The Best TV Show Theme Songs
The one thing I really miss about some of my favorite older TV shows are the theme songs. Very few, if any, TV shows nowadays have theme songs and that makes me a little sad. If a show came on at 8 p.m., I needed to be in front of the television at 7:58 p.m. because I didn’t want to miss the opening credits. Granted, I still do that now, but before it was because I wanted to sing along to the show’s theme song.
While some of the most epic show theme songs didn’t premiere in my time, they are a part of such staple shows and I’ve watched countless reruns that I claim that as my favorites.
Here are the best TV show theme songs of all time:
Passions
This is NOT a popular choice but the soap opera fanatic in me loves this song! If I remember correctly, Jane French had already recorded this song and it was then picked to be the NBC soap opera’s theme song. I just had to sway every day at 2pm when Passions came on and this song played.
Sanford & Son
This theme song has just enough funk that makes me groove every time I hear it.
The Jeffersons
If you don’t start clapping and try to find a tambourine when the beat drops for this song, I am looking at you sideways.
The Proud Family
This was my jam. I couldn’t help but do a little two-step every time this intro came on. Now that I think about, just about all Disney shows had pretty decent theme songs.
I miss The Proud Family! I need to check to see if they have the episodes on DVD. -runs to Amazon-
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
If you don’t know the lyrics to this theme song, I can’t trust your judgement. You would swear I was a member of the group Kriss Kross every time I hear this song, that’s how hard I rock to it. 🙂
The Nanny
“She’s the lady in red when everybody else is wearing tan!”
Every time this theme song plays, I grab the nearest remote or cell phone and pretend it’s a mic; every, single time. I know every word to this song and my shoulder bop is MEAN. I picture myself in shoulder pads and pencil skirts every time I sing this. If this song was available at karaoke, it would be my go-to.
The Golden Girls
The GOAT theme song. I swear this was my ringtone for my closest friends for a solid two years.
Have you heard the gospel version to this song by Finally Aaron? Check it out below, if this doesn’t uplift your spirit then I don’t know what will! Ha!
Honorable mention has to go to the theme songs of 227, Good Times, and Charmed (I find any excuse to sneak a Charmed reference in my posts! )
So what about you, what do you consider the best TV theme songs? Let me know in the comments below!
Natalya is the author of All The Things I Never Said, a soul-stirring collection of short stories, prose and love letters for the soulful wanderers, the brokenhearted and the hopeless romantics.
You can follow her rantings and occasional sparks of brilliance on Twitter @NatalyaMuncuff.
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