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24/7 reruns · 10-31-2023, 02:17 PM

Any guesses on what TV shows theme song also was a hit song. I remember hearing Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Cheers theme songs on the radio growing up. Yet Friends, Dawson's Creek, and Gilmore Girl's had theme songs high up the music charts.

Yet I'm not sure what TV theme song was the last to be a hit song.

sm95fan · 10-31-2023, 02:46 PM

Not really a theme but a song featured in a TV show was Running Up That Hill from “Stranger Things.” #3 on Billboard Hot 100 on 7/30/ 2022

24/7 reruns · 10-31-2023, 02:55 PM

[QUOTE=sm95fan;6212130]Running Up That Hill from “Stranger Things.” #3 on Billboard Hot 100 on 7/30/

Was it actually the theme song to Stranger Things or just a featured song?

sm95fan · 10-31-2023, 03:11 PM

I think the actual last hit theme song was Heights: How Do You Talk To An Angel

#1 Billboard Hot 100 11/92

sm95fan · 10-31-2023, 03:14 PM

It also depends on your definition of a hit. I think the last top 40 was I'll Be There For You from Friends #17 in 1995.

There was Searchin' My Soul from Ally McBeal in 1998 that charted top 25 A/C but not on the Hot 100. Today's the Day from PiNK was the later theme of Ellen and reached #117 in 2015.

24/7 reruns · 10-31-2023, 05:06 PM

I was thinking of any song that charted on a music top (what ever type music category it would fit in). Also my thought was the song started as a TV theme song and then became a hit. With Kate Bush's song " Running Up That Hill " it was a charted hit long before "Stranger Things " was even a thought.

sm95fan · 10-31-2023, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

I was thinking of any song that charted on a music top (what ever type music category it would fit in). Also my thought was the song started as a TV theme song and then became a hit. With Kate Bush's song " Running Up That Hill " it was a charted hit long before "Stranger Things " was even a thought.

That would eliminate your examples of Gilmore and Dawson then as well as those were hits long before they were used in the shows. I have no idea what a 'music top' is...

stevea · 10-31-2023, 06:17 PM

"I'll Be There for You" by the Rembrandts, I think it was for "Friends."

Probably "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra was a hit many years ago, used for "Married with Children."

I think there was a Mike Post instrumental that charted, which might have been the theme for "The Rockford Files." Help needed for that one.

I think Ob La De, Ob La Da by the Beatles was the "Life Goes On" theme, and some hit song was used on the network airings of "Grace Under Fire."

24/7 reruns · 10-31-2023, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sm95fan

That would eliminate your examples of Gilmore and Dawson then as well as those were hits long before they were used in the shows. I have no idea what a 'music top' is...

Thanks for that info. Having never watched either show so I did know when they started compared to the time the songs were released.

icecream · 10-31-2023, 09:19 PM

It was probably The Big Bang Theory.

24/7 reruns · 11-01-2023, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by icecream

It was probably The Big Bang Theory.

Was that song played on the radio? I don't recall that happening.

Edward216 · 11-01-2023, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 24/7 reruns

Was that song played on the radio? I don't recall that happening.

No, I don't think it was.

Ed.

stevea · 11-01-2023, 10:57 PM

If I'd have responded properly to this thread, my guess would be the last/latest one would be the Friends theme by the Rembrandts, or possibly Grace Under Fire.

TMC · 11-03-2023, 12:05 AM

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JetJam · 12-16-2023, 02:24 AM

The O.C. theme “California” was a hit, that was in 2003.

Also, the One Tree Hill theme “I Don't Want To Be” was big for a while. Also from 2003.

10-31-2023, 09:19 PM	#10
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10-31-2023, 02:17 PM	#1
24/7 reruns Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 10, 2022 Location: New York Posts: 1,468	The last TV show theme song that was also a hit record Any guesses on what TV shows theme song also was a hit song. I remember hearing Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, Cheers theme songs on the radio growing up. Yet Friends, Dawson's Creek, and Gilmore Girl's had theme songs high up the music charts. Yet I'm not sure what TV theme song was the last to be a hit song.

10-31-2023, 02:46 PM	#2
sm95fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2021 Location: Las Lunas Posts: 1,880	Not really a theme but a song featured in a TV show was Running Up That Hill from “Stranger Things.” #3 on Billboard Hot 100 on 7/30/ 2022

10-31-2023, 02:55 PM	#3
24/7 reruns Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 10, 2022 Location: New York Posts: 1,468	[QUOTE=sm95fan;6212130]Running Up That Hill from “Stranger Things.” #3 on Billboard Hot 100 on 7/30/ Was it actually the theme song to Stranger Things or just a featured song?

10-31-2023, 03:11 PM	#4
sm95fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2021 Location: Las Lunas Posts: 1,880	I think the actual last hit theme song was Heights: How Do You Talk To An Angel #1 Billboard Hot 100 11/92

10-31-2023, 03:14 PM	#5
sm95fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2021 Location: Las Lunas Posts: 1,880	It also depends on your definition of a hit. I think the last top 40 was I'll Be There For You from Friends #17 in 1995. There was Searchin' My Soul from Ally McBeal in 1998 that charted top 25 A/C but not on the Hot 100. Today's the Day from PiNK was the later theme of Ellen and reached #117 in 2015.

10-31-2023, 05:06 PM	#6
24/7 reruns Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 10, 2022 Location: New York Posts: 1,468	I was thinking of any song that charted on a music top (what ever type music category it would fit in). Also my thought was the song started as a TV theme song and then became a hit. With Kate Bush's song " Running Up That Hill " it was a charted hit long before "Stranger Things " was even a thought.

10-31-2023, 06:17 PM	#8
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,200	"I'll Be There for You" by the Rembrandts, I think it was for "Friends." Probably "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra was a hit many years ago, used for "Married with Children." I think there was a Mike Post instrumental that charted, which might have been the theme for "The Rockford Files." Help needed for that one. I think Ob La De, Ob La Da by the Beatles was the "Life Goes On" theme, and some hit song was used on the network airings of "Grace Under Fire."

11-01-2023, 10:57 PM	#13
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,200	If I'd have responded properly to this thread, my guess would be the last/latest one would be the Friends theme by the Rembrandts, or possibly Grace Under Fire.

11-03-2023, 12:05 AM	#14
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,499	10 Comedy Shows With the Best Theme Songs A good theme song, like Peacemaker's, can not only make a show memorable, it can help to create an absolutely iconic show.

12-16-2023, 02:24 AM	#15
JetJam Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 02, 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 50	The O.C. theme “California” was a hit, that was in 2003. Also, the One Tree Hill theme “I Don't Want To Be” was big for a while. Also from 2003.