# Is there a similarity between the theme song of Get Smart & The Immigrant Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-similarity-between-the-theme-song-of-get-smart-the-immigrant-song/416642 "2007-08-23T15:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-similarity-between-the-theme-song-of-get-smart-the-immigrant-song/416642/21 "2024-04-29T02:42:26Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Stairway to Heaven and the Gilligan’s Island theme are both members of a very, very large family of songs and poems with the same basic meter. According to cherokeephil, [there are at least 31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adIzx0VXTS0). I couldn’t listen to all 31. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-similarity-between-the-theme-song-of-get-smart-the-immigrant-song/416642/22 "2024-04-29T08:49:06Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Silly! Don’t you know that the _Gilligan’s Island tune_ has nothing to do with _Stairway to Heavan_? Instead, it fits perfectly to the [lyrics of the Australian national anthem](http://www.imagesaustralia.com/australiannationalanthem.htm)? Nah, The Australian National Anthem works to the tune of Cold Chisel, Working Class Man. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eobSMcB-nMA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eobSMcB-nMA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-similarity-between-the-theme-song-of-get-smart-the-immigrant-song/416642.md?page=1)