Recently, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to share songs that have absolutely iconic opening lyrics, and y'all did *not* disappoint.
So here are some of the most popular bops (er, responses) — and if your favorite isn't on the list, leave it in the comments! 🎵
1."Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want!"
2."Is this the real life? / Is this just fantasy? / Caught in a landslide / No escape from reality..."
3."Oh well, imagine / As I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor / And I can't help but to hear / No, I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words..."
4."Let’s go, girls!"
5."Do you remember the 21st night of September?"
6."You look so dumb right now / Standing outside my house..."
7."Sweet dreams are made of this / Who am I to disagree?"
8."You're insecure / Don't know what for..."
9."Ground Control to Major Tom..."
10."This is a story about a girl named Lucky..."
11."Am I more than you bargained for yet?"
12."It's been seven hours and 15 days..."
13."I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation / You're living in the past, it's a new generation..."
14."He was a boy / She was a girl / Can I make it any more obvious?"
15."Turn around / Every now and then I get a little bit lonely / And you're never coming 'round..."
16."You are my fire / The one desire / Believe when I say / I want it that way..."
17."Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene / I'm begging of you please don't take my man..."
18."On a dark desert highway / Cool wind in my hair / Warm smell of colitas / Rising up through the air..."
19."Hey Jude, don't make it bad..."
20."Just a small town girl / Livin' in a lonely world..."
21."It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday / The regular crowd shuffles in..."
22."I took my love, took it down..."
23."Hello, it's me..."
24."It's been one week since you looked at me..."
25."I don't want a lot for Christmas..."
26."You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge..."
27."When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be / I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next you..."
28."Can we forget about the things I said when I was drunk? / I didn't mean to call you that..."
29."In the day, we sweat it out on the streets / Of a runaway American dream..."
30."So no one told you life was gonna be this way..."
31."One, two, three! / My baby don't mess around / Because she loves me so / This I know fo sho!"
32."There's a lady who's sure / All that glitters is gold..."
33."Twenty-five years and my life is still / Tryin' to get up that great big hill of hope / For a destination..."
34."What's with these homies dissin' my girl? / Why do they gotta front?"
35."Hiya, Barbie / Hi, Ken / You want to go for a ride? / Sure, Ken / Jump in!"
36.And "How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a / Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten / Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor / Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?"
