Looking for pop music TV show theme songs
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Trying to compile playlist of pop-style songs that have been used as TV show themes. Suggestions welcome! I am one of those people who is not very into music and seldom listens to 'albums' per se---they tend to only have one or two songs I like per album so most of my music collection is just random stuff. That said, I am bored with my random stuff and looking for some new songs. My boyfriend has this massive CD of 'one-hit wonder' songs and I have had some success off of there. Quite a few of the songs on it are TV show themes and so were catchy and recognizable to me. I would like to find more songs like this---I don't mean instrumental melody theme songs, I mean pop-ish ones you could sing along to and enjoy as a song independent of their use on television. Perhaps the song was famous prior to being a TV theme song (Where You Lead from Gilmore Girls) or perhaps it became famous from the television show and even had some radio play (I'll Be There For You from Friends). Here are some songs I have (or will have shortly) on the playlist already: I'll Be There for You from Friends Where You Lead from Gilmore Girls Faith of the Heart from Enterprise Little Boxes from Weeds Closer to Free from Party of Five Where Everybody Knows Your Name from Cheers Lift from Biggest Loser Australia One of Us from Joan of Arcadia We Used to be Friends from Veronica Mars In my Life from Providence Can anybody suggest any more? It can be a song that was either written for the show or existed already, but I am looking for pop-style songs and not instrumentals. I want to be able to enjoy it as a song in its own right. Thanks for any suggestions!
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Answer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yftOy8kz7aE (from House)
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REM's "Stand" was the theme song to the ill-fated Chris Elliot sitcom "Get a Life."
purpleclover
Pretty Little Liars: Secret by the Pierces The theme to Lost Girl is written for the show, but it can be a stand-along song.
demiurge
With a Little Help from My Friends from the Wonder Years Reflections from China Beach
Admiral Haddock
Phantom Planet's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qnk0ImcSL0 is the theme song for The OC. I was mildly disappointed when I discovered this after liking the song for a couple weeks.
chatongriffes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_88 recorded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEGbjR1Y9Qo, the theme song from Community. I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned already.
madcaptenor
Oh, also "In the Street" from That 70's Show
23skidoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_3uxzkoV4&feature=related from the Adventures of Pete and Pete http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipaV4k2n__I from the Wire (I prefer the Tom Waits version, but they did 4 covers). Also, the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_blOQEu9ws is pretty great.
chrisulonic
"Here with Me" by Dido was the theme song for Roswell "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett was the theme song for Freaks and Geeks
wsquared
"C'mon C'mon," by the Von Bondies, for the show "Rescue Me." CSI in its various incarnations and its use of The Who.
rewil
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