January 20, 2005

10:40 PM

My husband and I have both been googling for hours, with no luck. I finally gave in and came here to query all of you. Was Chuck Mangione's song "Feel So Good" ever used as the theme song or lead-in to a television show? (MI)
posted by routergirl to (19 comments total)

Googling gave me nothing until I tried googling groups, and then I came up with some signs that others have asked this same thing...only no answers. Here's one ...here's another.
posted by routergirl at 10:45 PM on January 20, 2005

Its a recognizable tune but many people may not know it by name. To jog peoples memory, theres a tiny sample available from this amazon page.
posted by vacapinta at 10:55 PM on January 20, 2005

I don't think so. I looked around and found nothing. This, I believe, is his official website (it says it on the main page), and though it does mention some of his work being used for the olympics as well as his King of the Hill appearances, there's nothing there about a sitcom theme song.

I don't recognize the song from the clip, but from what I've read, there seems to be a bit of a backlash against it. Seems it got quite a bit of airplay.
posted by SAC at 11:22 PM on January 20, 2005

Shit, I looked too, and I think the answer is no. If the answer was yes it would've showed up in his biographies and stuff.
posted by Edible Energy at 11:51 PM on January 20, 2005

For what it's worth, it seems the song was used in the movie Intolerable Cruelty, and he's also got composer's credits for "Blast!" on TV, and Fargo. So that's me with the blatantly obvious IMDB search.
posted by slightlybewildered at 1:23 AM on January 21, 2005

And another from the obvious imdb search department (Search google), it seems a variation of the song was used on Friends (Episode 4.19).
posted by splice at 4:33 AM on January 21, 2005

In early 80's it was used for a morning TV news show I am certain. Maybe Good Morning America.
posted by evilelf at 6:20 AM on January 21, 2005

Man, I was coming up with nothing until evilelf mentioned a morning show -- now I'm convinced he's right, but I can't remember which show.
posted by o2b at 7:14 AM on January 21, 2005

evilelf, that's ringing a faint bell with me too. Could it have been used as a local news theme song?
posted by SisterHavana at 8:03 AM on January 21, 2005

> Could it have been used as a local news theme song?
Maybe, I was living in the Boston area at the time. For some reason I think Good Morning America though. Don't know why I was watching it...
posted by evilelf at 8:11 AM on January 21, 2005

I seem to remember hearing it used as into/outro music on television broadcasts of PGA golf tournaments back in the '70s.
posted by dnash at 8:34 AM on January 21, 2005

I dont about it being used as a theme song but I do recall it being the song typically used while the morning shows did either a photo slideshow or an on-screen listing of community events. Maybe thats why people remember it?
posted by vacapinta at 9:39 AM on January 21, 2005

In early 80's it was used for a morning TV news show I am certain. Maybe Good Morning America.

I seem to recall this, too. Was Tom Snyder the host, maybe?
posted by ZenMasterThis at 9:48 AM on January 21, 2005

This question's been driving me nuts. I emailed his agent, who says no, the song's never been used for an official theme song, but it is used in King of the Hill, which we already knew. I also emailed someone in charge of licensing and copyrights of Mangione's songs, so if it's ever been used for anything on television, legally, he'll know about it.

Talk about your earworms...
posted by iconomy at 10:30 AM on January 21, 2005

Ha! During my youth, this song always played before every movie at the Excelsior Dock Cinema while they showed a montage piece featuring local businesses.

I always thought it was some terrible local artist playing a cheesy tune. Imagine my surprise when I heard it later in life outside of Excelsior.

While it would be a stretch to say I like the song, I can appreciate it more now than I did as an insolent child!
posted by Lola_G at 1:48 PM on January 21, 2005

Oops, I messed up the HTML on the link...

Here it is.
posted by Lola_G at 1:53 PM on January 21, 2005

It kind of evoked the Hill Street Blues theme song for me.
posted by astruc at 2:11 PM on January 21, 2005

I also have dim memories of a 70's daytime show with a theme (end credits, I think) that sounded remarkably like "Feels So Good." My faulty memory suggests it was early Donahue, although I have been unable so far to back this up. (Mike Douglas, maybe?)

It's good to know I'm not alone.
posted by Guy Smiley at 10:44 PM on January 21, 2005

Maybe people are confusing it with the theme of The Dating Game? They sound similar to me. (wild guess #3)
posted by vacapinta at 1:38 AM on January 22, 2005