Do it Again - Steely Dan

Girls and Boys - Blur

L.A. - The Fall

Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals

The Sun Always Shines On TV - A-Ha

Yep this is the best IMO but sadly not a mention of The Kinks intros

You really got me
Waterloo sunset
Dedicated follower of fashion
Lola

Money - Jamelia

Yep, guilty as charged. How could I forget the Kinks? Another one I forgot was "The End" by The Doors

The Ojays Back stabbers
The Supremes Reflections

Isaac Hayes's Burt Bacharach cover of "Walk On By".
Deep Purple - Lazy

U2 Where the Streets Have No Name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=R...&v=6yzojvZwzQo

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

In fact I'd say that most New Order singles have really good intros.

I did actually think about starting a thread a while back listing rubbish/mediocre songs that have great intros such as...

Andreas Johnson - Glorious
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
Texas - Inner Smile

Franz Ferdinand- Take me out

Always loved the intro but the song got a bit, let's say, bland, after the fast and exciting intro

other way round for me, I always loved the song but didn't like the intro

another example I can think of (as in great song, crap intro) is Banana Republic by the Boomtown Rats

Always loved a great intro.

The more dramatic and haunting they are, the better;

Backstabbers - Ojays
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Temptations
Do It Again - Steely Dan
Riders On The Storm - Doors
If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Christopher Cross - Sailing

I was about to say Cars by Gary Numan

Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

U2 have sooo many songs with great intros.
From October -
I Threw A Brick Through A Window
Rejoice

From Boy -
I Will Follow
Out of Control

Running Up That Hill...Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack

Ghost Town - The Specials

I Feel Love - Donna Summer

When Doves Cry...Let's Go Crazy...1999 - Prince

Agreed!

Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond.

My nomination in that category would be the epic 2:25 intro to 'Thieves Like Us'.

Shine On - The House Of Love

Complex - Gary Numan

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Can't beat this for a somewhat unique intro...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hchOYs_d_Bw

The Lone Ranger by Quantum Jump...this was a minor hit back in the mid 70's, used to play on local radio stations in Liverpool a lot back then.

best intro ever ? ( a lost 70's classic ) with a long guitar into -

http://youtu.be/a8X1EKyhLHw?list=RDa8X1EKyhLHw

Love that track. The intro was left off the single version though.

Kylie's 'Confide In Me'. It just grabs me instantly. Such an epic song.

Got to be real - Cheryl Lynn
Money - Pink Floyd
Suspicious minds - Elvis
London calling - The Clash
Subliminal - Suicidal Tendancies

Another one from Pink Floyd - Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYX52BP2Sk

All I Need- Air
Angel- Massive Attack
Unfinished Sympathy- Massive Attack