While most rock songs center around a titular electric guitar riff, Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” uses a bassline as the basic building block. John Deacon’s riff is almost as iconic as the ...

Within metal music, the first song is not just a tune but a declaration. A good opening set the tone for an album’s mood and ready the listener for the sonic onslaught to unfold. It has ranged from ...

Anime theme songs had an especially big year in 2025. Openings and endings acted as tiny short films that set the emotional temperature before and after each episode. A great intro can make a new ...

Some country songs are so good, that just about anyone can recognize them from their opening bars and intros alone.