My two to kick things off:

Martha and the Muffins – Echo Beach
Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays

And yours?…

Bryan Adams Summer of 69? actually all of his songs pretty much.

Dead or alive- spin me right round Mickey etc.

Dire Straits Money for nothing.

Nasty Nasty – 999

ring of fire – Johnny Cash

Single chord at the beginning of ‘A Hard Days Night’ The Beatles

Guns n Roses, Paradise City

Dum Dum dum Dum

compay segundo – chan chan

instantly recognisable four chords

Guns n Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine

coffeeking – Member

Guns n Roses, Paradise City

or is it fine time by cast?!

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Single chord at the beginning of ‘A Hard Days Night’ The Beatles

Aye – I can hear that in my head straight away too 🙂

How soon is now.

Or even for that matter, This Charming Man

The Clash – White Riot; the sirens followed by the riff at the start
Blur – Song 2; not a fan but can’t miss this when it starts

ac/dc – back in black

No Surprises – Radiohead

Bruce Hornsby, The way it is.

Guitar intro to Hotel California

Smells Like Teen Spirit? Blue Monday? Probably just because they’re overplayed though…

That Michael Jackson had a couple – if you didn’t recognise Thriller before after a few seconds, I’m sure we all will by the end of the summer!

We will rock you by Queen?

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😯 I didn’t change anything?!

oh yeah – i saw the sweet child second post and thought you’d changed your mind. forget it. except do listen to fine time on the link i put up and then come back here and agree with me. 🙂

Welcome to the Jungle – GnR

then come back here and agree with me.

I concur, theres certainly a little “borrowing” going on there!

Nasty Nasty – 999

Recognisable by you maybe.

The longest-running thematically linked etc. …The Chain

Y’know, the formula 1 song

But I always loved the tour de France one when that was on C4

Nirvana – Teen Spirit.
Dire Straights – money for nothing
Elgar Cello Concerto (ok not a song, but recognised in about 1 second flat)
Many Queen songs.

She sells Sanctuary -the cult.
Smoke on the water -Deep purple
The Faith healer -SAHB.
more recently, seven nation army -White stripes

baggy trousers

Last boat Cairo

There’s thousand to chose from.

Kashmir – Led Zeppelin

You got the love – Candi Staton

On a topical note – Billie Jean by Michael Jackson has got to be up there.

that AC/DC song where he plays a little riff & they all shout “angus” at him between repeats (- or maybe “****”?) it’s a VERY recognisable intro

Whole Lot of Rosie?

Enter Sandman – Metallica
Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance) – Green Day
Song 2 – Blur

Paranoid – Black Sabbath

Money – Pink Floyd
Whole Lotta Love -Zep

Used to have Song 2 as a ring tone on my mobile. 8)

gimme shelter – the rolling stones
shine on – the house of love

Not strictly an intro, but Shout by Lulu

Money isn’t that recognisable – I sometimes think it’s the theme tune to “Are You Being Served?”