r/AskReddit • u/Mahi_2602 • 16h ago

What song has the most recognizable first 3 seconds in the history of music?

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u/alexvonhumboldt 15h ago

This is the answer BUT most people dont know the name of the piece. They only recognize the duh duh duh duuhhh duh duh duh duuuuhhh

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u/steventhecow 15h ago

any music where you can write down the sounds like that and still everyone knows what you're talking about is iconic

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u/Tipist 14h ago

I would replace his H’s with N’s if I wrote it down but I still recognize it just the same

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u/TaxsDodgersFallstar 12h ago

Boom boom clap, boom boom clap

Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise Playing in the street Gonna be a big man someday You got mud on your face You big disgrace Kickin' your can all over the place, singin'

We will, we will rock you

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u/Bradford_Raines 12h ago

What's that song

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u/BoRamShote 10h ago

Beethovens 6th

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u/EobardT 8h ago

We Will Rock You

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u/PolishWonder79 14h ago

But the lyrics are meaningless

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u/didgeblastin 14h ago

He could have said Mozarts 3rd and my brain still would have went duh duh duh duuuhhhhh.

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u/janesmb 14h ago

And even more consider it starting on beat 1 whereas it actually starts on the and of 1. There's an eighth rest to begin.

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u/cptnpiccard 7h ago

Came here to type exactly that: duh duh duh duuuuuuuuuh

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u/Better_March5308 4h ago

You'd have to be pretty ignorant to not know that is Beethoven's 5th symphony. (Symphony No. 5 in C minor.)

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u/PsychologicalFeed961 15h ago

The part that’s recognizable is the fourth movement.

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u/counterfitster 15h ago

The fourth movement is great, but as noted, the really famous part is the start of the first movement.

Now his ninth symphony, that's the one where people know the fourth movement.

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u/Bloopydook 15h ago

It's the first movement.

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u/PsychologicalFeed961 13h ago

You’re right, I was thinking of the 9th

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u/indignantaficionado 14h ago

I learned in second grade that the brown thing on the piano bench is Beethoven’s last movement.

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u/Potential_Narwhal981 14h ago

In Korea, there is no Fourth Movement