Spider-Man Theme Sing-Along

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DisneyVillain
September 03, 2008

The theme song of the 1967 cartoon show Spider-Man has become a popular standard. The lyrics were written by Academy Award winner Paul Francis Webster, while the music was composed by Robert "Bob" Harris. The song's opening lines, "Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can," have become as synonymous with the Marvel Comics web-slinger as his costume.

The 2002 and 2004 film adaptations have featured characters as buskers performing the song; Jayce Bartok and Elyse Dinh respectively. Both films also feature the song at the very end of the credits: the 2002 film featured the 1967 version, while the 2004 film featured a re-recording by Michael Bublé (see below). 2007's Spider-Man 3 also featured the song's melody during the scene where Spider-Man arrives at a big celebration.

It is very similar to the head of two popular 1960s boogies (Charles Mingus's 1959 "Boogie Stop Shuffle", and Dave Brubeck's 1961 "Bru's Boogie Woogie") and probably based on them.

The song has been parodied in a Kombat Pavilion Flash movie named "Scorpionman" within the "Konquest of the Kamidogu, pt. VIII" movie, based on the Mortal Kombat character Scorpion.

Nintendo of America also parodied the song in a Bomber Man 64 Commercial during the 1997 holiday season.

In The Simpsons Movie, Homer Simpson is seen walking a pig on the ceiling singing "Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig, does whatever a Spider-Pig does. Can he swing, from a web? No he can't, he's a pig, Look ooooooouuuut! He is a Spider-Pig!" A choral version is in the closing credits, part of which appears in Homer's epiphany.

On the syndicated radio program, The John Boy and Billy Big Show, a recurring segment called Married Man (the saga of a henpecked husband and second-rate superhero) uses a parody of the Spider-Man theme as its theme song.

It was parodied for use on another superhero with the opening line: Iron Man, Iron Man, Does whatever iron can.

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Defgir (6 days ago) Show Hide

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I have problems with WMG, too -.- Fuck you off, WMG!!

deanzonit721 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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Wait...Warner Bros. never had the rights to any Marvel franchises. They got DC, but not Marvel!

I'm guessing they just flip a coin and if it comes up heads, they remove the audio, no matter if they own it or not. God, I can't wait until the day WMG retires....

maniacboyz7 (1 month ago) Show Hide

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wow...i got so excited lol.

nikred (2 weeks ago) Show Hide

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hahaha.....me too.

mmmmmmmmmm9999 (2 months ago) Show Hide

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How the hell did Warner Bros. (of all companies) ever get the fuckin' copyrights for THIS song?
Those assholes are CRAZY with this copyright bullshit!

naejimba (3 months ago) Show Hide

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What the fuck? Screw WMG

SiPlusPLKV (3 months ago) Show Hide

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FUCKING WMG

Nickzilla22 (4 months ago) Show Hide

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Damnit! You reading these comments WMG!!!! You are Bullshit!!!!!!!

DeathSaito (5 months ago) Show Hide

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THIS IS BULLSHIT!!!~!

DisneyVillain (5 months ago) Show Hide

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You can thank WMG for it!

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