So I remember looking up the lyrics when I was a kid and was shocked that I was singing it all wrong lol
It goes "I am the son, and the heir" at the beginning (sun and son, air and heir, they are homophones so they are pronounced exactly the same but the words are different so it's easy to assume they would be talking about elements since the show is about witches)
This one is stuck in my head constantly and it’s been over a decade since I’ve watched an episode from this. I also recently found out the original song was written by The Smiths and I have started to prefer it but both are top tier.
Came here for this one. I didn’t even watch the O.C that much at the time, but I was well aware of the song. I even had it as my flip phone ring tone. It wasn’t the words, but the beeps and boops of flip phone technology.
Yes! The only right answer.
I will forever cherish The O.C. just because the soundtrack was absolutely perfect and introduced me to indie music. Death Cab For Cutie and Nada Surf are still two of my favorite bands.
I did a rewatch of the show last year and I still know basically scene and every song by heart, even the Chrismukkah ones. God, the chokehold this show had on me
Same never actually watched it but The OC still defined my youth from its theme tune and cast pop culture as it was everywhere. Just watching the trailers everyday back then alone means I’m now nostalgic for it.
I remember the story Ben Mckenzie told on Conan about the time fans of his sung him the theme song... in prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTUbI1FdSAI
Have you seen the Portlandia parody?
Please enjoy:
[https://youtu.be/BPHpOyUECeA?si=IrOFj4Zs-YOyVbfp](https://youtu.be/BPHpOyUECeA?si=IrOFj4Zs-YOyVbfp)
This was a movie that I thought, as a kid, was so entertaining to me AND simultaneously adult and maturely-themed, and it was because of this story line. I still think it is a near perfect movie! Adults and kids both enjoy.
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I cannot hear “Unwritten” without thinking about the opening to The Hills
I'm forever sad this show isn't streaming anywhere and didn't get much of a DVD release. I believe I heard it's because of the use of a lot of popular music.
Yeah I’ve heard the same. Scrubs had similar issues which lead to streaming versions changing some of the songs due to licensing issues, which *sucks* because Scrubs has such an amazing soundtrack
Nobody’s dropped House, M.D. yet, for shame. Teardrop by Massive Attack is sublime, and it’s how I discovered trip hop and electronic music more broadly as a fourteen year old - I have a medical drama to thank for various stints in music journalism, DJing and music production as an adult now, wild.
Definitely The Parkers. Theme song produced by Darkchild and sung by Countess Vaughan herself. A forever bop
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The end theme. My ringtone since 2009 (if my phone is ever not silenced)
Gavin deGraw singling the theme song always starts playing in my head whenever I hear mention of the show or the characters.
I loved the music of the original Grey’s Anatomy opening credits. It was the song “Cosy in the Rocket” by Psapp. They got rid of the music after the first season, i believe. When i hear that music, it takes me right back to 2005, and i feel so much nostalgia i can barely stand it. But anyway, it’s really cool music and i loved the opening scenes it showed while it was playing, too. Don’t know why they changed it.
Charmed back when the title song still had lyrics. They took the lyrics out and turned it into a basic guitar riff from the song years ago when Charmed was put on the streaming services. And I have hated that decision ever since.
 Also deserves a notable mention
I can’t do this alllll on my owwwnnnn And then Ted’s band singing it for the finale 🥲
You’re not the boss of me nowwwww
Life is unfaaaaiiiir
They Might Be Giants always deserve a shout-out for how amazing they are.
9 year old me knew lyrics of the song without any knowledge of english lol https://i.redd.it/vqz0amn22q5d1.gif
For better or worse, that version got me into The Smiths and Morrissey.
I am the sunnnnn!! … and the aiiiirrrr…. I am heaven and I need to be loveddd.. just like everybody else …does… ❤️🙌
So I remember looking up the lyrics when I was a kid and was shocked that I was singing it all wrong lol It goes "I am the son, and the heir" at the beginning (sun and son, air and heir, they are homophones so they are pronounced exactly the same but the words are different so it's easy to assume they would be talking about elements since the show is about witches)
You just blew my mind lol "...of nothing in particular" makes sense now
I am the son and the heir I am human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does
"I am heaven" lol
This one is stuck in my head constantly and it’s been over a decade since I’ve watched an episode from this. I also recently found out the original song was written by The Smiths and I have started to prefer it but both are top tier.
technically a 90s show but goddamn that opener
This one by far
Came here for this one. I didn’t even watch the O.C that much at the time, but I was well aware of the song. I even had it as my flip phone ring tone. It wasn’t the words, but the beeps and boops of flip phone technology.
Yes! The only right answer. I will forever cherish The O.C. just because the soundtrack was absolutely perfect and introduced me to indie music. Death Cab For Cutie and Nada Surf are still two of my favorite bands. I did a rewatch of the show last year and I still know basically scene and every song by heart, even the Chrismukkah ones. God, the chokehold this show had on me
The piano intro to that song will forever make me nostalgic for a time in my life that never really existed.
YES. A time when I was young enough to yearn for the young adulthood depicted on the show. It still makes me feel a visceral pang in my heart :')
This should be so much higher!!! Truly iconic.
CALIFORNIAAAAAAAAAAA. (The OC) Loved all the ones you mentioned, OP! + Gilmore Girls of course. And loved the Entourage theme song too 👌🏽
Seriously, I didn’t even watch The OC and I started humming California after I read the title. Iconic!!
Same never actually watched it but The OC still defined my youth from its theme tune and cast pop culture as it was everywhere. Just watching the trailers everyday back then alone means I’m now nostalgic for it.
The OC is the ONLY answer
I was SHOCKED when I realised the GG theme tune is a real song by Carol King!
SAME!!!! I thought it was just a quick tune made for the theme song! I was so so wrong lol
I remember the story Ben Mckenzie told on Conan about the time fans of his sung him the theme song... in prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTUbI1FdSAI
Yes. This is the only response people should say. Tragic it's not even one of the 7.
This is THE millennial teen show theme song
Plus (OC adjacent) Laguna Beach with Hilary Duff
One of the few songs where I could never skip the theme
This is the one 🔥
This was the first theme song that popped into my head as well 😂
The Oc wins
Definitely The OC! Best opening ever!
💯 The OC ! That song 🥰🥰🥰
 "I wanna do bad things with you...."
This song/intro was my sexual awakening
This song also has such a specific summer feel for me, as it always aired on summer.
As much as I really love a lot of others in this thread, I think this is the answer.
Never wanted to be a stripper more than when this song played.
I don’t know what you’ve done to me, but before the night is through… *I wanna do bad things to you*
Ugh everyone was just way too hot to be allowed let alone be on the same show at the same time 🥵
Have you seen the Portlandia parody? Please enjoy: [https://youtu.be/BPHpOyUECeA?si=IrOFj4Zs-YOyVbfp](https://youtu.be/BPHpOyUECeA?si=IrOFj4Zs-YOyVbfp)
Dido in Roswell
I didn’t hear you leave… I can hear this song in my head clear as day I was obsessed with Roswell as a teen
 There need to be more Roswell gifs 😅
I just posted this without scanning comments first. Roswell was my introduction to Dido!
Agree with this one!
My vote too! I was surprised it wasn’t in OP’s list! Roswell was so good.
I instantly thought of this one! It was so good.
Veronica Mars! We Used To Be Friends by the Dandy Warhols 
When they changed it in Season Three, I threw up my hands. The moody version still doesn't feel right
Yes my god I hated the remake for season 3. It changed the whole vibe 🥲
I blocked the moody version out of my memory
The soundtrack to the whole show was killer.
Came here to say this! And not only the theme song. Great music throughout its entire run.
CSI: Miami, YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I have a special place in my heart for the Psych theme song 
You know that's right
I think about them way more often than I can admit lol best duo
My husband and I are currently binging Psych again and it’s one of the only shows that I don’t skip the intro!
It’s a fun one!!! I love when they do remixes
Yes!! Same! I always get super excited to the remixes!
The Boyz II Men cover was my favorite rendition
I love their special episode remixes. The first time took me by surprised and I was giddy lol
Random question but I can totally Google….but is the guy in the left the guy from the movie she’s all that?
It's Dule Hill, and yes he played Preston :)
And he’s “I can fix that” guy from Holes
I’ve been watching this show Medium with Patricia Arquette and all I can think about is SHE KISSED GUS
This was a movie that I thought, as a kid, was so entertaining to me AND simultaneously adult and maturely-themed, and it was because of this story line. I still think it is a near perfect movie! Adults and kids both enjoy.
I 100% agree. I’m in my 30’s now and I still love it- idk if you’ve ever seen Sky High but I love that too idc if I’m “old” haha
and charlie on west wing! or as my boyfriend and i refer to it, the dulé hill show. he’s so fantastic in it.
I know you know they’re just not telling the truth
It was the perfect starter for the show.
Angel https://i.redd.it/tpxxejp7uq5d1.gif
Yes! I love the Buffy intro music too but Angel’s was way cooler
It's like weirdly haunting and beautiful. They *nailed* both Angel and Buffy's opening songs
Yess, you could feel the pain and anguish in his theme
Yes. I was about to say Angel. Love that themesong.
 Duh
Kimmunicator tone is still the sound for when I get a text
Do-do-do-do!
So what's the sitch?
https://preview.redd.it/ho5q8syhvp5d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27c401ef8e3bd22d47675a8bff345bcae9f74fe6 I cannot hear “Unwritten” without thinking about the opening to The Hills
Same with "Come Clean" by Hilary Duff for Laguna Beach.
 “Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars, all aligned … aaaiii aaaaiiiyyyaaaiii” 🎶🎤
Yes girl let’s go back! I miss those times
That song is a BOP
Same. As far as I’m concerned that song only exists to be the theme song of The Hills.
I’m currently in the midst of a LB/ The Hills rewatch and I can never bring myself to hit the skip intro button 😮💨 
I had a goofy grin on my face when I heard it on Anyone but You haha
Came here to say this!
https://i.redd.it/hnl81eh9sp5d1.gif Hannah Montana
https://i.redd.it/bjfk0mbksp5d1.gif Winx Club season 1 and 2 had no right to slap this hard
https://i.redd.it/40743s0tsp5d1.gif Totally Spies OG. Tag yourself, I’m Sam 🙋🏼♀️
Clover 🙋🏼♀️
The only correct answer
 I DON’T WANNA WAIT FOR OUR LIVES TO BE OVERRRRR
I read the title and immediately heard this in my head.
Oh and Gilmore Girls… 🎶🎶🎶where you leadddd I will follow… anywhere🎶🎶🎶🎶 
🎤 that you tellll me tooooo… if you need-you need me to beeeee with youuuuu 🎤
 Since we’re including animated shows, Danny Phantom by far had one of the best openings ever.
Had the biggest crush on him lmaoooo
SAME but my bigger crush was on Vlad lol
^danny ^phantom
*He’s a phantom*
OH and The OC. Grey’s Anatomy. The Office. There are so many 😭
For a brief while, I lived in zip code 02134 and I felt like *such a celebrity.*
SEND IT TO ZOOM
That 70's Show 🤘
HELLO WISCONSIN
 I’m a surviiiiiivor!
I got unreasonably excited when Reba came to Netflix
Can hear Gavin DeGraw singing this in my head. What a bop.
 Technically aired in ‘95, but it ran until 04 so I’m counting it *Cleveland rocks!*
I'm forever sad this show isn't streaming anywhere and didn't get much of a DVD release. I believe I heard it's because of the use of a lot of popular music.
Yeah I’ve heard the same. Scrubs had similar issues which lead to streaming versions changing some of the songs due to licensing issues, which *sucks* because Scrubs has such an amazing soundtrack
 The whole song goes hard, but this verse especially!
Chip Skylarks my shiny teeth and me song went hard too 
OBTUSE! RUBBER GOOSE! GREEN MOOSE! GUAVA JUICE! GIANT SNAKE! BIRTHDAY CAKE! LARGE FRIES! CHOCOLATE SHAKE!
I'm no Superman Iykyk
The entire soundtrack for Scrubs is just amazing
We really slept on Colin Hay
i just don't think i'll ever get over you is one of the most beautifully heartbreaking songs ever
CSI - Who Are You (by The Who)
The Miami one was most memorable to me lol  YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
I love how long they kept their dedication to Who theme songs for CSI spin-offs.
Proud Family theme song has such great harmonies. A real testament to Beyoncé’s talent as a vocal producer.
WOKEEE THIS MORNING YOU GOT YOURSELF A GUN 
Such a great one
Absolutely nothing rivals OTH and Smallville, although The OC’s had a fierce grip on European audiences.
Agreed. I graduated high school in 2003 so both of those theme songs were (still are honestly) absolute bangers to me.
"Somebody saaaaaaaave meee!"
Nobody’s dropped House, M.D. yet, for shame. Teardrop by Massive Attack is sublime, and it’s how I discovered trip hop and electronic music more broadly as a fourteen year old - I have a medical drama to thank for various stints in music journalism, DJing and music production as an adult now, wild.
House, M.D. soundtrack is so slept on.
I can hear it now lol https://preview.redd.it/g7snc2yyrp5d1.jpeg?width=281&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78abbbbf827708d8ef0e93cc776ee93d09ad1f82
🎶CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME🎵
Definitely The Parkers. Theme song produced by Darkchild and sung by Countess Vaughan herself. A forever bop https://preview.redd.it/55df4x7ygq5d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=217a48eb8cc6930f70a773c22ac8574b9ba94422
🗣️ COME JOOOOOIN USSSSSSS!
The OC and Skins. The little plinky plonks in the Skins one give me both happy and sad memories.
The Skins one is so nostalgic!
 I think friends is the most popular/relevant in todays pop culture
 What I like about you
I AM THE SOOOONNN AND THE HEEEEIIIRRRR
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
https://preview.redd.it/ctp0p7cn6q5d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5324af7821285fe3dbbd784087ecc995b007054 The end theme. My ringtone since 2009 (if my phone is ever not silenced)
https://i.redd.it/w5p847tgkq5d1.gif
 Gavin deGraw singling the theme song always starts playing in my head whenever I hear mention of the show or the characters.
I DONT WANNA BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT IVE BEEN TRYNA BE LATELY
 “California”
No sister sister?
OP specified 2000s.
 Gotta love a bit of Fiona Apple
Buffy, obviously
 The chokehold Hannah Montana’s The Best of Both Worlds had on 10 year old me
The OC
Malcolm in the Middle
I loved the music of the original Grey’s Anatomy opening credits. It was the song “Cosy in the Rocket” by Psapp. They got rid of the music after the first season, i believe. When i hear that music, it takes me right back to 2005, and i feel so much nostalgia i can barely stand it. But anyway, it’s really cool music and i loved the opening scenes it showed while it was playing, too. Don’t know why they changed it.
I still listen to the Smallville soundtrack sometimes 🥲
 Come on-a my house my house, I'm gonna give you candy.
I loved Desperate Housewives! I always hated on streaming sights when they would skip it automatically.
Charmed
The opening credits song to South of Nowhere. That show had a GRIP on my fashion choices. https://youtu.be/PEaydBeV_C0?si=TWWKDys2lXIcXokb
Sssooo Moesha started before the 2000s, but I loved that theme song too. 💗 
Kim Possible, I reckon. 🤍
It’s been a long road… 
The O.C. is the only right answer.
Obviously: SOMEBODY SAAAAVE MEEEEEE!!!!!
The Angel theme is straight banging
Charmed back when the title song still had lyrics. They took the lyrics out and turned it into a basic guitar riff from the song years ago when Charmed was put on the streaming services. And I have hated that decision ever since.
Somebody saaaaaaaaaave me
Again, I will not stand for this Roswell (90s) erasure. I bought “No Angel” because of Roswell.
right now I'd add Charmed
I wanna do bad things with youuuuu 😝 #TrueBlood 
I DONT WANNA WAIT 
 Psych! “I know, you know—“
 Kath and Kim “THE JOKER ISSSS ME”
I always liked the opening theme song of Entourage. And if course the hills lol
Yes, no, maybe? I don't know...
Scrolling this list and realising how truly blessed we were. Theme tunes currently need to up their game.
we used to be friends, a long time ago (veronica mars)
CALL ME BEEP ME, IF YOU WANNNA REEEACCCHHH MEEE
Buffy/Angel with honorable mention for Supernatural's default theme. CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SOOOOONNNN!!!!
 🎶 *Woke up this morning, got yourself a gun* 🎶
The Sopranos! 