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Clive Anderson Talks Back on Channel Four used The Coasters Yakety Yak
His later BBC chat show used the brilliant Elvis Costello track Let Them All Talk
I don,t know if Joe Crocker,s fantastic version of With A Little Help from My Friends as used on The Wonder Years ever charted but it was certainly used in a Bank Of Scotland ad at the time the show was popular
The Bob Monkhouse fronted revival of Opportunity Knocks used Kiki Dee,s Star as its theme tune good track it is too IMO
His later BBC chat show used the brilliant Elvis Costello track Let Them All Talk
I don,t know if Joe Crocker,s fantastic version of With A Little Help from My Friends as used on The Wonder Years ever charted but it was certainly used in a Bank Of Scotland ad at the time the show was popular
The Bob Monkhouse fronted revival of Opportunity Knocks used Kiki Dee,s Star as its theme tune good track it is too IMO
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Great track.
Massive number 1 in 1968.
These have a "cult" following and can be found with a total of hundreds of thousands of hits, on YouTube under "Cold Case endings."
Never a chart hit and not so much recently, but this was often used as a theme tune for many public affairs documentary or magazine programmes over the decades.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZomqLM7BQ
here with me by dido for roswell
Final score
When did that go Top 40?
That was a chart hit because it was used on telly, it wasn't an existing chart hit, which I think is what the OP is on about...
The song had been a hit but not the version they used.
This was used as the theme for Top Of The Pops between 1986 and 1991. Made the charts in 1986 when it was first used.
Love the track. Especially this slightly remixed version used in 1989 for the TOTP titles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_I7mDjkzjg
You cannot get the slightly remixed version on CD unfortunately, but the 1986 original is available on this compilation from 2008:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Top-Pops-TOTP-Various-Artists/dp/B00134WV54/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1358635744&sr=1-1
Yes and ABBA's Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! was used for the tv series of the same name, featuring Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus. It ran on BBC2 on/off for three series between 1998 and 2001. Unfortunately, this version didn't make the charts, but ABBA's did in 1979.
Ahaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Him & Her's theme tune is 'Boom Bang-A-Bang' by Lulu.