Songs that begin with the vocals alone

Not to mention "Bohemian Rhapsody," which was the first to come to my mind.

 

That reminds me...thanks Steve! Last night, I thoroughly enjoyed this song (along with the rest of the Vintage Music Collectors Series, Vol. 7 & 8). I have the first 3 CD's on order!

 

Nitzer Ebb-Family Man, 1991

 

Here's five that come to mind...

beatles - no reply
beatles - yellow submarine
simon and garfunkel - keep the customer satisfied
crispian st peters - you were on my mind
pretenders - stop your sobbing

 

The Zombies-Sometimes

 

Actually, the first track from Costello's first three albums all start with vocals first -- Welcome to the Working Week, No Action and Accidents Will Happen. I know all three of these songs have been pointed out individually in this thread, but it was odd to me that the first thing you heard on each of those albums was his voice without accompaniment. I asked him about it the first time I interviewed him - was it on purpose? He sighed and told me I was way overthinking things.

 

Talking Heads - "Road To Nowhere".

 

Ugh! You're right!

 

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones
"Help Me, Rhonda" by the Beach Boys
"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
"The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles
"Seven Bridges Road" by the Eagles
"Stop Your Sobbing" by the Pretenders

Not including a cappella songs

 

The Doors - "The Crystal Ship"

 

Gimme Little Sign- Brenton Wood
Fire- Arthur Brown
The Look of Love- Dusty Springfield... barely
First Train To California- Cryan Shames
Ringo- Lorne Greene (well....)
It's A Beautiful Morning- Rascals

and that obscure song I can't quite place about a kid being born and living and growing old and dying... something that keeps repeating something about a steeple. I think that one started with just voices.

Did we all decide that counting 1-2-3-4 works like on Wooly Bully? And stuff like "what number is this Chip". Or not? I vote not. Except for maybe Sun of A Gun on You're So Vain. Or maybe I'm just remembering how much I liked the album cover.

 

I love songs that start with great acapella multi voice vocal like Beatles Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer and Eleanor Rigby. Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son

 

Would think that
Little Richard "Tutti Frutti" would be the champ.

 

Roxette-Spending My Time, 1991

 

"Orgasm Addict" - The Buzzcocks

 

Kendrick Lamar - untitled 02 | 06.23.2014.
Run The Jewels - Hey Kids
Bonobo - Grains
Chance The Rapper - How Great
Kanye West - The New Workout Plan
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
DJ Shadow - California

 

Del Shannon-What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am, 1991

 

...as well as the most-excellent "Stay Out of Trouble" from the Monolith album.

 

"Book of Love" by the Monotones
"Get a Job" by the Silhouettes
"My Prayer" by the Platters
"Rama Lama Ding Dong" by the Edsels
"Speedoo" by the Cadillacs

 

The Clash - London's Burning

 

The Kinks original version too.

 

Godsmack - Voodoo

 

Paul McCartney "Don't be careless love"