TV Show themes that charted on Billboard (song - artist - show -highest chart position -)
Welcome Back - John Sebastien - Welcome Back, Kotter - #1 May 1976
Happy Days - Pratt & McClain - Happy Days - #5 1976
Rockford Files - Mike Post and Pete Carpenter - #10 1975
Greatest American Hero - Mike Post - #2 1981
Dynasty - Bill Conti - #52 1982
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Paul Henning - #1 Billboard country singles charts, #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.
Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer - #1 in Aug. 1985 (also won two Grammys)
The theme from The Young and the Restless by Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin Jr. reached #8 on the Billboard charts after it was retiled “Nadia’s Theme,” during the Montreal Olympics in 1976
Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco - Laverne and Shirley - #25 in June 1976
“The Ballad of Davy Crockett” (it was the theme to Fess Parker’s TV series) was a #1 hit in 1954 for Bill Hayes.
The Theme From S.W.A.T. (#1 on February 28, 1976)
WKRP in Cincinnati, Steve Carlisle, #65 in 1981
The theme from*** Soul Train ***, aka “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia,” reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1974, as perfromed by the studio group MFSB.
New topic: Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
New topic: Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
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JohnT
May 21, 2014, 6:57pm
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Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
(I’m utterly confused by the post above this one. Where did that list come from?)
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
That was my fault. Asimovian and I more or less simulposted, and I deleted mine.
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
“New Noise,” by Refused
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
“New Noise,” by Refused
“I Just Don’t Understand” by Ann-Margret
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
“New Noise,” by Refused
“I Just Don’t Understand” by Ann-Margret
“Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede
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Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
“New Noise,” by Refused
“I Just Don’t Understand” by Ann-Margret
“Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede
“I Follow Rivers” by Lykke Li
NDP
May 21, 2014, 10:54pm
25994
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
“New Noise,” by Refused
“I Just Don’t Understand” by Ann-Margret
“Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede
“I Follow Rivers” by Lykke Li
“Hate to Say I Told You So” by The Hives
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
“New Noise,” by Refused
“I Just Don’t Understand” by Ann-Margret
“Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede
“I Follow Rivers” by Lykke Li
“Hate to Say I Told You So” by The Hives
“The Final Countdown” by Europe
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
“New Noise,” by Refused
“I Just Don’t Understand” by Ann-Margret
“Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede
“I Follow Rivers” by Lykke Li
“Hate to Say I Told You So” by The Hives
“The Final Countdown” by Europe
“Heaven Tonight” by Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force
Hit songs by Acts From Sweden (Must be 13 different acts)
“Wake Me Up” by Avicii
“The Sign,” by Ace of Base
“Waterloo”, ABBA
“Dangerous,” by Roxette
“Lovefool”, by the Cardigans
“New Noise,” by Refused
“I Just Don’t Understand” by Ann-Margret
“Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede
“I Follow Rivers” by Lykke Li
“Hate to Say I Told You So” by The Hives
“The Final Countdown” by Europe
“Heaven Tonight” by Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force
“Upside Down” by A-Teens
I’ll pass.
New! Full-length animated movies NOT by Disney or Pixar.
The Secret Of NIMH
New! Full-length animated movies NOT by Disney or Pixar.
The Secret Of NIMH
Yellow Submarine
Full-length animated movies NOT by Disney or Pixar.
The Secret Of NIMH
Yellow Submarine
The Prince of Egypt
Full-length animated movies NOT by Disney or Pixar.
The Secret Of NIMH
Yellow Submarine
The Prince of Egypt
Heavy Metal
Full-length animated movies NOT by Disney or Pixar.
The Secret Of NIMH
Yellow Submarine
The Prince of Egypt
Heavy Metal
The Iron Giant
Full-length animated movies NOT by Disney or Pixar.
The Secret Of NIMH
Yellow Submarine
The Prince of Egypt
Heavy Metal
The Iron Giant
Heavy Metal 2000