TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

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Already-Famous bands who recorded TV theme songs

  1. Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies
  2. The Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) - The Presidents of the United States of America
  3. That '70s Show – Cheap Trick

They did a cover of the original, and their version was used from season 2 thru 7

-“BB”-

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Already-Famous bands who recorded TV theme songs

  1. Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies
  2. The Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) - The Presidents of the United States of America
  3. That '70s Show - Cheap Trick
  4. Ed - Foo Fighters
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Already-Famous bands who recorded TV theme songs

  1. Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies
  2. The Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) - The Presidents of the United States of America
  3. That '70s Show - Cheap Trick
  4. Ed - Foo Fighters
  5. Chuck - Cake
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Already-Famous bands who recorded TV theme songs

  1. Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies
  2. The Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) - The Presidents of the United States of America
  3. That '70s Show - Cheap Trick
  4. Ed - Foo Fighters
  5. Chuck - Cake
  6. Moonlighting - Al Jarreau
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Already-Famous bands who recorded TV theme songs

  1. Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies
  2. The Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) - The Presidents of the United States of America
  3. That '70s Show - Cheap Trick
  4. Ed - Foo Fighters
  5. Chuck - Cake
  6. Moonlighting - Al Jarreau
  7. Malcolm in the Middle (“Boss of Me”) - They Might Be Giants
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Already-Famous bands who recorded TV theme songs

  1. Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies
  2. The Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) - The Presidents of the United States of America
  3. That '70s Show - Cheap Trick
  4. Ed - Foo Fighters
  5. Chuck - Cake
  6. Moonlighting - Al Jarreau
  7. Malcolm in the Middle (“Boss of Me”) - They Might Be Giants
  8. House, MD - Massive Attack
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Already-Famous bands who recorded TV theme songs

  1. Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies
  2. The Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) - The Presidents of the United States of America
  3. That '70s Show - Cheap Trick
  4. Ed - Foo Fighters
  5. Chuck - Cake
  6. Moonlighting - Al Jarreau
  7. Malcolm in the Middle (“Boss of Me”) - They Might Be Giants
  8. House, MD - Massive Attack
  9. Designing Women (Georgia on My Mind) - Ray Charles
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Already-Famous bands who recorded TV theme songs

  1. Big Bang Theory – Barenaked Ladies
  2. The Drew Carey Show (Cleveland Rocks) - The Presidents of the United States of America
  3. That '70s Show - Cheap Trick
  4. Ed - Foo Fighters
  5. Chuck - Cake
  6. Moonlighting - Al Jarreau
  7. Malcolm in the Middle (“Boss of Me”) - They Might Be Giants
  8. House, MD - Massive Attack
  9. Designing Women (Georgia on My Mind) - Ray Charles
  10. South Park - Primus

Next: Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
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Next: Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
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Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
  3. Doctor Who - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire
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Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
  3. Doctor Who - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire
  4. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
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Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
  3. Doctor Who - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire
  4. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
  5. Star Trek - Alexander Courage

Roddenberry did write lyrics for it, but only to grab half of the publishing.

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And the lyrics aren’t very good.

Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
  3. Doctor Who - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire
  4. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
  5. Star Trek - Alexander Courage
  6. S.W.A.T - Barry De Vorzon
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Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
  3. Doctor Who - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire
  4. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
  5. Star Trek - Alexander Courage
  6. S.W.A.T - Barry De Vorzon
  7. Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini

-“BB”-

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Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
  3. Doctor Who - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire
  4. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
  5. Star Trek - Alexander Courage
  6. S.W.A.T - Barry De Vorzon
  7. Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
  8. BoJack Horseman - Patrick Carney
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Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
  3. Doctor Who - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire
  4. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
  5. Star Trek - Alexander Courage
  6. S.W.A.T - Barry De Vorzon
  7. Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
  8. BoJack Horseman - Patrick Carney
  9. Taxi - Bob James
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Instrumental Theme Songs

  1. Dallas - Jerrod Immel
  2. Mission: Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
  3. Doctor Who - Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire
  4. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
  5. Star Trek - Alexander Courage
  6. S.W.A.T - Barry De Vorzon
  7. Peter Gunn – Henry Mancini
  8. BoJack Horseman - Patrick Carney
  9. Taxi - Bob James
  10. Monk - Jeff Beal (first season only)

Randy Newman later recorded the song “It’s a Jungle Out There” for subsequent seasons

Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. Addams Family
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I used to review Monk for a friend’s pop-culture website. When the theme song changed, I made a point of noting my displeasure, and actually got an email from Jeff Beal, thanking me for noting the “travesty” visited upon his Monk theme.

Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
  3. Get Smart