The best TV theme songs
If there was ever a radio station that only played TV theme songs, it’s safe to say that’s where I’d set my dial permanently. Now, I’m not saying that TV theme songs are better than other music, but there’s definitely something about them: they’re catchy, they’re fun, and they take you back to memories that other songs can’t. . Of the melody of singing the brady group to the piano interpretation of Hill Street Sadness, the musical themes of television are part of our lives, whether we like it or not. The following is our list of the best TV theme songs ever written, songs that made the shows as much fun to listen to as they were to watch.
Laverne and Shirley: Schlemeel, schlemazel, built-in hasenfeffer. You know a TV show is going to be good when it starts with the main characters jumping down a sidewalk while arm in arm. In the opening song of Laverne and Shirley, sung by Cyndi Grecco, we are introduced to the premise of the show: two women determined to follow their dreams and make them come true. From the start, we’re pretty much forewarned that this duo was going to have it their way, even if their path was often fraught with clumsiness, nonsense, and trouble. A show that was all about fun, the theme song for Laverne and Shirley it will be recognizable for decades and decades to come.
Health: This show not only made us feel better about going to the bar every day, it also made us long for a place where everyone knew our name. The opening song, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” by Gary Portnoy, talks about life’s problems, with the full lyrics talking about a husband wanting to be a girl and being left at the altar by a third fiancée. These lyrics, along with the opening images of past political movements and celebrations, make the main theme Health particularly memorable and strangely moving. There is something almost nostalgic about it, something that will make everyone know your name for a long time.
The Jeffersons: If any show made us want to move to the East Side to a luxury apartment in the sky, it was the jeffersons. A show portraying an upper-class African-American family moving to the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the jeffersons It made us laugh, think and yearn for a piece of the pie. The opening theme, “Movin’ on Up”, was sung by Ja’net Du Bois and a gospel choir. Although the song was short and fast, it is still very well known: more than two decades have passed since the jeffersons It came off the air, and yet it’s still hard to hear the expression “move on” without thinking of Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford.
The Dukes of Hazard: A show that followed two troublemakers as they evaded the law in rural Georgia and drove a modified Dodge Charger, The Dukes of Hazard it was a show that did two things: It made every little kid in America name their toy after the General Lee, and it left a theme song in all of our heads. The opening song, “The Good Old Boys”, was written and performed by Waylon Jennings. Jennings additionally had a role as “The Balladeer” and provided narration for the show.
Greatest American Hero: A show in a genre you just don’t watch enough: a superhero, a comedy-drama, the most memorable of the greatest american hero it is most likely the main theme. “Believe it or Not” was written by Mike Post and Stephen Geyer and performed by Joey Scarbury. This musical theme not only became popular during the short duration of the program, reaching number 2 on Billboard Top 40 in August 1981, but it remains one of the most popular and beloved television songs of all time. “Believe it or Not” is easy to sing, easy to remember, and that episode of Seinfeld where George Costanza parodied it on his answering machine made it go from hilarious to downright hilarious.
