That’s right. These are the absolute best 80’s TV show theme songs. Now, when I say “songs” I mean “songs” – not just musical themes. That’s for another post, because there’s a ton of those too. These are full on songs – with words and shit – that made TV shows from the 80’s at least somewhat tolerable.

G.I. Joe
I loved this damn cartoon when I was a kid. Watching it filled me with excitement and my closet with tons of kung-fu grip enabled action figures that I eventually shot up with BB guns or tied firecrackers to.

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The Dukes of Hazzard
As if being primed as a kid to be a soldier by G.I. Joe wasn’t enough for mainstream media, I was also being primed to live life as a backwoods hick scofflaw! This was one of my all time favorite shows ever since the invention of the cathode ray tube…whatever that is.

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3-2-1 Contact
How can you not love a theme song with such a funky ass opening guitar lick?

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Perfect Strangers
Despite those godawful electronic drums this has to be one of the most uplifting theme songs ever! It totally makes me want to pack up, move to a foreign country and move in with a complete stranger!

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The Greatest American Hero
It’s sad to think that this bumbling dope with the white guy afro was The Greatest American hero – beating out even Superman! But the 80’s were a crazy time!

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Bosom Buddies
Nothing is more comedy gold than a man dressing up as a woman, so you can imagine how funny this show was…it had TWO men dressed up as women! The two real bonuses of this show are A) It stars a young Tom Hanks from back when he was funny, and B) It actually uses a Billy Joel song in the intro.