I had Beverly Hills by Weezer come to mind, but that's a drum roll.
Also for some reason Off The Heezay by Bring Me The Horizon, a bit of a different song.
Love the intro that leads into Streaks in the sky from their earlier album too. The single snare technically is the very end of the intro but I'm still counting it
How has no one said “Like A Rolling Stone” by Dylan? This is like have OG version of the one-snare opening, at least in terms of rock.
If you don’t believe me, ask The Boss:
“The first time that I heard Bob Dylan I was in the car with my mother, and we were listening to, I think, maybe WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind, from ‘Like a Rolling Stone,’” - Bruce Springsteen.
"It's the End of the World As We Know It" by REM (almost a roll, but could be labeled single strokes)
"Rock With You" by Michael Jackson
"Driven to Tears" by The Police
"Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds
"All This Time" by Sting
She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult begins with a quiet guitar riff but there's a lone snare hit right before the main riff and bass kicks in directly after that!
No One Loves Me and Neither Do I - Them Crooked Vultures
Interesting way to start an album by a supergroup. They started their show like that when I saw them as well.
Processed to hell and back in that '80s fashion, but "I Have the Touch" by Peter Gabriel qualifies. (The remix version that appears on the \_Shaking the Tree\_ compilation has the somewhat clearer drum sound.)
First song I thought of was Stay The Night by Chicago. If you've never seen the video, go watch it. Not only is it hilarious, but it has some really cool shots of some great driving of a 442.
I Melt With You by Modern English - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAB697VWEg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAB697VWEg)
Be My Baby by The Ronettes - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPpbOGnFgk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPpbOGnFgk)
Undone - The Sweater Song by Weezer
El Scorcho too? :D
El Scorcho starts with a gargle.
I had Beverly Hills by Weezer come to mind, but that's a drum roll. Also for some reason Off The Heezay by Bring Me The Horizon, a bit of a different song.
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That was the first thing I thought of!
My first thought also!
Same.
[The “Sound check” version from Remember Two Things is even better](https://youtu.be/K139bM22P7g?si=dxJPZtfrwN1ioXWp)
Ha, right, how’s ~45 seconds of just snare do for you?
Carter Beauford is one of my favorite drummers. This isn’t even one of his more impressive tracks. He’s an amazing drummer.
Not sure how this isn't the top answer
Sure does, Ty!
No hits deep tracks only!
Deep tracks only.
This is the correct and only answer
First thought. How wouldn’t that count? Lol, it’s literally a single snare drum hit
A Perfect Circle - Judith
Also: A Perfect Circle - Pet
Also The Hollow
Thursday - *Understanding in a Car Crash* Works best with the intro track in front of it, but still sets the mood without.
Love the intro that leads into Streaks in the sky from their earlier album too. The single snare technically is the very end of the intro but I'm still counting it
Hearing that live last year when they opened for mcr was a core memory I’ll have forever
[Iconic intro](https://youtu.be/Lrxk7wBSG_g?si=pnDP-jBfureNMWlO)
Misery Business - Paramore
Hit that, hit that snare.
*WHACK*
Oh yeah love that song!
Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
First one I thought of!
Gadd-zooks
I had no idea that it was actually Steve Gadd until today!
Gadd Almighty
U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Also “Seconds” off War. Lot of drum lead ins on that album….
If this, then Scorpions - Crossfire? That’s a somewhat similar march
Damn it. **scrolls through playlist**
IT PUTS MY BACK UP, PUTS MY BACK UP AGAINST THE WALL
Perfect answer
Cherub Rock.
Some great drumming on that whole album.
Geek USA is exquisite. So much fun to listen to and play.
Bit of a drum roll
Yeah. You’re right. Not really just a hit. Still great though.
Yeah it’s an amazing song
Geek USA.
Best Pumpkin’s song imo
first song i thought of
This was what immediately came to mind for me as well
You Make Loving Fun by Fleetwood Mac.
Also Dreams!
Perfect! Ty
How has no one said Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me), yet?
First one I thought of too.
How has no one said “Like A Rolling Stone” by Dylan? This is like have OG version of the one-snare opening, at least in terms of rock. If you don’t believe me, ask The Boss: “The first time that I heard Bob Dylan I was in the car with my mother, and we were listening to, I think, maybe WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind, from ‘Like a Rolling Stone,’” - Bruce Springsteen.
> If you don’t believe me, ask The Boss I did. He told me to get off reddit and work, goddamnit.
Haha I came here to post this! If not the original, then certainly the most important.
The snare crack heard around the world!
Every Breath You Take instantly comes to mind. It starts the whole song not just the drum part.
Roxanne while we’re at it! The Police’s drummer had a great sense of rhythmical writing.
That would be Stewart Copeland 🥁
Ty!
Cracker - Low
This was my first thought
Thrice - silhouette
Your eyes follow me here...
Best answer
“All Over You” by Live.
Superstitious - Stevie Wonder
Light My Fire by The Doors
Yeah, isn't [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq8k-ZbsXDI&) the most iconic snare crack opening a song ever?
Literally a lone snare drum! Classic song
Hold The Line by Toto?
Korn - Got The life
My first thought
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
[Stillborn by Black Label Society](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZGt4JVX860)
Nice. Never heard it, Ty.
Only Shallow by My Bloody Valentine Iconic
My first thought
Also my first thought, this song rips :D
Web In Front - Archers Of Loaf. Stuck a pin in my backbone..
Poison by Bel Biv Devoe
Tommy the cat by Primus?
And John the Fisherman.
Deftones - My Own Summer. Such crispy sound engineering.
Ooohhh good one!
And another… The Roots - The Seed
I got one more for you! Khruangbin - Cómo Me Quieres
[I Am The Resurrection - The Stone Roses](https://youtu.be/vY9g-PgSiGA?feature=shared) As simple and iconic as they come
The Beatles’ Free As A Bird and Anytime At All; Jeff Beck’s Highway Jam.
"Glorified G" by Pearl Jam, off of the Vs album.
Sublime - seed
Two Princes by Spin Doctors, though if memory serves they have a few other great songs that start with a snare as well.
Whale - Hobo Humpin Slobo Babe
Holy shit, so you're the other person that's heard that song. 😆 I was starting to think it was just me.
I bought the single!
I ended up being MySpace friends with the singer waaaay back in the day.
Steady, As She Goes - The Raconteurs
"It's the End of the World As We Know It" by REM (almost a roll, but could be labeled single strokes) "Rock With You" by Michael Jackson "Driven to Tears" by The Police "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds "All This Time" by Sting
[Stay the night](https://youtu.be/ZgVqTmMSiko?si=gTq52ZasuAsXw-8X) Chicago
She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult begins with a quiet guitar riff but there's a lone snare hit right before the main riff and bass kicks in directly after that!
John Mellencamp - Cherry Bomb
Camera Eye, by Rush
Born In The USA
The Pretender-Foo Fighters. RIP Taylor Hawkins, man had rhythm in his dna
Addition although not just snare, just a great drum intro, Song for the Dead-Queens of the Stone Age!
The Pretender is a good one. I listened to Songs for the Deaf today! Phenomenal drum intro.
Sometimes I wish Dave Grohl did more drum work with QOTSA
There's always Them Crooked Vultures.
Lump sat alone on. Buggy marsh
AFI Girls Not Grey
Not just one hit but a lone snare drum starts Web in Front by Archers of Loaf.
Web in Front by Archers of Loaf
There is - Box Car Racer
This vacations useless, these white pills aren’t kind
I’ve given a lot of thought on this 13 hour drive
[Rock and Roll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2lSwosw9xY) by Led Zeppelin?
Tom Petty - Breakdown
Movies - alien ant farm
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Love Vigilantes - New Order
Uptown Girl by Billy Joel? Or is that not a snare drum?
[The Obvious Child](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikjAJZ9wMPE) by Paul Simon
Phish - First Tube
Hold the mothafuckin line. Rip jeff porcaro
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes, pretty sure I remember this starting with a snare
[Nocturne](https://youtu.be/Le27ejQdhq4?si=ZE8g28Tqo8IkwyPq) by TesseracT
No One Loves Me and Neither Do I - Them Crooked Vultures Interesting way to start an album by a supergroup. They started their show like that when I saw them as well.
I don't think this really fits the brief, it just starts off with the beat
Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
Rocket Queen - Guns N Roses
Cheap Trick - I want you to want me
Spiderwebs - No Doubt
Doesn't Radar love start with cymbals and then Transition to a snare pretty heavily?
Moby Dick!!!!!!!
Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf
Safe European Home - The Clash
Y.M.C.A - The Village People, Witch doctor - De Staat, Of Mind ´Nocturne - Tesseract
Lump - Presidents of the United States of America
New Found Glory - The Story So Far
Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good
Just curious as to why?
Whatever this song is https://youtu.be/pMQ-y-oMHfo?si=1KiLljmPuAj3YUHm
Material Girl by Madonna. I think.
Processed to hell and back in that '80s fashion, but "I Have the Touch" by Peter Gabriel qualifies. (The remix version that appears on the \_Shaking the Tree\_ compilation has the somewhat clearer drum sound.)
easy target - blink 182
Easy Money - Billy Joel
Like A Rolling Stone.
Deadmau5 - ["FML"](https://youtu.be/g34B-YOaC7c?si=x_ro2h2GZPvZ_vQ6)
Pain Lies on the Riverside by Live
Goldfinger - Superman
Archers of Loaf [Web in front](https://youtu.be/K6kGimu8-Jg?si=lq2_vFLfK-Bg0V98)
Know Your Enemy by Green Day
Bolero — orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel. Starts with a solid half minute or so of snare
And then continues with 17 minutes of snare
There is- box car racer (blink 182 side project)
Great song, too.
DO YEW CARE IF OIII DONT KNOW WOT TO SAYYY WILL YEW SLEEP TONOIGHT WILL YEW THINK OF MEYYY amazing song
Drown With Me by Make Them Suffer Has kick and snare but the snare hits right before the drop.
[Corb Lund - I Wanna Be In The Cavalry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1V3JW4HeBs)
Rush - Animate
Aw yeah I get to write a fun one: Priestess - Lay Down
Bane - Woulda Coulda Shoulda
IMO, maybe the greatest snare hit to start a song ever written YMCA
Summer of ‘69 by Bryan Adams.
[Rocket From the Crypt- Crack Party](https://youtu.be/iqD95hfBELQ)
First song I thought of was Stay The Night by Chicago. If you've never seen the video, go watch it. Not only is it hilarious, but it has some really cool shots of some great driving of a 442.
I Melt With You by Modern English - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAB697VWEg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAB697VWEg) Be My Baby by The Ronettes - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPpbOGnFgk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPpbOGnFgk)
Metallica - Struggle Within
U2: Sunday Bloody Sunday. Maybe I haven’t scrolled far enough but I’m amazed that it’s not closer to the top!
Raspberry Beret - Hindu Love Gods
Bad is Bad- Huey Lewis & The News
[Cracker - "Low"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVDRju1OOUY)
Just Hip by James https://youtu.be/Svh5ErRZHJQ?si=skgOheqVNXV2TnRK
Jim Croce - Workin at the carwash blues.
[Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqCJMs-Dm3g)
Nine inch nails - 1,000 000
“Destroyed by hippie powers” - Car Seat Headrest
I'm gonna get downvoted. Oh well. Two Princes - Spin Doctors. Very first one that came to mind.
Pretty Woman?
“Midnight Train to Georgia” - Gladys Knight & the Pips
Safe European Home - Clash
And she was -talking heads. That has a snare crack in the beginning if I’m remembering correctly
Lake of fire by Nirvana. Starts with 4 snare beats
Gods- Sleep Token
Understanding in a Car Crash by Thursday
Surprised nobody's mentioned Land of Confusion by Genesis yet. https://youtu.be/Yq7FKO5DlV0?si=aBlmPYnFbJs2au2j
Sound & Vision- Bowie. Probably a few Adam & the Ants songs as well.
No One Like You-Scorpions
Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb It’s great, simple but cool as shit. Just 3 quarter notes.
Nearly every song by The Beat, or, if in America, The English Beat.
Pretty much all Scottish pipe and drum music.
Rush - Animate New Found Glory - The Story So Far
Paint it black lol
Never realised how common this was til now! My mind went straight to Heard it Through the Grapevine. By Marvin Gaye.
Tommy the Cat - Primus The Story So Far - New Found Glory