Comments on: The Wonderful Stories Behind 6 Classic TV Theme Songs

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:00:34 +0000

OH – and Carroll O’Conner not only sang the openers, but also wrote the closing theme (Remembering You) for All in the Family as well.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:00:25 +0000

A lot of the themes that became hits were instrumentals, such as Hawaii 5-0, Miami Vice, Rockford Files, SWAT.
The current theme song I’d love to find on iTunes is Psych.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:49:34 +0000

@ sharon – “and your husband wants to be a girl” was never part of the “TV Theme” portion of the song, and not part of the “Radio Edit” of the song either, so you wouldn’t have heard it unless you had the single, or were listening to a daring radio dj – first time I heard it it floored me too… got a BIG laugh.

And I got to sing “Believe It Or Not” as part of the Spring Concert in high school chorus (yeah, Im a geek, but I can harmonize!)

By: Steven

Steven — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:07:07 +0000

@Sarah: “My Life” appeared on 52nd Street in 1978 and topped out at #3 on the charts before Bosom Buddies debuted in 1980.

By: TBV

TBV — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:00:07 +0000

@Tdave

I thought it was TMBG too. Don’t know why.

By: Bicycle Bill

Bicycle Bill — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:56:47 +0000

“Thank You For Being A Friend” (the “Golden Girls” theme) was originally written and recorded by Andrew Gold in 1978. It reached #25 on the Billboard charts before it was re-recorded by Cynthia Fee and used as the theme.

-”BB”-

By: Tdave

Tdave — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:15:39 +0000

@Chia

Oops! but I knew they seemed familiar.

By: Chia

Chia — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:54:02 +0000

@Tdave

Actually sung by the Barenaked Ladies. The full version of the theme song is pretty fun.

By: richard dixon

richard dixon — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:20:23 +0000

The official version on what sunk Stephen Still’s Monkee’s aspirations? “Bad teeth”. Oh, and he had ‘em, too…

By: Tdave

Tdave — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:26:10 +0000

I too, like the theme from THE BIG BANG THEORY by “They Might Be Giants.”