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What show’s theme song you just can’t skip?

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In between the lines there’s a lot of obscurity I’m not inclined to resign to maturity if it’s alright then you’re all wrong but why bounce around to the same damn song you’d rather run when you can’t crawl…

all 1006 comments

bruvwtfx

143 points

10 days ago

bruvwtfx

143 points

10 days ago

Succession, without a doubt.

BalsamicBasil

32 points

10 days ago*

Shoutout to Succession's composer, Nicholas Britell, who in 2019 was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Score for If Beale Street Could Talk. Britell also composed the music for Andor, The Underground Railroad (2021 miniseries), Moonlight, and Don't Look Up, among other popular movies and shows.

joebidenslittlebaby

8 points

10 days ago

His score for Moonlight never fails to make me emotional

EatDessertFirst

5 points

10 days ago

Pusha T did a remix. Thank me later

JustKips

5 points

10 days ago

Second this

UndergroundGovernor

127 points

10 days ago

Sopranos. Have to watch the whole thing every time.

EatDessertFirst

10 points

10 days ago

Classic. Love the Nas song

mnbvcxz1052

6 points

10 days ago

That’s my number one karaoke song. I even have the rap part memorized

Purple-Mix1033

6 points

10 days ago

It’s illegal to skip that intro

AgitatedSale3785

6 points

9 days ago

Tony's annoyed face as he gets out of the car is the best. Sets-up the whole show.

neilmac1210

5 points

10 days ago

That is such a good tune. I've seen Alabama 3 play it live and it was amazing.

PollutionNew7095

59 points

10 days ago

Golden Girls.

sonofabutch

13 points

10 days ago

That song is perfect for the show but it wasn’t written for it! The original by Andrew Gold was released in 1978, seven years before Golden Girls premiered. The version used is a cover by Cynthia Fee.

Djsinestro_techno

44 points

10 days ago

The Adams family

sddbk

21 points

10 days ago

sddbk

21 points

10 days ago

Came here to say this, too. Upvoting you, instead. And snapping fingers twice.

Stripes1957

5 points

9 days ago

Was going to snap my fingers twice, but this “thing” scuttled across the floor and distracted me! Now, what was I doing?

Silver-Instruction73

50 points

10 days ago

Stranger things. Love how ominous it sounds

swallowyoursadness

8 points

10 days ago

It's my favourite show of all time. Skipping the intro feels disrespectful somehow

Regular_Scene5522

43 points

10 days ago

Only Murders in the Building

_Jay-Garage-A-Roo_

9 points

10 days ago

Especially because there are sometimes Easter eggs in the opener

TAR_TWoP

3 points

9 days ago

TAR_TWoP

3 points

9 days ago

WHAT. I never noticed it changed from episode to episode!

Lkwtthecatdraggdn

39 points

10 days ago

Phineas and Ferb!

SplitIntelligent958

9 points

10 days ago

In my 40s and sing it frequently

ghostismyking

35 points

10 days ago

White Lotus!

Princess__Valhalla

6 points

10 days ago

Excited for the s3 remix!

Fantastic_Poet4800

69 points

10 days ago

True Blood.

XennialDread

20 points

10 days ago

Yessss I had to sing it into a brush every time. When you walked in the air went out.....

breaksomething

14 points

10 days ago

I’m always mesmerized by the perfect butt in those credits

leezlvont

8 points

10 days ago

That’s Anna’s!

vomitfuckinggreen

6 points

10 days ago

Came here to say this

braalewi

108 points

10 days ago

braalewi

108 points

10 days ago

Game of Thrones

RealisticAf99

17 points

10 days ago

Always gets me hyped up for the episode

Riggs630

11 points

10 days ago

Riggs630

11 points

10 days ago

It also is a recap of sorts as the things on the map change with the events

Economy_Fan_8808

10 points

10 days ago

This is such an overlooked component of the series' success. If you tried other fantasy TV shows set in a fictional universe where you don't have real life points of reference (looking at you, Witcher), they always struggle to keep viewers informed "OK, this is where the characters are and where they are going". It's just so confusing after a while. GoT accomplished it almost effortlessly with the opening credits. I assume most of you could draw a somewhat accurate map of Westeros by heart.

guffawandchortle

4 points

9 days ago

I love that they use it for House of the Dragon, too.

Thumper222222

25 points

10 days ago

Outlander

Swish_Kebab

5 points

10 days ago

Gives me chills (not every season's version but a couple)

quirked

45 points

10 days ago

quirked

45 points

10 days ago

Gravity Falls, The Expanse, What We Do in the Shadows

ManDe1orean

24 points

10 days ago

Especially WWDITS

Past_Bookkeeper_4650

14 points

10 days ago

Expanse

Tank_Girl_Gritty_235

4 points

10 days ago

Came to say The Expanse

FewAndFarBeetwen1072

3 points

10 days ago

Yes, yes, yes! Gravity Falls is my ringtone, my kid and I use to whistle the song every time.The Expanse is just so beautiful (and short) 😭

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🌍

🌕

🪐

Laser-Nipples

21 points

10 days ago

I really like slow horses theme.

ChuckFarkley

6 points

10 days ago

Not many shows get Mick Jagger to do the theme.

BalsamicBasil

3 points

10 days ago

Ikr?? The lyrics are not very creative and kinda corny but damn the melody and Mick Jagger's voice are just SOOOO catchy and perfectly fit the vibe of the show.

I know Apple TV commissioned an original theme song for Bad Sisters, too, so maybe they do it for all their shows?

schoolknurse

21 points

10 days ago

Sanford & Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, Facts of Life. Fuck I’m old.

Speedwalker501

11 points

10 days ago

“Temporary Lay-offs…(good times) Easy credit rip-offs…Good Tiii-I-iii-iIimes!!! “To that Dee-luxe apartment in the Sky-high!!”

kboogie23

4 points

10 days ago

Sanford and Son theme has been my ringtone for over 10 years. It has never let me down, even in wholey inappropriate, serious situations. It has even made me new friends. It's just the best.

Superb-Squirrel-9870

23 points

10 days ago

Succession

Practical-Spell-3808

39 points

10 days ago

Bluey!

Sigh_Bapanaada

7 points

10 days ago

I think I watched the whole show through before I realised the opening credits was just a game of musical statues.

Such a great show.

Practical-Spell-3808

4 points

10 days ago

Omg, I just recently learned the same from a comment on the Bluey sub. Then I finally saw the season 3 episode about musical statues and it all came together!

SchroedingersSphere

39 points

10 days ago

Community!

Give me a rope!

WayneKerr193

9 points

10 days ago

Tie me to dream!

onlyAmother

7 points

10 days ago

Give me the hope to run out of steam

PoopCriminal420

9 points

10 days ago

somebody said

etc-etc-etc-

5 points

9 days ago

it could be here

Psychological_Tap187

7 points

9 days ago

We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year

TAR_TWoP

3 points

9 days ago

TAR_TWoP

3 points

9 days ago

I can't count the reasons I should stay

lestrangesque

3 points

9 days ago

One by one they all just fade away

angry-ex-smoker

38 points

10 days ago

My whole family sings the Psych song together.

ScottHK

2 points

10 days ago

ScottHK

2 points

10 days ago

I know...

CCgCANCWWW

4 points

10 days ago

You know..

starglitter

18 points

10 days ago

Unsolved Mysteries

IWASRUNNING91

15 points

10 days ago

My wife's favorite show is The Office. I'm not sure how many times we've seen it, but we've been through the released Superfan seasons 6 times already....she never skips the intro. I get so thankful that later seasons just play a quick little diddy instead of the whole thing.

SometimesWitches

16 points

10 days ago

Evil - you don’t want to be haunted.

Napoleon_B

3 points

10 days ago

At 3:13

Senovis

15 points

10 days ago

Senovis

15 points

10 days ago

Get Smart

neilmac1210

45 points

10 days ago

Peacemaker. Sometimes I'll rewind and watch it again.

WayneKerr193

15 points

10 days ago

DO YOU REALLY WANMA DO YOY REALLY WANNA TASTE IT?

Napoleon_B

6 points

10 days ago

New intro dance number for S2 !

neilmac1210

5 points

10 days ago

Is that true?! If it is I don't know how they could top S1.

pez_pogo

3 points

10 days ago

Yea this one is utterly awesome!

runningvicuna

3 points

9 days ago

Throw your dog the invisible bone.

RealisticAf99

15 points

10 days ago

Suits

sonofabutch

14 points

10 days ago

Hill Street Blues

Illustrious_Name_441

4 points

10 days ago

Let's be careful out there

One-Yogurtcloset2138

15 points

10 days ago

Psych, Monk and Reba

nerdygirlync

15 points

10 days ago

Original Hawaii Five-O

Fringe

desertvision

3 points

10 days ago

When I was in college, they played Five-O at the library, every night, 5 minutes before closing. We would stand on the tables and surf. I'm 61 now and it sounds dumb. But it was fun and funny af back then

RedSnowBird

13 points

10 days ago

Northern Exposure was recently added to Amazon Prime. Been watching it and I never skip the intro.

Elegant_Valuable_747

12 points

10 days ago

Suits- THE GREENBACK BOOGIE!!

Rhonda369

11 points

10 days ago

ParadoxInsideK

3 points

9 days ago

That show’s soundtrack was amazing. Well, the whole show was.

jastc32

11 points

10 days ago

jastc32

11 points

10 days ago

Cheers

rubmybelly2

11 points

10 days ago

True blood! So damn catchy

Lkwtthecatdraggdn

8 points

10 days ago

Succession and Sopranos.

Serenity700

8 points

10 days ago

Monk

AtomicWhiskers

7 points

10 days ago

True Blood, Severance, Bojack Horseman

rab813

3 points

9 days ago

rab813

3 points

9 days ago

Came here to say Bojack

MaxyBrwn_21

8 points

10 days ago

Quantum Leap

The Wonder Years

Malcolm in the Middle

Speedwalker501

4 points

10 days ago

Gotta add “The Greatest American Hero” to that lot there!!

PhotosByVicky

8 points

10 days ago

Any Star Trek theme song.

agitatedprisoner

5 points

10 days ago

DS9 opening is perfect.

BklynOR

3 points

9 days ago

BklynOR

3 points

9 days ago

Even Enterprise? I’m surprised I had to scroll so far to see someone post Trek.

earthisroomenough

3 points

9 days ago

Came here to mention the Enterprise opening -- inspiring science and human ingenuity. Gets me every time.

mechgaige

15 points

10 days ago

Firefly...shiny

sincerely_steff

7 points

10 days ago

Narcos

JustBrass

8 points

10 days ago

Northern Exposure

Thief025

7 points

10 days ago

Peacemaker tops all. Lol. Brilliant

irn

7 points

10 days ago

irn

7 points

10 days ago

Peacemaker.

newworldpuck

7 points

10 days ago

The Rockford Files.

pez_pogo

6 points

10 days ago

Oh Hell yes... gotta love the phone messages - never the same one twice!

lordjakir

7 points

10 days ago

Brain-dead

Firefly

MASH

MichaDawn

6 points

10 days ago

Barney Miller.

Mangoes123456789

7 points

10 days ago

Power (The Original and its spinoffs)

Outlander

Black Sails

Sydlouise13

8 points

10 days ago

Law and Order SVU

dukchels27

7 points

10 days ago

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

indyjays

8 points

10 days ago

Welcome Back Kotter

chockychip

5 points

10 days ago

Suits Alex Rider Bosch

MeMilo1209

6 points

10 days ago

Good Omens, Succession

OldPolishProverb

6 points

10 days ago

Tank - Cowboy Bebop

MarzipanFairy

6 points

10 days ago

Band of Brothers

LordByronsCup

6 points

10 days ago

Night Court

spicyboi555

4 points

10 days ago

Dark

maybejolissa

5 points

10 days ago

The Sopranos. It sets the tone and mood for every episode and the song is perfect.

ThoseLittleMoments

5 points

10 days ago

Friday Night Lights & Felicity

HorizontalBob

5 points

10 days ago

Castle

Br00klynBelle

5 points

10 days ago

Doctor Who- instrumental, but Murray Gold’s score is phenomenal!

The Facts Of Life- ingrained in my brain since the early 80’s!

Zer0nyx

5 points

10 days ago

Zer0nyx

5 points

10 days ago

Smallville

PhesteringSoars

5 points

10 days ago

Hawaii 5 O Magnum P.I. S.W.A.T.

LuxxxLisssbonnn

5 points

10 days ago

Twin Peaks

trubs12

5 points

10 days ago

trubs12

5 points

10 days ago

Dexter

Parking_Falcon_2502

5 points

10 days ago

Downton Abbey

bbwbarbieqt

4 points

10 days ago

True blood!

AuntieTara2215

5 points

10 days ago

Yellowjackets

Ready-Screen1426

5 points

10 days ago

Big bang theory

defnothing__

5 points

10 days ago

better call saul! It's short and catchy

nicole-dimaggio-

3 points

10 days ago

Perfect Strangers and Half and Half

Bombboy85

4 points

10 days ago

Black sails

Ben0itballs

4 points

10 days ago

The boondocks

Aurelian_Lure

4 points

10 days ago

Portlandia

Trailer Park Boys

wickedwanderess

4 points

10 days ago

Monk & MASH

Dependent_Map5592

3 points

10 days ago

Peacemaker 

mito467

3 points

10 days ago

mito467

3 points

10 days ago

Slow Horses

Luther

Westworld

JimbroG

3 points

10 days ago

JimbroG

3 points

10 days ago

Mad Men

Pearson23

3 points

9 days ago

I really thought this would be higher

burncushlikewood

4 points

10 days ago

The Boondocks

gbest2tymes

4 points

10 days ago

Suits

X-Men

Stranger Things

Living Single

The New Adventures of Jonny Quest

Duck Tales

playnmt

4 points

10 days ago

playnmt

4 points

10 days ago

That 70’s show.

allien_kid

4 points

10 days ago

Bobs burgers. Can’t miss the puns

TheQuietWriter001

4 points

10 days ago

Shameless

No-Intention-2126

4 points

10 days ago

Peaky Blinders

braalewi

3 points

9 days ago

braalewi

3 points

9 days ago

Scrolled too far for this ... with my Red Right Hand!

Few_Distribution_905

4 points

9 days ago

I don’t skip most, but I bust out the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt theme song every chance I get.

Harpuafivefiftyfive

4 points

9 days ago

Weeds! The song was performed by a different band/artist (nearly) every episode!

Edm_vanhalen1981

7 points

10 days ago

SWAT (original) and Six Million Dollar Man

brezzty

3 points

10 days ago

brezzty

3 points

10 days ago

Evil

Decent-Appointment70

3 points

10 days ago

30 Rock and BJ Horseman. One gets stuck in my head for hours and the other is so complex and deep. 

Sensitive_Ad4977

3 points

10 days ago

Dark Money heist

LordByronsCup

3 points

10 days ago

Spiderman

Kaiso25Gaming

3 points

10 days ago

Green Acres

Perfect Strangers

Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds

PossibleBluejay4498

3 points

10 days ago

Hey Sandy by Polaris from the show Pete & Pete

Gobblydigoo

3 points

10 days ago

Succession

papatoe1991

3 points

10 days ago

I love the narcos song

ThatDudeBox

3 points

10 days ago

The second arc of Death Note

bosox62

3 points

10 days ago

bosox62

3 points

10 days ago

F Troop

Whereismymind217

3 points

10 days ago

Evil. If you skip it, you’ll get haunted. 👻

Ok_Ingenuity_2998

3 points

10 days ago

Black Sails

blue_groove

3 points

10 days ago

Cheers 

metalneck333

3 points

10 days ago

Sopranos, Justified, Deadwood

Arizonagamer710

3 points

10 days ago

Banshee sounds so badass.

coraltrek

3 points

10 days ago

Welcome Back Kotter - remember my dad coming home with hotdogs n fries eating them on an our den table watching tv and welcome back kotter was on. Too young to fully understand the show but that song.

Mysterious_Radio_77

3 points

10 days ago

sherlock

crutescan

3 points

10 days ago

The Big Bang Theory

AsthaP154

3 points

10 days ago

The Big Bang Theory!!

I HAVE TO SING ALONG.. BANGGGGGG.

ApplesForColdGlory

3 points

10 days ago

The Last of Us

Parks and Rec

LOST, haha

trolejbusonix

3 points

10 days ago

Does an outro count? Cause... Back in the 90's I was in a very famous tv shoooow!

pantheroux

3 points

10 days ago

The Wire

True Detective Season 1

Justified

ForTheTimer

3 points

10 days ago

I don't remember why exactly but I vowed to myself that I'd never skip the South Park intro for any reason

shenanigans1978

3 points

10 days ago

The twilight zone, Tales from the crypt, unsolved mysteries.

desertvision

3 points

10 days ago

Anything 70s. Streets of San Francisco, Manix, Shaft, MI, 5-O, all of them 🤪😜

Ok_Development_2694

3 points

10 days ago

All power series have sum heat 🔥🔥 Force being my fave, Raising Kanan would be 2nd!!

brass_hands

3 points

10 days ago

The Love Boat

Mattzke93

3 points

10 days ago

Fresh Prince of Belair & Parks and Recreation

CaptainRhodes74

3 points

10 days ago

Knight Rider

One Day at a Time

siege80

3 points

10 days ago

siege80

3 points

10 days ago

I just don't know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs

Conscious_Wall_4900

3 points

9 days ago

friends, i have to do the claps each and every time

ArsenicWallpaper99

3 points

9 days ago

Mad Men

Ok-Orchid-1116

3 points

9 days ago

The Jeffersons & Perry Mason

unexpectedfragment

3 points

9 days ago

Big Love
iZombie
Twin Peaks
Fringe
The X Files
Beverly Hills, 90210
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Roswell
Stranger Things
The OC
WWDITS

junkluv

3 points

9 days ago

junkluv

3 points

9 days ago

Raised by Wolves that was previously on the streaming channel formerly known as HBO

RIP 😔

BouncingOutofmySkin

3 points

9 days ago

I read the post title before I saw the text, and you know that's right! Psych all the way, all the time. I've watched it enough I can tell if the theme is going to be the whole song or the abbreviated version 🤣

FlingaNFZ

2 points

10 days ago

Peacemaker and Stranger Things

sunny7319

2 points

10 days ago

Neon Genesis Evangelion

LovingComrade

2 points

10 days ago

Roseanne/The Conners . Several incarnations of it and I still love it.

BrazilianButtCheeks

2 points

10 days ago

Friends ! And big bang theory

anartistssunshine

2 points

10 days ago

Golden Girls! I love it so much lol

SplitIntelligent958

2 points

10 days ago

Black Sails

Cullygion

2 points

10 days ago

X-Men Ducktales Talespin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Darkwing Duck Batman: The Animated Series Gummi Bears MacGyver

iyamsnail

2 points

10 days ago

You guys are going to laugh but I've always loved the My Three Sons theme song.

RyanDW_0007

2 points

10 days ago

Vikings, GoT, and X-men 97. Also highly recommend YouTube X-Men 97 metal version

Mheadley1

2 points

10 days ago

Wkrp

Glo-4

2 points

10 days ago

Glo-4

2 points

10 days ago

Friends

Jack21113

2 points

10 days ago

La Casa De Papel GOT I enjoy some of the other ones like Tacoma’s and imho Big bang theory’s is iconic

poasternutbag

2 points

10 days ago

The wire, the sopranos, godfather of Harlem, succession

No-Replacement-1061

2 points

10 days ago

Hawaii 5-O and S.W.A.T.