# TV themes sung by the cast **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559 "2014-04-20T20:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/81 "2014-04-23T17:04:53Z")
**Kimballkid** , I think you were [whooshed](https://www.google.com/search?q=zooey+deschanel+katy+perry&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hPJXU67eDeOR2QWgsoDoDw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=799). ---
**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:** [April 23, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/82 "2014-04-23T17:30:51Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Little known fact that the theme to Game of Thrones is hummed by all of the actors that have had their characters killed off on the show. You’re in the [wrong thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=721419). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/83 "2014-04-23T17:39:44Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > **Kimballkid** , I think you were [whooshed](https://www.google.com/search?q=zooey+deschanel+katy+perry&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=hPJXU67eDeOR2QWgsoDoDw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=799). :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/84 "2014-04-23T18:12:02Z")
On the Disney Jr cartoon, “Sofia the First,” the character of Sofia is voiced by Modern Family actress **Ariel Winter** and she also sings the theme song (in character). ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/85 "2014-04-23T20:33:01Z")
_[Cybill](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywZsbM--0Jg)_ ---
**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:** [April 23, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/86 "2014-04-23T22:08:38Z")
Do we really have to limit ourselves to _sung_ themes? Because there are probably at least a few instrumental themes which are performed by cast members. One that comes to mind is the theme to _Bottom_, which is a cover of the Mar-Keys’ “Last Night” by Adrian Edmondson’s band, The Bum Notes. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/87 "2014-06-06T08:23:42Z")
I think this is pretty common with children’s animated series. Some examples from the 1980s: [ul] [li]_[The Smurfs](http://fixyt.com/watch?v=wU2Jkc1cHrE)_[/li][li]_[Jem](http://fixyt.com/watch?v=20BZID081Vk)_[/li][li]_[Muppet Babies](http://fixyt.com/watch?v=1ju75XsCO4o)_[/li][li]_[My Pet Monster](http://fixyt.com/watch?v=dXVL0Ca2bPY)_[/li][li]_[The Chipmunks](http://fixyt.com/watch?v=OeJZxTwlKmM)_[/li][/ul] Perhaps the live-action series _[The Hilarious House of Frightenstein](http://fixyt.com/watch?v=BsaFDZfz8Lc)_ also counts – the opening used a monologue rather than a song, but it was spoken by cast member Vincent Price. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/88 "2014-06-06T18:17:09Z")
[quote=“psychonaut, post:87, topic:686559”] [li]_[Jem](http://fixyt.com/watch?v=20BZID081Vk)_[/li][/QUOTE] Seems appropriate for me to link this NSFW [Robot Chicken](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QexFlioNXt4) clip. ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/89 "2014-06-07T20:15:55Z")
I’m horrified that no one has mentioned “[Holiday Rock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ADwLN586vw)”, the theme tune from _Hi-De-Hi_, which was sung by Paul Shane. The 1980s was an embarrassment of riches, really, it had The Durutti Column _and_ Hi-De-Hi. “It ran for nine series between 1980 and 1988, won a Bafta for best comedy series and, at its peak, drew a weekly audience of 17 million viewers” apparently. I remember it as one of those shows that lots of people watched despite it not being funny at all, e.g. _To the Manor Born_, _May to December_ and indeed _Last of the Summer Wine_. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/90 "2014-06-07T20:34:00Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yes and no. The theme was recorded by a group of studio musicians and hired background singers informally known as the Wrecking Crew, although David Cassidy (Keith Partridge) did convince the producers to let him sing. > > I’ll give it credit, though, since Micky Dolenz was the only Monkee to sing on their theme song. But studio musicians + David Cassidy sung all the Partridge Family music, so, I’d say it counts. By the same token, _Scooby-doo_ sorta counts, because I thinks we’re supposed to think it’s the kids singing the theme-- it’s also them (we’re supposed to think) singing the songs during the montages. Also,\* The Gene Autry Show\*, and _The Roy Rogers Show_, if those count. And _Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood_. I think the actor who played the oldest son sang the theme to _Eight is Enough_, and Della Reese sung the theme to that awful angel show she was on, which I, through circs beyond my control, I watched way more episodes of than any human should have to tolerate. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2014, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559/91 "2014-06-08T09:24:27Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > But studio musicians + David Cassidy sung all the Partridge Family music, so, I’d say it counts. Yeah, it was the same with _Jem_—the characters’ regular voice actors didn’t sing, but the same singers who sang the title theme sang the in-show tunes from Jem and the Holograms (and probably also those of their rivals, the Misfits). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-themes-sung-by-the-cast/686559.md?page=4)