Theme Song
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| From the episode: | All episodes except Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High, PTV, Family Goy, Brian Griffin's House of Payne, And Then There Were Fewer, And I'm Joyce Kinney, Livin' on a Prayer, Space Cadet, Valentine's Day in Quahog, Bigfat and Total Recall. Instrumental arrangements only for the "Road to" mini-series. |
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| Voices: | Alex Borstein, Seth MacFarlane, Seth Green, Lacey Chabert (seasons 1-3), Mila Kunis (seasons 4-present), and Walter Murphy and His Orchestra |
Family Guy, like most television programs, has a theme song. It was created by Walter Murphy.
Revised visuals for the theme song were made for the new widescreen version of the show that started in "Excellence in Broadcasting". While the song is not sung for the "Road to" mini-series", instrumental arrangements are used.
In the early seasons, Chris and Brian's voices are heard during the last line of the song over everyone else's. It was rerecorded following the show's revival, removing these prevalences.
Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane and David Zuckerman got an Annie Award nomination for writing the theme song in 2000. [1]
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Frank Sinatra, Jr. version
Lyrics
Lois: It seems today
That all you see
Is violence in movies and sex on TV
Peter: But where are those good old fashioned values
Entire Family: On which we used to rely?
Lucky there's a Family Guy
Lucky there's a man who
Positively can do
All the things that make us
Stewie: Laugh and cry!
Entire Family: He's... a.. Fam..ily... Guy!
Rap Version (Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?)
Peter: Seems today...
Backup Singers: Seems today...
Peter: That all you see...
Backup Singers: That all you see...
Peter: Is violence in movies...
Backup Singers: Violence in movies...
Peter: And sex on TV...
Backup Singers: Sex on TV...
Peter: But where are those good old-fashioned values
On which we used to rely?
Backup Singers: Heeey....
Peter: L-L-L-Lucky there's a Family Guy
Backup Singers: Lucky there's a Family Guy
Peter: Lucky there's a
Backup Singers: Lucky there's a
Peter: Lucky there's a
Backup Singers: Lucky there's a
Peter: Lucky there's a Family Guy
Backup Singers: Lucky there's a Family Guy
Peter: Lucky there's a
Backup Singers: Lucky there's a
Peter: Lucky there's a
Backup Singers: Lucky there's a
Peter: He's
Backup Singer: Come on!
Peter: A...Fam...ily...
Peter and Backup Singers: Guuuuuuuuuuy!
Backup Singer: Indahouse!
Y'know!
Backup Singers: Y'know! Y'know!
Corrupted version #1 (Whistle While Your Wife Works)
Lois: It seems today
That all you see
Is violence in movies and sex on TV
Peter: But where are those good old fashioned values
Entire Family: On which we used to rely?
Lucky there's a Family Guy
Lucky there's a man who
Positively can do
All the things that make us
Peter: [falls down stairs] AAAH! Ow! Aaah! Aaah, ow, ow! [lands on dancer] Dammit!
Lois: Peter, are you all right?
Peter: N-no. I think you should call somebody.
Brian: Ma'am, are you all right?
Dancer: I can't...breathe...
Brian: Oh, God, I think she's punctured a lung!
Peter: Aw, dammit, look at my foot, it's already starting to swell up. I'm looking forward to this week. Friggin' swelled foot all week.
Stewie: [to the camera] You know we should, we should, you should probably go ahead and shut that off.
Corrupted version #2 (Lottery Fever)
Lois: It seems today
That all you see
Is violence in movies and sex on TV
Peter: But where are those good old fashioned values
Entire Family: On which we used to rely?
Lucky there's a Family Guy
Lucky there's a man who
Positively can do
All the things that make—
[while everyone else dances, a dancer walks down the stairs up to Peter]
Peter: Uh uh, hold it. Hold it. [the music stops] W-What's going on here?
Dancer: I'm pregnant.
Peter: Y-You're what?!
Dancer: Yeah.
Peter: We're in the middle of a thing here.
Dancer: Well, you didn't return any of my texts.
Peter: W-W-W-So what's goin' on...You want, like, a ride to the place?
Lois: Peter, what's goin' on?
Peter: What's going on, Lois, is that this girl is obviously not well and I have just learned that she's been stealing from the show and she should probably be escorted out of the building.
[two security guards walk the dancer out of the theme song, everything is silent until Peter looks back at the camera]
Peter: Na...na...Fam...ily...Guy!
Notes
- This song opens every episode except for the following:
- The "Road to" mini-series (Road to Rhode Island, Road to Europe, Road to Rupert, Road to Germany, Road to the Multiverse, and Road to the North Pole) - In these episodes, the theme song is replaced by a 1940's style opening credits sequence with an overture of the musical number played over it.
- Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High - The opening sequence is replaced by a parody of Law & Order's credit sequence
- PTV - The entire theme song is replaced by a long cold opening involving Stewie and Osama bin Laden, followed by a parody of the opening scene from The Naked Gun.
- Blue Harvest, Something, Something, Something, Dark Side and It's A Trap! - These episodes begin with spoofs of the openings to the Star Wars trilogy.
- Family Goy - The opening is replaced by a mostly shot by shot spoof of the opening of The All-New Super Friends Hour, even using the original audio.
- Brian Griffin's House of Payne - The opening is replaced by just a shot of the title on a black background and a Star Wars parody starring Stewie and Rupert.
- The iTunes version of Brian & Stewie does the same as the previous episode since there was no music at all in the entire episode.
- And Then There Were Fewer - In the initial broadcast, the theme song was replaced by a credit sequence and montage of the Griffins driving to the manor. For reruns, the regular current version of the theme song is used.
- And I'm Joyce Kinney - The theme song was replaced by a parody of The Incredible Hulk opening credits.
- Livin' on a Prayer - The theme song was replaced by a parody of Little House on the Prairie opening credits.
- Space Cadet - The theme song is replaced by a spoof of the opening to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
- Valentine's Day in Quahog - The theme song is replaced by a parody on the trailer to the 2010 romantic-comedy film Valentine's Day.
- Bigfat - The theme is replaced by a parody of the theme to King of the Hill.
- Total Recall - The episode features a special opening in the style of Modern Family.
- The theme song was interrupted twice:
- Whistle While Your Wife Works - Peter falls down the stairs landing on one of the female dancers.
- Lottery Fever - one of the female dancers (voiced by Judy Greer), says she's pregnant with Peter's child.
- During the show's run, Stewie's line "Laugh and cry" has commonly been mistaken as "effin' cry". In the third season, to make the "l" more audible, Seth MacFarlane rerecorded the line. When the show was revived, the original recording of the line was used and has been ever since. This is referenced in "Friends of Peter G", when Peter, very drunk, asks if there truly is a difference while he shoos Stewie away. When the cast of Family Guy was on Inside the Actors Studio, Seth stated that "'effin' cry' lyrically makes no sense."
- Also in the original version, the family can be heard singing the chorus along with the studio singers. After the song was rerecorded, their vocals were mysteriously taken out and only the studio singers are heard singing the chorus, even after the original "laugh and cry" recording was put back in.
- The full version of the song appears Family Guy: Live in Vegas album, and is the only song not created especially for the album. The track is titled "Theme from "Family Guy"".
- The revised version of the opening that premiered in "Excellence in Broadcasting" features the supporting cast in roles previously filled with generic figures and the current rug color. From top to bottom on the men's side is Carter Pewterschmidt, Tom Tucker, Mort Goldman, Mayor Adam West, Joe Swanson and Glenn Quagmire. On the women's side is Barbara Pewterschmidt, Joyce Kinney, Angela, Jillian, Bonnie Swanson and Tricia Takanawa. Some of the cast are strategically placed according to their significant others at one point or another.
- An instrumental version of the theme song played over the end credits from season 1 through part of season 3. Since mid-season 3, the end credits are changed to include a new arrangement of the theme music approximately every two seasons. There have been 6 versions of the end theme; the newest debuted during season 9. Version 4, a mostly flute and string arrangement, appeared in only a few episodes; however, FOX plays this version weekly during the parental advisory tag prior to the show.
- In addition to the above, the ending credits have occasionally used "one-time only" arrangements of the theme song themed to specific episodes; these have included:
- Mr. Saturday Knight - a renaissance version
- Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother? - a rap version
- North by North Quahog - a North by Northwest inspired version
- Breaking Out is Hard to Do - an Asian version
- Jungle Love - an African version
- Brian Sings and Swings - a version sung by Frank Sinatra, Jr.
- Deep Throats - a folk music version
- Peter's Two Dads - an Irish version
- Meet the Quagmires - an Axel F-inspired '80s version.
- Blue Harvest, Something, Something, Something, Dark Side, It's A Trap! - a "Star Wars" version
- Padre de Familia - a mariachi band version
- And I'm Joyce Kinney - a porno film score version
- Friends of Peter G - a gospel version, inspired by Mr. Booze
- Seahorse Seashell Party - a dramatic hurricane-themed version with thunder and rain sound effects
