" before the music kicks in.
485* Music/PinkFloyd - "Mother", "Young Lust", "A New Machine" parts 1 and 2.
486** "[[BookEnds ...we]] [[HereWeGoAgain came in?]]"
487* Many Music/{{Queen}} songs have this. Some [[IncomingHam loudly announce themselves]] with an opening chorus ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Bicycle Race", "It's A Hard Life", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pm4fQRl72k&ob=av2n I Want It All]]") while others open with a quiet [[FadeIn fade-in]] of Freddie's vocals ("We are the Champions", "Save Me", "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"). "Somebody to Love" does a bit of both ("Can...''any-bo-'''dyyyy...'''''"). From Freddie Mercury's solo work, there's "Living On My Own" from both the 1985 ''Mr. Bad Guy'' album and the later dance remix from ''The Great Pretender''.
488* Music/RedVox - "From the Stars"
489* Rodney on the Roq - "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls"
490* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} - "Ruby Tuesday"
491** "You Can't Always Get What You Want" starts with the London Bach Choir singing the first verse.
492* Music/RoxyMusic - "Do the Strand"
493* Music/SavingAbel - "Addicted"
494* Sparks - both halves of the medley "Propaganda" and "At Home, At Work, At Play"
495* [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Starship]] - "We Built This City"
496* Music/{{Styx}} - "Renegade"
497* Music/TalkingHeads: [[Music/LittleCreatures "Road to Nowhere"]] begins with a lengthy a capella intro before the instruments kick in. According to frontman Music/DavidByrne, this was a last-minute addition made to vary up what he felt was an otherwise repetitive song.
498* Trio - "Da Da Da".
499-->Aha aha aha... *Casio VL-1 starts playing*
500* Music/ThousandFootKrutch - "Courtesy Call"
501* Music/TwistedSister - "I Wanna Rock" [[CallAndResponseSong (ROCK!)]]
502* Music/VanHalen - "Tattoo" and the IncomingHam intro of "Good Enough" ("HELLO BABY! YEEEEEAAAAH!")
503* Music/TheWarning like to do this
504* Music/{{Yes}} - "I've Seen All Good People", "Leave It", and "The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn)" (although the last of these averts this trope on the 2003 remaster, which adds an instrumental intro that wasn't present on any previously released version of the song).
505[[/folder]]
506
507[[folder: Music - Other]]
508* Creator/KristinChenoweth - "Taylor the Latte Boy"
509* The version of "Sally's Song" by Amy Lee (lead vocalist of Music/{{Evanescence}})
510* Music/WithinTemptation - "Forsaken", "Silver Moonlight"
511* Mr. Bungle - "Squeeze Me Macaroni"
512* Used by Japanese all-girl J-Rock Chatmonchy in their hit songs "Hana No Yume", "Renai Supirittsu", and "Daidai" (which was a ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' ending theme) as well as in several others ("Mayonaka Yuuenchi", "Joshi Tachi ni Asu wa Nai", "Weekend no Maboroshi").
513* Music/{{Rednex}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qUk94eSu2c Cotton Eye Joe]]"
514* The Black Ghosts - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COtNnZM5VZs Full Moon]]"
515* Music/CelticWoman - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoSSkuevdWE Mo Ghile Mear]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKXFX-xXY8c Over the Rainbow]]"
516* Jim Brickman - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnNK4Alwbsw Never Alone]]"
517* Bay City Rollers - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJjI6SXFFPc Saturday Night]]"
518* Music/{{ABBA}} - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BshxCIjNEjY&ob=av2e Super Trouper]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-crgQGdpZR0&ob=av2e Take A Chance On Me]]"
519* Vitamin C - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG7x2vDLnGw Volare]]"
520* Hemoglobin by BebornBeton
521* Music/FiveIronFrenzy's "Anthem."
522* The Honeydrippers - "I Get A Thrill" (with [[Music/LedZeppelin Robert Plant]] on lead vocals)
523* Music/JohannSebastianBach's sacred {{cantata}} ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4zEYWjejA Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott]]'' (BWV 80) starts right away with the vocals instead of the traditional instrumental beginning.
524** He also does it several times in his B minor mass: The opening ''Kyrie'' (both of them), the opening of the ''Credo'', the ''Sanctus'', the ''Osanna'', and the finale (''Dona Nobis Pacem''). The most jarring example comes as a fantastic MoodWhiplash in the middle of the ''Credo'' sequence, when a five-part chorus and a full orchestra goes from the depressing "funeral" part to the optimistic resurrection, ''without giving the choir any break at all'' - they have to instantly skip one and a half octaves up!
525* [[Music/{{Supercell}} Supercell]]'s "World is Mine" featuring Music/HatsuneMiku: '''''SE--'''''
526* "Villain" by Stella Jang: "We all pretend to be the heroes on the good side."
527* Music/WeirdAlYankovic - "Melanie," "Jerry Springer," and "The Saga Begins"
528* Undead Corporation's 天涯 - It also has a karaoke version, which sounds rather strange opening with 20 seconds of silence.
529* Folk-rock group Music/DeltaRae - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeR7zo2zfKM "Bottom of the River"]].
530* Toshiki Kadomatsu - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PDH2KCaaoM&t=40s "Tokyo Tower"]]
531* Music/TheFourFreshmen would often begin their songs that way. Examples include "It's a Blue World", "After You" and "Poinciana".
532* New wave band Music/OingoBoingo - "Weird Science".
533* The California Raisins - their cover of Music/JohnLennon's "Happy Christmas"
534* Music/{{Shakira}} - “Waka Waka”
535[[/folder]]
536
537[[folder: Video Games]]
538* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'''s credits song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI Still Alive]]", which opens immediately with [=GLaDOS=] singing the unexpected line "This was a triumph..."
539* The ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series, being very prolific in terms of vocal songs, has a few songs of that kind.
540** "Yokan", one of Saki Nijino's {{Image Song}}s, sung by Creator/SachikoSugawara
541** "Sweetest Love", one of Mei Ijuin's Image Songs, sung by Creator/YukariTamura
542** "ADVENTURE", second opening of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2 Substories: Dancing Summer Vacation'', sung by Creator/JunkoNoda
543* ''VideoGame/Tekken5'''s opening song, "Sparking".
544* ''VideoGame/ThousandArms'' opener "Depend on You".
545* The remix of the main theme of ''VideoGame/Persona3'', "Burn My Dread", [[spoiler:used for the final battle]], opens with Yumi Kawamura singing the first couple words of the refrain acapella. It syncs nicely with the on-screen action, as the acapella part is displayed on a black screen with the game coming back into view when the instruments kick in.
546** The opening of ''Persona 3'''s [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]] UpdatedRerelease[[note]]The other UpdatedRerelease being ''Persona 3 Portable'' on PSP[[/note]] ''Persona 3 FES'' starts with a woman singing in Japanese before switching to Lotus Juice rapping with background instruments and clips of the game coming in
547* The track "Ride the Fire" from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Xrd Sign'', the ThemeMusicPowerup for one of Sol Badguy's super moves, opens with the bombastic '''[[MetalScream READY ORRR!!!!]]'''.
548* "All Hail Shadow" by ''Magna-Fi'' from ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'' begins right away with the chorus; the version by ''Music/Crush40'' from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' averts this trope, adding an instrumental opening not present in the original.
549** ''Music/Powerman5000'''s "Almost Dead" from the same game is also an example of this trope.
550[[/folder]]
551
552[[folder: Web Animation]]
553* "Shine" from the ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' soundtrack.
554[[/folder]]
555
556[[folder: Western Animation]]
557* The television adaption of ''WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange''.
558* The ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' theme song "Aloha, E Komo Mai" starts with Stitch shouting, "Tookie bah wah bah!", a phrase in his native [[{{Fictionary}} Tantalog]] language meaning, "Let's get started!"
559* The song "What's a Tamagotchi?" from ''WesternAnimation/TamagotchiVideoAdventures'' begins with a male vocalist speaking rather than singing a set of lyrics, with noticeable buildup in the BackgroundMusic, before the main part of the song begins.
560-->''This just in, a space news flash\
561Fourteen small distant neighbors dropping in for a bash\
562They've got hip technology and like a good snack\
563But they'll need your assistance to find their way back\
564They're here on a mission of a cultural sort\
565To bring back an Earth object of great import\
566If your mom can't find her slippers or your dad's lost his socks\
567Don't be alarmed to find the house is full of rocks!\
568They're not rocks at all, but eggs of purest gold\
569And here's a big secret you're about to be told\
570It's no fairytale goose that left them, you see\
571But out-of-town critters known as Tamagotchi!\
572[different vocalists take over from here]\
573What's a Tamagotchi? (A Tamagotchi)\
574Have you seen them go-tchi? (Go go go-tchi)''
575[[/folder]]

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