{"id":3923,"date":"2018-08-17T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T20:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2018-08-17T16:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T20:41:05","slug":"five-by-friday-top-tv-theme-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.avengingforce.com\/?p=3923","title":{"rendered":"Five by Friday: Top TV Theme Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we started discussing our last Five by Friday, we came to the realization that we felt so strongly about musical themes for TV shows we would have to split it into two different categories: Instrumental Themes<\/a> and Theme Songs. (While we promised this post “next week” last time, what we\u00a0really<\/em> meant was “next next<\/em> week.”) And while there was some debate over what exactly counted as “singing”, we went ahead and defined “theme songs” as pretty much anything that includes words of any sort, for reasons that will become clear as you read along.<\/p>\n

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Join us in the comments or on your own blog\u2013we\u2019ve even provided a graphic for you, which you can either save to your own space or link from tinypic using the following HTML code:\u00a0<a href=\u201dhttp:\/\/avengingforce.com\u201d><<\/em>img src=\u201dhttp:\/\/i59.tinypic.com\/2d9318w.jpg\u201d><*\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Just remove the asterisks, and you\u2019re all set!<\/p>\n

Lauren<\/h2>\n

This one was even harder for me than instrumental themes, because I grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, when\u00a0everything\u00a0<\/em>had a memorable theme song. The ones that made my list are there because they’re both catchy and memorable, standing the test of time (case in point: none of these shows are from the past decade). They also all pass the “never skip” test — I will watch the full opening credits to every one of these shows every time it’s on, even if I’m bingeing.<\/p>\n

But my honorable mentions for this category are plentiful, and because I love them\u00a0so\u00a0<\/em>much, I’m going to link to their videos here, in case you want to get a TV theme song fix (and this doesn’t even include the songs on Sarah’s and Teija’s lists, most of which I also\u00a0<\/em>love):\u00a0Saved by the Bell<\/a>, Parenthood<\/a>, Gilmore Girls<\/a>, The World of David the Gnome<\/a>, Sesame Street<\/a>, A Different World<\/a>, Roswell<\/a>, Vikings<\/a>, The Addams Family<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0and Gummi Bears<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>I love you all, just not the MOST.<\/p>\n

5. “I’ll Be Ready” by\u00a0Cory Lerios and John D’Andrea, sung by\u00a0Jimi Jamison,\u00a0<\/span>Baywatch<\/em><\/h3>\n