My top 10 songs with fantastic drum intros. This is a bit different to most of these top 10 drum intro songs on the web - I’ve gone specifically just for songs that feature the drums CRASHING in at the beginning of the song, however briefly.
| 1. The Cure - Why Can't I Be You | |
| 2. Van Halen - Hot For Teacher | |
| 3. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick | |
| 4. The Cure - In Between Days | |
| 5. Led Zeppelin - Rock & Roll | |
| 6. Spin Doctors - Two Princes | |
| 7. Sweet - Ballroom Blitz | |
| 8. Lenny Kravitz - It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over | |
| 9. Toto - Rosanna | |
| 10. Blur - Song 2 |
This all started a few days ago when I was doing my review of Boyfriend by Alphabeat. A song that although not quite worthy of this top ten does feature a good strong drum intro. As a drummer (not a good one, I haven't played regularly in years!) I’ve got a particular love of good drumming and songs with good drum solos. I've also probably listened to many songs I don't really like purely for the drumming, Los Endos by Genesis springs to mind.
There are a few exceptions from the list because they didn't CRASH in as I would like, plus my list started as a top 19 so I needed to trim. Lost in the pruning was the excellent My Sharona (not quite ridiculous enough intro) and the mind blowing Money for Nothing (doesn't crash in and more of a genuine solo than just an intro).
I make no excuse for the Cure appearing twice, they don't appear in top tens enough!
While looking for these tunes I also came across some that didn't meet my strict criteria because they start with a vocal or spoken word, therefore I’ve made another table.
Top 3 tunes with drums crashing in immediately after a brief vocal / spoken lyric:
| 1. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty) | |
| 2. The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) | |
| 3. The Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch |
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