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The best "made for TV song"?


Mike

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The theme to 'Gilligan's Island' - or do you mean only songs sung within a show ? In that case "I Think I Love You " by the Partridge Family - still a good tune to hear these days , as well as "Daydream Believer " and "Last Train to Clarksville " by The Monkees .

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Partridges (at least three great songs that I can think of)

Bradys (not great, but fun-ish)

Sesame Street

Conchords (almost all of them)

Simpsons (especially See My Vest)

EDIT: Ooops! I forgot the Buffy musical episode "Once More With Feeling". A number of great songs in there, possibly my favourite single television episode ever.

LBB

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Where Everybody Knows Your Name (Theme from Cheers) written and performed by Gary Portnoy.

Oh, are we talking theme songs? I was just thinking of songs that are sung "inside" the show.

For themes:

Suicide Is Painless

Ballad Of Jed Clampett

Angel Theme

Twin Peaks

Friends

Hawaii 5-0

Hill Street Blues

... but best of all...

Captain Scarlett (the original series)

EDIT: Oh! What about Welcome Back Kotter?? I only found out years later who John Sebastian was.

Well, there are a bazillion great TV themes. We should do a Top Ten?

LBB

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We've had threads before about TV themes, but here's my list~

Classic-

Gidget

The Addams Family

One Day at a Time

Alice

Welcome Back, Kotter

The Love Boat

Eight Is Enough

Laverne & Shirley

The Muppet Show

The Greatest American Hero

Growing Pains

Mr. Belvedere

Charles in Charge

Friends

Monk

Psych

Animated-

Josie and the Pussycats

H R Puff N Stuff

Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

South Park

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Tom Goes to the Mayor

Songs Within a Show

"The Bear Trap Song"-Tom Goes to the Mayor

"Star Wars Theme" (with lyrics)-SNL

"I Want Candy"-Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Would songs from the Partridge Family count, as most or all of them charted as singles

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