Top 25 Songs With Best Opening Lyrics
If it's really good and really catchy, the first line of a song can get stuck in your head for forever. You never forget it and just hearing the first three or four opening notes to that tune makes you start to sing it out loud.
It's those kinds of lyrics that Spinner.com ranked in a list that honored the best opening lyrics. Coming in No. 1 is Rick James' ''Superfreak'': ''She's a very kinky girl." Creepy when you realize in retrospect that the funk legend went to prison for forcing a woman to be his sex slave.
The Top 25 Hit List, courtesy of Spinner.com:
1. "She's a very kinky girl"
--Rick James' "Superfreak"
2. "I was born in a cross-fire hurricane"
--The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
3. "Hey, ho, let's go!"
--The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop"
4. "Well, she was just seventeen -- you know what I mean"
--The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There"
5. "Don't call it a comeback"
--LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out!"
6. "Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?"
--The Carpenters' "Close to You"
7. "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey"
--Beck's "Loser"
8. "Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go!"
--Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes"
9. "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine"
--Patti Smith's "Gloria"
10. "Tommy used to work on the docks"
--Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer"
11. "Oh, I just don't know where to begin"
--Elvis Costello's "Accidents Will Happen"
12. "A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night"
--Roy Orbison's "In Dreams"
13. "What's with these homies dissin' my girl?"
--Weezer's "Buddy Holly"
14. "There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief"
--Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower"
15. "She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene"
--Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"
16. "Pigs, they tend to wiggle when they walk"
--Pavement's "Stereo"
17. "I was dreaming when I wrote this"
--Prince's "1999"
18. "We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee"
--Merle Haggard's "Okie From Muskokee"
19. "Well, I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body"
--George Michael's "Faith"
20. "I am an Antichrist"
--Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK"
21. "Hello, Darkness, my old friend"
--Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence"
22. "Go, shorty. It's your birthday"
--50 Cent's "In Da Club"
23. "You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips"
--The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin"
24. "I've been a bad, bad girl"
--Fiona Apple's "Criminal"
25. "You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar"
--Human League's "Don't You Want Me"
--From the Editors at Netscape
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