# Identify this space-themed show with a cool ending theme song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107 "2011-04-04T02:45:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107/21 "2016-06-02T19:08:28Z")
Damn, and I came in to contribute [Space 1999](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLhdY6_juDk). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107/22 "2016-06-02T20:07:34Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Damn, and I came in to contribute [Space 1999](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLhdY6_juDk). You’re either five or seventeen years too late! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107/23 "2016-06-02T20:33:17Z")
I had assumed from the title that it had to be [Fireball XL5](https://youtu.be/ed0jsVgIHu8). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107/24 "2016-06-02T20:49:28Z")
Was it performed by Duran Duran? ---
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107/25 "2016-06-04T15:01:38Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You’re either five or seventeen years too late! It doesn’t matter. Any excuse for Space1999 theme. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107/26 "2016-06-08T20:03:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Was it performed by Duran Duran? Once, but it didn’t make the cut for the Rio album and The Chauffeur ended up taking its place, which turns out to be for the better because the video had boobs in it, which for 16 yo me was all that mattered…🆒 ---
**Author:** ![NotBob13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19b73/32.png) [@NotBob13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotBob13)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107/27 "2016-06-09T04:51:19Z")
We will never know for sure, but this sounds like \*The Real Folk Blues \* that is the end credits song of _Cowboy Beebop_. [- YouTube](https://youtu.be/nftxDrStny8) See you, space cowboy. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107/28 "2016-06-09T05:39:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > I had assumed from the title that it had to be [Fireball XL5](https://youtu.be/ed0jsVgIHu8). If you’re gonna link to that song, [do it right](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDrGmUlmutY). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-space-themed-show-with-a-cool-ending-theme-song/577107.md?page=1)