The 40 Best TV Theme Songs of All Time

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36. The Courtship of Eddie's Father - "Best Friend" by Harry Nilsson
The early 1970s saw a string of shows dealing with single parenthood, but only one of them had a theme song by Harry Nilsson.



35. The Sopranos - "Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix)" by Alabama 3
Sometimes there's no need to write new theme music when you can just use a great existing piece of music that fits perfectly. For The Sopranos, that's "Woke Up This Morning," which is about an abused wife who decides to shoot her husband of 20 years.



34. The Dukes of Hazzard - Waylon Jennings
The Dukes of Hazzard earned its Southern cred by filming the first few episodes in Georgia and recruiting Waylon Jennings to write and sing the theme song. Someone has recreated the opening credits in Grand Theft Auto style:



33. What's Happening!! - Henry Mancini
Who knew that the same composer responsible for Peter Gunn also wrote the music to accompany Rerun dribbling a basketball?