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My 5 Favorite TV Theme Songs that surprisingly didn't get an honorable mention in this video: 1. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2. Perfect Strangers 3. The Greatest American Hero 4. Law & Order 5. Welcome Back, Kotter
I like the ones that you mentioned, but there are some that I think just as highly about: Lawman, Hawaii 5-0, Secret Agent Man, Welcome Back Kotter, The Andy Griffith Show, BorderTown, Hill Street Blues, Green Acres, ABC's Wide World of Sports, Batman, The Green Hornet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, Star Trek, Doctor Who,The Lone Ranger, etc
I grew up with plenty of 80's family sitcoms, namely "Full House", "Family Ties" and "Growing Pains." "WandaVision" did an amazing job of replicating their opening themes in their 80's inspired episode, as well as other decades.
The theme to 'Hill Street Blues'...hands down. Made it a point to never miss the opening of this show just for the song. 'The Jeffersons' is a very close second.
So....... wait a minute..... you don't have the theme for SWAT or Hawaii Five-0 in this countdown?!? These two (along with Dallas) are memorable iconic songs people like me grew up on..... in my opinion it should've been the Top 2 because of the TV series reboots
It’s like Angelo Badalamenti’s music is putting you under hypnosis and then you’ll be completely fine with whatever bonkers thing shows up on your screen in Twin Peaks lol
It’s maybe a bit dated, but in a way it is true to a degree. We are really all human beings, and despite what some people will try to tell you, we all have our troubles, even if they are somewhat different.
@@andrewjones575 The song is not about differences. It is about the shared qualities of the human condition. Everyone has troubles, everyone has a personality and lifestyle. Whether you understand them or not you need to recognize that at a very basic level every person is the same.
I appreciate how difficult it was to compile this list. However I sometimes got the impression that the WatchMojo team chose not according to the best theme songs but the most successful shows from a particular time period. And I was truly surprised that no mention was made of Star Trek, Mission Impossible or Hawaii 5-0, songs written in the 60's which continue to be impactful even today.
Bonanza - All In The Family - Rockford Files - Wild Wild West - Mission Impossible - Star Trek - AND SO MANY MORE!! You missed so many that were better than the ones you picked.
The disrespect doctor who is given. It literally has one of the most iconic, memorable and recognisable themes of all time and has done so for nearly 60 years.
My Top 20 20: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer Theme 19: I've Been Searching My Soul, Ally McBeal 18: Love and Marriage, Married...With Children 17: Days of our Lives Theme 16: A Horse is a Horse, Mr. Ed 15: And Then There's Maude, Maude 14: Those Were The Days, All In The Family 13: Good Times Theme 12: All That, All That 11: That's So Raven 10: Rugrats Theme 9: The Young and the Restless Theme 8: Game of Thrones Theme 7: Beverly Hills, 90210 Theme 6: Unsolved Mysteries Theme 5: Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme 4: Movin On Up, The Jeffersons 3: MASH Theme 2: Thank You For Being A Friend, Golden Girls 1: Sesame Street (First song I learned to sing start to finish)
For me, y’all missed a few good ones: Barney Miller - Bad ass baseline Taxi - Just smoothe Diff’rent Strokes - Great vocals Perfect Strangers - Again, great vocals Metalocalypse - Awesome metal South Park - Just fun Oh wait! As I’m writing this, I just realized the last 2 are animated. Oh well. I’ll still include them.
Friends, ‘70s Show & Fresh Prince will always be on the top 5 for me. Cheers is great too. Maybe in a few years, Peacemaker will be in the mix. Love that intro!
oh yeah fresh prince of bel air was catchy. But Kids in the hall with that catch bass and Rescue me's theme song are like songs I feel good enough ppl could download to play in their car. They weren't just catchy theme songs like the rest or most that were just good for that, but just good songs. Something about kids in the hall, probably because the show was in the 90s. But that 90s bass vibe.
I remember about 18 years ago hearing the theme tune to x files that I was to scared to even go as the same room as the dvds because I was terrified of them
Really surprised you don’t have the Doctor Who Theme opening on here, new or old! It’s stayed consistent for over 50 years and has always been many people’s childhood!!
@@redroobarb4562 It seems so but that’s really isn’t fair since they said “of all time” it should be across different countries if they make a Top 20 with that title
1. Gimme A Break 2. Different Strokes 3. The Rockford Files 4. The Greatest American Heroes 5. Amen 6. Good Times 7. Sanford & Son 8. The Jeffersons 9. The Facts of Life 10. Maude 11. The Golden Girls 12. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 13. All in The Family 14. Wonder Woman 15. Cheers 16. Mission Impossible 17. Hawaii 5-0 18. Miami Vice 19. In Living Color 20. Fat Albert 21. 227 23. Different World 24. Martin 25. Living Single 26. Family Matter 27. Roc 28. What’s Happening 29. Hill Street Blues 30. Knight Rider (Not Necessarily in any particular order, except 1-5)
"Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)" is a song composed by Mike Post with lyrics by Stephen Geyer, and sung by American singer Joey Scarbury. It reached #2 on the U.S. Billboard hot 100 in 1981. This song is much more memorable than the Full House theme.
My top 20 1. Fresh prince of bel air 2. Smallville 3. Kenan and kel 4. Drake & Josh 5. The A team 6. Friends 7. What's new scooby doo 8. Spiderman 1960s 9. Dukes of hazzard 10. Batman 1960s 11. The sorpranos 12. Ben 10 ( 2005 ) 13. Zeke & luther 14. Charmed 15. Big bang theory 16. Walker texas ranger 17. The addams family 18. Simpsons 19. Sons of anarchy 20. X files
The Doctor Who theme has been iconic since its 1983 inception and the evolution of the song throughout the years has left it's mark on the pop culture landscape!
For me.... The Lonely Man, theme song to the tv series The Incredible Hulk was my all time favorite!!! It was not only hauntingly Beautiful, but with the accompanied words during the show intro really painted an eerie picture for David Banner who because of the Hulk, is now a Lonely Man ❤️
@@tarjan68 originally, yes. The Joe Cocker version (better version IMO) was used for The Wonder Years. Using that song they also created one of the best closing credit melodies IMO.
“The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp”, “Daniel Boone”, and “Davy Crockett” tv show (before it was made into “King of the Wild Frontier” and “Davy Crocket and the River Pirates”) all had pretty catchy themes. They are still stuck in my head.
Should have been mentioned that the demand for "I'll Be There For You" to be released as a full length single by the Rembrandts after huge demand from the public led the song to have two extra verses added in the single version. It was the number one song in Canada in 1995 and hit #17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
"The Young and the Restless" theme should've made the list. When I was a kid and heard that piano intro I knew it was time to leave mom alone for an hour.
@@susank8371 It could be if it instantaneously puts you in a coma, from which you never wake up. Of course, that all depends a lot on methodology, judgement & luck.
Many great theme songs missed such as Perry Mason, Peter Gunn, All in the Family, The Rockford Files, I Love Lucy, Mad Men, Hawaii 5-0, Batman, and Barney MIller.
They need to do a Top 100 for this… so many classic themes ignored: Taxi, I Love Lucy, Get Smart, The Munsters, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Dragnet, The Bob Newhart Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, … I could go on.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show..."Love is all around". It's the one theme song that instantly came to my mind. Surprised not to see it here. Especially with the recent passings last year of Cloris, Ed, Gavin, and Betty. Last four stars of the show gone in one year.
The first one was just Rock Around the Clock, which was a pre-existing song (though a fun one). But the visuals they used to accompany it were really clever.
There are easily enough choices to do "another 20" list. These were all classics that there was no room for The Facts of Life, The A-Team, Baywatch, The Munsters, Diff'rent Strokes, Batman (Adam West), or The Mickey Mouse Club
Can’t believe you didn’t include the theme song from The Rockford Files or the theme song to Law and Order. They are so much more memorable than some of the ones you have on this list.
I think the one thing we can agree on about this list is that people will disagree with the shows appear here. I myself question why some were included (Dallas, Three's Company, Full House) and some, which to this day are instantly recognizable, were omitted (The Twillight Zone, Bonanza, The Rockford Files, Green Acres). I never watched Rockford or Green Acres but I remember putting them on just to I hear the theme song. Who doesn't immediately picture sand, surf, and rolling waves when hearing the Hawaii Five-O theme? Some were such hits that they made it onto the pop charts (Welcome Back Kotter, Bosom Buddies, Rockford Files, Green Acres, Hill Street Blues to name a few). I agree with some of the other commentors about doing a Top 20 or so from each decade to include some of the great themes not mentioned here.
The X Files& Knight Rider are my faves here but I love others: ER, Xena: Warrior Princess, Robocop: The Series, Earth: Final Conflict, Babylon 5, L.A. Heat, Melrose Place, The 4400, Spy Game, Acapulco HEAT, Renegade, Walker Texas Ranger, La Femme Nikita, The Pretender, Baywatch, Buffy, Lexx, SeaQuest, TekWar, Super Force, True Blood, Drop Dead Diva.
Is there a part 2? Because this list NEEDS a part 2 (if there already isn't one). I mean: Good Times Dawson's Creek Ally McBeal Law & Order Baywatch ...and so many more
Mike Post made great themes, like Hill Street Blues or Magnum PI. Also, there are some great 60s and 70s themes in Great Britain, such as The Avengers or The Prisoner (with Patrick McGoohan), also Thunderbirds or Department S. Someone here mentioned I Dream of Genie and The Andy Griffith Show. Lost in Space and Star Trek are iconic. What about Six Million Dollar Man? There are so many themes that became legendary.
I dream of Genie 2nd season on. The first season not so much. It's funny but right now I am watching that show on Amazon. I am almost through 2nd season. And wow, yeah I forgot about those others. Six Million Dollar Man (another theme song that told the story). Battlestar Galactica, Space 1999, and yes the Avengers. The Prisoner theme was OK. But leaving off Star Trek? I would say that and Star Wars are probably the most recognized theme songs. Though Star Wars was a movie. Oh and if you want to add in British shows then Benny Hill...I remember staying up late on Saturdays to watch that show :) Oh and let's not forget all the teen boys favorite show...Wonder Woman To this day I still listen to Greatest American Hero and Welcome Back Kotter songs.
I wouldn't be born for another couple decades, so I never saw this air; But the second I heard 'The Rockford Files' theme, it became clear no television theme song would ever be better. It's a shame it's not on this list.
A good, memorable title theme can draw an audience and keep them there through familiarity. Every one of these selections, I saw the title card, and the theme song immediately went through my head, even before the song itself was played.
.....They seriously left out Game of Thrones. I can't fathom. No matter what you think of the shows quality there is no doubt of the sheer levels of hype and grandeur that song gave to every last episode.
The Kids in the Hall theme “Having an Average Weekend” by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet is instrumental, iconic, evocative, nostalgic and gives me chills from the opening chord.
My 5 Favorite TV Theme Songs that surprisingly didn't get an honorable mention in this video: 1. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2. Perfect Strangers 3. The Greatest American Hero 4. Law & Order 5. Welcome Back, Kotter
@@leo11lim I’ve seen Zyuranger, and Mighty Morphin is easily the better of the 2… personally, I think Super Sentai is overrated a lot of the times to it’s Power Rangers counterparts.
@@DavidJordao zyuranger is actually better because pr teenagers with attitude is just bad acting and doesn’t aged well and bulk skull are pointless that why samurai suck ass.
MORE PLEASE! Brilliant and nostalgic, we need a part 2.....The Facts of Life, The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show, Maude, Family Guy, Dynasty, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, the original Dark Shadows, Doctor Who, the very underrated and rare Paper Dolls theme by X-Files theme man, Mark Snow! So many goodies!
What?! The theme from the original Hawaii Five-O didn’t make the cut? It was a huge hit when I was a kid. And Greatest American Hero theme is a playlist favorite of mine.
You left out so many great theme songs! What about the Andy Griffith show, Night Court, Patty Duke show, Hill Street Blues, Cops, Greatest American Hero, LA Law and the Munsters?
