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Pharrell Williams - How to write song intros by mrdiscopop

published on 2014-05-11T11:31:50Z

Pharrell Williams - How to write song intros Pharrell Williams is a brilliant songwriter - but he doesn't put much effort into his song intros. Here's a selection, from his first production - SWV's Right Here - to four tracks off his latest album GIRL. They all use the same trick to get into the song.

Genre: Mix

Comment by Gezza McAlpine

@jetsjet: ANOTHA ONE

2017-10-29T19:04:27Z

Comment by Seventh Jhana

and like a little signature

2016-08-28T17:09:14Z

Comment by Seventh Jhana

it's more like a count off than an intro, it's kinda dope

2016-08-28T17:09:06Z

Comment by lephoquebleu

@danil-tarmasinov: Take this W

2016-03-12T11:14:51Z

Comment by talbeats

Better than going "DJ KHALEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED"

2016-02-18T03:26:16Z

Comment by Rodrigo Marta

He did this too in "My Drive Thru " with Santigold and Julian Casablancas

2016-01-21T00:05:58Z

Comment by Trevor Gilligan

he still needs to have a great, catchy song. also the heading is misleading, he doesnt write the song intro then the song, he writes the song, then extras - such as intro, outro, middle 8th, etc

2015-11-10T08:52:15Z

Comment by Monsieur_N

1) SWV – Right Here 2) Jay-Z – Frontin’ 3) Kelis – Milkshake 4) Snoop Dogg – Drop It Like Its Hot 5) Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines 6) Shakira – Why Wait 7) Frank Ocean – Sweet Life 8) Pharrell Williams – Brand New 9) Paloma Faith – Can’t Rely On You 10) Pharrell Williams – Happy 11) Pharrell Williams – Hunter 12) Jay-Z – I Wish 13) Pharrell Williams – Gust Of Wind

2015-10-02T23:19:59Z

Comment by Songi Son

THE COMMENTS! THIS IS HILARIOUS I LOVEEE IT

2015-08-21T02:36:24Z

Comment by ABÉ

@danil-tarmasinov: YOU'RE THE REAL MVP FOR THIS ONE

2015-08-02T06:32:08Z

Comment by ohwsup

bt who cares ???

2015-07-26T17:40:44Z

Comment by Danil Tarmasinov

0:01 SWV – Right Here (Human Nature Radio Mix) 0:09 Pharrell feat. Jay – Frontin’ 0:14 Kelis – Milkshake 0:21 Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell – Drop It Like It’s Hot 0:29 Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines 0:34 Shakira – Why Wait 0:41 Frank Ocean – Sweet Life 0:53 Pharrell & Justin Timberlake – Brand New 1:02 Paloma Faith – Can’t Rely On You 1:10 Pharrell Williams – Happy 1:18 Pharrell Williams – Hunter 1:25 Jay-Z – I Know 1:32 Pharrell Williams – Gust of Wind

2015-06-16T07:16:12Z

Comment by monkssarah

he's amazing. an inspiration to me :)

2014-12-16T14:31:30Z

Comment by Psyolopher

wow such originality! much variation

2014-07-28T17:54:05Z

Comment by drmojobone

so the revelation is that Pharrell invented/discovered 4/4 time?

2014-07-09T22:26:18Z

Comment by Mu Netsi

They really need to do more research, Teddy Riley produced Right Here. Pharrell had a rap verse on it which was eventually stripped to just S-S double-double U V!! That's Pharrell saying SWV, he featured not produced.

2014-06-30T10:21:41Z

Comment by Filip Merdała

should've added hollabackgirl too, he produced it with chad

2014-06-20T22:38:17Z

Comment by MGLLMTT

+1 https://soundcloud.com/cris-cab/liar-liar

2014-06-20T21:55:59Z

Comment by DJ Vsal

damn cool song.luv Pharrell !!

2014-06-20T15:33:20Z

Comment by JLPiano

I find it amusing how much hate the guy who made this is getting. He's made a simple observation about some intros and everyone assumes he's hating XD