In The Heat Of The Night

Great 80-90s cop show. Sure wish it was on DVD.

[@BlackBusyBody]

If you didn’t watch this with your great grandma or Grandma then you weren’t living as child 😂

[@chrismc410]

My dad and I watched this when I was a kid.

[@huggywuggylos]

U said it I was definitely that grandchild singing it with my grandma too at 4 years old lol the best memories

[@thepoetnovaa]

😂😂😂so funny because its so true

[@charitapatrick6671]

No Lies Detected😂😂One Of My Grandmother's Favorite Shows😍😍 R.I.P Momo I Love And Miss You So Much💔😭😭

[@sappypappy8595]

Shoot, my grandmother watched this everyday while babysitting me. This tune reminds me of her everytime I hear it.

[@Mzgoldenhoney]

Is theme song just brought tears to my eyes I couldn't help but see myself in front of the TV at my grandmother's house. 😭

[@msdevotedtiff]

I just teared up to man oh man

[@charitapatrick6671]

Yesss😍😍😍 One Of My Grandmother's Favorite Shows. R.I.P Momo💔😭😭

[@michaelburney3436]

Something about this song is help me keep moving. "Hold on...be strong and everything will be alright!' Tears me up y'all!

[@qman313]

You can hear the pain in this song😞

[@KP-qz3fy]

Exactly bro, I remember the massive wood framed television and my day drinking country club grandmother watching me on sick days out of elementary school. Life was good.

[@Nikkibjax]

This theme song reminds me of summers spent with my grandma. This show was a grandparent magnet 🤣

[@kristiannissen6366]

When Tv could united generations

[@bayswampkennels6386]

No doubt. I'm 32 now and grandmas fixing to be 95 so blessed to have her and the stories she still tells word for word just as I remember as a kid. Lots of stories to tell from 1926 to present.

[@LittleSlim78]

Now that you say that, you are so darn right. My grandparents loved this and I loved sitting with them and watch it. I seen a lot of the episodes.

[@neutrino78x]

this was an awesome show, it's one of those ones that usually has a happy ending at the end and teaches you spiritual lessons and lessons about how to be a better person :)

[@cameronbondwe_the_cuz]

Big facts lol

[@HoneyBadger5303]

"But hold on, it won't be long!" My favorite part.

[@spider9136]

Absolutely, I definitely agree

[@senyah777]

YESSAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kristiannissen6366]

AMEN!!

[@trevormarshall8553]

But hold on, it won't be long, just you be strong and it'll be alright

[@blackrussian7966]

watched this as a child at granny's house. now she's resting in peace this just brings back so many memories. along with as the world turns and general hospital good times

[@Drpluv187]

Black Russian Comrade=)

[@Vedux]

Thinking of my granny is what brought me to this video

[@OTAKUHOTBOIISNOW]

My grandma watched this and I fell in love watching it r.i.p Grandma

[@stanbrown6310]

I was the same way. I sang this song all the time. R.I.P Granny

[@BlackBusyBody]

Black Russian everyone watched this at their Grandma house

[@chelseahood3175]

The fact that I’m looking at the comments and I’ve shared the SAME CHILDHOOD as everybody else 😩😩 I used to watch this with my great grandma. She passed away in 2014 at the age of 96. 🙏🏽♥️💕

[@FalconsFanForever]

Mines to my great grandma died in 2014 as well and just loss my Grandma last year so i try to watch this show now on my own.

[@astrobear5353]

R.I.P. CARROLL O'CONNOR , HOWARD ROLLINS AND HUGH O'CONNOR.

[@paulwilliams419]

And to Lois Nettleton, too!

[@ottogren1]

Carrol was never the same after Hugh passed. Poor man, could not imagine outliving my kids.

[@paleo704]

Rollins was queerer than a 3 dollar bill

[@lalalalee]

Ryan C whats your point you useless fuck?

[@astrobear5353]

@@lalalalee i have no idea of wtf he saying

[@TheBlackScatPack]

Them summers spent at your grandma house with no AC brought me here

[@terrancejohnson5576]

I love how they took this song to church at the end!

[@BrianRenardDavis]

Blues And Gospel Are One And The Same

[@tamaberrie]

I remember sitting in the living room with my grandma with the sun shining through the curtains and we’d silently watch this

[@gubersnitzel]

Yes....granny had us watching this show EVERY DAY!!! Good times.

[@bigboy501]

"It won't be loooooooonnng, Just you be strong and it'll be alright!" I LOVE that part!

[@senyah777]

I think that's EVERYBODY favorite part!!!!!

[@LittleSlim78]

Me too.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

i love ray charles version best !

[@JesseOakleyIII]

Bill Champlin sang his heart out on that part.

[@MomentPhotographyG1]

Ong

[@the_real_ebonienichole]

You have to excuse me I feel nothing but overwhelming emotions. My Grandparents raised me. They watched this faithfully. When it came on I knew it was time to be quiet lol. With the aroma of that night's dinner still in the air. I just can't get over how a theme song can bring so many emotions and memories. 😭.

[@shirleythomas86]

Composed by Quincy Jones and sung wonderfully by Bill Champlin, who was a singer-songwriter and keyboardist with the band Chicago for 28 years.

[@SLa-pb1gg]

Quincy did so many tv theme songs. Fresh Prince, Sanford and Son

[@teyoncroft4798]

Who in here in 2020 watching this intro over again “R.i.p Kobe Bean Bryant”

[@spider9136]

Here here 😌😌😌😌 Definitely a TRUE CLASSIC ❤️

[@manniegains2728]

To Kobe Bean...🙏🏽

[@jodywilke4642]

This has absolutely NOTHING to do, with Kobe Bryant! Please don't insult a great T.V. show, by mentioning him.😒

[@manniegains2728]

@@jodywilke4642 I'm sorry he never signed an autograph for you 🤣

[@jodywilke4642]

@@manniegains2728 I never wanted his autograph, nor do I care to hear anything else about Kobe Bryant, ever again. O.k.?

[@rellenomics101]

Brings me back to my childhood😢😢😢

[@celticsdude]

I remember watching this show with my parents when I was a toddler in the early 90s.

[@rellenomics101]

@@celticsdude Same here.....

[@kendallrivers1119]

Every weekday morning on WGN. Good times.

[@kalinga01]

I really don't know why, but I think 80s and 90s were a golden age of TV. it just seemed so awesome, and now it kinda sucks...

[@alejandrasanchez1402]

Oh hell yeah. Even when it was squeaky-clean (the TGIF lineup) it was still fantastic tv!!

[@tamc9296]

Yeah they all dead

[@tamc9296]

I'm not trying to be funny I really think they either quit or dead. I miss those times

[@TheeCoachg]

Yeah like 1987-1999 had so much good tv spread out throughout the day

[@geraldoloughlin8307]

Everything is done on the cheap now...no class anymore.

[@playkma]

When I was a child, my uncle & I would sing this every time it came on. We would go in on the last "In the Heat of the Night".

[@ryancastle1364]

i won't lie this is my jam when im out on patrol on night shift

[@GingerBreadMan76]

You are a cop?

[@eastcoastrailproductions5559]

Tommy Hogan what do you think

[@celticsdude]

Thanks for keeping the American streets safe!!!!

[@hyndquart5241]

You get a new comment every year lmao

[@SirSamuelofLouisiana]

Black Lives Matter. Remember that!!!

[@ohepi]

2018 and I still sing this damned song.

[@jw870206]

2019

[@HoneyBadger5303]

ohepi me too...it never gets old

[@Amp661]

2020! Clear as day for me!

[@garvindreis]

2020, still watching episodes

[@Boskov01]

It's a good song. No reason to be ashamed of that.

[@yahlonlewis2666]

Rest In Peace Clara Mae 🙏🏾 this was grandma favorite show man I can here the theme song in my head

[@Tbolt1000TForLife]

i used to watch this every night with my dad when i was little, this and Walker Texas Ranger were awesome shows!!!!!!!!!!!!! they just don't make them like this anymore, what a shame

[@nottelling9187]

Mopar Man

[@ontherisewithcandyceevette3037]

My Aunt used to watch this all of the time at my grandparents house. I used to be so upset when she changed the channel from nickelodeon to watch this. Now I'd give anything to go back to that time for just a day.

[@equesfuscus]

I know what you mean.

[@TheeCoachg]

Same my grandma would turn off wrestling to turn this on,i hated it 😂😂😂😂

[@Mr-Dont-Play]

I played this theme at least 10 times...😂

[@charitapatrick6671]

Yesss Me Too😂😂😍😍

[@biggestantamas]

I'm a 90s baby and I still song that song that's a real Throwback that song will never die

[@andreblackburn7819]

Absolutely

[@williamdade7772]

Always luved the theme song - to me a mixture of blues and hints of a lil gospel.

[@ASSman864]

i still believe its the best theme song of all time

[@maxarilla2000]

William Dade Ray Charles

[@II.am.Gold.]

Can defintely hear the gospel part

[@huggywuggylos]

Yes the gospel part it won't be long if you be strong and it be alright

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@maxarilla2000 Bill Champlin on this one. Tommy Morgan played the harmonica on the closing version.

[@rulerofall015]

RIP Sid, even though he didn't make main appearance in the TV show, his appearance in the movie was unforgettable.

[@Romeo19898]

My grandmother was right, I did love the theme of "In the Heat of the Night" growing up. It was a wonderful TV show for me growing up! I always had a crush on Miss Althea Tibbs.

[@BlackBusyBody]

Antoine Britt I can sing the shit outta of this song lol

[@celticsdude]

I used to love me some Anne-Marie Johnson!!!!

[@alfredcowans880]

Theme Still Hard💪😎✊

[@stanford-nf4jk]

I met Anne-Marie Johnson (Althea) when I worked at Starbucks in Palm Springs back in ‘99. I don’t think anyone else in the shop recognized her though. I told her I remembered her from What’s Happening Now. She was rude to my co-workers but was nice to me.

[@paleo704]

stanford 95060 she’s a rude person

[@rbaskin]

Man hearing this song gave me chills, automatically took me back to a young kid spending the night @ my grandparents house. Man I miss them.

[@LittleSlim78]

Me too brother. Me too!!! I sure do miss them and the moments we spent together. If it wouldn’t been for them, God knows where I would be. I know we would’ve been living on the streets.

[@hightolerance8728]

Bruhhh thst crazy I think every kid spent the night at there grandparents house, with this on in the background before we had to go to sleep haha good memories

[@Coastiestevie]

One of the best cop shows

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

This was my mom’s favorite show in the mid 90s. It was a kick in the head finding out that Alan Autry was from my hometown of Fresno. And then, I randomly met him and Howard Rollins at of all places, the local video store in my neighborhood! I was so excited, I asked the owner to use his phone. My mom came sprinting down because she loved them both. They signed a $1 bill she had and she still tells that story to this day lmao.

[@lawrenceofbavaria7044]

I never watched this when it was on originally but now every time I start watching a rerun I can't look away ! It is a far better show than the CRAP that's on nowadays. I love Anne Marie Johnson and she is great no matter where she pops up. You go girl. So pretty.

[@redbone8844]

This just makes me happy and feel good inside I close my eyes and think about the good old days when everybody was together now we’re grown and on our own I miss my siblings and being young 😞

[@johnwesley6490]

Yesssindeed, family gatherings were a must , everyone met at grandma's house, you link up with your cousins , now yall one big herd of children.... lightning bugs n hot muggy summer nights ....yo it's what I remember whenever I hear this beautiful theme

[@christinasanders1755]

Im with everyone else..my childhood with my granny..rip..brought me here.. Thank God for grandparents!

[@proudhunter85dirty]

I used to watch this with my Grandpa as a kid. RIP Grandpa.

[@santanaross9289]

Childhood Hearing This Every Night Before Going To Bed Classic In The Heat Of The Night

[@brandonjackson3641]

This mash and cheers lol😂🤣😂 you know it was time to go to sleep

[@tcwarden758]

My grandpa watched this all the time 😂

[@Xayjohns]

I'm glad that WGN still airs this, but I hate that they skip the theme now. This show should be on DVD anyway.

[@GHOST91141]

I've been dying to sing this at a karaoke bar 😂

[@tnawcwvictoria]

This was one of my dad's favorite shows God Bless You Dad, R.I.P. Carl Lee Hubbard, Sr. We Miss Ya Chief

[@kari2633]

Aww Sorry to Hear that! 😔

[@gibbs615]

My grandma used to watch this all the time during my childhood. Ah sweet tv memories😊

[@imtrynatoldyaTV]

Always watched with my elders still watching 2023 classic southern television

[@redbone8844]

Damn this song just makes me so happy makes me think of those good school days watching this with my siblings no social media no cell phones just everybody paying attention to each other no distractions I’ll play this just to close my eyes and remember

[@Boskov01]

Carroll O'Connor did a fantastic job stepping out of the shadow of his Archie Bunker character in this show. So many actors become famous for a single role and then can never get out from that character's shadow. Carroll was one of the exceptions to this rule.

[@sbella6719]

My sentiments exactly!!! He was one of the greats in a time when it was enough to be a great actor on TV.

[@maryshroat4185]

I just wish there was a full version of this with this singer. Beautiful thing that just takes you walking with it, and brings you back on home!

[@mollietenpenny4093]

When my mom and sister and I delivered for Meals on Wheels there was this guy that we delivered for that was always watching this. My granny also loves this show.

[@wizkid91us]

My grandpa used to watch this show all the time. Loved the theme song even back then. I miss him so much.

[@gavingavalli389]

Omg this reminds me of my paw paw lol he loved the hell out of this and mat lock

[@bryanreed316]

One of the all time greatest intros in the history of television!!

[@EbonyJean]

I used to watch this with my grandma growing up, this brings back so many memories. Then the WGN News would come on afterwards. I LOVE this theme song and she used to sing it all the time! R.I.P. to her, Carroll O'Connor, Howard Rollins & Hugh O'Connor!

[@TheSmartShowChannel]

I know me too

[@MrMiami4vip]

Brings me Tears R.I.P Dad I live through Pretending im Back In the 90s Smokey and the Bandit In the Heat of the night Z28 Cameros Bad Company Riding up and Down I-95 From Philadelphia To see mom back home to Miami Miss you Dad 😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰

[@Mikkah444]

in the heat of the night...... watching all seasons now.. comfortable and cozy. love it.

[@dkfam1291]

-This Was My Papa Favorite Show Wow Memories!!!

[@Cassie11Corner]

I wake up every morning looking forward to this song and watching the show 😂😂 So tearfully beautiful

[@tvpirate05]

We used to watch the reruns of this show all the time in college. I still watch it when I can...great show!

[@raulworld24]

Bring back so many memories as a kid at my grandparents house, take me back one more time please!!!

[@Mzcruz211]

Me and my grandpa Earnest show every morning....God I miss you grandpa. 😔

[@LifeIsNotorious]

I fell in love with this theme since I was 4 years old and been watching the show ever since.

[@jamescross4167]

When I was just a little shit in the 90s, this was my step dads favorite show. Then it became our show. You know I still think about him and miss him to this day. He and my mom divorced when I was a teen and I ain’t seen him since. Hope I’m at least half the dad he didn’t have to be!

[@devinwhitfield2250]

Classic, watched with my grandparents and now, 28 years later, in love with the theme song and making a sample with music, crazy how life could be

[@husasizzle]

Whoever sung this intro had too much soul!!!

[@KenzieLostGurl]

I have this song as a ringtone for my grandma, cause she loves this show.

[@mouserpeace]

Always reminds me of spending the summer at my grandpa’s house in the early 90’s. This is the first time I’ve heard the theme song in decades and still remember every damn note lol.

[@jasminelowe9080]

This song used to scare me as a child and still does to this day. Gives me the chills.

[@jasminelowe9080]

it has a creepy feel to it in my opinion.

[@jasminelowe9080]

Thanks

[@retroartifex6712]

I agree, its a great song, but it has somewhat of a spooky vibe. I think its creepy in the same sense as creepy television idents, where you, as a child associate it with the night(when the shows would end & you would see the logo), & subsequent spookiness of the dark & being alone in your room, along with any of them that are just creepy.

[@TamTam-on9kv]

Jasmine Lowe yes like the streets are not safe

[@ASSman864]

hmm. its always been heart warming to me. real blues/soul and a smile at the end of a bad day

[@MrSamer83]

2 shows I loved watching with Carroll O Connor, All in the family and of course In the heat of the night. RIP my friend

[@traviswilliams4130]

I grew up watching this with my grandparents, now I watch reruns and got my kids watching it lol

[@bremoore4327]

Used to watch this every night with my Grandpa

[@ForsythJC]

As a kid, I spent nearly all my weekends with my grandfather, as life at home was very abusive. We used to stay up late and watch this before going to bed. Even though he passed away in 2019, I have so many happy memories with him. RIP Pop!

[@1KingCoop]

This is on Amazon Prime for those that are interested in watching it, definitely a great show.

[@mollieraye1174]

I can’t count the times I tried to master the high note at the end in the 19 years of life😂

[@EbonyJean]

YES!!! Me too 😂

[@rayg2324]

All I heard from my grandmothers room miss you grandma Rip

[@Deon82]

Watched this with grandma when I was a kid!

[@noenduringcity]

I love that back in the day, TV shows were tied to the time of day they aired. Watching this intro totally takes me back to being a kid, staying up "late" and watching this show. Total night time vibes.

[@TRIA_Gods_Child]

One of the best tv series over! Who’s still listening in 2021?! True classic! 🔥💙

[@alejandrasanchez1402]

My grandma had the HUGEST crush on Bubba. She passed away, and a few years later Bubba became our mayor. 😆 Gahdamn, she would've been at city hall every day if she'd lived to see it. 😂❤

[@TampaAries]

Lol my mother did too, she loved Bubba lol

[@alejandrasanchez1402]

@@TampaAries man, he must've done pretty well with the ladies in his day 😆

[@TampaAries]

@@alejandrasanchez1402 Aint that the truth lol. He had old women and young women of all different races obsessed with him, im sure he gain a huge fan base of women during the time this show was originally airing.

[@sherryhannah498]

@alejandrasanchez1402 my Aunt Bea my papa's middle sister thought Bubba was cute

[@alejandrasanchez1402]

@@sherryhannah498 Bubba was the MAN 😂🙌🏽❤️

[@papabear5544]

Eloise James we miss u and love you. This is your show grandma and mine too I love you

[@brianbrian5842]

Wow.....this song REALLY took me back to my childhood.

[@Billybobby79]

I'm glad most of us had memories with our grandparents to this show. We surely will miss them.

[@Drpluv187]

That sax at the beginning!!!!=)

[@ChoreBoyzLLC]

Im blessed to still watch this with my Grandma...

[@celticsdude]

Mississippi should make this their state song!!!!

[@davidmoore9706]

this is my third favorite show starring Carol O'Connor until he died!!

[@ashbutle]

They're going to have to take me out singing this song. It makes you ready to go to the upper room.

[@chrisreynolds4637]

First time I watched this I was 6 or 7 years old. Love this show

[@BlackBusyBody]

chris reynolds but did you watch it with a grandparent though? Lol

[@demetriaharrington1390]

Exactly cause I watch it all the time with my mother and grandmother God rest there's souls 🙏🙏

[@aydenreese9536]

I am 11 and my grandma is turning 100 Friday and she asked me to put this on for her birthday and we still watching this everyday after breakfast

[@billyboy8534]

This song is the embodiment of summer nights in the south.

[@QJDucati]

My childhood is flashing before my eyes.

[@jwright8550]

I cry everytime I listen to this but I love it

[@josephthornton4206]

The show is still on every day in reruns. Watching it daily in 2019

[@tritarch6687]

God this brings back so many memories.

[@kanna231]

I've watch this when I was a kid my mom loves watching it.

[@lance.da.legend9837]

Dam it seems like we all saw this show from being at our grandmother's house..I'm 35..I remember being half sleep while she was watching this

[@jacobfletcher7201]

Oh gah this brings me back to early 90s at my great grandmothers

[@BlackAdam2784]

God, I LOVE this song. And easily the best version of it.

[@jpd782]

Damn this takes me back. I was about 13, 14. Watching this and Matlock with my Grandparents.

[@ASSman864]

ive always said heat of the night and matlock are the 2 best theme songs

[@ASSman864]

and walker texas ranger theme song. the good one no the stupid one

[@thevanished8185]

Man eveybodies grandmother and grandson or daughter use to watch this show. Including me and my grandmother. Amazing we all have the same memories with this show.

[@mickey1271]

These lyrics tear me up.

[@brettsoyars4341]

This show was awesome! Loved it then & I love it now!

[@jameshoward3136]

Me & my Granny used to watch this show...R.I.P.

[@bemak78]

This is on Amazon Prime!! The whole series.

[@yorilla5378]

Idc how old I gets I still watch it every night before I go to bed