# TV closing themes with sung lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 14, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019 "2022-03-14T11:47:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/21 "2022-03-14T17:00:45Z")
The Merry Marvel Marching Society! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ivrygiir_Lo/hqdefault.jpg "Closing Credits - Marvel Super Heroes (Merry Marvel Marching Society)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivrygiir_Lo) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/22 "2022-03-14T17:03:41Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > The first season of _Simon & Simon_ played an instrumental version of the theme song for the opening credits, and a sung version for the closing credits. Interesting! That’s the opposite from how most shows do it. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/23 "2022-03-14T17:09:49Z")
For _Buck Rogers in the 25th Century_, the theme song was “Suspension”, sung by Kip Lennon. In the pilot (which was released as a theatrical film), the song was played for [the opening credits.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BINijYepahA). (I love that song, but I wish they had gotten a baritone voice to sing it.) The regular series, however, opened with [an instrumental version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v32VypWeF0I), and closed with [a truncated version of the sung version.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_z_WOC4IZs) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/24 "2022-03-14T17:15:08Z")
> [@solost](#): > > And the rockin’ song at the end of WKRP in Cincinnati, which may not count because the lyrics are nonsense gibberish That was stitched together, right? No way ALL those people guested in one episode 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/25 "2022-03-14T20:25:22Z")
_Charles in Charge_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/26 "2022-03-14T22:05:31Z")
Should HAPPY DAYS count? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/27 "2022-03-14T22:40:33Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > That was stitched together, right? No way ALL those people guested in one episode Oh yea that’s like ten episodes at least. I feel watching that is like the music collage in “The Contest Nobody Could Win”. See if you can identify the episodes just from the guest cast! (no using IMDB) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/28 "2022-03-15T01:04:09Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Blackadder II Not only that, each episode had lyrics tailored to that particular story. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/29 "2022-03-15T01:24:28Z")
Sharpe [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8Xi79uEDbag/hqdefault.jpg "Sharpes Ending Theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xi79uEDbag) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/30 "2022-03-15T15:32:58Z")
_Extras_ used Cat Stevens’ “Tea for the Tillerman” as its closing theme. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/31 "2022-03-15T15:57:30Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Blackadder II > [@Nonsuch](#): > > Not only that, each episode had lyrics tailored to that particular story. _Blackadder_ (the first) also had lyrics with the final credits, but the same for all episodes except the last. Second verse starts > _Black! His gloves of finest mole!_ > _Black! His codpiece made of metal!_ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019/32 "2022-03-15T21:29:54Z")
_The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Fr_WNaf94rA/maxresdefault.jpg "Life Is Sweet (Todd Margaret Theme)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr_WNaf94rA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-closing-themes-with-sung-lyrics/961019.md?page=1)