# Topic Playlist! (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 3, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647 "2019-09-03T22:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 306
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6101 "2020-04-19T07:26:22Z")
Actual names of TV theme songs 1. Suicide is Painless - M_A_S\*H 2. Best Friend - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 3. Far From Any Road - True Detective S1 4. Rossini’s William Tell Overture - The Lone Ranger 5. Trevor Duncan’s march from A Little Suite.- Dr. Finlay’s Casebook 6. Charles Gonoud’s _Marche funèbre d’une marionnette_ - Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7. The Toy Parade - Leave It To Beaver 8. Keep Your Fingers Crossed - The Dick Van Dyke Show ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6102 "2020-04-19T08:25:49Z")
Actual names of TV theme songs 1. Suicide is Painless - M_A_S\*H 2. Best Friend - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 3. Far From Any Road - True Detective S1 4. Rossini’s William Tell Overture - The Lone Ranger 5. Trevor Duncan’s march from A Little Suite.- Dr. Finlay’s Casebook 6. Charles Gonoud’s Marche funèbre d’une marionnette - Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7. The Toy Parade - Leave It To Beaver 8. Keep Your Fingers Crossed - The Dick Van Dyke Show 9. Those Were the Days - All in the Family ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6103 "2020-04-19T08:43:27Z")
“Those were the Days” was not a pre-existing song – it was composed to be the show’s theme ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6104 "2020-04-19T09:24:28Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > “Those were the Days” was not a pre-existing song – it was composed to be the show’s theme Well, there is a point to be made that with “actual names” Elendil’s Hair did imply that the songs should be pre existing or at least not made specifically with the show in mind, but I don’t think that technically speaking Dolores Reborn broke the premise. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6105 "2020-04-19T12:25:24Z")
But by definition, every theme qualifies, because a song has to be “titled” in order to be copyrighted, which they all are. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6106 "2020-04-19T12:42:16Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > But by definition, every theme qualifies, because a song has to be “titled” in order to be copyrighted, which they all are. True. I guess that the idea is that a lot of them are called something like “Knight Rider Theme”, while others have actual names that a lot of people doesn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6107 "2020-04-19T13:57:14Z")
Nowhere is it stated that the songs have to be pre-existing. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6108 "2020-04-19T14:13:01Z")
Actual names of TV theme songs 1. Suicide is Painless - M_A_S\*H 2. Best Friend - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 3. Far From Any Road - True Detective S1 4. Rossini’s William Tell Overture - The Lone Ranger 5. Trevor Duncan’s march from A Little Suite.- Dr. Finlay’s Casebook 6. Charles Gonoud’s Marche funèbre d’une marionnette - Alfred Hitchcock Presents 7. The Toy Parade - Leave It To Beaver 8. Keep Your Fingers Crossed - The Dick Van Dyke Show 9. Those Were the Days - All in the Family 10. Thank You For Being A Friend - Golden Girls Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 11. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers Yes, “Theme from …” counts. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6109 "2020-04-19T14:31:40Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra The single charted in the Billboard Top 10. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6110 "2020-04-19T14:55:43Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams Reached #1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1971. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6111 "2020-04-19T15:57:53Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams 4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6112 "2020-04-19T21:10:13Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams 4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die 5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6113 "2020-04-19T21:43:01Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams 4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die 5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 6. Theme from _A Summer Place_ - Percy Faith and his Orchestra #1 for nine weeks ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6114 "2020-04-19T22:34:35Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams 4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die 5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra 7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Srangers ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6115 "2020-04-20T01:42:17Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams 4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die 5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra 7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Srangers 8. The Summer Knows - from Summer of '42 - Peter Nero ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6116 "2020-04-20T01:42:36Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams 4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die 5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra 7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Srangers 8. Third Man Theme - five versions charted, #1 for 9 weeks, 1950 ---
**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:** [April 20, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6117 "2020-04-20T03:40:09Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams 4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die 5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra 7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Strangers 8. Third Man Theme - five versions charted, #1 for 9 weeks, 1950 9. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon - The Spy Who Loved Me ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6118 "2020-04-20T05:54:19Z")
Movie Themes that Charted on Billboard 1. Unchained Melody - Les Baxter & His Orchestra/Righteous Brothers 2. Pink Panther Theme - Henry Mancini and His Orchestra 3. (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story - Andy Williams 4. Live And Let Die - Wings - Live And Let Die 5. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey 6. Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith and his Orchestra 7. For All We Know - The Carpenters - Lovers and Other Strangers 8. The Summer Knows - from Summer of '42 - Peter Nero 9. Third Man Theme - five versions charted, #1 for 9 weeks, 1950 10. Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon - The Spy Who Loved Me Clean up. Instrumentals that run longer than 10:00 1. City Country City - War ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6119 "2020-04-20T08:53:45Z")
Instrumentals that run longer than 10:00 1. City Country City - War 2. Tangerine - The Dave Brubeck Quartet ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647/6120 "2020-04-20T09:43:02Z")
Instrumentals that run longer than 10:00 1. City Country City - War 2. Tangerine - The Dave Brubeck Quartet 3. The Divided Sky - Phish Yes. Contrary to popular opinion, Phish can be enjoyed without drugs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=305) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-playlist-part-1/839647.md?page=307)