Hit Songs from TV Shows
Hit songs from TV shows. If you are reading this post, you love TV shows like me. Shows that have given us some unforgettable moments and, in some cases, extraordinary music. This post is about songs created for TV shows and became hits on their own. Songs like “I’ll Be There for You” from Friends, “How Do You Talk to an Angel” from The Heights, and many more. Go back and listen to these songs again and again, and bring all these beautiful memories of your favorite TV shows.
Here is a list of some of these memorable songs and the position they claimed in the Billboard Hot 100
| TV Shows | Song Title | Artist(s) | Billboard Peak Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| All in the Family | Those Were the Days | Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton | 43 |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | How Do You Talk to an Angel | The Heights | 1 |
| Cops | Bad Boys | Inner Circle | 8 (on US Reggae |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Settle for Me | Santino Fontana & Rachel Bloom | - |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Let's Generalize About Men | Cast | - |
| Empire | Good Enough | Jussie Smollett | 55 |
| Empire | Drip Drop | Yazz (Hakeem) | 83 |
| Family Ties | At This Moment | Billy Vera & The Beaters | 1 |
| Friends | I'll Be There for You | The Rembrandts | 17 |
| Full House | Everywhere You Look | Jesse Frederick | - |
| Glee | Don't Stop Believin' | Glee Cast | 4 |
| Glee | Teenage Dream | Darren Criss | 8 |
| Hannah Montana | He Could Be the One | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 10 |
| Hannah Montana | The Best of Both Worlds | Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana) | 92 |
| Happy Days | Happy Days | Pratt and McClain | 5 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Making Our Dreams Come True | Cyndi Grecco | 25 |
| Makin' It | Makin' It | David Naughton | 5 |
| MASH* | Suicide Is Painless | The Mash | - |
| Miami Vice | Miami Vice Theme | Jan Hammer | 1 |
| Nashville | Telescope | Hayden Panettiere | 61 |
| Nashville | Fade Into You | Sam Palladio & Clare Bowen | - |
| S.W.A.T. | Theme from S.W.A.T. | Rhythm Heritage | 1 |
| Smash | Let Me Be Your Star | Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty | 92 |
| Soul Train | TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) | MFSB, featuring Three Degrees | 1 |
| South Park | Chocolate Salty Balls | Chef (Isaac Hayes) | 1 (UK Singles C |
| The Brady Bunch | It's a Sunshine Day | The Brady Bunch | - |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Good Ol' Boys | Waylon Jennings | 21 |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Yo Home to Bel-Air | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | - |
| The Greatest American Hero | Believe It or Not | Joey Scarbury | 2 |
| The Heights | How Do You Talk to an Angel | The Heights | 1 |
| The Monkees | I'm a Believer | The Monkees | 1 |
| The Monkees | Last Train to Clarksville | The Monkees | 1 |
| The Partridge Family | I Think I Love You | The Partridge Family | 1 |
| The Partridge Family | Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted | The Partridge Family | 6 |
| The Simpsons | Do the Bartman | Nancy Cartwright (as Bart Simpson) | - |
| The Sopranos | Woke Up This Morning | Alabama 3 | - |
| Welcome Back, Kotter | Welcome Back | John Sebastian | 1 |
| The Brady Bunch | The Brady Bunch Theme | The Brady Bunch | - |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Theme | Will Smith | - |