i decided to pick 5 songs with a great piano intro. but once i started rummaging through my itunes music library i discovered 20 songs that i mostly love because of their piano intro.

so here it goes: my 5 (x4) most favorite songs with a great piano intro are:

1. morning has broken – cat stevens
2. bridge over troubled water – simon and garfunkel
3. go like elijah – chi coltrane
4. glory, glory – the byrds
5. lady madonna and let it be – the beatles
6. imagine – john lennon
7. zak and sara (and “annie waits”, “the ascent of stan”, “not the same”, “fired”) – ben folds (he’s the master of great piano intros!!)
8. 2000 miles – holly cole
9. how to save a life – the fray
10. 100 years – five for fighting
11. the rescue blues – ryan adams
12. this years’ love – david gray
13. fake empire – the national
14. indigo girl – watershed
15. everybody’s changing – keane
16. i’ll be there – matt white
17. drops of jupiter – train
18. bad day – daniel powter
19. way back into love – hugh grant & haley bennett
20. bad habits – michael tolcher

edit: i have to put two more songs to the list: “tiny dancer” and “your song” by elton john.