All Ink Spots songs have the same intro

A collection the first seven seconds of 19 songs. All of the Ink Spot's songs sound the same.

[@MasterSampson]

The reason that they play that little tune before every one of their songs is because that is there trademark.

[@TravisHunterFilm]

***** Yeah but it is still cool to hear them all in the same place

[@lizardsanctum6719]

MasterSampson their

[@namelessfx404]

This is because the main guitarist lost four fingers of one hand playing bowling, after that they let him make that tone at the beginning of each song as something symbolic for all that he had contributed to the group.

[@topgoose4818]

@@namelessfx404 how the fuck do you lose 4 fingers from bowling lmao

[@namelessfx404]

@@topgoose4818 Hahaha I don't know, but I read that on many pages.

[@claudevandog]

Today, producers have "producer tags" they put at the beginning of rap songs as their trademark. The Ink Spots simply pioneered that idea, this riff is their "trademark"

[@theamazingcj2748]

Pharrell has a similar thing where he plays 4 of the same note or sound effect with equal spacing. If you listen to any song produced by him, you'll hear it

[@ibonk9673]

thank you

[@PrimeRibb69]

Better than having to hear "buzzard on tha beat" every song.

[@MigzTheMT]

When you hear this, you'll automatically know it's The Ink Spots. Hell yeah!

[@yaldrammuqadis]

That's actually why they did it because back then the songs would probably only come on the radio and when you heard that you would immediately know

[@sebotheemo4116]

Fr

[@sailor_benny141]

Much better than the blunt and ego-driven screaming of an artist’s name at the beginning of a song like our current musicians like to do

[@boomane1017]

Or Sam Cooke - Come Back To You

[@Palidor19]

I listen to 40’s music on Sirius XM and I know instantly

[@mr6johnclark]

Enough for 19 Fallout Games!

[@frogemma]

mr6johnclark ahaha

[@T3nMiDGET5711]

I want to see “Shanty in old Shanty Town” in a fallout game

[@unlicensedpotato7723]

@@T3nMiDGET5711oh boy do I have a game for you

[@T3nMiDGET5711]

@@unlicensedpotato7723 okay

[@abandonado23]

Hell Yeah!!!

[@HK_541]

_hears ink spots intro_ am i listening to: "maybe", "its all over but the crying" or "i don't want to set the world on fire"?

[@maxkennedy2818]

All fallout 3 songs

[@uhhhscizo6531]

Or take me home country roads?

[@sahatrizki1539]

If i didnt care...

[@mrsokolov8954]

Lol, I always think about "We Three" when i hear the intro.

[@notamobilesprout4175]

@@sahatrizki1539 More than words can say…

[@lockejawe4050]

Thanks to a particular game franchise, every time I hear this sound, I think of post-apocalyptic wastelands.

[@LucyWest370]

Ahhhhh Metro 2033

[@mirkowe9434]

@@LucyWest370 Это музыка из Fallout

[@LucyWest370]

@@mirkowe9434 ah yes Wasteland

[@KhoaLe-uc2ny]

@@LucyWest370 ah yes Stalker

[@uijnghhj402]

Fallout and Cinnabon

[@mteige]

This riff has also become the defacto riff for the Fallout games :-)

[@swifter46ter]

They even stole it for their weird remake of Country Roads. Would've been better using John Denver, but oh well.

[@bigboss4178]

@@swifter46ter yeah John Denver's version rocks but the cover they used for FO76 doesn't sound bad

[@funwillfunwill]

I don't think it's really supposed to be an intro, just something they played on the guitar to get their timing right (like how drummers do "tap tap tap" before a song begins.)

[@sathlasdalaraynidridlendar6875]

I believe you mean they use it to set the tempo.

[@kincaid5749]

The problem is that all of the songs were also in the same base key, and had the same pattern throughout the whole song.

[@samgomez9942]

@@kincaid5749 Really? I don't see it as a problem at all

[@SleepySkull1]

Apparently, Back then, there wasn't an announcer to tell the people who they were, So by using the same intro, People could know straight away that it's them.

[@albertpringle4918]

FOESHOW FOESHOW FOESHOW

[@Amoebaaaaaa]

Maybe it's all the guy knew how to play. For a while anyway.

[@CPorter]

Ian Leibowitz no, its their Signature rift that one of their Guitarists Heuy Long made.

[@AustinCasey]

C Porter *Charlie Fuqua

[@rambofan334]

Ink Spot song intro, Ink Spot song intro never changes.

[@mattatron1629]

"Is this the ink spots? You like them, right" "Oh yeah, they're my favorite band" "What song is this?" "Uhhhhhhh"

[@70sman]

"just wait 5 seconds"

[@SidWalter]

By the Tone, Key and tempo I’ve mastered figuring out what song it is! This video was a big help as well!

[@corie.e.jones02]

It’s like their signature, it comes on and you know it’s the Ink Spots

[@garanteicierto706]

I think that I've read that the dude who played that instrument had a problem with his hand so in order to make it easier it was always the same but different tones

[@conerbear6381]

prehistoric producer tag

[@teshiku1249]

At a bar in the 50s/40s: *riff plays* ‘Holy shit it’s this song I love it!’

[@feanor7080]

“Jiminy Crickets, this is my jangle! Let’s jive, fellas”.

[@Archivist001]

Let’s make like a nose and boogie, fellas!

[@2spky5me]

"Oh, I love this song!" "We three -" "Oh wait, this is 'I don't want to set the world on fire.' "

[@will5945]

Is it just me but even though they sound the same you just some how know what the song will be

[@mejustme7943]

Just you

[@agentrex9004]

I think their little intro jungle definitely goes best with “Maybe”. It just mixes so well to me.

[@MasterP48HD]

i think it was to set the rythm and the key for everyone to harmonize

[@AustinCasey]

MasterP48HD That's what any introductions purpose is... but they like many other Pop groups, they wanted an identifiable signature... they found it and made use of it.

[@Emperor_Mateus_of_Palamecia]

“All this new music sounds the same, back in my day-” Music from back in their day:

[@Emperor_Mateus_of_Palamecia]

This isn’t a jab at the Ink Spots btw

[@phoneguy4257]

I thought I was the only one that noticed.

[@reneandres7246]

No.

[@bluebotlivingston6016]

You have to be tone deaf to miss that

[@shykj8892]

I just replayed some songs too much and now I can tell them apart by the audio quality of this iconic start😂

[@Arcian]

I wonder what they'd say about their iconic intro being best known today for its association with a video game series about roleplaying in the nuclear post-apocalypse.

[@trainknut]

It's a bit lazy, but you gotta admit that jingle is pretty damn catchy, why fix what ain't broke?

[@janehoyken]

that could be the name of an ink spots song. Why fix what ain't broke

[@no-facejames7360]

@@janehoyken Solid Idea.

[@brodymelton6884]

its not lazy my dude, the chords that hes playing are confusing as fuck

[@Life_and_Gaming]

@@brodymelton6884 That doesn't make reusing it over and over NOT lazy lol It's not bad, just something they did. I think it worked out well.

[@alexispadilla6050]

The Arctic Gamer it’s more like a trademark

[@laylover7621]

At first I thought it was a lazy thing, but then I started seeing it as more of a little signature, an intro jingle to let you know the Ink Spots are playing.

[@Belzughast]

When you are so good, that you can start every song with the same notes.

[@BrutalBloxxer]

Fascinating.

[@AustinCasey]

Wow! I never really noticed they used the same song in the intro until now. Brilliant observation, NKBANGERS! But, not ALL of their recordings started with that tune though... several that don't are: A Kiss And A Rose, Swingin On The Strings, Your Feets Too Big, Mama Don't Low No Swingin In Here, Swing Gate Swing, Taint Nobodys Business If I Do, Stompin At The Savoy, Old Joe's Hittin The Jug, Keep Away From My Doorstep, Christopher Columbus, Alabama Barbecue, Don't Let Old Age Creep Up On You, With Plenty of Money And You, Yes Suh!, Lets Call The Whole Thing Off, Slap That Bass, Brown Gal, Knock Kneed Sal, You Bring Me Down, Stop Pretending, Hey Doc!, Nothin', Shout Brother Shout, Cow Cow Boogie, Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall, I'm Making Believe, I'm Beginning To See The Light, Information Please, White Christmas, Where Flamingos Fly, Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart, Recess In Heaven, Echoes, Land Of Love, If (They Made Me A King), I Still Feel The Same About You, A Fool Grows Wise etc. They recorded about 175 songs throughout their career. I suppose "most" of their hits started with their signature intro but not "all" of them did. :)

[@nkbangers]

Austin Casey Thanks for the insight, you have a good point. We'll rename the title of the video. You sure know a lot about the Ink Spots, and we like your channel!

[@vmp916]

This was a surprisingly good online interaction

[@jewn304]

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[@UserName-gt2xx]

Wanna know what else never changes? The Ink Spots intros

[@sharkfin4194]

And pretty much all their songs have that talking interlude in the middle

[@SamPaste928]

Now it’s time to remember each of them from the recordings alone.

[@sierra--yc8xi]

When you hear this for a game trailers you already know its for fallout

[@donovangallagher4707]

FALLOUT 4 HYPE TRAIN

[@mrbanshee1678]

That train crashed after the games release.

[@nix98zlcy]

@Jordan Maratea Don´t they all?

[@mrbanshee1678]

Dr. Yusuf Al Asid nah fam

[@janehoyken]

Sorry i'm on the good ol' Bioshock train

[@jiego4real]

John Nicolas then why did you reply on the fallout train?

[@erdeminoffff]

I believe it's some kind of signature that helps people to recognize them when their song plays somewhere. If it's true, I must say it works.

[@chrike01]

This is what I noticed when I was watching Better Call Saul, it reminded me of the Shawshank Redemption but it wasn't quite the same song!

[@mehmed6712]

I discovered the ink spots in October of 2008 when i was playing a game called *fallout 3* and ever since then, I've been listening to them for years ❤

[@cube4547]

The intro... The intro never changes...

[@tombuchanan7302]

I really like it, it’s calming to me

[@abepressman2181]

The funniest thing about this video is that my first thought was "Oh, they missed a few"

[@cliffemall.]

this iconic opening riff has inspired me so much, i hope i can form a band and have an iconic riff at the start of my songs and people will immediately know its my band’s song playing. Truly a great band.

[@telphex4471]

Intros…intros never change

[@jaylee7447]

You can never have enough fallout songs by the ink spots

[@Tristlox]

imagine these guys playing their songs one after the other

[@TopHat64_]

I love hearing this riff after stepping out of vault 111 and discovering sanctuary The way they added the little riff in eith that music is amazing

[@T3nMiDGET5711]

It’s their audible signature

[@SwegMastah]

if you can identify their songs by the intro alone you are a hardcore ink spots fan

[@toy_bonnie]

I noticed this while playing fallout 4 Turns out it’s just there intro

[@josephikrakowski1137]

War. War is bad. Also War never changes

[@CPorter]

yeah its there rift that they got, but thats just 19 songs, listen to other ones, there's a ton they did throughout the years that dont even have that rift before If I Didn't Care and after too. And im talking about the original group (This group) alone

[@AustinCasey]

C Porter *Hoppy Watson

[@CPorter]

@@AustinCasey At the time that i wrote that i had just seen the Huey Long Museum thing that they called The Ink Spots Museum and thought it was true.

[@roflenief]

I met Ink Spots only with the help of one franchise, but I became a fan of them and eventually listen to all their songs.

[@RoDCrew]

same intro saves time and money. clever.

[@Omar_Ayman339]

It's all over is just amazing.

[@alexlovelady8249]

When you learn a good riff and use it every time you play a guitar:

[@johnaustin209]

The intro... *IT JUST WORKS*

[@Omar_Ayman339]

The mod reference nice.

[@officerbeans9504]

If it ain’t broken don’t fix it

[@trashcompactorYT]

The final level of musical autism is being able to tell which Ink Spots song you're about to hear based on how the little guitar riff sounds

[@wesleymiles8756]

That’s their thing. Gotta love the Ink Spots.

[@ytn675]

It allways haves that same tune i love it

[@mantisshrimp8019]

That one intro sounded really amazing.

[@samedwards3285]

it's their producer tag

[@thomashart22]

The Ink Spots are known to me through two of my favourite pieces of media: Better Call Saul and Fallout: New Vegas

[@lollipop-wn2eq]

God that was what I was always thinking about this band and I didn’t know if anyone has paid attention to it as well🙃❤️

[@History_and_Jets]

this "intro" became so iconic for me even too i am not like others and connect it with fallout

[@psychoprosthetic]

I can't listen to more than three of their songs in one sitting because of this, even though I love them.

[@coryengel]

Listening to an Ink Spots song was fine. Listening to an Ink Spots ALBUM was intolerable due to the nearly identical intros of every song.

[@terror403]

a kind of signature :)

[@astrogeek99]

I learned about this in about 1957. Didn't think about it much since then, but did just now so I searched on it and here it is.

[@bluecosmos7448]

this is the equivalent to a producer tag

[@wagahagwa6978]

and yet people complain about modern songs being too similar to eachother

[@TJ_Low]

I swear I've heard one song where this was the intro but it went on for like half the song. I don't even know if it was The Ink Spots.

[@smoke26100]

Literally just heard the song not sure what the name was but I recognized the sound instaly

[@NickisZexuhJr]

T.J. Low if you guys know the name please share, I’ve loved the little intro tune forever I always wished they made a whole song with it

[@569_]

@@NickisZexuhJr it’s called jukebox Saturday night

[@dieseluk2k]

i love it

[@klobberz7634]

Still better than most pop...

[@aleksandarmitev8664]

This intro is also heard in boris and the dark survival. Nice reference for the bendy developers :)

[@Fiddleshtick]

This is the last thing your hear before the world is set ablaze by nuclear fire.

[@itsgarytime2768]

It becomes worse when you can tell the song just by the trademark

[@jonasgrahn9255]

Imagine being their biggest fan and always know which song they play by just hearing that intro.

[@critik2909]

seeing it kinda jump after '41 kinda implies the impact which WW2 had an effect on the band

[@RJ-wx3fh]

the classier, earlier iteration of a producer tag- 'Mr Worldwide, Esquire' , if you will

[@snowprint]

Producer tags before producer tags

[@user-ts3lq8hv8t]

guys that's also the intro of blue shadows on the trial from Three Amigos!

[@euglol1763]

It's so relaxing

[@euey7441]

The original producer tag

[@Palidor19]

Fallout fans can INSTANTLY recognize

[@theblueamaze6482]

Fallout brought me here

[@obscure.reference]

they also all seem to have the guy start speaking the lyrics towards the end

[@solomonblinchevsky4653]

Essentially a mid-20th-century producer tag

[@GussOnTheClouds]

They do that because it's there signature intro

[@duckhunter711]

Honestly with the tiny differences in their intro I am able to recognize which song it is

[@Zeywerks]

my friend is able to name them just off the intro riff. I don't know how

[@MetalMan21748]

The original ad-lib

[@EpicWinNoob]

A lot of groups from the era seem to have a similar way of doing things, it's like it's their signature

[@traininthebutt7215]

My favorite game to play is played who can guess the Ink Spots the fastest.

[@dontcare537]

That's why I love them

[@bendover2649]

It's cool as a way to know that you're listening to an Ink Spots song, but the problem is that you have no idea which song.

[@FinnOBryan]

don't forget the mid-song monologue "i dont wanna set the world on fire...."

[@TaztekStudios]

i thought the same thing, glad to know im not the only one

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

They may sound the same but trust me, you listen to them enough and you can tell which song it is in the first second despite it being very close intros lol

[@Peter-6233]

1:17 I’ve plaid sense every fallout game even 76 sense fallout 1. I can’t tell you the amount of emotions this song stirs up for me

[@Chalnzs]

They're all the same but all sound so different I love that

[@Sumschmuck]

I think the only time this intro is different is Into each life

[@spoonermanhd2607]

Also in Arizona moon I noticed it today and thought I was going crazy

[@JaedenLuke]

This is the equivalence of DJ Khaled shouting his name at the start of every song

[@cube4547]

Except when you hear DJ Khaled you know it's shit

[@NiB-Productions]

@@cube4547 ok boomer