History Main / LyricalColdOpen

* Music/{{Metallica}} has both "Fuel" and "The Memory Remains." (both off the same album)

* Rednex - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qUk94eSu2c Cotton Eye Joe]]"

* The fourth opening of ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' first season, "Ren'ai Circulation."

* The end theme to ''[[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Kara No Kyoikai: Spiral Paradox]]'', "Sprinter" by Kalafina.
* The opening to ''LightNovel/BeyondTheBoundary'' anime, "Kyoukai no Kanata."

* Used in all three openings for ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'', as well as the endings to the first season and the ''F'' OVA.

* The track "Ride the Fire" from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear Xrd Sign'', the ThemeMusicPowerup for one of Sol Badguy's super moves, opens with the bombastic '''[[MetalScream LET IT OUT!!!!]]'''.

Most songs start with an instrumental intro before heading into the first verse or chorus. Some even have a fade-in. A Lyrical Cold Open is the musical equivalent of a ColdOpen, where the vocalist jumps in with lyrics at the very beginning, either before the music starts or at the same time it does, often adding an element of surprise or impact. Makes the song instantly recognizable to anyone who's heard it before, with the first line often becoming one of the most memorable parts.

* Many Music/{{Queen}} songs have this. Some [[IncomingHam loudly announce themselves]] with an opening chorus ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Bicycle Race", "It's A Hard Life", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pm4fQRl72k&ob=av2n I Want It All]]") while others open with a quiet fade-in of Freddie's vocals ("We are the Champions", "Save Me", "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"). "Somebody to Love" does a bit of both ("Can...''any-bo-'''dyyyy...'''''"). From Freddie Mercury's solo work, there's "Living On My Own" from both the 1985 ''Mr. Bad Guy'' album and the later dance remix from ''The Great Pretender''.

* The opening to ''LightNovel/KyoukaiNoKanata'' anime, "Kyoukai no Kanata."

* The opening of ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' first season, "Treasure."

* ''[[{{VideoGame/Tekken}} Tekken 5]]'''s opening song, "Sparking".

* The remix of the main theme of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', "Burn My Dread", [[spoiler:used for the final battle]], opens with Yumi Kawamura singing the first couple words of the refrain acapella. It syncs nicely with the on-screen action, as the acapella part is displayed on a black screen with the game coming back into view when the instruments kick in.
** The opening of Persona 3's [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]] UpdatedRerelease[[note]]The other UpdatedRerelease being Persona 3 Portable on PSP[[/note]] Persona 3 FES starts with a woman singing in Japanese before switching to Lotus Juice rapping with background instruments and clips of the game coming in

* Music/{{Nickelback}} - "How You Remind Me" and "Rockstar"

* Music/{{Nickelback}} - "Figured You Out"

* Music/JohannSebastianBach's sacred cantata ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn4zEYWjejA Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott]]'' (BWV 80) starts right away with the vocals instead of the traditional instrumental beginning.

* Music/{{Genesis|Band}} - "Looking for Someone", "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" and "Supper's Ready"

* Music/TheRollingStones - "Ruby Tuesday"

* Music/{{Foreigner}} - "Say You Will"

* Music/MariahCarey - her cover of Music/{{Journey}}'s "Open Arms"

* Music/{{Journey}} - "Any Way You Want It" and "Anytime"

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic - "Melanie" and "The Saga Begins"

* Music/{{Nightwish}} does it in "I Wish I Had An Angel."

* Music/{{Genesis}} - "Looking for Someone", "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" and "Supper's Ready"

* [[{{VideoGame/Tekken}} Tekken 5]]'s opening song, "Sparking".

* The song "What's a Tamagotchi?" from ''WesternAnimation/TamagotchiVideoAdventures'' begins with a male vocalist speaking rather than singing a set of lyrics, with noticeable buildup in the background music, before the main part of the song begins.