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- ‘WandaVision’ Several shows on this list changed their theme songs over the years. WandaVision changed its theme song for every episode — twice in one episode, in fact!
- ‘Terriers’ Some theme songs wind up long outliving the show they were in, like Harry Nillson’s “Best Friend” from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. Sometimes, though, a great song gets doomed to obscurity right along with the short-lived show it introduced.
- ‘Three’s Company’ The Boogie Nights of sitcom themes. Three’s Company is the hijinks of three swingin’ singles sharing a 1970s Santa Monica, California, party pad: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, and Suzanne Somers.
- ‘Rescue Me’ The Denis Leary firefighter drama needed intro music to match the anguished pain of its FDNY characters in the aftermath of 9/11. Enter garage rockers the Von Bondies, whose “C’mon, C’mon” was the exact kind of furious howl the series needed.
- ‘Wandavision’ | Disney+, 2021
- ‘Terriers’ | FX, 2010
- ‘Three’s Company’ | ABC, 1977-84
- ‘Rescue Me’ | FX, 2004-11
- ‘Chips’ | NBC, 1977-83
- ‘The Partridge Family’ | ABC, 1970-74
- ‘New Girl’ | Fox, 2011-18
- ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ | NBC, 1965-70
- ‘All That’ | Nickelodeon, 1994-2005, 2019-20
- ‘Have Gun, Will Travel’ | CBS, 1957-63
Several shows on this list changed their theme songs over the years. WandaVision changed its theme song for every episode — twice in one episode, in fact! As the MCU’s first Disney+ series morphed into tributes to various classic sitcoms, the Frozen songwriting team of Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez continually figured out clever pastiches...
Some theme songs wind up long outliving the show they were in, likeHarry Nillson’s “Best Friend” from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. Sometimes, though, a great song gets doomed to obscurity right along with the short-lived show it introduced. Case in point: “Gunfight Epiphany,” Rob Duncan’s laid-back surf guitar theme to Terriers, an absurdly cha...
The Boogie Nights of sitcom themes. Three’s Company is the hijinks of three swingin’ singles sharing a 1970s Santa Monica, California, party pad: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, and Suzanne Somers. The network wanted to keep it clean, but the show’s humor depends on tantalizing viewers with hints that the next coke orgy was just an ad-break away. So “Co...
The Denis Leary firefighter drama needed intro music to match the anguished pain of its FDNY characters in the aftermath of 9/11. Enter garage rockers the Von Bondies, whose “C’mon, C’mon” was the exact kind of furious howl the series needed.—A.S.
For NBC’s youth-aimed police drama starring the blandly handsome blonde no one remembers as straight man to the easygoing macho of breakout star Erik Estrada, composer John Parker put together a glossy piece of synth-y triumphalism reminiscent of florid disco hits like Le Pregunta’s “Shangri-La.” The CHiPS tune’s instant kid appeal would also pave ...
Let’s be honest: There are better songs in the Partridge catalog than the ditty that opened this sitcom about a fictional family band. “I’ll Meet You Halfway” and “I Woke Up in Love This Morning,” fronted by series star David Cassidy, were as good as anything on AM radio in the early Seventies. But “Come On Get Happy” captured the bubbly, beyond-wh...
Of course the quirky queen of twee would write and sing her own theme song. But did the pilot also have to feature a scene where her character, Jess, comes up with it? The opening sequence works, though, because it doesn’t just set the tone for the show — Jess’ mini-dress style and cut-out craft aesthetic are on full view — it also reveals the dyna...
A flouncy, brassy bit of bossa nova with a belly-dance vibe that perfectly evoked all the playfully exotic possibilities of having a live-in full-time genie at your place, the classic I Dream of Jeannie theme was written by the prolific Hollywood bandleader Hugo Montenegro. It worked in much the same way that Montenegro’s version of the Beach Boys’...
A great song sung by an iconic group, the great R&B trio TLC. Nickelodeon’s child-friendly version of a Saturday Night Live-type sketch-comedy show started the careers of Amanda Bynes, current SNL member Kenan Thompson, and Nick Cannon (years before his current gig repopulating the world). The original run was from 1994 to 2005, with a short-lived ...
The aptly-named actor-singer-songwriter Johnny Western (née Westerlund) was guest-starring in an episode of the Richard Boone Western at the time his wife was giving birth to their daughter. Anxious about being away from his family at such an important moment, Western would later say, “I picked up my guitar for something to do, and started playing ...
I was listening to an episode of Conan O'Brien's podcast when they were interviewing a producer from Cheers. I think they said that the theme song actually almost made it to #1 on the charts if it wasn't for Michael Jackson.
Jun 9, 2024 · A great TV show theme song sets the tone, hooks viewers, and can be a source of nostalgia to remember the show by. Sometimes, TV theme songs become so iconic that they overshadow the show itself and have a lasting impact on pop culture.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Read on for 65 theme songs that are pure gold, from Game of Thrones to Golden Girls. The 63 Best Feel-Good Songs That Will Instantly Put You in a Happy Mood. 1. Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. Song:...
May 20, 2024 · It's enough to make you long for the days when TV theme songs could become chart-topping hits—a happy fate that befell more than a few of the following 25 themes, which rank among the best ever written.
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