Examples of "Do It Yourself" Theme Tune in Live-Action TV.
- Marla Gibbs sings "There's No Place Like Home", the theme tune to 227 of which she is the star.
- The theme song to the 1970s American sitcom Alice, "There's a New Girl in Town", was sung by Linda Lavin, who portrayed the title character.
- Carroll O'Connor wrote the (never heard on the show) lyrics to "Remembering You," the closing instrumental theme song for All in the Family. Also, of course, the opening theme "Those Were The Days
" was sung (on camera) by O'Connor and Jean Stapleton. - And the Winner is Love: Luo Yun Xi (Shangguan Tou) sings "缘起/Yuán Qǐ/Origin".
- Speaking of game shows and Alan Thicke, Mr. Thicke co-wrote and performed the theme song to the short-lived Saturday morning celebrity quiz show Animal Crack-ups.
- Ashes of Love:
- Yang Zi (Jin Mi) and Deng Lun (Xu Feng) sing "天地无霜/Tiān Dì Wú Shuāng/Unparalleled in the World". Yang Zi also sings "情霜/Qíng Shuāng/Love Frost".
- Sa Ding Ding plays Immortal Yuan Ji and also sings the ending theme, "左手指月/Zuǒ Shǒu Zhǐ Yuè/Upwards to the Moon".
- The theme song for Big Bad Beetleborgs was sung by Billy Forester, who played Flabber.
- The Big Bang Theory's theme song, written and performed by the Barenaked Ladies, was mistaken for this by a few people who believed that Jim Parsons sang it.
- Birds of a Feather: From Series 3 onwards, the theme tune (a version of "What'll I Do") is sung by two of the co-stars (Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson).
- Blake's 7 had some lyrics composed for the existing instrumental theme tune that would have been sung by cast member Steven Pacey (Tarrant), but they ended up going unused. They are recorded for posterity here.
- Bored to Death: Series star Jason Schwartzman wrote and performed the theme song and is credited under the name of his musical solo project, Coconut Records.
- The opening theme from Bottom was written and performed by The Blue Notes, Adrian Edmondson's band. They also played the cover of "Last Night" that runs under the closing credits.
- Beginnning in its second season, The Brady Bunch had its theme song performed by the show's six child actors (as well as that of The Brady Kids.)
- An in-show example for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Peralta is on a case with Captain Holt and wants them to play characters, he's Bret Barley, a cop who hates violence against animals, and Holt is Gerald Jimes, a man who can solve every crime except one-the murder of his wife. Holt dismisses the idea, of course, but it doesn't stop Peralta from singing a song about the two fake detectives."Look out bad guys, its Barley and Jimes, Barley and Jimes are on the case!"
- On Camp Cariboo, hosts Tom Knowlton and Mark Baldwin, who often sang and played instruments on the show, recorded the theme song themselves.
- The theme tune for the first season of Campion was sung by lead actor Peter Davison.
- Cinderella Chef:
- Xu Zhi Xuan (Xia Chun Yu) sings "情痴/Qíng Chī" and "光年/Guāng Nián".
- Chong Dan Ni (Ye Jia Yao) sings "相信的意义/Xiāng Xìn De Yì Yì".
- Cleopatra 2525 had Gina Torres play one of the main characters, Hel, and also sang the theme song.
- The main theme of El corazón nunca se equivoca is performed by Emilio Osorio and Joaquín Bondoni, who also play the main characters.
- Cybill Shepard sings the theme to Cybill herself.
- A lot of live-action sitcoms on Disney Channel — That's So Raven, Cory in the House, Hannah Montana, Sonny with a Chance, Good Luck Charlie, Wizards of Waverly Place, Jonas, A.N.T. Farm, Jessie, Austin & Ally, Liv and Maddie, I Didn't Do It, Girl Meets World, K.C. Undercover, Bunk'd, Bizaardvark... The list goes on.
- It's easier to list which ones which are aversions of the trope: Lizzie McGuire, Phil of the Future, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody/On Deck, Shake it Up (sung by Selena Gomez of Wizards of Waverly Place — surprisingly she never appeared on Shake It Up), Dog with a Blog (a BGM opening), Best Friends Whenever (one of the stars from the show is in the band that sang the OP), Stuck in the Middle, Andi Mack (sung by Sabrina Carpenter of Girl Meets World), and Just Roll With It.
- The Doctor Who episode "Before the Flood" features the regular opening theme with an electric guitar accompaniment by Peter Capaldi.
- The first theme to The Drew Carey Show, "Moon Over Parma", was sung by Drew Carey.
- Waylon Jennings should be considered part of the cast for The Dukes of Hazzard, right? He sings the theme song (a.k.a. "Good Ol' Boys") and he narrates each episode.
- For the first two seasons, the theme for Eight is Enough was a jaunty instrumental. During the season two finale, eldest son David (Grant Goodeve) performed a song called "Eight Is Enough". A version of this tune, still with Goodeve performing the lyrics, became the official theme starting with season three and remained so for the rest of the show's run.
- The Eternal Love 2: Liang Jie (Xiao Tan) sings "拜托拜托/Bài Tuō Bài Tuō/Please, I Beg You" and part of "一半/Yī Bàn/Half".
- Everybody Hates Chris almost had one of these. Cast member Tichina Arnold wrote and performed her own song, but ultimately an instrumental theme tune was chosen instead. A small snippet of the song became the iconic "Everybody Ha-ates Chris!" riff at the act-breaks and end of every episode.
- The theme for the original run of The Facts of Life was performed by Gloria Loring, who was not in the cast. But in possibly the most delayed example of this trope, Lisa Whelchel (Blair on the original series) sang the theme when an episode was recreated in December 2021 on "Live Before a Studio Audience", 33 years after the show ended, while Jennifer Aniston played Blair in the remake.
- Lee Majors sang the theme song from The Fall Guy, "The Unknown Stuntman" (co-written by the show's creator, Glen A. Larson, who wrote or co-wrote the themes for many of his shows and thus paved the way for J. J. Abrams).
- The theme to the 1980s British sitcom A Fine Romance (the song "A Fine Romance", written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields) was sung by the show's star, Dame Judi Dench.
- Joss Whedon wrote the theme song for Firefly. There's an alternate version of the opening in the DVD boxset where he sings it himself (albeit not that well).
- In Frasier, Kelsey Grammer, who stars as the eponymous Dr. Frasier Crane in the show, sings the closing theme song, "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs". The 2023 revival had Grammer singing a new version of the familiar tune.
- The famous Theme Tune Rap to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was performed by... DJ Jazzy Jeff and the titular Fresh Prince.
- The Russian remake of German TV show Galileo has composer credit go to its host, Aleksandr Pushnoy.
- Parodied in Garth Marenghis Darkplace: The opening is "based on melodies originally whistled by Gath Marenghi".
- General and I: Wallace Chung (Chu Bei Jie) sang "一支孤芳/Yī Zhī Gū Fāng/A Lone Flower".
- Nell Carter sang the theme song for Gimme a Break!.
- The Glamorous Imperial Concubine:
- Ruby Lin (Ma Fu Ya) sings "倾世皇妃/Qīng Shì Huáng Fēi/The Glamorous Imperial Concubine" and "倾听我/Qīng Tīng Wǒ/Listen to Me".
- Wallace Huo (Liu Lian Cheng) sings "倾世/Qīng Shì/Glamorous Lifetime".
- Paul McDermott, host of Good News Week, sings the theme tune (a cover of Hedgehoppers Anonymous' Good News Week).
- Greg Evigan shares ownership of this trope with Dennis Waterman, having done this four times, first with shortlived '70s sitcom A Year at the Top - justified as it was a show about a pair of musicians, played by Evigan and Paul Shaffer (!) - then with B.J. and the Bear, My Two Dads (which he also performed on screen in one episode, leading Paul Reiser to wonder where he'd heard that song before) and P.S. I LUV U.
- Merv Griffin frequently did this with his Game Show properties:
- He composed the theme song and Jeopardy! Thinking Music for the original 1964-1974 version of Jeopardy! When the show was brought back in 1984, an adaptation of the latter became the show's Bootstrapped Theme, which is still used in rearranged form to this day.
- Originally averted with Wheel of Fortune, which originally used Alan Thicke's "Big Wheels", but changed to Merv's own "Changing Keys" in 1983. During most of the 1980s and 1990s, Merv also composed various music beds used throughout the show (one of which was later Recycled many years later, shortly after Merv's death, for Merv Griffin's Crosswords). Versions of "Changing Keys" were used until 2000, when they were replaced by different composers' themes.
- Going a little further back, Griffin wrote the theme for the first game show he produced, 1963's Word For Word. Griffin hosted the show as well.
- Griffin also composed the theme for Headline Chasers, which was created by Wink Martindale but put out by Griffin's production company.
- Grownish's theme song "Grown" is performed by band Chloe x Halle, who are also cast members on the show.
- Guardian: Bai Yu (Zhao Yunlan) and Zhu Yilong (Shen Wei) sang "时间飞行/Shí Jiān Fēi Xíng/Flight of Time".
- H₂O: Just Add Water's third season has the original opening song, "No Ordinary Girl", sang by Indiana Evans, the actress playing Bella. Averted with the first two seasons (which were performed by Ellie Henderson in season one and Kate Alexa in season two).
- The Hexer: Zbigniew Zamachowski, who played Dandelion, did all the singing required for his role and even recorded ballads used in closing credits for each episode.
- This applies to Hi-de-Hi!'s theme tune, "Holiday Rock", but only the version played over the ending credits, which was sung by Paul Shane.
- The theme songs to Hinatazaka46's television dramas are the group's own songs.
- Re:Mind: "Soredemo Aruiteru"
- Dasada: "Seishun no Uma"
- Koeharu!: "Koe no Ashiato"
- The theme to Hogan's Heroes was an instrumental, but Bob Crane played the drums on it.
- Both The Honeymooners and The Jackie Gleason Show featured theme music written by Jackie Gleason himself (Gleason put out numerous albums, but as a conductor rather than a singer).
- The theme song for How I Met Your Mother is sung by The Solids, a band that is made up of four guys, two of which are the show's creators, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. In a sixth-season episode, the cast performs the theme song.
- James May wrote the theme tune to his own series, James May's Man Lab. Given his musical background, it's not terribly surprising.
- The Journey of Flower: Wallace Huo (Bai Zi Hua) and Zhao Li Ying (Hua Qian Gu) sang "不可说/Bù Kě Shuì/Cannot Say".
- Joy Of Life: Xiao Zhan (Yan Bing Yun) sings "余年/Yú Nián/Remaining Years''.
- Kaamelott: the series' soundtracks, its famous short interludes especially, were composed by showrunner/creator Alexandre Astier (and he also did the soundtrack of The Movie, Kaamelott: Premier Volet).
- Kamen Rider: Going all the way back to the original, several series have featured songs performed by members of the cast, usually The Hero or The Lancer. An incomplete listing: V3, Super-1, BLACK, Ryuki, Blade, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, Decade, OOO, Gaim, and Drive. The special mentions...
- Kamen Rider Den-O, which pulled Rearrange the Song a lot, as detailed on that trope's page (and that isn't counting the version of the theme song performed by the four main Imagin).
- Kamen Rider Kiva, which featured a "limited band" called TETRA-FANG, formed to perform the show's insert songs; series star Koji Seto was the lead singer and recurring Kamen Rider composer Shuhei Naruse played the keyboard.
- Kamen Rider Double has an odd case: it doesn't happen normally, but one story arc revolves around a villain rigging an American Idol-style singing contest. Philip (who has a tendency to get wrapped up in new experiences) signs himself and Shotaro up as "The Kamen Singers", and they perform "Finger on the Trigger", one of the show's insert songs.
- Kamen Rider OOO: The themes for OOO's seven form changes are sung by lead actor Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) himself. Two of them are also duets - "Time Judged All" with Ryosuke Miura (Ankh) and "Power to Tearer" with the legendary Akira Kushida (the voice of the O Scanner).
- Kamen Rider Gaim features a twist on this, as the theme song for Gaim's Super Mode, "Ranbu Escalation", is actually a duet between lead actor Gaku Sano (Kouta Kazuraba) and Yutaka Kobayashi (who plays The Rival Kaito Kumon). Notably, this is because the song is more about their race for the Golden Fruit and serves contrasts their character arcs leading into the final part of the show. Notable, in that, more than any other example in the franchise, while most other examples of this trope are the actors simply singing a song about their character, the lyrics and even the music video make it perfectly clear it's the characters themselves who are singing. The above mentioned Time Judged All is the one that comes closest to this in terms of a song sung by the characters themselves. Kobayashi performed another collective song ("Never Surrender") alongside Gaku Matsuda & Saku Momose, who played Kaito's teammates Zack and Peko.
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid has a rare villainous example: Hiroyuki Takami, who plays series Big Bad Masamune Dan (and also the vocalist of the legendary group Access), also sung his insert theme, "Justice".
- Kamen Rider Zi-O's image song "Zi-O! King of Time!" is sung by the lead actor So Okuno. Not to be outdone, fellow actors Gaku Oshida and Keisuke Watanabe, who play Geiz and Woz, respectively, have their own image songs that they also sing, "Future Guardian" and "Black&White".
- The theme to Kids Incorporated is sung by the entire cast.note
- During the 1989-1990 season, Los Angeles-based KTTV's weekday afternoon programming block was known as "King Koopa's Kool Kartoons"note , which was also the name of a local show that aired at the end of each day. This show had a theme song performed by Christopher Collins (AKA: Chris Latta) who was (at least) the voice of this version of "King Koopa" (as he was called in the animated show)note .
- Craig Ferguson sings the theme song for his late-night chat show The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and also co-wrote the lyrics. And yes, he's really playing the drums in the opening segment.
- The Legend of Xiao Chuo: Yu Ji Wei (Yelü Xie Zhen) sang "相思魂/Xiāng Sī Hún/Yearning Soul".
- The theme song of Life Goes On is a cover of The Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", with co-star and Broadway singer Patti LuPone leading the rest of the cast.
- Not only Torri Webster, who plays Tess, sings "Wonderful Life" for Life with Boys but she also joined by Canadian singer Katia Zuccarelli as a duet theme song.
- Queen Latifah performed the theme for Living Single.
- The Longest Day in Chang'an: Reyizha Alimjan (Tan Qi) sings "侠客行/Xiá Kè Xíng/Chivalrous Tour".
- Lost Love in Times:
- William Chan (Yuan Ling) sings "因你/Yīn Nǐ/Because of You".
- Mao Fang Yuan (Xiao Xu) sings "你是我的王国/Nǐ Shì Wǒ De Wáng Guó/You Are My Kingdom".
- Han Xue (Tao Yao) and Han Dong (Xi Xie) sing "空情/Kōng Qíng/Empty Love".
- Gao Yi Qing (Yuan Hao) sings "不若相见/Bù Ruò Xiāng Jiàn/Rather Not Meet".
- "Final Frontier", the Theme Tune for Mad About You was written by Paul Reiser, who starred in the show. (Note that the show also featured Diegetic Soundtrack Usage on one occasion.) Reiser also played piano in the recording of the theme song.
- David Naughton (better known as the "Dr. Pepper" guy and as An American Werewolf in London) both starred in and sang the theme song for the shortlived 1978 sitcom, Makin' It. Ironically, though the show was a flop, the song was a hit.
- Metal Heroes only has two: The opening of B-Robo Kabutack, "Kiyoku Tadashiku Kabutack," sang by Kabutack's VA, Takeshi Kusao, and Ichiro Mizuki (Doctor Ben/Doctor Bio) sang the opening to Jikuu Senshi Spielban.
- Men with Sword: Evan Ma (Jian Bin) and Dylan Xiong (Zhong Kun Yi) sang "劍心飛揚/Jiàn Xīn Fēi Yáng". Dylan Xiong also sang "月光訣/Yuè Guāng Jué".
- The theme song for Mimpi Metropolitan is sung by Bambang, Alan and Prima's actors with backing vocals from the creative team (who wrote the lyrics).
- Every iteration of the Theme Tune of Mystery Science Theater 3000 was written and performed by the show's stars - Joel Hodgson wrote the lyrics that appear during his five seasons on the show, and all the variations that appear during the Mike years were written by Mike Nelson himself. (Considering that Mike wrote about three out of every five songs performed on the show, this is not actually all that surprising.) On top of this, in Seasons 8-10, Mary Jo Pehl sings part of the song as her character of Pearl Forrester. The streak was broken by Season 11, with lyrics written and sung by Har Mar Superstar, albeit with part of the song being sung by Felicia Day, who played the show's new Big Bad.
- Zooey Deschanel sings the theme song of New Girl. Her character sings part of the theme song in-universe in the pilot episode, and only by the second episode does the series feature the 'official' song as an opener.
- Nickelodeon does this a lot, especially during the late 2000's and early 2010's when many shows were vehicles for the stars' budding music careers. Drake Bell sings the theme song to Drake & Josh, Miranda Cosgrove sings the theme song to iCarly, Victoria Justice sings the theme for Victorious, Keke Palmer sings the theme for True Jackson, VP, Big Time Rush sings the theme for... Big Time Rush, Brec Bassinger sings the theme for Bella and the Bulldogs, and Kel Mitchell sings the theme to Game Shakers. Older Nickelodeon series include the entire cast performing the theme to Eureeka's Castle.
- Nirvana in Fire: All three of the main cast contributed to the OST. Hu Ge (Mei Changsu) sings "风起时/Fēng Qǐ Shí/When the Wind Blows"; Liu Tao (Nihuang) sings "红颜旧/Hóng Yán Jiù/Faded Beauty", and Wang Kai (Jingyan) sings "赤血长殷/Chì Xuè Cháng Yīn/Loyal Blood Forever Runs Red".
- Novoland: The Castle in the Sky:
- Ju Jing Yi (Fei Shuang) sang "醉飞霜/Zuì Fēi Shuāng/Drunk Fei Shuang".
- Guan Xiao Tong (Fu Ling) sang "音夢/Yīn Mèng/Music Dream".
- Su Pollard sings the theme to Oh, Doctor Beeching! over the end credits.
- The two theme tunes of Only Fools and Horses are sung by John Sullivan, the series creator. Something that some people have noticed about the way Sullivan sings is that he sounds like one of the main characters, Rodney. A few people did indeed think that Nicholas Lyndhurst was the one singing it.
- David Cassidy sang both versions of The Partridge Family's theme song.
- The original Swedish version of the 1969 Pippi Longstocking series had Inger Nilsson (who plays Pippi) sing the theme song.note
- Power Rangers: Dino Thunder executive producer Douglas Sloan co-wrote its theme song.
- Princess Agents: Zhao Li Ying (Chu Qiao) sang part of "望/Wàng/Gaze".
- Princess Silver:
- Aarif Rahman (Wu You) sang "若雪/Ruò Xuě/If Snow" and part of "小至/Xiǎo Zhì".
- Zhang Xue Ying (Rong Le) sang "忘忧/Wàng Yōu/Forget Worries".
- The Princess Wei Young:
- Tiffany Tang (Xin Er) and Luo Jin (Tuoba Yu) sang "天赋/Tiān Fù/Heavenly Gift".
- Jin Han (Chiyun Nan) sang "緣因我/Yuán Yīn Wǒ/Fate Because of Me".
- Psych creator Steve Franks wrote and sang the theme song with his band, The Friendly Indians. He says that of all the times his name comes up in the show's credits, that's the one that makes him the happiest.
- The theme song to Reba is somewhere between this and Real Song Theme Tune, since it's a partial rewrite of Reba McEntire's 2002 single "I'm a Survivor".
- The Rentaghost theme tune was written and sung by Michael Staniforth, who played Claypole on the show.
- The Rise of Phoenixes: Ni Ni (Zhi Wei) sang "何奈何/Hé Nài Hé/Why to No Avail".
- Room at the Bottom (1967)'s theme was done by Kenny Lynch, who also played Horace.
- The theme song for Round the Twist was sung by Tamsin West, who played the original Linda.
- Parodied in a Saturday Night Live sketch where the stars of popular television shows sing to their theme tunes With Lyrics, such as Jim Hopper singing the tune of Stranger Things, Cousin Greg singing to the Succession theme (which is just him repeating "Huh? What?" over the music), and Baby Yoda rapping the theme song of The Mandalorian before quitting because he doesn't like the beat. They cap it off with the real John Krasinski (the episode's host) singing his own lyrics to The Office (US), which borders on a Literal Music Video.
- Scarlet Heart: Liu Shi Shi (Zhang Xiao/Ruo Xi) sings "等你的季节/Děng Nǐ De Jì Jié/Season of Waiting".
- Folk singer John Tams played a regular supporting role in Sharpe and also wrote/arranged and sang most of its music.
- Billy Barty, Patty Maloney and Jimmy Briscoe sang the theme song to their sketch comedy series, Short Ribbs. Barty even sang one portion solo.
- Averted with Smallville's theme song. The lead singer of Remy Zero, the band that performed "Save Me", bears an uncanny resemblance to Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor), which led some to think he was singing it.
- Gene Roddenberry wrote the lyrics to the Star Trek: The Original Series theme just so he could get 50% of the royalties as a lyricist, and without asking its composer Alexander Courage. Courage felt that Roddenberry's conduct was unethical (although he never pursued any legal action), to which Roddenberry replied "Hey, I have to get some money somewhere. I'm sure not gonna get it out of the profits of Star Trek." This royalty issue, as well as being busy scoring Doctor Dolittle, may explain why Courage only scored a few episodes in the first and third seasons.
- Two Super Sentai series: Choujuu Sentai Liveman and Kousoku Sentai Turboranger. Both have their theme songs sang by the actors of their respective Red Rangers.
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger's ending in episodes which focused on its female rangers, "Girls in trouble! DEKARANGER" were sung by Jasmine & Umeko's actresses while the boys act as backing vocalists.
- The Ending Theme of the first season of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger, "Ashita wa Akiba no Kaze ga Fuku", is sung by Nobuo's actor Masato Wada.
- In South Korea, the opening of Power Rangers Dino Force Brave is sung by its five male lead actors.
- In Sydney to the Max, Sydney herself, Ruth Righi, performs the theme song with Dan Conklin.
- Subversion: The theme song of Two and a Half Men appears (in the show's initial opening credit sequence) to be sung by the titular cast, but producer Chuck Lorre confirmed in 2005 at a convention that actors Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones are only lip-syncing. The actual vocals were done by professional studio musicians — notably, the one for Angus was an uncredited E.G. Daily.
- However, a TV spot for the show did feature the actors actually singing a set of gag lyrics to that title tune — evidently commemorating its move to daily syndication, as the lyrics began with Charlie Sheen singing, "EV-ry day, we're ON ev-ry DAY now..." Comparing Sheen's Cryer's and Jones’s actual singing voices to the sound of the theme should have put this trope to rest for the show, but unfortunately Viewers Are Morons.
- The theme tune to Taskmaster is performed by The Horne Section, which is co-host Alex Horne's band.
- The theme tune of 21 Jump Street was performed by Holly Robinson, who played Officer Judy Hoffs on the show (with the "JUMP!" shout provided by Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise).
- Two Up, Two Down's theme was sung by Paul Nicholas in character as Jimmy.
- The theme to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is an in-universe Voice Clip Song someone made from an in-universe news broadcast in the first episode explaining the backstory of the main character.
- Ultraman Leo has its first theme song performed by main star Ryu Manatsu. He did a rerecording a few decades later.
- The 1994 UK series The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller, after a cold open (usually a quick magic trick or a circus geek-style act, such as snorting a bean and making it pop out from under their eyes) has Penn and Teller playing the theme tune in front of the audience (Penn on bass and Teller on piano), underscored by rhythmic hammering chisels.
- The Untamed:
- Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo (the actors for Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, respectively) sang the ending song.
- Xiao Zhan, Wang Yibo, Wang Zhuocheng (Jiang Cheng), Liu Haikuan (Lan Xichen) and Yu Bin (Wen Ning) also sang their respective character songs.
- Chen Zhuoxuan (A-Qing) sang alongside Sun Bolun in the Yi City theme song "Gu Cheng".
- Although Zui Xue is the lead singer, Zheng Fanxing (Lan Sizhui), Guo Cheng (Lan Jingyi), and Qi Peixin (Jin Ling) sang some lines in their collective character song.
- The theme song for ¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.? was written by the head writer Luis Santeiro, and performed by Paquito Hechevarría and the Fly Outs Band. Just like the show featured bilingual dialogue, the song featured lyrics in both English and Spanish.
- Walker, Texas Ranger has Chuck Norris singing its theme tune, "Eyes of the Ranger"; this intro was first featured in Season 3's "The Big Bingo Bamboozle".
- Watching begins and ends with ditties sung by Emma Wray in-character as Brenda.
- British actor Dennis Waterman had a history of doing this with the shows that he was in, including Minder and New Tricks. This is spoofed in a recurring skit on Little Britain, which invariably ends with Waterman losing work because of his insistence that he "write the theme tune, sing the theme tune..." to pretty much every job he's offered. (The other joke is the fact that the "Dennis Waterman" of the show, played by David Walliams, is repeatedly shown to be absolutely tiny, whereas the real Dennis Waterman was 5′9″ — dead average.) The irony is that, although he sang the theme to Minder, he didn't actually write it. That was done by his wife at the time, Patricia Waterman.
- This parody was itself parodied in the Comic Relief special, with the real Dennis Waterman invading the Dennis Waterman sketch to point out the inaccuracies, and then sing the show's theme tune anyway.
- The theme of the last two seasons of The Wayans Bros. was produced by Shawn and Marlon Wayans themselves, with an assist from Omar Epps.
- Some people thought that Richard Sanders sang the WKRP in Cincinnati theme song. But he played Les Nessman and Word of God holds that the lyrics were written from the perspective of Andy Travis, who was played by an actor (Gary Sandy) who had singing experience in musicals. It was actually performed by session singer Steve Carlisle.
- Word of Honor:
- Zhang Zhe Han (Zhou Zi Shu) and Gong Jun (Wen Ke Xing) sing "天涯客/Tiān Yá Kè/Faraway Wanderers". Zhang Zhe Han also sings "孤梦/Gū Mèng/Lonely Dream".
- Li Dai Kun (the Scorpion King), Yuan Shuai (Mu Yun Ge), Ma Wen Yuan (Cao Wei Ning) and Sun Xi Lun (Zhang Cheng Ling) sing "望天涯/Wàng Tiān Yá/Gazing at the Horizon".
