Top 10 Most Instantly Recognizable Song Intros

What? I've never even heard of this song, and it's above classics like Stairway to Heaven, Smoke on the Water, and Bohemian Rhapsody? - SoldierOfFortune

There's a spam voter on this site who votes for Rod Stewart on several lists every day. I made a list 'Top Ten Music Lists on TheTopTens Where the Number One Items are Number One Items Thanks to Spam Voting'

Only #1 because of the Rod Stewart spam voter. I have never heard this song, so of course I wouldn't recognize the intro. - allamassal

Who's that knocking on m door...

It's a simple fact of live, if you make lists where people can vote; they will vote what they like. For instance the list of best albums of all time; clearly Sgt Peppers and Exile On Main Street are up there with Blond On Blond, but you find they are not on top of that list. other people do think other albums are better ad that fine, they are maybe to young to know about the Beatles, The Stones or Dylan. I recently met a young guy who never heard of Elvis. Come one...I mean what. That people vote for Rod Stewart means only one thing; he's well known and he still has a large fanbase, nothing wrong with that. I personally like Nirvana but I do not see them in many lists, not even in the top 10 of this one, and tell me Smells everybody knows from note one. But I can live with that...

Voting this to keep the obviously spam-voted Rod Stewart song from the #1 spot - IronFist13

EVERYBODY knows the intro even if they don't know the actual song. - MaxAurelius

Almost everyone knows this one. "Is this the real life... is this just fantasy..." - allamassal

Of course - iliekpiez

"Is this the real life... is this just fantasy
caught in a landslide...
no escape from reality..." - Kolobanov

You can hear the clapping making it an instant hit. - iliekpiez

The intro is like the whole song - Userguy44

I know it from the first sound.

A sports anthem... Classic one. - Kevinsidis

I can dream the intro! - Userguy44

Best song intro. - marmaduke100

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BACKZ INZ the HUUD I Think You'll Understand That Lizard - FettiMC

"We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey!
Teacher, leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall
All in all you're just another brick in the wall" - christangrant

More like the outro. - Userguy44

How is this not number one - Jukeboxhero