# What's your theme song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617 "2009-10-13T02:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/41 "2009-10-14T04:50:13Z")
Jimmy Cliff’s _You Can Get It If You Really Want_ > [@](#): > > You can get it if you really want > You can get it if you really want > You can get it if you really want > But you must try, try and try > Try and try, you’ll succeed at last ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/42 "2009-10-14T04:57:39Z")
I’d have John Barry especially compose one for me of course, but meanwhile I’ll use the part of t he [The Lion in Winter Suite that begins at 8:15 in this clip](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5B28w51ygQ). I’m also partial to the theme to [HBOs Rome](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8faqWJ96IQ&feature=PlayList&p=D2F19C1C41D97DB4&index=0). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/43 "2009-10-14T05:36:11Z")
Meatloaf-_Dead Ringer_ or Donovan-_Intergalactic Laxative_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/44 "2009-10-14T05:36:26Z")
Meatloaf-_Dead Ringer_ or Donovan-_Intergalactic Laxative_ ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/45 "2009-10-14T06:28:30Z")
Radar Love - Golden Earring and from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly soundtrack, I’d have to go with “Carriage of the Spirits” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/46 "2009-10-14T20:23:56Z")
I’m changing my answer to _Winchester Cathedral_. In addition to being memorable but not overused it was the[number 1 song](http://www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneinhistory/SelectMonth.htm)the day I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/47 "2009-10-14T21:16:31Z")
Either “Peace of Mind” or “A Man I’ll Never Be” by Boston. Or maybe just John Lennon’s “Imagine.” ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/48 "2009-10-14T21:25:09Z")
**You May be Right** by Billy Joel. Gets both sides of my personality right on the money. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/49 "2009-10-14T22:25:17Z")
Probably the closest thing I have is NQ Arbuckle’s “Don’t Remember Me.” Mostly for the lines, “If you’re so fuckin’ clever/what’re you doin’ with me” and “Don’t you ever stop talking?/Don’t you ever fall asleep?” Or, if you want a song that I can actually link to…[The Apologist](http://lyrics.wikia.com/R.E.M.:The_Apologist), by REM. ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/50 "2009-10-14T23:31:12Z")
Dr. Hook: _[Millionaire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5s3kvo0aQ8)_ My first choice was _Everybody Loves Me (But I’m Paranoid)_ but I couldn’t find a link to the song. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/51 "2009-10-15T04:26:40Z")
My theme song has changed over the years. It used to be “Real Wild Child (wild one)” by Iggy Pop. Now it’s “Everything I Do I Do It For You” by Bryan Adams. What can I say? I live to serve! ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/52 "2009-10-15T04:36:06Z")
[Statler Brothers - Flowers on the Wall](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s8nRL2bPCU) ---
**Author:** ![ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/53 "2009-10-16T22:15:42Z")
“Much too young (to feel this damn old)” by Garth Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/54 "2009-10-26T13:56:29Z")
Don’t know what one would use a “theme song” for, when I go to baseball games I see the players have theme songs, though. I’ve told myself if I ever get to be a baseball player that requires a theme song, there is but only one choice: [Entrance of the Gladiators](http://wurlitzer-rolls.com/6526-9.mp3) - really the best choice on oh so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/55 "2009-10-27T02:29:51Z")
Splendora, _You’re Standing On My Neck_ (aka, the “Daria” theme) ---
**Author:** ![frootle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a87d85/32.png) [@frootle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frootle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/56 "2009-10-28T03:05:56Z")
The Benny Hill theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Taenia\_spp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/57 "2009-10-28T05:56:18Z")
A couple of my friends and I got hooked on _Arrested Development_, so of course whenever we get together nowadays, our [theme song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZkllM8znx4) always finds its way into the music playlist. For those of you that are link-averse, the song is **The Final Countdown** by **Europe**. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/58 "2009-10-28T06:29:03Z")
> [@Taenia\_spp](#): > > _Arrested Development_ > > **The Final Countdown** by **Europe**. I’m disappointed. I thought it would be Mr Wendell. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/59 "2009-10-28T20:05:05Z")
As a “real” woman, I’d have to go with “Got to Be Real” by Cheryl Lynn ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617/60 "2009-10-28T20:06:26Z")
_Solsbury Hill_, which I utterly want played at my funeral. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-theme-song/513617.md?page=4)