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.

Something that most critics agree on is this major theme.

In the case of Irvin v. Dowd, Frankfurter would state what was for him a frequent theme: " The federal judiciary has no power to sit in judgment upon a determination of a state court ... Something that thus goes to the very structure of our federal system in its distribution of power between the United States and the state is not a mere bit of red tape to be cut, on the assumption that this Court has general discretion to see justice done ...".

Something else Shostakovich played for his composition students were the 12 variations of what later became known as the " invasion " theme.

#" Yau Soh Bat Ji " ( 有所不知 )-( Disney卡通 " Marie " 主題曲 ) ( The theme song of the Disney cartoon Marie ) ( There's Something You Don't Know )

In addition to being used as a tag for his entrance on CBS episodes he hosted, Steve Allen's composition " This Could Be the Start of Something " was used as the opening theme in 1972 arranged by Edd Kalehoff for Score Productions.

" History Repeating " was used as the theme for So Graham Norton and was also featured in the Farrelly Brothers ' film There's Something About Mary.

In Asia, pop singer Jacky Cheung's song Something Only Love Can Do, with versions sung in English, Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese, was adopted as the theme song for the film.

Among his singles were " Way Back In The Fifties ", " Hi Summer " backed with " My Girl And Me ", both written and produced by Lynsey De Paul, ( the theme song to an ITV variety series he co-hosted ), " Maybe God's Got Something Up His Sleeve ", the John Lennon song " Imagine ", plus a cover version of the Cliff Richard hit " Miss You Nights ", and Wood's " Aerial Pictures ".

It first appeared in a Pembroke College revue, Something Borrowed, in 1960 ( where it was titled Leg Too Few as the show had an alphabetical theme and the sketch appeared under the letter " L ") and later the same year in the Footlights revue, Pop Goes Mrs Jessop.

Its title and theme were inspired by the 1983 Disney movie Something Wicked This Way Comes based on the 1962 novel by Ray Bradbury.

In addition to the publicity about the coming-out of a character, " There's Something About Marrying " was discussed a lot in the media before its airing because of its gay marriage theme.

Another popular uncommercial theme was Don't Just Sit There — Do Something, which encouraged viewers to do something active or constructive.

Brand has for some years used an Americanized lyric of " Something to Sing About " as a theme song for his Folksong Festival radio program on WNYC in New York City.

The song's meter allows it to be sung to a number of popular tunes including: " Amazing Grace "; " Greensleeves "; " The House of the Rising Sun "; " The Rising of the Moon / Wearing of the Green "; Beethoven's " Ode to Joy " ( in his Ninth Symphony, fourth movement ); " Oh My Darling, Clementine "; " Semper Paratus "; " The Marine Corps Hymn "; " The Yellow Rose of Texas "; " I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing "; " Ghost Riders in the Sky "; " Acres of Clams ", and the theme song from the TV show Gilligan's Island.

Written by Dean Pitchford ( whose other output includes Fame, Footloose, Sing, Solid Gold and the musical Carrie ), this was the combined narration / theme from the movie The Legend of the Lone Ranger ... which was a box-office flop.

He had minor pop hits, such as " Little Sandy Sleighfoot " ( a Christmas novelty song ) and " Sing Along ", later used as the theme for TV's " Sing Along With Mitch ".

* The main theme of this movie, the song " Sing As We Go " ( written by Harry Parr Davies ), was used by the comedy group Monty Python in a parody song called " Sit on My Face " and is one of two signature songs of The Kampen Janitsjarorkester Symphonic Band ( The Kampen Band ) of Oslo Norway.

Among her later albums was We Sing the Old Songs ( 1957, Tops ), a mix of older songs and recent standards with baritone Curt Massey, who later became well known as the composer ( with Paul Henning ) and singer of the theme song for the CBS-TV series Petticoat Junction.

" And Your Bird Can Sing " was used as the theme song of the Beatles ' cartoon series during its third season.

:: Sing theme from Match of the Day

:: Sing the theme to The Dam Busters

The album features the English and Mandarin version of " 一起走到 " ( We Will Get There ), the theme song of Sing Singapore for the 2002 National Day Parade.

The Singapore edition conatins the English and Mandarin version of " 全心全意 " ( With All Heart and Soul ), the theme song of Sing Singapore for the 2002 National Day Parade.