TOP 80 GREATEST PIANO INTROS

And, an extra special thanks goes to Douglas Lind, Vidad Flowers, Ivan Pang, Waylon Fairbanks, Jon Dye, Austin Russell, Christopher Ryan, Toot & Paul Peijzel, the channel’s Patreon saints! 😇

0:00 Introduction
0:09 1900-1959
1:04 1960-1979
8:21 1980-1999
10:23 2000-present day
15:44 Outro

[PaulDavids]

👏Wonderfully done! Might need to pickup some piano lessons now.

[JoshuaPerera]

The fact you did that all in one take is even more insane

[RICHFOW]

As a piano player I can say that it might not be so hard to play these tunes however it is extremely rare and impressive that you nail each one perfectly.

[striverfor]

The Entertainer 0:13
Take the A Train 0:20
Mess Around 0:27
Hallelujah I Love Her So 0:32
Just a Gigolo 0:40
My Baby Just Cares For Me 0:45
Blue Rondo a la Turk 0:55
Money (That's What I Want) 1:02
Cantaloupe Island 1:09
Linus and Lucy 1:19
She's a Rainbow 1:25
Lady Madonna 1:39
Martha My Dear 1:48
Sexy Sadie 2:07
Hey Bulldog 2:20
Bridge Over Troubled Water 2:29
Let It Be 2:44
Close To You 2:58
Your Song 3:07
Maybe I'm Amazed 3:17
Imagine 3:30
Oh! You Pretty Things 3:42
Without You 4:00
Morning Has Broken 4:09
Lean On Me 4:20
The Great Gig in the Sky 4:32
Piano Man 4:49
Desperado 4:57
Firth of Fifth 5:15
Tubular Bells 5:24
Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me 5:34
Seven Seas of Rhye 5:49
December, 1963 5:58
Mamma Mia 6:10
Year of the Cat 6:18
Money, Money, Money 6:28
Cold As Ice 6:37
Nobody Does It Better 6:46 ***
Easy - Commodores 6:55
Vienna - Billy Joel 7:09
Hold the Line - Toto 7:24
Wuthering Heights 7:35
Because the Night 7:43
I Don't Like Mondays 7:53

It Must Be Love 8:26
Don't Stop Believin' 8:35
Head over Heals - Tears For Fear 8:44
The Way It Is 8:54 ***
Walking in Memphis 9:03
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You 9:12
Children - Robert Miles 9:27 ***
You Do Something To Me 9:45
Don't Look Back In Anger 9:56
Sunburn - Muse 10:09
Still D.R.E. 10:20
In The End - Linkin Park 10:27 ***
Pyramid Song 10:37
The Luckiest - Ben Folds 10:57
Hallelujah 11:18
Clocks 11:26
A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton 11:35
Feel - Robbie Williams 11:47
Mad World 11:57
If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys 12:07
Everytime - Britney Spears 12:22
Bring Me To Life - Evanescence 12:34
This Love - Maroon 5 12:45
Breathe Me - Sia 12:57
Bad Day - Daniel Powter 13:06
Welcome To the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance 13:14
How To Save a Life - The Fray 13:29
Unfaithful - Rihanna 13:39
Starlight - Muse 13:53
Love Song - Sara Bareilles 14:03
To Build a Home - The Cinematic Orchestra 14:13
Halo - Beyonce 14:33
Someone Like You 14:47
Another Love - Tom Odell 15:04
All Of Me - John Legend 15:23
7 Years - Lucas Graham 15:32

[debmurray]

I love that you have credited the piano player of each song.

You have essentially done a piano replay of my life in music. How you chose exactly the tunes that I used to play was amazing to me since some of these are not so mainstream.

[barneyboyle]

That’s how you include an ad. Brief, relevant, and not forced on the audience before they even know if this video holds the content they were looking for.

[ojstrijbis]

Billy Joel could fill an entire top 20 with his piano intros, Prelude, Miami 2017, Summer Highland Falls, Goodnight Saigon, Scenes From an Italian Restaurant, etc.
But also missing are Karma Police, Coldplay’s The Scientist and Everglow, Damian Rice’s 9 Crimes and Dire Straits’ Love Over Gold.

[sonicpoet]

Delighted that you included "Martha My Dear" along with McCartney's better known gems. What a wonderful tune, and I particularly like the orchestral bridge built off that opening theme too (courtesy of George Martin).

[Noledad]

"Let it Be" always gets me. That was my uncle's favorite Beatles song for sure, maybe his favorite song overall. Just a great, great song.

[bigneon_glitter]

Note perfect, beautifully done. Nice inclusion of Weller. Rd 2: "Werewolves of London", "Editions Of You", Lou Reed's "Berlin"

[ustedtubo]

Great Collection!

I would add:
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Love of my Life - Queen
Lavender - Marillion
Summer ‘68 - Pink Floyd
Fool’s Overture - Supertramp
Come Sail Away - Styx
Ammonia Avenue - Alan Parson’s Project
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
Right Now - Van Halen
November Rain - Guns N’ Roses

[strachanmb]

Thank you for including BOTH Martha My Dear & Hey Bulldog - both songs are criminally underrated hidden gems 🤩

[aritomiblog]

Keane - Somewhere only we know, definitely deserves to be in a volume 2

[RobCarrollMusic]

Great choices and killer playing! Made it look effortless. Also great pick with oh you pretty things

[manuncbs]

I think "light my fire"-1967
Should be on the list
My favourite intro ever

[MikeHaysomMusic]

I don't know how you managed to do all that in one take so kudos for that and I'm so glad you did Firth of Fifth. There seemed to be a massive gap in the 80s and 90s. A few off the top of my head:
Marillion - Lavender
REM - Nightswimming
Tori Amos - Winter / Precious Things / Silent All These Years
Annie Lennox - Walking on Broken Glass

[huey]

Those were great selections. The only ones I would have added were "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John, "100 Years" by Five For Fighting, and "The Scientist" by Coldplay.

[intheyearof_]

Woah this is insane! I’m a violinist so I know how difficult it can be to memorize music, but to memorize so many different pieces, and then to play them all in order??! That’s crazy, this must have taken a lot of work. Amazing job, you’re very talented!!

[TheKiteless]

Good to see Pink Floyd's "Great made the list. I find it just as satisfying to play on the guitar

[hi-five]

This is great. Weirdly enough, I think there isn't enough piano love in the community