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TV Shows that use pop/rock songs as themes ?

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    Ollie_h19Ollie_h19 Posts: 8,548
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    Has no-one mentioned the Inbetweeners theme?

    Shot up in Flames by Morning Runner.

    The full song plays over the ending credits of the film.
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    Ollie_h19Ollie_h19 Posts: 8,548
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    RiverChelt wrote: »

    PS: Ooooh, liking this. Just remembered, The Office (UK version) used Handbags & Gladrags but I don't know if it was a chart song as it wasn't the Chris Farlowe or Rod Stewart version.

    Not the Stereophonics either, but an especially recorded version by Big George.
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    Doghouse RileyDoghouse Riley Posts: 32,491
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    The Magic Roundabout

    "Florence and the Machine."
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    grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,695
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    AngusMast wrote: »
    Some old ones

    Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Eagles - Journey of the Sorcerer
    The Computer Programme: Kraftwerk - Computer World
    Salor: Rod Stewart - Sailing

    Really? I always thought that music was written especially for the show/radio series, I guess not :o
    I didnt know that :)
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    grimtales1grimtales1 Posts: 46,695
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    Andy_G wrote: »
    The South Bank Show used a track from Andrew Lloyd Webbers 'Variations'
    A brilliant classical / rock album which I loved at the time.

    Didnt it used to be "Variations on a Theme" by Paganini?
    A version of this tune:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmRs-Yrbo_w
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    SuperAPJSuperAPJ Posts: 10,402
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
    Mock The Week - News Of The World by The Jam

    I like Mock The Week but I hate that as a theme song. The lyrics are naff.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Veering off the pop/rock theme

    Monty Python's Flying Circus - "Liberty Bell" by John Philip Sousa
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    Kiko H FanKiko H Fan Posts: 6,546
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    Top Of The Pops used ' Whole Lotta Love', but the CCs version, rather than the Led Zep version.

    Later, they got Phil Lynott to write the theme 'Yellow Pearl' which he later released.
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    The theme to new Sky 1 comedy Moone Boy is the wonderfully bonkers "Where's Me Jumper?" by the Sultans of Ping.
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    Another oldie(ish)... Teachers had The Boy with the Arab Strap by Belle and Sebastian,,, classic! :D
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    The Archers

    The theme tune of The Archers' is called "Barwick Green" and is a maypole dance from the suite My Native Heath, written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Sky Live Football League
    You've Got The Love - Florence and the Machine
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    rkidrkid Posts: 1,019
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    degsyhufc wrote: »
    Sky Live Football League
    You've Got The Love - Florence and the Machine

    When Sky first got the footie the song they used for the advertising was Alive and Kicking by Simple Minds
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    quin_the_eskimoquin_the_eskimo Posts: 517
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    SteelEdge wrote: »
    Peep Show uses a rock track as it's theme, not sure what it is or who it's buy though.

    "flagpole Sitta" by Harvey Danger. Has been covered by Blink 182. Great tune.
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    Clive Anderson Talks Back on Channel Four used Yakety Yak by The Coasters

    Clive,s later BBC chat show used Elvis Costello,s brilliant track Let Them All Talk

    The opening notes of Waring My Rollex were used at the start of The Kevin Bishop Show

    That Joe Crocker version of With A Little Help from My Friends used on The Wonder Years is my all time favourite version of the song by the way
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