Top 5 TV Theme Songs You Refuse to Skip

The opening credits that turn a 'skip intro' button into a moral failing.

1. 1

   Woke Up This Morning — Alabama 3 (The Sopranos)

   Tony driving out of the Lincoln Tunnel to that bassline did more character work than most shows do in a full season.

2. 2

   Succession Main Title Theme — Nicholas Britell

   Hip-hop beat under a classical piano melody is exactly what these awful rich people sound like, and somehow you still hum it.

3. 3

   Where Everybody Knows Your Name — Gary Portnoy (Cheers)

   It's a sitcom theme about loneliness disguised as a bar jingle, and it lands harder every year you get older.

4. 4

   Twin Peaks Theme — Angelo Badalamenti

   Those dreamy synths over sawmill footage make you feel sleepy and nervous in exactly the right ratio.

5. 5

   The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme — DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

   Everyone over thirty can still rap the whole thing from memory, which counts as the most successful exposition ever written.