Chips Theme Song

[rturn2mow]

I would say that I am 100% positive that the reason today (I am 42) that I own and ride motorcycles is because of watching this show when I was a kid.

[filth0420]

ultimate porno theme

[Amar7605]

In the 50s, 60s, and 70s everyone wanted to live in California.

In the 80s, 90s, and 00s, people destroyed California.

In the 10s everyone wants to leave California.

[flahr1]

we meet again 240p

[jrweiss1974]

My sister met Ponch.

[jrweiss1974]

Great show!

[GirlGamer03]

OMG Erik Estrada was so hot!

[kojakbangbang7]

when FREEWAYS USED TO BE WITHOUT PAY CHARGE HOV LANES

[rang3r34]

LOVED THIS SHOW! Iremember it coming on channel 11 here in Texas, when KVTV was a "maverick" channel with no affiliate. I recall seeing this mainly on holidays or days I stayed home sick from school!!

[ChristineCAlb]

I used to work with a lady from California. One day she was talking about a run-in with the California Highway Patrol, and I asked her if they really do call them the "CHIPS". She said they do. Cool!

[missjacko1]

@deathtoleftys Please Death dont mention leathers, Erik is hot enough in his police outfit, if he was wearing leather id be a quivering wreck.

[NURADAM3277]

I LOVE WATCH THIS TV SERIES.MR GORGEOUS MR ERIK.EVER GREEN.

[TheCherokee97]

Brings back memories

[missjacko1]

oh yesss oh dam yes to be arested by Erik Estrada was my dream.

[Hastalavistas]

@Marmiteums LOL

[poonkey111]

I'D LIKE TO TIP MY HAT TO THE GUYS THAT WROTE THE MUSIC FOR CHIPS.........GREAT JOB GUYS...

[Astoria84]

today nobody find outside fuck this kind from serys.

[MrTrackfreek]

EVEN THOUGH I'M 47 AND A LITTLE BIAS,TV BACK THEN WAS MUCH BETTER THEN TO ME.ON A WHOLE.TAKE AWAY SPORTS,WWE,THE REALITY CRIME SHOWS,THE REGULAR CRIME SHOWS AND THE X-RATED CHANNELS,SHIT THERE'S NOTHING REALLY ON THAT'S WORTH A DIME.TOO MUCH SILLY SHIT FOR ME.

[cjjaxxon]

@MrTrackfreek There was some funny shows back in them days I thought was funny but didn't stick around long. Like "Sledgehammer". About one of the funniest cop shows that was out then. Somebody told me about a show called "Police Squad" which was suppose to be funny too but I never saw that one.

[dubpsychosis88]

it's so odd. i remember LOVING this show when i was really young (maybe when i was 5 or 6 years old) but i don't remember the theme tune or anything about it at all.

[stockcar4d]

im sure it wasnt that funky when this come on around tea time lol...fuk mate it was good!...but not this good hahaa

[stumpyale]

hit that bass

[mrtequilashooter]

Great time being a kid Chips, Charlie's Angles.

[thePhunktOGraphist]

@mrtequilashooter ...yeah i feel you...that was me...when i didnt go to school,i was taught /raised by these funky disco sounds.....cant get enough,this with many other tv show inrto music gives me goosebumps and takes me back to these funkier simple times,listen to that funky bass line,along with all these live instruments....composition was so original...these years were the ending of the best times in the world.....my generation and pre generations i know you feel me...time machine please

[ChrisRedfieldChannel]

kevin butler rule on playstation cops theme!

[TheMsautobodyman]

they made a spin off using monkies called chimps

[script5]

:)

[happyness54]

FOR THE CHIP..LOL

[carriemv2001]

I remember watching re-runs of this a lot when I was a kid.

[mikefranky]

@Marmiteums ...Could be worse you could be on the m4 through wales...been attacked by a sheep!!

[pelicanus11]

ERIK ESTRADA MADE ME HORNY!!!

[MrMacbauer]

very nice, muito louco lembrei minha infância !!!!!!!!!!

[wallofvideo]

wasn't ponch kind of setting a bad example by not keeping his eyes on the road?

[TheWheels777]

this makes me smile

[pscott90]

@Marmiteums You say looking cool......buuuut if I saw two guys riding into basingstoke looking like that I'd be surprised a white van driver hadn't already run them down..........and then reversed.......

[TheTRAVISJUNIOR]

@TejMulen there's gayer things than that

[TheCaptainSlappy]

Back when cops wouldn't beat and rape you with a mop handle and tazer for no seat belt.

[samuel63867]

Hummm... deu água na boca!

[samuel63867]

Inesquecível seriado exibido no Brasil pela Rede Record no estado de São Paulo e nos demais estados pelo SBT, e mais tarde pela Rede Bandeirantes. Verdes anos...

[honest413]

@samuel63867

Bom Dia Churrasco picanha tu doido lol

[SlyFly101]

That's unbelievable

[JakeandElwoodBlues]

Damn, that is SO 70's!

[Getrealpeeps]

OMG,

I REMEMBER THIS SHOW!!

[freakette55]

Estrada could light up the whole highway with his teeth...who needs headlights when you've got EstRRRRRRRRada? :0

[tallthinwavy3]

Gee no smog then {;-P

[wallofvideo]

@tallthinwavy3 trick photography

[veganzones1]

I was convinced that I was going to marry Eric Estrada, good I fancied him..lol

[SADxBOY1]

my mom forced me to watch this show when i was a kid :O

[HabsMan36]

One of my favourite shows of all time. Love this theme. Ponch is classic

[tmanran]

The BASS LINE is of the motherfucking hook!

[networkalias]

Got the base drum intro with the slappin' da base guitar. The audio level between 00:00 and 00:07 is different. Almost sounds like it changed again when the "CHiPs" logo comes off the bike tank into your living room.

[drog1998]

@Marmiteums

love it . that's hilarious.

[cousinUNCLEfriend]

Probably one of my favorite shows of all time. Freeze frame on Ponch's teeth! You know you love it!!!

[veryslyfox]

Don't you love how every episode featured a 20-car pileup with a loaded gasoline tanker that burst into flames, and yet everyone walked away unharmed? lol

[SICK2210]

9 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

[RobertsDigital]

@SICK2210 hahahaha

[supernickybarmby]

Proper tv,and one sick bassline ;)

[jaegerhund]

@supernickybarmby I've never listened to the bassline before --- very nice alright.

[CI5AgentSweeps]

CHiPs for the win, I love it :D great series

[Ddubya77]

Can you imagine CHiPs today?? Drive by shootings, coyotes, drug runners, rapist, murderers and dealing with celebrity morons who actually believe they're special...  No thanks, I like the old show.

[wallofvideo]

@Ddubya77 things were about the same back then. take a look at a copy of the LA Times from 1977 and you'll see what i mean. but yeah, i like the style of the old show.

[goodkarma33]

Remember the scene where the car flips over on the highway? How can you forget? That happens in every episode!

[stumblingbamf]

Awww. Memories.

[TheSkuLLcomedyShow]

I think they're going to make a spinoff with African-American officers called Chocolate C.H.i.P's.  :P

[Amar7605]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow It was going to be set in Hawaii, so you'll have Choclate C.H.i.Ps with Macadamia Nuts!

[Noremorse10]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow LMAO. Well played lol.

[TrishaDishaWarEagle]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow

That reminds me of a joke..

An old black guy and a young black guy are both in a car..who's driving?

A: The cop

[TheSkuLLcomedyShow]

@TrishaDishaWarEagle...Drum roll please! :D

[ilovebobgunton]

@TrishaDishaWarEagle I'm laughing so hard I'm almost choking!

Too funny.

[G2340mm]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow  thats some funny shit man HAHAHAHA

[bengelp]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow Yeah, they just announced that James "Bubba" Stewart is going to play the leading role!

[dcpain66]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow now thats funny right there,don't care who you are..

[calmit70]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow lol seriously lol....ahhh lol

[leafyutube]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow

HAHAHAHA!!!!! This is why I come on YouTube, to read hilarious comments like that!

[516azizah]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow Lol

[joaquinonsunshine]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow

Thats racist man

[balser77]

@joaquinonsunshine Very true but it was funny!!

[crysjumar1]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow lol, you better stop

[sthrn4501]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow Now that's funny LOL

[newjerseydev]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow although ur joking i can imagine a contemporary version would have at least one gay and one black cop

[rturn2mow]

@newjerseydev ....I guess you did not watch CHiPs. They had 3 black cops on the series run. 2 at once at one point. I can only assume Grossman was gay. LOL

[cjjaxxon]

@TheSkuLLcomedyShow You know it WOULD take you to say something like that. LOL.

[Hedleyfreak1]

I'm eating chips

[MrSuperMoran]

Mr. 18 year old, I'm 37. This was my show. What was great back then is everything didn't have to be "real". It was more fun because the attitude was fun. There was none of this "hardcore" crap. I'm glad you like it. It's people with your attitude that'll change things. If your true to yourself, nothing else matters. Rock on, friend.

[MrGreenknight11]

from an 18 year old - i wish they made tv like this nowadays

[cjjaxxon]

Oh I LOVED this version of the Chips theme song. It was SO disco! LOL.

[ilovebobgunton]

@cjjaxxon It's too bad I was born in 1976. Some of the best shows were on when I was a baby.

[cjjaxxon]

@ilovebobgunton Yeah that's alright. You DO show some appreciation to some of this classic stuff which is cool.

[jarbon5]

Now, this theme song sounds like its chocked full of thrilling action and adventure! Used to love to hear this song when I was a kid:)

[AgentGordonCole]

Always put me to sleep as kid.

[CallMeBillSeries]

At the end of his life, the deadliest gunfighter of the Old West is given a choice: Hell or redemption. He chooses redemption and God's Archangel transports him to modern day Los Angeles to serve bloody, frontier justice on the worst dregs of society.

[connorj1997]

that wasnt that good

[PilsenB]

More flange pedal! More arpeggiator!

[LeCutter]

Good ol' Baker and Ponch!

[terdoe43]

funky

[soicanspeak]

sorry, got a little carried away there LOL

ya, this show rocks and so does this song. typo'd my past comment - meant to say the issues on this show; problems with skate boarders, surfers and other beach goers, etc are all still current issues - when you watch this show all that stuff could be taking place today.

Great show, wish it was still on the air (or whatever u call it, on the satellite lol). Used to be on tv until like a few years ago - watched it every night - fkn rocked

[soicanspeak]

This song rocks, this show ROCKED.

They used to play it on DIRECTV on like channel 247 or something, up until like 3 years ago

I used to watch it EVERY NIGHT! "CHiPs" (lol) FKN ROCKS! STILL ROCKS TO THIS DAY - wish they didnt take it off

This show is great, the issues on all episodes and still current (skate boarding, surfers at the beach, etc) - this show truly is / was TIMELESS

And forever so it shall be, a timeless classic... thank you for uploading... this theme song ROCKS!

SSSSWEET!

[DartsRme312]

love the chips theme song..(this version only)

[derris]

A film of this would be probably cool. With Wilmer Valderrama as Francis Llewellyn aka "Ponch" Poncherello, and Shaun Sipos as John Baker.

[mistofoles]

Did you know Michael Dorn, AKA "Whorf" from STAR TREK TNG had an early role in this as a cop?

[briscoejr1]

@mistofoles Yes, he did! Saw the eps with him in it many years ago....

[StaleApple]

BOOOOOBS

[StaleApple]

wtf

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[ranma6899]

they still havent release season 3 and 4 of chips

[NForcerSA]

IS JAMMING AND DOING THE POINT AND SMILE IN THE MIRROR!

[theMalleyboy]

Muscles certainly help, but only a saved heart and mind can save

[MrMsn77]

bei ricordi

[sungodiam]

I had the chips Big Wheel with the 3 tone siren...BOSS

[darrencarter]

We interviewed Erik Estrada on the Dick and Darren Comedy Podcast. He was funny, outspoken, caring, and at times angry! He's a really cool guy and it's a must listen if you're a fan of Erik, Chips, or the 1970's!

[BeachBum2OO7]

haha too funny, i remember being 8 riding our bikes like that after seeing this. Never realized how homo it looked, til i watched this just now, looks like two gay guys going for a sunday stroll

[MickeyLove01]

I loved it when they're towed behind a car on a trailer

[larryjackson4125]

this show is what help me realize that I was a faggot.... Man I was a nasty little gay whore thanks to these two men.... I used to fantasied about which one would take advantage of me first

[Zukakin]

Now instead of good shows, we have Kardashits and reality shit

[gow75]

awesome

[sabrysamples]

not the original theme !

[grimandproper]

Runs through my head sometimes when I ride my motorbike...

[Fanik8]

remember the one when Ponch jumped the shark?

[ChiselMouse]

TBS used to play the heck out of CHiPs in the 90's....why did they stop!?

[Lovelybones1973]

I was sooo in love with Ponch!! I do believe this show is what started my penchant for Latino men! lol 

[graceesiann123]

I lIkE cHiPs! :) <3

[john111257]

great show and tune

[southamptongayguy]

Fab just the best program going then!

[Childrenofthecornsno]

Wow... I just went back in time 30 years.

[kdm2r4]

@Garvarino you got that right I was practicaly raised on this show

[ibxncgc]

I loved Bonnie.

[aftershock71]

I live about 2 blocks away from the nearest Chippie office. As much as our fair state is in the hole....somehow this theme song makes me realize that Cali still rocks!! I wouldn't live anywhere else....

[brthdan]

This show has everything that most today are totally lacking. Fantastic theme song, a great plot, and real life non-computerized special effects, like the crazy car chasing scenes. This really makes me long for the old days!

[fireman5879]

LA 15 7 Mary 3 & 4, you are 10 minutes into your shift and haven`t had a high speed chase yet!!!

[MarcusTheGrand]

Man, this brings back memories of my youth....

[LupicV2]

looks quit funny what year ?

[tony220171]

Thats when cops were cool, now they just suck

[lenarends]

@tony220171 Law enforcement as positive role model would still be cool if inner city culture hadn't seeped out of its hole to taint the rest of the country's zeitgeist. (And cops weren't legitimately "better" back then ... remember, the '70s was the age of Serpico).

[Thunderdome1311]

Das waren noch Zeiten, einfach nur geil :-)

[EgaoNoGenki]

Were there ever any CHiPs episodes that took place in Compton or Watts?

[OjaiRoy]

@EgaoNoGenki

No, then it would have been a reality show. : )

[skodajim]

loved chips

[tall32guy]

I remember this theme pretty well, just like the show. hehe :)

[ekhornbeck127]

The California Highway Patrol "is" CHiPs.... in other news, Kenny from South Park Elementary is toast!

[skatingshundo]

I miss this show

[MrJuangudino]

YOUTUBE-DJ ILLUSION PARTY

[SICK2210]

HELL YEAH

[nealadams70]

Erik Estrada recently returned to the highways of los angelles...selling Oranges off the 10 freeway

[flogworth]

@nealadams70 I'd like to see his papers.

[nealadams70]

@flogworth hehehe

[phillydisco]

The music that Alan Silvestri scored for Season 2 and Season 3 was released on CD a few years ago. They were made from the 3 track masters. They were never intended for release, so while the quality is great, it's not of a studio LP quality. They're in stereo.

[colindominy]

I fondly remember this show from the late 70s .. in spite of Eric's uber-toothy flashy, smirky, cheesy grin & the rather lame weekly plots .. which always struggled a bit, I thought. But .. I love the shots of Central LA & the LA Freeways though. I've done a silly thing & gone & brought all of Season 1 on DVD .. but, that'll be the limit. This TV Show is light-years removed from the old 1950s Broderick Crawford CHP Show "Highway Patrol" .. I sure like that series too.

[LLusioNz]

im 18 i use to watch this when i was little my fav tv like dukes of hazzard

[TheQazxsw12]

Karl Pilkingtons got a head like an orange

[2010OhioFireFighter]

CHiPs BEST TV SHOW AND EMERGENCY!!!!

[foinnbrendam]

i used to have the chips motorcycle....powerwheels that is. i rode it in our small town parade when i was 6 thinking i was king of the hill! lol

[matrags]

How gay do they look!?!

[Viktir666]

I want to take this music and remix it with a heavy bass drum track and drive down the street in my Ford F250 booming it. 2 fat Orion subwoofers and 600 Watt amp. It would sound better than all of this shitty rap out nowadays.

[jrockyg23]

God the memories. I remember riding my bike around my house pretending in was a motor bike and I was chasing bad guys. Ahhh thanks for the memories simpler times.

[RedWine2go]

Bloody hell this brings back great memories of being a kid again. I think I wanted to be the Blonde guy when I grew up as well LOL. The 80's were the best.

[rassmith78]

I used to wanna be a CHiP when i was a kid

[Fanik8]

@rassmith78 I think everyone did. That's why more and more kids learned how to ride bicycles!!

[nealadams70]

i didnt watch until it changed time slots and the theme song was "disco-fied"..the female officers were HOT--! Why does real life have to be so cruel!!!!!

[aftershock71]

pass through their radar traps every day on my way to work.....we love ya up here in Nor Cal...keep fighting the good fight guys......

[weliketogloatitfc]

i did watch this with my late mum,what memories we would get a basket of fish & chips from the pub and we would watch the show on a friday evevning happy days thx 4 posting

[stdelcambre]

@weliketogloatitfc r u from ffrance?

[Odawg96]

Ah, yeah...the good ol' days! Ponch and John! Remember when every show that was worth a damn had a GOOD THEME SONG! You didn't even have to be in front of the TV. You could be outside on the front porch or in the kitchen, but when you heard the MUSIC it was, "Uh-oh! CHIPS is on!"

[hra74]

I remeber watching chips when i was a little boy i always wanted to be a California Highway Patrol ride a bike like ponch

[djsharman]

0:48 great glasses :-)

[stdelcambre]

Love this opening theme.

[whiskeyify]

ok show...used to watch up until the last season when it when downhill.

anyway I have to say the CHP's are some of the best officers out there.

My friend and I got pulled over the other day because the car was smoking a lot...the officer was really a nice guy, we just got a fix it ticket.

[TheSaintseiya4ever]

saudades dos anos 80 e uma pena que ñ passa mais no tcm e nem na rede brasil de televisão

[mark1979able]

blast from the past

[sexpistol66]

man look at those crappy old bikes, i used to think they were the shit

[SkeeterVT]

Does anyone know if there was ever a CHiPs soundtrack album? If there wasn't, there should have been.

[SADxBOY1]

this sounds like the jetson's theme song a lil bit

[Baldenlong77]

I rode a CHiPs tricycle when I was a kid.

[Coerlin]

Did you keep law and order on your block?

[cellabella12]

@Baldenlong77 i meant to give a thumbs up not down on you

[foilseal]

@Baldenlong77 i was molested

[pinkdrink1]

@Baldenlong77 I had the exact same one!

[teamixr]

the best damn show,i was born in '82 and love this damn show...!!!great post..!!!

[Speegs23]

Ha, LA traffic is never that light!

Awesome theme... every kid in the late 70s, early 80s idolized this show.

Erik Es