I love both songs. But I'm sad this one didn't last the whole season. I think it's more suitable. Maybe it's better on first sight- to have song with strong engine rather than relationship (after all, it's an action show, not a soap opera). But I'm glad there was this song, even just for half season (well, this version is imo better than that country version). I like it a lot because it's about friendship. It's pity that's so hard to find more songs from Joey Scarbury (especialy from this show).
This song is OK but Drive is a million times better suited for Hardcastle and Mccormick, when you watch the intro with "Drive" you are pumped up for an awesome episode filled with car chases, cars hitting a slanted ramp and flipping over for no reason. Back to back makes it feel like your about to watch Perfect Strangers.
Mike Post has got to be the most successful TV theme song writer in history. Would never be able to list all his credits here but the most successful are The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, Hunter, The A-Team, Hill Street Blues, Magnum P.I., Quantum Leap, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue and the various Law & Order series.
Didn't know Joey Scarbury did other songs on other shows. Wonder how many shows he did music for. He seems to have just faded away into nothingness. Anyone know anything about him?
While i think that this song is good, i think that it would be a much better fit for a comedy. Now Drive is a much better fit as theme for H&M, because it`s such a great hard driving song that instantly pumps you up and want to drive your car as fast as the Coyote.
Questa sigla mi commuove... E' stupenda, rappresenta l'anima vera di questo fantastico telefilm. Aimè come sono lontani quegli anni.. C'era un'energia incredibile in questi telefilm.. Sono cresciuto con loro. P.s. Anche rivisti dopo tanti anni rimangono strepitosi.. Altro che i telefilm di oggi, con 40enni depressi, nevrastenici, ambigui e senza midollo..
Okay, while this is a great song, it's totally inappropriate for the show. It takes it from a hard edged PI action show to almost a guy on guy love story. Drive was the much better choice.
"Drive" was the main song and is available at Amazon Digital, shared sites, and everywhere else, unlike this song (Back to back) which is impossible to find, making it even more valuable. In my case I would like to have all the songs about this series and "Back to Back" is one of them.
Download an application called audacity and a .dll file called lame that will allow you to play the song on youtube and record it through your PC and export it to a MP3.
The man who is singing this song is Joey Scarbury who also performed the theme to The Greatest American Hero Starring William Katt, Robert Culp and a young Connie Sellica and Jennifer Slept Here Starring Ann Jillian.
Stephen J. Cannell has also produced other hit TV Shows such as The A-Team, Wiseguy, 21 Jumpstreet, Stingray, Silk Stalkings and of course the Supercop known as HUNTER Starring Fred Dryer.
i watch these old themes from my child hood too...and it gives me a kinda of a sick stomach, almost like being homesick or something...things were SOOO much better back then. but I didnt realise it :-( yeah...tv today BLOWS! my wife watches some of the stupid shows now, but i can even BEGIN to get interested in any of them.
Today's TV-Shows are often maybe more realistic, more expensive, more dramatic, but there is one thing missing: The ,,heart". Back in the 80s, most TV - Shows were sooo kindhearted, with nice people, nice story. The portrayed a ,,good world", while nowadays shows are mostly showing the dark sides of our community.
Oh Hell! I miss the 80`s! Remembers me of my childhood! It was my favorite series! And all the other great TV-Series: Magnum, Simon& Simon, The Fall Guy, Riptide ect! What we have now?? Desperate Housewifes.......!! I I miss the good old times!!
Thank god for you tube and those retro memories. I have never actually heard this version and always liked the "Drive" song but this was cool. God I miss 80's tv when everything was better then the $%^ thats on now. If I see one more freakin reality show where some guy steps on some girls heart and sends her home or some geek who thinks he's got a chance with a chick only to get stepped on....I'm gonna hurl on my Beta Tape Player !
This is a nice theme, but I always thought it a bit odd when they got to the point of listing Brian Keith & Daniel Hugh-Kelly's credits and the lyrics go "I had a feeling the moment we met that you were the wrong kind of love"...
They were BOTH GREAT in their own way. I wish they would have kept this one for all of season 2. The great Joey Scarbury sang both songs and did an equally great job on both of them.
These shows don't exist today because everyone wants reality shows. I was a child of the '80s and grew up loving all those shows, and I'm right there with you. They can repeat shows like Friends, Seinfeld and the Simpsons till your sick of them, but no..they can't seem to repeat good television.
Believe it or not, it's just me! You can check out some of my other themes I found on YouTube: "Blossom", "The Hogan Family", and some of the many songs I wrote for each episode of "The Greatest American Hero". Enjoy. And thanks again for the kind words.
More than likely the 'note' to try a new theme song came from the network nitwits up in the Black Tower. Not that I think we didn't nail the second theme, but let's face it, it was an action, bang/bang show, so the first theme was more on the money.
After the minimalism of the "Seinfeld" theme, title songs died a quick death (with the notable exception of "Friends"). And there went a 20 year career for me in TV songwriting. But I invite you to check out my CD "Harlequin Wind" on iTunes.
You, along with Mr. Post and Mr. Conti, were the best at TV Themes. When I was younger it was my hobbie to tape TV themes straight from the TV. I lost most of them overtime but many of them were yours. Its a shame the art of TV theme songs died. But why?
Although I was blessed to know and work with Pete 'Crusty' Carpenter, a brilliant orchestrator who taught Post most of what he knew about writing for strings, I am NOT "Mr. Carpenter", Post's longtime scoring partner. My credit (Stephen Geyer) showed up at the end of the show for a blink. It's a common misunderstanding among TV fans, but I was Post's cowriter on theme songs (G.A.H., Hardcastle, Blossom, etc., etc.) In the case of G.A.H., Hardcastle, etc. I also wrote lots of other songs.
Thanks to all for such great comments re: this theme song I co-wrote with Mike Post. It surprised me when Cannell asked for a new theme after the 1st season, and it only lasted a brief while before being replaced by the original "Drive"; still, I thought it represented the show very well. And don't forget the great singing by Joey Scarbury, who sang "Believe It Or Not"-- what an awesome talent!
Wow, Stephen Geyer -- the guy who wrote all those theme songs back when shows HAD theme songs. :)
I kind of understand why the producers would have wanted a new theme song, because "Drive" gave the impression that the show was mostly about the car chases, and as the first season went on it became clear that the best part was the relationship between the two guys. But "Drive" was such a cool song that it was a shame to lose it.
...thank you very much for several memorable theme songs over the years. It does feel like a bit of a dying art, fitting lyrics to the tone and feel of television programs, but you did fantastic work.
As the '90s progressed, I found myself watching primarily old re-runs. I could probably count on both hands the number of fiction shows originating since the early '90s I actuall would go to any trouble to watch.
This is from the days when there were real theme songs and TV studios didn't try to keep the attention of fans by putting the show before the theme or not having a theme at all.
I don´t know why, but this was always my favourite Theme from Hardcastle & McCormick. Joey Scarbury´s "Back to back" sounds better for me than the first theme "Drive" sung by David Morgan.
it was a pretty good song for the opening, it's ashame it only lasted halfway thru the season before they reverted to the original theme by the second part of the second season, wish they had full songs on both of those themes especially Drive.
Wow.....they nixed Drive for this crap?
mphs95 1 month ago in playlist TV Shows Themes
The theme song for the Fall Guy is a country song by Lee majors.
madabusiv 2 months ago
I love both songs. But I'm sad this one didn't last the whole season. I think it's more suitable. Maybe it's better on first sight- to have song with strong engine rather than relationship (after all, it's an action show, not a soap opera). But I'm glad there was this song, even just for half season (well, this version is imo better than that country version). I like it a lot because it's about friendship. It's pity that's so hard to find more songs from Joey Scarbury (especialy from this show).
Istandil 4 months ago
This song is OK but Drive is a million times better suited for Hardcastle and Mccormick, when you watch the intro with "Drive" you are pumped up for an awesome episode filled with car chases, cars hitting a slanted ramp and flipping over for no reason. Back to back makes it feel like your about to watch Perfect Strangers.
HerecomestheCalavera 8 months ago 3
@HerecomestheCalavera I agree. This song is so lame. I'm glad they went back to "Drive".
Calriec 7 months ago
"Uncle Bill" was in great shape during this series.
ElJefeNLA 1 year ago
Today, if there is a tv series you can watch - like "Legend of the Seeker" - it will be cancelled.
TheHolodoc100 1 year ago
Mike Post has got to be the most successful TV theme song writer in history. Would never be able to list all his credits here but the most successful are The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, Hunter, The A-Team, Hill Street Blues, Magnum P.I., Quantum Leap, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue and the various Law & Order series.
Ramubay 1 year ago
Maybe Drive is the better choice for this series. But this theme is kind of cute.
Woodwind7 1 year ago
Hmmm, I don't remember this show. But I do believe I had that car as a kid
ChicoHarpoGroucho 1 year ago
Didn't know Joey Scarbury did other songs on other shows. Wonder how many shows he did music for. He seems to have just faded away into nothingness. Anyone know anything about him?
meileen1942 1 year ago
@meileen1942
I`ve just saw on Wikipedia that Joey has recently gone more into songwriter in country music.
RodPower78 1 year ago
@RodPower78
Thanks for the info. I have always wondered as I liked his voice and have his only cassette (probably on CD now).
meileen1942 1 year ago
They should've stuck with, "Drive."
NinjaGhostScorpion 1 year ago
While i think that this song is good, i think that it would be a much better fit for a comedy. Now Drive is a much better fit as theme for H&M, because it`s such a great hard driving song that instantly pumps you up and want to drive your car as fast as the Coyote.
RodPower78 1 year ago
Love this theme. Do you by chance have the lyrics?
Janafan4Ever 1 year ago
Questa sigla mi commuove... E' stupenda, rappresenta l'anima vera di questo fantastico telefilm. Aimè come sono lontani quegli anni.. C'era un'energia incredibile in questi telefilm.. Sono cresciuto con loro. P.s. Anche rivisti dopo tanti anni rimangono strepitosi.. Altro che i telefilm di oggi, con 40enni depressi, nevrastenici, ambigui e senza midollo..
Chateaubriand807 2 years ago
mitico telefilm
mimmotosco 2 years ago
Okay, while this is a great song, it's totally inappropriate for the show. It takes it from a hard edged PI action show to almost a guy on guy love story. Drive was the much better choice.
DocLeggz 2 years ago
Great theme song!
stampman12 2 years ago
Beautiful song, but IT DOES NOT FIT this show. I actually like the theme, but it just does not fit at all.
ElJefeNLA 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
This song pure horses@#t compared to "Drive", the original and season three themes. As a matter of fact, this song is complete horses@#t .
mnorm5150 2 years ago
"Drive" was the main song and is available at Amazon Digital, shared sites, and everywhere else, unlike this song (Back to back) which is impossible to find, making it even more valuable. In my case I would like to have all the songs about this series and "Back to Back" is one of them.
bintrap 2 years ago
Its on the season 2 dvd's, for sale at most major retail outlets.
mnorm5150 2 years ago
Where can I get the MP3 or CD for this song?
bintrap 2 years ago
Download an application called audacity and a .dll file called lame that will allow you to play the song on youtube and record it through your PC and export it to a MP3.
zffena2 2 years ago
This song is AWESOME
The man who is singing this song is Joey Scarbury who also performed the theme to The Greatest American Hero Starring William Katt, Robert Culp and a young Connie Sellica and Jennifer Slept Here Starring Ann Jillian.
Stephen J. Cannell has also produced other hit TV Shows such as The A-Team, Wiseguy, 21 Jumpstreet, Stingray, Silk Stalkings and of course the Supercop known as HUNTER Starring Fred Dryer.
tnawcwvictoria 2 years ago 2
i watch these old themes from my child hood too...and it gives me a kinda of a sick stomach, almost like being homesick or something...things were SOOO much better back then. but I didnt realise it :-( yeah...tv today BLOWS! my wife watches some of the stupid shows now, but i can even BEGIN to get interested in any of them.
captlou17 2 years ago 3
Today's TV-Shows are often maybe more realistic, more expensive, more dramatic, but there is one thing missing: The ,,heart". Back in the 80s, most TV - Shows were sooo kindhearted, with nice people, nice story. The portrayed a ,,good world", while nowadays shows are mostly showing the dark sides of our community.
MrKnopf 2 years ago 3
Oh Hell! I miss the 80`s! Remembers me of my childhood! It was my favorite series! And all the other great TV-Series: Magnum, Simon& Simon, The Fall Guy, Riptide ect! What we have now?? Desperate Housewifes.......!! I I miss the good old times!!
bsehawk 2 years ago 8
Thank god for you tube and those retro memories. I have never actually heard this version and always liked the "Drive" song but this was cool. God I miss 80's tv when everything was better then the $%^ thats on now. If I see one more freakin reality show where some guy steps on some girls heart and sends her home or some geek who thinks he's got a chance with a chick only to get stepped on....I'm gonna hurl on my Beta Tape Player !
Somethinzfishy 2 years ago 3
I love singing the harmony parts by myself as loud as I can. I KNOW I'm not the only one, people
smackinthemouth 2 years ago
This theme is horrible in comparison to "Drive". I also like Season 3 Drive better.
ForceFieldEnt 2 years ago 2
wow you have cleared up a mystery i thought both songs went together so i was gonna piece them BACK TOGETHER to see how it would work lol
GORATPHUQ 3 years ago 2
This is a nice theme, but I always thought it a bit odd when they got to the point of listing Brian Keith & Daniel Hugh-Kelly's credits and the lyrics go "I had a feeling the moment we met that you were the wrong kind of love"...
garrisonskunk 3 years ago 3
I think it's actually "wrong kind of luck." But there's a still a point there.
TommygunNG 3 years ago 4
Possibly, it's hard to tell since he rhymes it with 'stuff' which doesn't really rhyme with ether word. :)
garrisonskunk 3 years ago
Drive!!!
RedikCZE 3 years ago 4
They were BOTH GREAT in their own way. I wish they would have kept this one for all of season 2. The great Joey Scarbury sang both songs and did an equally great job on both of them.
chrisgreulich 3 years ago 3
danh0071 i couldnt agree more !!!
aciagator 3 years ago
These shows don't exist today because everyone wants reality shows. I was a child of the '80s and grew up loving all those shows, and I'm right there with you. They can repeat shows like Friends, Seinfeld and the Simpsons till your sick of them, but no..they can't seem to repeat good television.
DanH0071 3 years ago 3
awsome
dillon73xyz 3 years ago
Where are those shows today?
reaprreapr 3 years ago
Loved this series and this song!
Majocu 3 years ago
the first theme Drive was better why the Hell you wanna change a theme that was so good for this?
bigwillietheb 3 years ago 2
I agree, the Drive theme was far better, this one was just awful.
CenturionSerpentine 3 years ago
Believe it or not, it's just me! You can check out some of my other themes I found on YouTube: "Blossom", "The Hogan Family", and some of the many songs I wrote for each episode of "The Greatest American Hero". Enjoy. And thanks again for the kind words.
geyerworks 3 years ago
More than likely the 'note' to try a new theme song came from the network nitwits up in the Black Tower. Not that I think we didn't nail the second theme, but let's face it, it was an action, bang/bang show, so the first theme was more on the money.
After the minimalism of the "Seinfeld" theme, title songs died a quick death (with the notable exception of "Friends"). And there went a 20 year career for me in TV songwriting. But I invite you to check out my CD "Harlequin Wind" on iTunes.
geyerworks 3 years ago 3
Dear Mr. Carpenter,
You, along with Mr. Post and Mr. Conti, were the best at TV Themes. When I was younger it was my hobbie to tape TV themes straight from the TV. I lost most of them overtime but many of them were yours. Its a shame the art of TV theme songs died. But why?
wow911a1 3 years ago
Although I was blessed to know and work with Pete 'Crusty' Carpenter, a brilliant orchestrator who taught Post most of what he knew about writing for strings, I am NOT "Mr. Carpenter", Post's longtime scoring partner. My credit (Stephen Geyer) showed up at the end of the show for a blink. It's a common misunderstanding among TV fans, but I was Post's cowriter on theme songs (G.A.H., Hardcastle, Blossom, etc., etc.) In the case of G.A.H., Hardcastle, etc. I also wrote lots of other songs.
geyerworks 3 years ago 2
Thanks to all for such great comments re: this theme song I co-wrote with Mike Post. It surprised me when Cannell asked for a new theme after the 1st season, and it only lasted a brief while before being replaced by the original "Drive"; still, I thought it represented the show very well. And don't forget the great singing by Joey Scarbury, who sang "Believe It Or Not"-- what an awesome talent!
geyerworks 3 years ago 2
Wow, Stephen Geyer -- the guy who wrote all those theme songs back when shows HAD theme songs. :)
I kind of understand why the producers would have wanted a new theme song, because "Drive" gave the impression that the show was mostly about the car chases, and as the first season went on it became clear that the best part was the relationship between the two guys. But "Drive" was such a cool song that it was a shame to lose it.
egallity 3 years ago
If you really are Stephen Geyer...
...thank you very much for several memorable theme songs over the years. It does feel like a bit of a dying art, fitting lyrics to the tone and feel of television programs, but you did fantastic work.
Clickthrough 3 years ago
I don't watch tv nowadays because the fun is gone. The 70's and 80's gave us some of the best action/adventure/humor shows.
chrisgreulich 3 years ago
That is so absolutely true.
As the '90s progressed, I found myself watching primarily old re-runs. I could probably count on both hands the number of fiction shows originating since the early '90s I actuall would go to any trouble to watch.
TommygunNG 3 years ago
Why can't good shows like this be on today. Today's TV lacks good action shows.
woodpile97 3 years ago
Super - thank you for posting the first intro song. I've looking forever for it.
lenny592 3 years ago
The good old time! Thank you for posting!!!! Brings back some memories!
bsehawk 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this up. IMHO both "Back to Back" and "Drive" were equally good intros.
PeacekeeperWar05 3 years ago
i feel the same way both theme songs were good
brwilly71 3 years ago 3
Great theme.
stevejcraven 3 years ago 3
This is from the days when there were real theme songs and TV studios didn't try to keep the attention of fans by putting the show before the theme or not having a theme at all.
gookiemusic 3 years ago 3
Great opening theme.
ofm49 3 years ago 3
That theme is just awesome, and in my opinion, it fits better to the series than ,,drive".
Although, also ,,drive" is an nice theme.
MrKnopf 3 years ago 2
I don´t know why, but this was always my favourite Theme from Hardcastle & McCormick. Joey Scarbury´s "Back to back" sounds better for me than the first theme "Drive" sung by David Morgan.
ganimed1976 3 years ago
it was a pretty good song for the opening, it's ashame it only lasted halfway thru the season before they reverted to the original theme by the second part of the second season, wish they had full songs on both of those themes especially Drive.
quik876 4 years ago 2
I agree, always wish they had full versions of both those themesongs
quik876 3 years ago