Theme
From S.W.A.T.
1975
Rhythm
Heritage
Perhaps you've heard of a guy named Arron Spelling...had
some small success in the field of developing and producing TV shows?
Charlies Angels? 7th Heaven? A little show called 'Beverly
Hills 90210', also starring his daughter Tori? All huge hits
(And just three of a string of hits no other TV producer can even
come close to matching)
Well
not everything he created was a mega hit. S.W.A.T. for example. It
was a spin-off of his hit series The Rookies, and only lasted for
one season...not a bad show at all, it just didn't click with the
public like many of his other shows did. The theme song though...now that
was a different story.
The
theme music was written bu Barry DeVorzen and performed by a funk
group called Rhythm Heritage.The show may have fizzled after one season, but the theme music hit #1 on the Hot 100 on Feb 28th,
1976...just two months before S.W.A.T ended it's run on The Tube.
Rhythm Heritage recorded two versions of the
song...the short version that was used in the Opening credits, and a
long version that clocked in at a bit over 4 minutes that they
released as a single from their debut album 'Disco-fied' . The single
was the version, of course, that made it to #1. It was also certified Gold for selling more than a million copies, and was
significantly different than the TV show's title sequence. Not only
was the title sequence shortened to one minute, it was toned down
considerably from the single.
So Enjoy! The Theme From Swat (The long version) by
Rhythm Heritage
And the short version, with the original Opening Credits from S.W.A.T
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