Best theme song?

[Jo Polniaczek]

What is your favorite theme song(s), from any show, of all time? Mine have to be

1. Facts of Life (2-6)
2. A-Team
3. Sanford & Son
4. All in The Family
5. Charlie's Angels
6. Three's Company
7. Law & Order
8. My Three Sons
9. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
10. Dragnet

[Madness]

I have a lot but I'd have to say the Cosby Show. It always changed and was great mostly every time.

[The T]

Well my top three are "Facts of life" "happy Days" and "Gilligans' Island".

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See ya~The T
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Richie: Rally! Everybody Rally!

Fonz: The Fonz don't Rally.

Richie: Your chipping away at my leadership Fonz.

Fonz: everybody rally!
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[janipur]

I would have to say my fav theme song would be from "FRIENDS"

[Perderabo]

Hmmm....the animated series "The Beatles" used "Can't Buy Me Love" as its theme song, but perhaps that's cheating. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif
This was a mega-hit long before the series appeared. And it wasn't written just for the series. This is lucky for the competition. Had The Beatles written a theme song just for the series they would be the clear winners.

Among sitcoms, I gotta go with The Beverly Hillbillies. When this show came on in 1962, no one had ever heard a finger-picked five-string banjo before. The theme song got radio play. It was released as a single and charted.

But my favorite theme song is:
***drum roll****

Secret Agent by Johnny Rivers!

There's a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets, he stays a stranger
With every move he makes, another chance he takes
Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken 'way your name

Beware of pretty faces that you find
A pretty face can hide an evil mind
Ah, be careful what you say, you'll give yourself away
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken 'way your name
(totally cool Johnny Rivers guitar solo)

Swinging on the Riviera one day
And then laying in the Bombay on the next day
Ah, if you let the wrong word slip, while kissing persuasive lips
The odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number and taken 'way your name
Secret Agent Man....

[LaverneShirley]

Although I love Laverne & Shirley more than anything on earth, it didn't exactly have the best theme song. I liked the theme songs from Gilligan's Island, Happy Days (Every single version, including Rock Around the Clock), Mary Tyler Moore, All in the Family, WKRP in Cincinnati, Facts of Life, and I like the tune to Hawaii Five-O, but I've never even seen the show... (By the way, these songs aren't in the order I like them)

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"Well, Laverne is sort of childish"

"Childish? Childish? COming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!"

"Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!"

"Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!"

[The T]

All in the family? Are you joking L&S? I usually agree with you but on this one I have to gasp! Sorry but I think it's really dumb!

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See ya~The T
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Richie: Rally! Everybody Rally!

Fonz: The Fonz don't Rally.

Richie: Your chipping away at my leadership Fonz.

Fonz: everybody rally!
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[I_like_TV]

How about 'The Rockford Files'? Or 'Battlestar Galactica' (Stu Phillips and the Los Angeles Philaharmonic Orchestra)? As for newer shows - that Drew Carrey theme seems pretty cool. Ooh, I forgot, 'Hill Street Blues'. Now that one's and AWESOME theme-song. And then you got 'Cheers'. Man! The list just goes on-and-on! Okay, now I'll stop (lol).

[LaverneShirley]

Oops, sorry, T, I meant to say that I don't like the song so much as the way they sing it. It's hilarious...

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"Well, Laverne is sort of childish"

"Childish? Childish? COming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!"

"Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!"

"Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!"

[Jacki]

I like the Facts of Life, Gilligan's Island, and Space Cases (2nd season). And you poor people probably want me to shut up about Space Cases, don't ya? Sorry, I'm not THAT easy to get rid of http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[D-Dey]

At least three of my favorite TV theme songs are from animated shows. In no particular order;

1)The Theme from ALF(Not the sitcom, but the two cartoon spin-offs).
2)"You're Standing on My Neck"(Theme from "Daria"), by Splendora.
3)"Turn Down the Sun"(Theme from "Daria: Is It Fall Yet?"), also by Splendora.

And one of my favorite movie themes is "Opening Day"(Theme from "Up the Down Staircase"), by Fred Karlin.

[D-Dey]

At least three of my favorite TV theme songs are from animated shows. In no particular order;

1)The Theme from ALF(Not the sitcom, but the two cartoon spin-offs).
2)"You're Standing on My Neck"(Theme from "Daria"), by Splendora.
3)"Turn Down the Sun"(Theme from "Daria: Is It Fall Yet?"), also by Splendora.

And one of my favorite movie themes is "Opening Day"(Theme from "Up the Down Staircase"), by Fred Karlin.

[Stigmata]

1. WKRP in Cincinatti
2. Welcome Back Kotter
3. Different Strokes
4. Get a Life
5. Perfect Strangers
6. Married With Children
7. The Jeffersons
8. Golden Girls
9. It's Gary Shandling's Show
10. The Man Show

Least Favorites:

1. Blossom (Is "opinionation" even a word?)
2. Friends
3. Cops
4. Dear John (Just plain stupid)
5. All in the Family (Annoying)

[Brett Ferino]

I wonder how the new shows tv themes will go.

[Perderabo]

Well, to paraphrase one of our classic statesmen, my previous answer is no longer operative.

Last night I was watching the Addams Family and I realized how much I loved that theme song. I actually programmed by setup to replay just the theme song and watched it for 10 minutes or so. It is a classic. And, for now anyway, it is my favorite among sitcoms.

Also, when you asked about "song", I though that meant there had to be some lyrics. If all music is fair game, "The Prisoner" wins overall.

I hope you read this post quickly though, I can be rather fickle about favorites...

[jamier42]

My favorite theme songs are Facts of Life, Happy Days, I love Lucy, Mad About You.

[Ian]

I loved the theme from "welcome back, kotter"

[TJ]

from the 80's - I think Cheers is my favorite
, but I would also include Family Ties and Diff'rent Strokes

from the 70's - my favorite is Happy Days, WKRP and Welcome Back Kotter had great themes as well.. the 70's arguably had the best theme songs of any decade..

and my darkhorse favorite: The Courtship of Eddie's Father

[Cokies]

My favories are from:
The Facts of Life
Laverne and Shirley
Dukes of Hazzard (by default)
The Partridge Family
Happy Days and....
Saved by the Bell

I gotta say I still love 'Saved by the Bell'

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"It was just like Saturday Night Fever, except it was a Friday."

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[Ginger_Grl]

Well i like Beverlay hillbillas Gilligans island laverne and shirley and the happy days.

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JED-well im just a clampet!

[mandy starr]

My absolute favorite theme is
JOANIE LOVES CHACHI followed by
THE NEWHART SHOW. Also like
BJ + THE BEAR.

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[Becky W]

60s: The Addams Family, I Dream of Jeannie, Gilligan's Island

70s: The Partridge Family, Welcome Back Kotter, Good Times

80s: Facts of Life, Family Ties, Cheers

90s: Married With Children, Drew Carey, Malcolm in the Middle

But my all-time favorite theme song is actually a cartoon! I grew up in the 80s, and the 80s version of Alvin and the Chipmunks was my favorite Saturday morning cartoon. I used to always get in trouble for turning up the volume to the theme song (so I could dance to it!) while my parents were still sleeping. "Alvin, Simon, Theodore!" http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/wink.gif

[Shapeshifter]

my favourite theme song would have to be
CHARLES IN CHARGE (both versions):

New boy in the neighbourhood
Leaves downstairs and it's understood.
He's there just to take good care of me,
Like he's one of the family

Charles In Charge of our days and our nights
Charles In Charge of our wrongs and our rights

And I sing, I want, I want Charles In Charge
of me.

Charles In Charge of our days and our nights
Charles In Charge of our wrongs and our rights

And I sing, I want, I want Charles In Charge of me.

[Fonzette]

my fav theme song is happy days, but not the way it sounded in the last few seasons with sunday monday happy days (wa-ooh) i liked it the way it sounded in the middle seasons, i also liked rock around the clock
another theme song i like is the facts of life, all 3 versions especially the first where it goes when books are what you're there about but looks are what ya care about the time is right to learn the facts of life

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"The rain may fall, but let a smile be your umbrella!" Potsie

"How would ya like that umbrella up your nose?" <3Fonzie<3

[PomeranzFan1]

"Perfect Strangers", obviously, but I've also recently become partial to the theme to "It's a Living."

[*ShortCake*]

Mine are The Facts ( I love it hehehe) , I love Lucy.. Mr. Ed, and Get Smart http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif
Ashley

[theshark8777]

I like All in the Family too, just to hear Edith hit the high note. One of my all time favorites is Grand. Also like DIff'rent Strokes, Facts of Life and Growing Pains.

[Mossopp]

The best theme song ever is the one from Laverne and Shirley!

[LaverneShirley]

Well, I'm just changin' everything lately. My list is different now. I love theme songs, so in no particular order: Laverne & Shirley, The Facts of Life (all 3 versions), Happy Days (every version, including Rock Around the Clock), Gilligan's Island, Diff'rent Strokes (never seen it, but it has a great theme song!), Green Acres, All in the Family, The Monkees, Bette, I could go on an on... oh! It's a cartoon, but the Pink Panther! And Ducktales! In sixth grade we played it in band. That was fun.. we played the Beach Boys' Barbara Ann, too. And last year we played the Mission: Impossible theme... and this year we played Twist and Shout... but I'll shut up now...

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"Well, Laverne is sort of childish" -Shirley

"Childish? Childish? Coming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!" -Laverne

"Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!" -Shirley

"Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!" -Laverne

[bigtime silver spoons fan]

My favorite theme song was from the short lived TV show The Last American Hero starring William Katt as the Hero who couldn't seem to fly. My other favorite theme songs are from the following shows:

The Fall Guy, The Incredible Hulk, The Hogan Family, 7th Heaven, Buck Rogers (show starring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray) and of course Silver Spoons


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[Franko1998]

Laverne and Shirley, Facts of Life, Head of the Class, The Golden Girls, Perfect Strangers, Good Times, Three's Company, & many more I can't think of right now.

[theshark8777]

The Greatest American Hero was a great theme!! Forgot about that one...
Liberty Twp, OH? Thats right down the road!

[80skid]

Hmmm...

"You take the good you take the bad and there you have the facts of life, the facts of life!"

Or...
"Show me that smile again..."

Both songs I love along w/ the tv show!

[LaverneShirley]

Is it really? I'm sorry, I've never heard of Newton Falls...

I have yet another theme song to add! It's another show I haven't seen, but oh well! Petticoat Junction! "That's Uncle Joe, he's movin' kinda slow, at the junction!"

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"Well, Laverne is sort of childish" -Shirley

"Childish? Childish? Coming from a grown woman who throws tea parties for her stuffed cat!" -Laverne

"Well at least I don't sew L's on everything I wear!" -Shirley

"Well that would be pretty stupid considering your name's Shirley!" -Laverne

[silentbri]

I didn't read all the posts (two pages?!?!), but here are my choices, broken in to categories:

Most Effective: Songs that set up the premise for the show. Gilligan's Island, Mr. Ed, and The Brady Bunch all fall in to this category. But the winner is The Beverly Hillbillys, simply becuase the title of the show is inexplicably thrown in to the song, right in the middle of it, by a "Mr. Announcer" voice that completely breaks the mood of the song. Think about it... there's that southern-drawl voice, singing "Well next thing ya know ol' Jed's a millionaire..." and the story of the show is told. Then the banjo music stops, and Mr. Announcer comes on and says "THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES!", and the banjo music starts up again, only faster now! This theme always makes me giggle, even though I hate the show.

CATCHIEST TUNE: The music had really nothing to do with the show, but will now and forever be associated with that show. Nominies include Mary Tyler Moore, Laverne & Shirley, and Who's the Boss. But the winner for this one is Perfect Strangers.

BEST INSTRUMENTAL: Self explanatory; no lyrics. Nominees include Alf and Taxi. And the winner is... Head of the Class! A combination of classical-sounding music and electric guitars expertly display the clash of intelectualism versus real lif that the show so desperately tried to excentuate!

And our final category of the evening...

BEST ROCK-AND-ROLL SWIPE: Sitcoms that use actual, established musical hits as their theme song (usually you don't get to hear these themes in syndication). Nominees are Get A Life (REM's "Stand") and Bossom Buddies (Billy Joel's "My Life"). And the winner is... Working (Devo's "Workin' in a Coal Mine")!

[J Polniaczek]

You take the good you take the bad, you take them both and there you have . . . THE FACTS OF LIFE

FOL's theme is obviously my favorite (I love 'em all), but I also like the one from Gilligan's Island, The Drew Carry Show (all of 'em are great), Laverne and Shirley, and The Simpsons.

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[Chocoholic]

Some of my favorite theme songs are: Wings, The Simpsons, ER, Cheers, and NewsRadio. I also love the one for Ed.

[Lil_miss_goodwrench_518]

the facts of life...all seasons('when the boys u hate, u date, i gusse best investgate(first season) 'when the world never seems to be livng up to your dreams'(other seasons)
growing pains...'dont waste another minuet on your crying'whos the boss...i dunno y but its cool~silver spoons, and saved by the bell
different strokes...and who could forget the wonder years! now i like seventh heaven, 2gether, malcolm in the middle

[Purple Velvet Bohemian]

I don't know if this has been mentioned already or not but did you all know that the Facts Of Life theme song was written by Alan Thicke? He played Jason Seaver in Growing Pains. I think it was co-written with his now ex-wife Gloria Loring.

Mine are;
All In The Family
The Monkees
Maude
Gilligan's Island
The Addam's Family
The Munsters
The Brady Bunch
Peter Gunn
Twilight Zone
Baretta
WKRP
The Beverly Hillbillies
Good Time
Mary Tyler Moore
Partrige Family
Welcome Back Kotter
Barney Miller
The Courtship Of Eddie's Father

I'm probably forgetting a ton of them but these are a good start. LOL!

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[theshark8777]

Alan Thicke also wrote Diff'rent Strokes.

[Mary Covey]

Mine are:
1. Clueless
2. Perfect Strangers
3. Charles In Charge
4. Maude
5. Full House
6. The Facts Of Life
7. The Brady Bunch
I'm sure there's more...

[Sean Snow]

(In no order)
1. Three's Company
2. Laverne and Shirley
3. Diff'rent Strokes
4. Growing Pains
5. Mary Tyler Moore Show
6. Maude
7. The Facts of Life
8. ALF
9. Get Smart
10. Brady Bunch
11. Gilligans Island
etc,etc,etc

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Jack: I'm surprised at you. Where would all the great women of history be if they thought like that!? Look at Joan of Ark and wht she accomplished. And, and Florence Nightengale and Madam Curry.

Chrissy: And Lucretia Borzok.

Janet: She posioned people.

Chrissy: Yeah, but she was very goo at it.
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The You Can Do It Cheer

Chrissy: You Can Do It,
You Can Do It.
You Can, You Can
You Can Do It,
You Can Do It,
You Can, You Can.
Hick-a-chick-a boom,
Hick-a-chick-a ba,
We want a touch down,
ra, ra, ra
Osti Wee-wee,
Osti Wa,
I don't know the rest,
so ha, ha , ha!

Jack: Chrissy, Chrissy
Chew, chew
ra, ra, ra

Above are both from the Three's Company Episode
"Janet's Promotion"

[Mrgman]

WKRP in cincinnatti

[Zebra 3]

- All in the Family
- Baretta
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Cheers
- Gilligan's Island (version incl. the Prof. & Marry Ann)
- Happy Days
- Hawaii Five-O (my very favourite)
- Hogan's Heroes
- Laverne & Shirley
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Starsky & Hutch (2nd season)
- SWAT
- WKRP

[hippiechick60]

:D i think you guys forgot one! hey hey we're the monkees!

[EmoJoe]

Married...With Children
Three's Company
Mary Tyler Moore

that's my top 3, anyway.

Honorable Mention:
I Dream of Jeannie
Who's the Boss?
Charles in Charge

[friendsfan77]

Mary Tyler Moore
Charlie's Angels (One of the absolute BEST opening themes. EVER.)
Guiding Light (1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991-02, 2005-present)
Friends
Golden Girls
Night Court
Newhart
The Bob Newhart Show
Day by Day
Benson
Knight Rider
Are You Being Served?
Dharma & Greg
The Facts of Life
Who's The Boss?
The Parkers
Moonlighting
Love American Style
Family Ties
WKRP in Cincinnati
Alice
Valerie/The Hogan Family
Three's Company
Laverne & Shirley
The Simpsons

[treky]

The Beverly Hillbillies and WKRP in Cinncinatti

[Edison]

Maniac Mansion (tv series - Jane Siberry !), Navy Log, Exploring, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I Spy, Fireball XL-5 (closing theme), Hustle, Babylon 5, Xena, My So-Called Life, Northern Exposure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

[comedyfreak]

My favorite Themes of all time are:

Batman
The Flying Nun
Bewitched (all seasons)
That Girl (season 1-4)
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Green Acres
Lost In Space
Land Of The Giants
Laverne & Shirley

[EighteenMinutes]

I can't believe I'm about to admit this....but there's something about the theme from Perfect Strangers that I've always liked.

But, Cheers......hands down my favorite.

[Scoobiedoo30]

Full House

[Chain Gang Member]

The OC

One Tree Hill

What I Like About You

Veronica Mars

Saved By The Bell

A-Team

Perfect Strangers

Get Smart

WWE RAW

WWE Smackdown!

Three's Company

Good Times

[Scoobiedoo30]

Get Smart

[Wild Ross]

Mr. Belvedere...10/10

I wake up every morning singing that song.

"...life is more than mere survival..."

[ABC1]

My favorite theme songs are The Love Boat, Benson, Adam-12, The Simpsons, Get Smart, Mary Tyler Moore, Silver Spoons, Addams Family...
I'm sure there are others...:wave:

[bmb537g]

Growing Pains

[TheLurkerKing]

Not necessarily the best, but my favorites. Some of these have been mentioned before.

Vocal
"Secret Agent Man" (Johnny Rivers)
"Theme from Flipper"
"Theme from the Yellow Rose"
"Go! Speedracer! Go!"

Instrumental
"Theme from Hill Street Blues"
"Theme from Dr. Who"
"Theme from Flash Forward"
"Theme from Second Noah"