it was the theme song of millions of American people, their personal problems no less urgent than those of the government.

Another famous example of emulating instrumentation instead of singing the words is the theme song for The New Addams Family series on Fox Family Channel ( now ABC Family ).

Passing through: The theme song to the 1960s U. S. television comedy series Car 54, Where Are You?

The theme song introduces the viewer to the world's most fortunate hunting accident – whereby Jed shoots at game but instead hits " black gold, Texas tea ": he had discovered oil.

The show's theme song, " The Ballad of Jed Clampett ", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs.

The series generally featured no country music beyond the bluegrass banjo theme song, although country star Roy Clark and the team of Flatt and Scruggs occasionally played on the program.

Going further back, an earlier version of the Choral Fantasy theme is found in the song " Gegenliebe " (" Returned Love "), for piano and high voice, which dates from before 1795.

The theme from Field of Dreams was played at the last game at Memorial Stadium in 1991, and the song " Magic to Do " from the stage musical Pippin was used that season to commemorate " Orioles Magic " on 33rd Street.

* Constantinople's change of name was the theme for a song made famous by The Four Lads and later covered by They Might Be Giants and many others entitled " Istanbul ( Not Constantinople )".

The show's theme song, written and performed by Gary Portnoy, and co-written with Judy Hart Angelo, lent its famous refrain, " Where Everybody Knows Your Name ", as the show's tagline.

The Car Talk theme song is " Dawggy Mountain Breakdown " by bluegrass artist David Grisman.

Episodes are called " sessions ", each of which follows a different musical theme, and episode titles are borrowed from notable album or song names ( e. g. " Sympathy for the Devil ", " Bohemian Rhapsody ", " Honky Tonk Women ", " My Funny Valentine ") or make use of a genre name (" Mushroom Samba ", " Heavy Metal Queen ").

MFSB released " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", a 1974 hit recording featuring vocals by The Three Degrees, which became the first disco song to reach number one, after " Love's Theme ", on the Billboard Hot 100 ; it was written as the theme song for Soul Train.

" ( Brubeck wrote, and the Quartet performed, the theme song for the Craig Stevens CBS drama series ; the music from the series became material for the " New York " album.

" The first episode of The Doris Day Show aired on September 24, 1968, and, from 1968 to 1973, employed " Que Sera, Sera " as its theme song.

The song " Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps " was included in the soundtrack of the Australian film Strictly Ballroom, and became a theme song for the British TV show, Coupling, with Mari Wilson performing it for the title sequence.

The Blue Men play a short snippet of the show's theme song, and one dons Doraemon's beanie.

Lee Jackson's theme song Grabbag has elicited many spin-offs and remixes over the years by both fans and professional musicians, including an officially sanctioned studio version by the popular thrash metal outfit Megadeth.

" 9 to 5 ", the theme song to the feature film 9 to 5 ( 1980 ) Parton starred in along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached number one on the country charts, but also, in February 1981, reached number one on the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a triple-number-one hit.

It was poorly received by critics, but Bowie's theme song rose to number two in the UK charts.

* Paul Gordon: Co-Composer for the English language theme song.

* Kouji Wada: Performer of the opening themes of Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers, Digimon Frontier, the second opening theme of Digimon Savers, and the evolution song of Digimon Xros Wars

The club's theme song is called " See the Bombers Fly Up " and is based on the tune of Johnnie Hamp's 1929 song " Keep Your Sunny Side Up " at an increased tempo.

Many original television theme songs of the era also showed a strong disco influence, such as " Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow " ( theme from Baretta, performed by Sammy Davis, Jr. and later a hit single for Rhythm Heritage ), Theme from " S. W. A. T.

The song " Superstar " by Jamelia from the soundtrack also went to number one on the Australian singles charts in the same week, and the theme song of the show, " All Things ( Just Keep Getting Better )" by Widelife, went to the top 20 that same month.

The theme song for the show was " Keep Hope Alive " by The Crystal Method, except for the pilot episode when " Right Here Right Now " by Fatboy Slim was played during the opening sequence.

The title of the series is derived from the song " Keep Your Eyes on the Prize ", which is used in each episode as the opening theme music.

Also, Nothing to Lose ( the Castle Keep theme for the NES Castlevania ) was played in the final part of the first stage.

Keep is also known for lending his name to the character of Theodore from The Alvin Show and The Chipmunks, and for choosing The Ventures to record the Hawaii Five-O theme.

In the 1990s she was part of C + C Music Factory as both a lead and back up vocalist resulting with several # 1 hits including " Deeper Love ", " Pride " and " Keep It Comin " ( Dance Till You Cant Dance ) bot rap and # 1 charting dance versions of the theme from the cult film Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

In the Japanese version, the opening credits and ending were accompanied by a Rock & Roll theme song, " Gappa, The Colossal Beast " ( the first and second verses, respectively ), and the touching reunion scene near the end had a ballad called " Keep Trying, Baby Gappa !".

In 2003, Denny provided the vocals for Widelife's track " All Things ( Just Keep Getting Better )", the theme from Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.

It is extremely important for each American to realize that the theme `` The United Nations Is Your Business '' applies to him personally.

Canadian band Kon Kan use the opening bars of the theme in their single " I Beg Your Pardon.

Bogas also did his own arrangements of Guaraldi's " Linus And Lucy " theme as a nod to the musician ( most notably in It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown and What a Nightmare, Charlie Brown!

The latter song became the theme of Groucho's radio and TV game show You Bet Your Life.

It included the hit singles " If You Love Somebody Set Them Free ", ( backed with the non-LP song " Another Day ") " Fortress Around Your Heart ", " Love Is the Seventh Wave ", and " Russians ", the last of which was based on a theme from the Lieutenant Kijé Suite.

In his interview with Spielberg on Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton suggested Close Encounters had another, more personal theme for Spielberg: " Your father was a computer engineer ; your mother was a concert pianist, and when the spaceship lands, they make music together on the computer ", suggesting that Roy Neary's boarding the spaceship is Spielberg's wish to be reunited with his parents.

Other Top Ten Gold Songs released by Cheung through Capital Artists included " Wild Wind " ( 不羈的風 ) ( album, For Your Love Only, 1985 ); " Who Can Be With Me " ( 有誰共鳴 ) ( album, Leslie Cheung: Allure Me, 1986 ) and " Love in Those Years " ( 當年情 ) ( theme song for A Better Tomorrow, album Leslie Cheung: Allure Me, 1986 ).

Her biggest hit song was Ai no Makeikusa ( Losing the Fight of Love ; Your Hiroshi in the dubbed version ), which is featured in the beginning of the first episode, and as the ending theme for the second episode of the Pretty Sammy OVA.

Hay also sings " Where Everybody Knows Your Name ", the theme from Cheers, in the episode " My Life in Four Cameras " and the episode " My Philosophy " features Hay's song " Waiting For My Real Life To Begin ", sung by several members of the cast.

The theme song was sampled in the song " I'll Be Your Everything ," performed by Youngstown, which served as the theme song for the live-action Inspector Gadget film starring Matthew Broderick as both Inspector John Brown-Gadget and a robotic impostor of him whom Dr. Claw creates.

He wrote much background and theme music for motion pictures, including the films Sex and the Single Girl, How to Murder Your Wife ( 1965 ), Synanon, Boeing Boeing ( 1965 ), Lord Love a Duck ( 1966 ), Duel at Diablo ( 1966 ), The Odd Couple ( 1968 ), Barefoot in the Park ( 1967 ) and Harlow ( 1965 ), for which he received two Grammy nominations for the song " Girl Talk ".

They also contributed the song Your Own Disaster to the Elektra soundtrack, and Error Operator to both the Fantastic 4 soundtrack and its video game tie-in, where it served as Mr. Fantastic's theme.

SmackDown opens with " Know Your Enemy " by Green Day while " Hangman " by Rev Theory serves as the secondary theme song.

After using an orchestral medley of " A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes " and " When You Wish upon a Star " for the first season of The Magical World of Disney on NBC, The Disney Sunday Movie theme was brought back and continued to be used when the series moved to The Disney Channel in 1990.

Around this time, two of Anger's friends, the couple Renate Druks and Paul Mathiesin held a party based upon the theme of ' Come As Your Madness '; Anger himself attended dressed in drag as the ancient Greek goddess Hekate.

The opening theme to the show is an instrumental combination of the songs " Part of Your World ", " Under the Sea ", and " Kiss the Girl ".

*" The Shadow of Your Smile " ( love theme from The Sandpiper, 1966 )

In a similar theme, Marx also capitalized on the robot craze, producing the Big Loo, " Your friend from the Moon ", and the popular Rock ' em Sock ' em Robots action game.

The theme song ( as well as the commercial outro music ) thematically references the song " Cut Your Hair " by Pavement.

At Survivor Series 2004, Christian debuted " Just Close Your Eyes " by Waterproof Blonde as his theme song.