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we’ll take the sound of nails on a
chalkboard over these welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 most
annoying TV show theme song for this
list we’re looking at the most
irritating offensively aggravating
television theme songs that may or may
not have made you want to throw your TV
out the window at one point or another
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number ten hammer man whenever there’s a
crime but could some gonna do time they
call better beware because I come a man
won’t be bear the more competent among
us can openly admit to loving MC
Hammer’s one-hit wonder song you can’t
touch this
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it was a great time fun was had but for
most fans that was the end of the love
affair with hammer and his parachute
pants somehow though he landed this
children’s show which saw cartoon
superhero version of him solving crimes
with a pair of magical dancing shoes God
come aside the theme song performed by
hammer himself is as ridiculous as the
show’s concept in a far too long rap
hammer tells the story of hammer man and
the magical shoes Jesus give in magical
shoes fuck dude the rap is jumbled
completely lacks rhythm and
unsurprisingly isn’t exactly lyrically
compelling
don’t worry hammer no one will touch
this number 9 Scaredy Squirrel you got
em you have to give back
there has to be some parent out there
who’s had a breakdown from hearing this
theme song one too many times
which is to say they’ve heard it exactly
once
[Music]
the theme song to this cartoon about a
hyperactive squirrel and his skunk buddy
getting into crazy situations down at
the supermarket where they work is
overly offensive to oddly enough jazz
[Music]
totally the song doesn’t speak jazz
rather it sticks to the classic upbeat
overload of sound structure that many
children’s shows select when the
squirrel attempts to sing jazz he cops
out nonsensical words in what we assume
is an attempt to scat
it’s a failure and we’re left listening
to high-pitched
dribble
thanks Joey thank you with 73 number 8
Star Trek Enterprise been a long time
my Thomas Simon the producers behind
Enterprise wanted a Star Trek like none
that came before and unfortunately they
got it veering far from other Star Trek
iterations
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enterprise chose to ditch the orchestral
format for its theme song and instead it
went with faith of the heart by Russell
Watson the song is fine enough for an
adult contemporary grocery store
soundtrack but not for Star Trek it’s
slow deep and most of all not very Trek
a franchisee about wonder and
exploration and the beauty of the
expansive universe not gone a home is
done no more though they’re not gonna
change my mind they tried to improve it
for later seasons by upping the tempo
but it still fell flat
every time fans heard enterprises in
appropriate theme they boldly went to
another channel
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number seven Happy Tree Friends surprise
surprise another kids show Happy Tree
Friends the show that at first glance
seems to be about cute little woodland
creatures but is actually deceptively
violent and gory opps for some
high-pitched squealing as the primary
musical element in a scene because
that’s what animals do they squeal
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anyway the theme song is about 30
seconds of extremely piercing high
octave noises set to a background beat
of a tuba the tuba is actually the least
offensive part of the song so well done
tuba player number 6 Elmo’s World
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stop this song this is the thought set
to an unfortunate melody that rolls
through a person’s mind when they’re in
range of Elmo and his tone-deaf world
[Music]
the show-within-a-show is admittedly
great for children and plenty of people
out there would concede to having a soft
spot for the little red guy but that
doesn’t mean the song isn’t hard to
listen to it is at best annoyingly
catchy and at worst it’s akin to a hole
being drilled on the side of your head
goldfish and crayons are not enough to
save us from the painfully irritating
ear worm number 5 Alvin and the
Chipmunks
brace yourselves even if you haven’t
seen the show you probably know what’s
coming
Alvin and his pesky Chipmunks achieved
mainstream billion-dollar success with
their film franchise watch where we’re
going back back back again and anyone
familiar with the movies knows how
heavily they’re marketed through
mainstream songs that have been put
through a squeaky chipmunk filter
[Music]
well the show’s theme song does the same
thing
letting the Chipmunks squeaky singing
voices take center stage it’s another
example of a children’s show opting for
shrill vocals and up-tempo beat
[Music]
we’re not sure but there has to be some
science behind the formula because it
seemed that every new cartoon out there
is upping the ante on annoying theme
number four the l word not introduced
until season two the hugely annoying
theme song to the l word has had several
complaints lodged against it but we’ll
start here
it tries too hard to be a James Bond
song the bond scenes work because well
it’s James Bond and it’s part of the
franchise’s culture to work elsewhere
everything needs to be just right the l
word did not get it right and that’s
because of the other issues the show
follows a group of melodramatic lesbians
in Hollywood and that’s also what the
vocals focus on Johnny laughing loving
baby buddy
drinking fighting Fanning listen Jaden
kissing and Raymond it inappropriately
and stereotypically flaunts the
characters identities resulting in a
song that’s actually fairly offensive to
homosexual this is the way is way that
we live
the way that we live
and
number three Animaniacs returning to
children shows we went on Animaniacs
while we’re sure this tune has its fans
some viewers find the theme so
bothersome because it feels like a
circus tune and you know what it’s
designed to be annoying
[Music]
this shows three main characters Yakko
Wakko and dot spend the song taking the
viewer around the WB lot explaining the
hijinks they get up to it’s high-pitched
way too fat and altogether too much but
hey it won an emmy award beyond that
range you want to show how universe
respond together
happy monster Winnipeg oh here’s
something else you may not know this
show’s executive producer Steven
Spielberg you’ll learn something new
every day
[Music]
number two fanboy and Chum Chum what the
heck is a Chum Chum you know what that’s
not important we’re here to talk about
the show’s theme song and yes it really
truly earned the number two spot an
innocent whistle begins this song but
that’s just the calm before the storm
because then fanboy and Chum Chum break
into a rap and all hell breaks loose
[Music]
these two nasally demon spawns vomit up
lyrics about their underwear and getting
a brain freeze and then you won’t
believe this the song literally
encourages its fans to scream at the top
of their lungs do you even realize what
you’re doing apparent peaceful
households no more
[Music]
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions number one Barney
and Friends you know what’s funny most
people think that the Barney theme song
is this but the whole I love you you
love me thing isn’t the real theme
although it was used to torture POWs in
Iraq
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no Barney’s theme song is actually
completely different but don’t worry
it’s still super annoying it landed the
number one spot for a good or you know
what bad reason the song entitled Barney
is a dinosaur is set to the tune of
Yankee Doodle which is offensive enough
as it is it sings of Barney how he’s a
dinosaur and all the fun he gets up to
with the children let’s just say that
when this version of the show ended in
2009 we’re happy the irritating theme
song was retired along with it do you
agree with our list what do you think is
the most annoying theme song out there
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
[Music]
we’ll take the sound of nails on a
chalkboard over these welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 most
annoying TV show theme song for this
list we’re looking at the most
irritating offensively aggravating
television theme songs that may or may
not have made you want to throw your TV
out the window at one point or another
[Music]
number ten hammer man whenever there’s a
crime but could some gonna do time they
call better beware because I come a man
won’t be bear the more competent among
us can openly admit to loving MC
Hammer’s one-hit wonder song you can’t
touch this
[Music]
it was a great time fun was had but for
most fans that was the end of the love
affair with hammer and his parachute
pants somehow though he landed this
children’s show which saw cartoon
superhero version of him solving crimes
with a pair of magical dancing shoes God
come aside the theme song performed by
hammer himself is as ridiculous as the
show’s concept in a far too long rap
hammer tells the story of hammer man and
the magical shoes Jesus give in magical
shoes fuck dude the rap is jumbled
completely lacks rhythm and
unsurprisingly isn’t exactly lyrically
compelling
don’t worry hammer no one will touch
this number 9 Scaredy Squirrel you got
em you have to give back
there has to be some parent out there
who’s had a breakdown from hearing this
theme song one too many times
which is to say they’ve heard it exactly
once
[Music]
the theme song to this cartoon about a
hyperactive squirrel and his skunk buddy
getting into crazy situations down at
the supermarket where they work is
overly offensive to oddly enough jazz
[Music]
totally the song doesn’t speak jazz
rather it sticks to the classic upbeat
overload of sound structure that many
children’s shows select when the
squirrel attempts to sing jazz he cops
out nonsensical words in what we assume
is an attempt to scat
it’s a failure and we’re left listening
to high-pitched
dribble
thanks Joey thank you with 73 number 8
Star Trek Enterprise been a long time
my Thomas Simon the producers behind
Enterprise wanted a Star Trek like none
that came before and unfortunately they
got it veering far from other Star Trek
iterations
[Music]
enterprise chose to ditch the orchestral
format for its theme song and instead it
went with faith of the heart by Russell
Watson the song is fine enough for an
adult contemporary grocery store
soundtrack but not for Star Trek it’s
slow deep and most of all not very Trek
a franchisee about wonder and
exploration and the beauty of the
expansive universe not gone a home is
done no more though they’re not gonna
change my mind they tried to improve it
for later seasons by upping the tempo
but it still fell flat
every time fans heard enterprises in
appropriate theme they boldly went to
another channel
[Music]
number seven Happy Tree Friends surprise
surprise another kids show Happy Tree
Friends the show that at first glance
seems to be about cute little woodland
creatures but is actually deceptively
violent and gory opps for some
high-pitched squealing as the primary
musical element in a scene because
that’s what animals do they squeal
[Music]
anyway the theme song is about 30
seconds of extremely piercing high
octave noises set to a background beat
of a tuba the tuba is actually the least
offensive part of the song so well done
tuba player number 6 Elmo’s World
[Music]
stop this song this is the thought set
to an unfortunate melody that rolls
through a person’s mind when they’re in
range of Elmo and his tone-deaf world
[Music]
the show-within-a-show is admittedly
great for children and plenty of people
out there would concede to having a soft
spot for the little red guy but that
doesn’t mean the song isn’t hard to
listen to it is at best annoyingly
catchy and at worst it’s akin to a hole
being drilled on the side of your head
goldfish and crayons are not enough to
save us from the painfully irritating
ear worm number 5 Alvin and the
Chipmunks
brace yourselves even if you haven’t
seen the show you probably know what’s
coming
Alvin and his pesky Chipmunks achieved
mainstream billion-dollar success with
their film franchise watch where we’re
going back back back again and anyone
familiar with the movies knows how
heavily they’re marketed through
mainstream songs that have been put
through a squeaky chipmunk filter
[Music]
well the show’s theme song does the same
thing
letting the Chipmunks squeaky singing
voices take center stage it’s another
example of a children’s show opting for
shrill vocals and up-tempo beat
[Music]
we’re not sure but there has to be some
science behind the formula because it
seemed that every new cartoon out there
is upping the ante on annoying theme
number four the l word not introduced
until season two the hugely annoying
theme song to the l word has had several
complaints lodged against it but we’ll
start here
it tries too hard to be a James Bond
song the bond scenes work because well
it’s James Bond and it’s part of the
franchise’s culture to work elsewhere
everything needs to be just right the l
word did not get it right and that’s
because of the other issues the show
follows a group of melodramatic lesbians
in Hollywood and that’s also what the
vocals focus on Johnny laughing loving
baby buddy
drinking fighting Fanning listen Jaden
kissing and Raymond it inappropriately
and stereotypically flaunts the
characters identities resulting in a
song that’s actually fairly offensive to
homosexual this is the way is way that
we live
the way that we live
and
number three Animaniacs returning to
children shows we went on Animaniacs
while we’re sure this tune has its fans
some viewers find the theme so
bothersome because it feels like a
circus tune and you know what it’s
designed to be annoying
[Music]
this shows three main characters Yakko
Wakko and dot spend the song taking the
viewer around the WB lot explaining the
hijinks they get up to it’s high-pitched
way too fat and altogether too much but
hey it won an emmy award beyond that
range you want to show how universe
respond together
happy monster Winnipeg oh here’s
something else you may not know this
show’s executive producer Steven
Spielberg you’ll learn something new
every day
[Music]
number two fanboy and Chum Chum what the
heck is a Chum Chum you know what that’s
not important we’re here to talk about
the show’s theme song and yes it really
truly earned the number two spot an
innocent whistle begins this song but
that’s just the calm before the storm
because then fanboy and Chum Chum break
into a rap and all hell breaks loose
[Music]
these two nasally demon spawns vomit up
lyrics about their underwear and getting
a brain freeze and then you won’t
believe this the song literally
encourages its fans to scream at the top
of their lungs do you even realize what
you’re doing apparent peaceful
households no more
[Music]
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable or in this case
dishonorable mentions number one Barney
and Friends you know what’s funny most
people think that the Barney theme song
is this but the whole I love you you
love me thing isn’t the real theme
although it was used to torture POWs in
Iraq
[Music]
no Barney’s theme song is actually
completely different but don’t worry
it’s still super annoying it landed the
number one spot for a good or you know
what bad reason the song entitled Barney
is a dinosaur is set to the tune of
Yankee Doodle which is offensive enough
as it is it sings of Barney how he’s a
dinosaur and all the fun he gets up to
with the children let’s just say that
when this version of the show ended in
2009 we’re happy the irritating theme
song was retired along with it do you
agree with our list what do you think is
the most annoying theme song out there
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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