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TV Theme Song Poll Results - Round 3 |
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Part three of our "Best Theme Song" poll has come to a close, and the results have been tallied. This installment featured the animated "Spider-Man series" from 1967, the 1966 live-action "Batman" show, "The Greatest American Hero", and "Sesame Street". The first three all feature superheroes of some sort. The latter is a popular children's show, but it did feature occasional 'Super Grover' skits, so that could count as a common thread among the four contestants. There were over 3,200 votes in this poll. This time, the results were fairly close, with each earning +20% of the vote. So without further delay, here are the results: |
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Even though it
placed last in our poll, the "Spider-Man" theme song still received a respectable 20.93% of the vote.
Its upbeat tune and memorable lyrics like, "Spiderman, Spiderman, Does
whatever a spider can. Spins a web, any size, Catches thieves just like
flies," easily make it one of the most famous theme songs in history.
In fact, it worked so well that the song was reworked for other Spider-Man
series. Check out the Spider-Man opening sequence. |
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| Simply say the phrase, "Sunny day, sweepin' the
clouds away..." and chances are, someone will starting singing the theme to
"Sesame Street". Nearly everyone under the age of 40 grew up
watching the show (now in its 37th season),
it's no wonder its
familiar theme song brought in nearly 21.5% of the vote.
Once this happy,
lilting tune started playing, we watched with anticipation to find out what
today's letter and number would be, what mischief Bert and Ernie would get
into, or if it would be the day everyone finally met Snuffy. Watch the intro and relive your childhood. |
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The 80s were a
time when theme songs were almost as great as the shows themselves, and
The
Greatest American Hero was a prime example of this. "Believe It or
Not" was performed by singer Joey Scarbury and was so well-received, it
actually topped the music charts in 1981. The lyrics to the theme song
also gave you an idea of what the show was about: "Look
at what's happened to me, I can't believe it myself. Suddenly I'm up on top
of the world, should have been somebody else." You can watch the Greatest American Hero opening here. |
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| If one were to
assess the results of this poll, the conclusion would probably be that the
simpler it is, the better. At least that's the case with the
winner--in fact, the lyrics only consist of one word! When the show
premiered in 1966, the surfer-style instrumentals paired up with the
repeated cries of "Batman!" made this one theme song you surely couldn't
forget. It doesn't matter if you love its catchy rhythm, or if you
think it's one of those annoying songs you can't get out of your head--at
nearly 30% of the vote, this song works because it's so simple! Watch the opening credits and sing along--you know the words! |
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