# The "Wonder Woman" theme vs. the "Batgirl" theme --Which is more of an earworm? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624 "2017-07-06T17:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/1 "2017-07-06T17:37:32Z")
I’m talking of course about the 1970’s Lynda Carter “New, Original Wonder Woman” and the 1960’s “Batgirl” theme from the third season of “Batman”. (I chose not to use the “Batman” theme song since it is short on dumb lyric verses; this is more of a fair fight.) Just to refresh your memory (and possibly drive you insane), here they are: [Wonder Woman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dA4uZCAjk) [Batgirl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHWJe8ASs6k) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/2 "2017-07-06T19:10:28Z")
Wow, they’re both very bad. But the opening to Batgirl wins simply due to Yvonne Craig being in it. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/3 "2017-07-06T19:36:55Z")
After 42 years, I could still remember over half of the words to the Wonder Woman theme. After 10 minutes I have already forgotten most of the words to the Batgirl theme. Watching those videos surprised me. I had forgotten how scrawny Lynda Carter was. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/4 "2017-07-06T19:50:23Z")
The _ **Wonder Woman** _ theme is definitely more of an ear worm for me. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/5 "2017-07-06T20:53:14Z")
I’d forgotten Batgirl had a theme and it’s pretty awful. Wonder Woman’s theme wins handily for the melody, but it also has painfully bad lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/6 "2017-07-06T21:08:20Z")
Another vote for Wonder Woman. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/7 "2017-07-06T22:33:59Z")
I remember both from my youth. Ah youth… I would argue that Wonder Woman is a better song but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s more of an ear worm. The falsetto in the Bat Girl song is certainly more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Marci\_Al](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Marci\_Al](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marci_Al)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/8 "2017-07-06T23:00:26Z")
Agree that the WW song has far better lyrics. _“All the world is waiting for you, and the magic that you do.”_ ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/9 "2017-07-06T23:19:46Z")
Oh definitely, WW has the hooks… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/10 "2017-07-07T00:57:37Z")
I never saw _Batgirl_and thus never heard the theme. Can’t listen to it right now but I can sing the entirety of the WW theme (in fact I did it just a few days ago. None of the 20 year olds in my office had a clue what I was on about)so I think that there is some longevity. Personally I prefer Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/11 "2017-07-07T01:40:46Z")
**Wonder Woman** is better in every way, including far more memorable. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/12 "2017-07-07T01:42:20Z")
> [@Marci\_Al](#): > > Agree that the WW song has far better lyrics. _“All the world is waiting for you, and the magic that you do.”_ [nitpick]It’s actually “…and the power you possess.” [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/13 "2017-07-07T02:48:34Z")
Wonder Woman for the song. Lynda Carter for the eyeworm also, but only because of her cartoonish proportions. Yvonne Craig was much hotter. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/14 "2017-07-07T03:08:48Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Personally I prefer Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. [Electra-Woman and Dyna-Girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HU7bblWwPQ). Ehhh. I dunno; somehow it just have the hooky catch that bores into your brain the same way that the refrains “Wonder Woman!” and “Batgirl! Batgirl!” seem to do. It’s got the mid-70s type of blah-ness to it. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/15 "2017-07-07T03:21:10Z")
The lyrics to both are pretty bad, but I suppose “whose baby are you?” is slightly worse than “in your satin tights, fighting for our rights.” In terms of music, there’s no contest. The Batgirl song is appropriately goofy and a takeoff of the style of the Batman theme, but it’s ear-wounding cacophony. The Wonder Woman melody is catchy and endlessly hummable. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/16 "2017-07-07T18:29:26Z")
> [@](#): > > [nitpick]It’s actually “…and the power you possess.” [/nitpick] Sorry Movie Mogul, but it’s both. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/17 "2017-07-08T01:16:56Z")
> [@Shawn1767](#): > > Sorry Movie Mogul, but it’s both. I’m sure he meant what follows “All the world is waiting for you” is “and the power you possess.” “And the magic that you do” follows “All our hopes are pinned upon you.” ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/18 "2017-07-08T15:33:06Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > [Electra-Woman and Dyna-Girl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HU7bblWwPQ). > > Ehhh. I dunno; somehow it just have the hooky catch that bores into your brain the same way that the refrains “Wonder Woman!” and “Batgirl! Batgirl!” seem to do. It’s got the mid-70s type of blah-ness to it. Wow, that clip. So 70’s. Gotta mail order some glitter platform soles and a [white disco jumpsuit](http://centmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/70sfashion7.jpg) with my BankAmericard. ---
**Author:** ![Shawn1767](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/19 "2017-07-08T21:09:35Z")
Oh, X-ray vision. I see. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624/20 "2017-07-08T21:39:14Z")
> [@Marci\_Al](#): > > Agree that the WW song has far better lyrics. _“All the world is waiting for you, and the magic that you do.”_ The “satin tights” reference is painful, though.