In The Heat Of The Night Opening Theme

[grantpacer02]

They need to remake a movie of this. They remake everything else

[aeturnallrain]

I live where it was filmed. Great show, great people, they were very good to us local folks.

[xDONTxTREADxONxMEx]

I always thought this was a great show. I recently cut my cable down to the very basic package so I dont have nearly as many choices as I used to. I started watching this show every morning and love it. I think Carroll Oconner was a great actor.

[satanichispanic765]

i love this show. been watching scince i was a kid. still watch everyday on wgn lol

[blott1978]

I remember absolutely nothing about this show....I DO remember hearing the theme song quite a bit in my younger years. I just watched an episode of "Pawn Stars" where someone tried to sell a script from this show....brought back memories.

[SchwarzerMannn]

i never watched this show but for some reason i remember this theme song :D incredible

[sindilee]

Bill Champlin, from the band Chicago, is the singer.

[gaycowboy31]

I have talked to that conductor that was standing in the baggage car door when the train passed he told me that he had No idea he would be in the opening of a tv series se said it was just hot in that baggage car that night and had the door open

[superserial1]

Cheesy show but I loved the attempt at local color.

[jackmap]

I remember this show - it was one awesome show that I will never forget! =)

[TXejas19]

Man, I remeber watching TV and than my mother comming in from work and immediately changing the channel while I'm watching what ever nonsense I was watching to In the Heat of the Night

NOSTALGIA!....But i never did get into the show lol

[YouGotMeJuicy]

Me and my dad used to sing the theme every time it came on :D ♥

[danielle94609]

is there a way i can get this audio? the original song isnt as good.

[ApostolicDiva08]

OH MY GOD ! When I was a kid, my Grandma used to watch this #FAITHFULLY ! Lol, the only thing I liked about this show, was the theme song.

[jadayoung1]

Virgil Was Blaaaaaaaaacccckkk

[allybald]

dont act like you didnt go into a lowkey Baptist church clap & tried your best to hit that last note -__- i see you playa, lol

[emoko300]

My dog goes crazy when he hears this.

[williebobd]

I watch In the Heat of the Night every morning on WGN. Love it.

[daddyerskk]

@williebobd me too! im watching it now!!



[tamonettX500]

TV sucks now

[prettymar619]

I love this show.... sucks there's NO dvds out !

[DorvellTStewart]

Why this isn't out on Dvd yet is beyond me!

[Marashor]

WOW, it amazes me when I think of some of the shows we watched as kids. I love this show and the theme song still 'til this day!

♥♥♥ Marashor ♥♥♥♥

[smoothrasin]

I am literally watching this rite now as i type this message. I understand and enjoy it a lot better now than when i was a kid.

[XxChibiBardockxX]

I LOVE THIS SHOW. :o

[wizkid91us]

I remember my grandpa watching this show every time it came on. I miss him a lot.

[gatorprincess8]

I miss good shows like this.

[Sturgtrooper]

Love this show, anyone know if you can get it in a box set yet?

[jessicaangel16]

I miss watching this with my sister early in the weekend mornings :)

[gbenay]

I never knew how good this show was until I starting watching it on WGN.

[Slimkidd730]

The theme song was produced by quinc jones and the singer is bill champlin.

[dkhazardcounty01]

awsome show then still awsome now with reruns

[crazydestiny17]

wow never knew people like me watched this with their parents and grandparents.

[mywotzone]

This is emotional song for me cause my grandpa and I used to watch this show , and Matlock , and Walker Texas ranger , and now he has dimensia and is in poor shape... Miss those times...

[23Lyrikill]

@mywotzone sorry to hear about your grandpa... hope he gets better

[mywotzone]

@23Lyrikill Appreciate that...

[Business605]

THE NEW HEAT OF THE NIGHT IN CBS (1992-1994) WHEN NEW WORLD STATIONS SWITCH TO FOX DUMPING THE OLD CBS AND MOVING THEM TO OTHERS.

[shadowhexogram]

Hey! I know this show. I never watched it but it was always on after my cartoons went off.

[capngloval]

Thank you William "Bill" Champlin! You killed this song! (He's the singer for this song.)

[dskee88]

thumbs up if your from COVINGTON GA where this show was filmed...i remember the police station usta be the old library by the square

[jsutiger07]

@dskee88 the most ironic thing about the show is that there is such town as Sparta,MS. GO FIGURE!!!

[GGwolverine96Xman]

@jcro89 Sorry! I kind of forgot about them!! XP

[GGwolverine96Xman]

It's so sad!! They are all like dead except Buba!! Buba is the bomb though!!

[KidATL06]

@GGwolverine96Xman harriet's still alive

[AmirahCarter]

I love this theme song. It's one of the best theme songs and they don't make shows like this anymore. It makes me miss the good ole days

[AmirahCarter]

I love this theme song. It's one of the best theme songs and they don't make shows like this anymore. It makes you miss the good ole days

[DeSpecial]

This was my show

[FFWilliam1]

This is awesome show this show will never get old to me i watch ths show when i was 8 years old with my great grandma and great grandad

[LadyMacp1]

Thanks for the answering the question. I look at the show every weekday.

[umpire504]

He wrote "after the love is gone" for earth wind and fire. He also wrote "turn your love around" for George benson.

[umpire504]

Thats the great Bill Champley from the group Chicago singing this song!

[88amona]

Wow, I thought I would have never heard this song ever again. I stand corrected, and I am happy am. :)

[LadyMacp1]

Who is singing this song.

ladymacp1

[GILLIAM33RD]

@LadyMacp1 This song was made by Bill Champlin of the group Chicago.

[jkuper2010]

@LadyMacp1 I believe Quincy Jones is singing this song.



[chubphucka]

HEY EVERYONE.....IF U WANT TO WATCH FULL EPISODES OF THIS SHOW IN HD QUALITY THEN LOOK UP THE USER NAME ''CALOOSAVISTA008'' THIS PERSON HAS LOTS OF 'IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT'' EPISODES ON HER CHANNEL.......ENJOY THE SHOW

[brownpride5001]

good times with my old man

[TCHGSD87]

I grew up watching this show! Loved it then still love it now. =)

[nicco47]

Awful,awful ''vocal'' Who was that guy !

[MrIHorbert]

I don't even know what this show is about, I simply remember my parents watching this show when I was a kid and I always loved the theme song.

[23Lyrikill]

@MrIHorbert same for me

[NFStamper]

@MrIHorbert best show ever... u should watch it on WGN sometime

[jrpone]

@MrIHorbert This show was a continuation of the classic movie "In the Heat of the Night"..

[senyah777]

@MrIHorbert LOL!!! me too!!

[mistabigg007]

@MrIHorbert lol yep

[sneeyize45]

@MrIHorbert Your parents had or have very good taste. This show was based on the 1960's novel and motion picture of the same name and was about what a police unit in a fictional Georgia small town deals with in terms of law & order. It premiered on NBC-TV on March 6, 1988.

[popsdeandre]

ray charles originated the song and they stole it and remixed like 100 times just like all the other classic stuff like aint no sunshine billy withers wrote that

[UrlsGrrl54]

Parts of Mississippi is still that ass backwards and caught in a time warp....

[gaycowboy31]

I talked to the conductor that was standing in the baggage door in the opening train scene last yar he said he had no idea it would end up in a tv series that the City of New Orleans in the opening scene

[xboondocksx]

Nice

[TheNatchMan]

I want to see a spin off of this show. Bubba would be chief now, Sweet is a lawyer, Luan is mayor. Would be awesome. Call it Sparta.

[ShainnauthenticB]

i remeber this!!!! this make me feel some type of way hearing this

[coolwafferman]

@ShainnauthenticB I know what you mean.

[BecuzISaidSoGoddamit]

I used to watch this show when I was about 6yo to close to 9 and I'd watch it religiously and I'd sing the theme song and whenever I'd sing it I'd just feel real powerful.

And Howard Rollins, if I'm not mistaken, committed suicide. What a bummer. He was awesome as Sidney Poitier's movie character. And isn't that Archie Bunker? Wow, talk about a 180.

[harrisonite]

@BecuzISaidSoGoddamit according to wikipedia he died of lymphoma. but i'm sure all the drugs he was doing didn't help! 

[hammeredcrapvideos]

what a sultry tune...a timeless masterpiece!

[johnnystir]

RIP Caroll O'Connor, Hugh O'Connor, and Howard Rollins

[rsanti12956]

who is this song by?? im really wondering, because i can't find it ANYWHERE! someone tell me!

[senyah777]

@rsanti12956 I NEED TO KNOW AS WELL!!!

[senyah777]

@rsanti12956 I just read a comment where someone said Bill Champlin of the band Chicago sings this song!

[senyah777]

@rsanti12956 I just pulled up Bill Champlin singing this song live!!!!! HOT! HOT! HOT!!!!!!!!!

[masternate61]

I called MGM and they gave me this number to check if it was a box set and of course it is not as of yet. The guy said that if they have enough request that MGM would box the set. So please call and write so they can have enough request

Call 20th century fox at this number and tell them u want to put in a customer request for tv series

1-888-223-2369

[warmwarmerdisco]

this show is hilarious. classic television.

[silvermist1216]

I love this series

[mmhen11]

My 22 mo old grand baby runs to the tv every time he hears this song . Seemed to have loved it since he was a tiny baby. 12/14/2010

[justlyric]

@mmhen11 Yes, I'm 25 and I've loved this show as well. Good television.

[Y0ungpist0l]

ok i have to be honest. i dont think i ever watched one episode of this..i mean i was a kid. but this has to be one of the best theme songs ever!! i use to run to the tv and sing-along with the guy (i never knew the words. so i mostly mumbled) but boy when that last line came, my favorite part, i knew every word.."In the HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT offfffffffff the nighhhhhhhhhhhht"!!!

[SwitchbladeKitty]

I'm 16 years old and this is my favorite show.

[seawyatt]

@SwitchbladeKitty that is so cool. I Loved Carroll O'Connor on "All in the Family" (my all-time favorite show) and never watched this show because I didn't want to ruin my impression of 'Archie Bunker'...but I am more interested in seeing this show. Everbody commenting seems to LOVE this program...I am curious now.

[SwitchbladeKitty]

@seawyatt

Oh, yeah he was a real son of a gun in AITF! On the contrary, he's almost like a big teddy bear in ITHOTN. It just goes to show how well-rounded of an actor he is. :)

[ollerotrot1]

its on daily in NJ ch.31 WGN  11am-12:30 pm

[SwitchbladeKitty]

@ollerotrot1

And I tape it everyday. :)

[63Mafia]

The Law and Order of the '80s. I remember me and my Great Grandma watching this show together every night.

[SwitchbladeKitty]

@63Mafia

Thats a great memory! Me and my ma, when I was younger, would do the same. Although she was more of a 'Touched by an Angel' kind of lady. lol

[freddystubbs3001]

37 year old black man from Toledo Ohio that grew up in Monroe Michigan!!!!!!!!! Mr. Tibbs, Lonnie, Parker, Chief Gillespie, and Bubba Skinner were some bad ass dudes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[psychodelicrock12]

Will someone please posted the series?

[TeaBag43]

We still watch it weekly here in my area..Thanks to WGN of chicago for keeping it on...

[gillianseed]

Hahaha WGN!!! Every morning at 8 PT/11 ET!!!

[mrbe5a1r]

All the new cop shows on TV these days pale in comparison to "In The Heat". The Closer, Law and Order (with all its spin-offs included), CSI, you name it -- NONE compares! In most TV shows these days, men are shown as either buffoons or dumber than any woman. Give me the 80s shows and some of the early 90s shows any day. O'Connor was "the bomb" as Gillespie. Rod Steiger's portrayal of Gillespie in the '67 movie doesn't hold a candle to O'Connor's. 

[Silentgenius01]

This song is the bomb

[2pac4life400]

This came on 2day...sadely i missed the intro :(



[Trill104]

IN THE HEEEEEEEEEEE O' THA NIYYGGGHT!!

[lblocko]

@Trill104 My thoughts exactly!!!!

[catbeast2007]

It would be nice if This Tv would air this show. This is 1 of the 3 shows Carroll O'Connor will always be remember by. All in the Family & Archie Bunker's Place are the other 2.

[catbeast2007]

This Tv is 50% own by MGM if your curious.

[fullhousefrek]

for some reason i would always only watch the intro but not any of the episodes lol

[orochiking99]

that opening song went so damn hard! LMAO

[LambChowder1]

you can catch it on wgn at like what...10 cst

[RachylYsrayl]

This Was The Show... Lol

[blacktigerwu]

I still watch this every morning.

[1extremeguy]

i used to watch this show with my grandparents sometimes. i still remember the opening

[MsLunafer]

where does it still come on at night at? it comes on here during the midday time

[6I6Am6A9red9Pill9]

this song is da bomb!! its gold and diamonds!!!

[SachaEgan]

Gold..........



[hizay]

IN THE HEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Angel68681]

Where I live this show still comes on every night at 11:00pm

[chevsilverado1500]

i love this show and it's opening song. who sings the song

[Angel68681]

@chevsilverado1500 Bill Champlin of the band Chicago sings the opening song.

[ArelnaPhoenix89]

omg i used to watch this as a kid and i loved this show! interesting i would pester my mom so we could watch it lol

[dwtpa97]

Great theme and a great show. As someone else said, they don't make them like this anymore. One of the top 5 dramatic shows of all time. Thanks for posting.

[tommygunn162]

In The Heat Of The Night is my favorite TV show with The Rockford Files coming in second.

[noahac]

Does anyone had copies of the series? If they do please download I would love to see this show again

[NosebleedDaHitmaker]

this man be singin his SOUL out. i love this song

[TheMac1229]

THIS is the opening I remember. I always remember at the end seeing the big street light. Awsome show

[Legair91]

my grandparents used to watch this too i miss them dys.....

[NoriesW]

i think that them song sounds good my grandma and grandpa use to watch this when i was like 7 years old

they use to watch other shows too like walker texas ranger and muder she wrote

when i saw this i got a weird felling cuz its been so long that i heard this them song

my grand parants are kind of redneck but i think thier cool

i am a rocker dude i have always liked rock and always will i think metal and punk are the best genders of rock even tho i do like classic rock

[JediMasterHorton]

@NoriesW

im a classic favorate myself and this show was the stuff

[miaka697]

i only like the theme song

[tharpdevenport]

This would be the Season 2 theme opener. Later in Season 2 (or maybe the start of S3), they dropped that vocal/sax part and did a new opening.

[NoriesW]

is the them for Season 1 the same as this one

[tharpdevenport]

I missed the opening to every episode of season 1 (exercising outside), so I can't say for sure.

[lunchmeat400]

2nd worst show on tv.

[billiefan2000]

great tv show theme song

too bad they dont make them as good as they did back in the 80's and 90's

[NoriesW]

i know now days they show a lot of stupid reality shows i ant saying all the shows they show now are bad i just like 80s and 90s shows better

[AshyHarry92]

i feel ya there

[GarudaStudio]

@billiefan2000 this song actually comes from the original 1967 film version of "In the Heat of the Night", where it was originally performed by Ray Charles and the Raylettes.

[BecuzISaidSoGoddamit]

@billiefan2000 Amen brother/sister!

[jarrod4020]

@billiefan2000 isint that the truth?!

[jarrod4020]

@billiefan2000 isn't that the truth?!

[Fckstyre]

where is carl wheaters isnt he in the series

[twisterchaser70]

loved this show

[333tarynsxe333]

I remember bein' a kid and watchin' this with my gran gran, best days of my life

[jessicashubby01]

This show is awesome.

[mcminn2000]

dude all the swearing is not necessary

[superkryp13]

i used to see this when I was a kid i remebr this opening credit

[loverboy456]

yea me and my mother useto wach this together when iwas a little kid

[superkryp13]

it was actually pretty good

[flyguevaratv]

My nigga, that shit went double muthafuckin me platinum my nigga! We get thoed then a bitch and bang dat shit like some real ass niggas. That shit goes HARD!