Maureen McGovern: DIFFERENT WORLDS (Theme from "Angie") - 1979 Single Version

[@reesepacker7983]

Many folks who were alive at the time hated the disco era influence on so much of pop culture (similar to the mid and late 90's with rap /hip hop ) was only nine in 79 at as a pre teen kid absolutely ate up the whole disco pop culture ..which why i find this song sooooo darn nostalgic and instantly feel good hearing it . actually most of those now older folks that hated the disco era would probably take it all back right now and trade in it for whatever the hell this currently era of pop culture will be remembered as

[@reesebn38]

This might be the happiest song ever made.🥰

[@arielsea9087]

Maureen McGovern’s voice is definitely a gift.

[@richlitton7862]

It really, really is.

[@marcussmith3934]

Happy 74th Birthday Maureen Therese McGovern!(Born July 27, 1949)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂🎀🌷🌹💐👍👏🙌

[@bryanjensen2614]

Now happy belated 75th.

[@alanstein3394]

Can't believe I'm saying this but this is probably my favorite TV theme song of all time. Great voice and even greater memories.

[@DavisNetPromos5550]

OMG The colorful chord changes and beautiful melodic structure/ and that magnificent voice! The greatest TV Theme song of ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!

[@ericchapman622]

Totally agree.

[@jaycee330]

This is Charles Fox's best theme song in my opinion because of this, despite his more popular ones.

[@robertwhite9898]

I agree

[@richlitton7862]

Her voice and the drumming!

[@philiphatfield-ev4kj]

She sings the song; she doesn't try to butcher it with needless vocal histrionics.

[@frankmaiorana66]

Who still LOVES this song 40+ years later?

[@AngloSaxon-yx8tk]

I do, makes me wish I was only 20 years old again.

[@billkeithchannel]

2024

[@citygirl5705]

This is one of my favorite songs ever, because it takes me back to another special time. And it's beautiful.

[@robertwhite9898]

This one of the best television themed songs ever. She is from My home state ohio . She is from Youngstown ohio !

[@plasticity1000]

It keeps you young, said succinctly and poignantly.

[@charlesbehlen6225]

This song has haunted me for decades. It perfectly embodies the power and beauty of being young.

[@kmason685]

Charles Behlen I thought I was the only one haunted by this song!!

[@comactortony]

Charles my man, you said it! This song brings me back to a wonderful time in my life as well.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

It was also the theme tune to a two-season ABC TV series starring Donna Pescow.

[@ericchapman622]

I agree. So great to rediscover it after hearing it when I was a kid.

[@TheBeNimble]

@@comactortony Me too!

[@toddcharry]

In my opinion this is one of the best theme songs for a TV show ever. "Angie" initially did well in the ratings, I think they should have kept the two dating, rather than marry them off so quickly. They should have given the show more time, after all they did move it from it's original time period. Funny how some shows did get more time and chances than others.

[@thomaspiccirillo6820]

t00 SO RIGHT IF THEY WOULD HAVE STRETCHED LIKE MOONLIGHTING THEY WOULD HAVE BUILT AN AUDIENCE

[@jimbranca1565]

this show was almost an italian version of rhoda

[@robertwhite6203]

This is one of the best tv show theme songs ever ! I enjoy listening to it ! What’s sad the show was short lived . The theme song was the bomb !

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

Robert White The wedding did jump the shark, show would have last longer but who knows?

[@74bshs]

it's a great song, but I must admit, I am originally from Philly, so there you go, love is thicker than water...

[@Swampzoid]

I love that smooth disco sound on this song

[@tommym7646]

some dismiss all disco as lesser music, but it produced so much great music that will live. Of course it also lives in house music and groups life Daft Punk

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@tommym7646 By 1979, when this series was on the air, disco was dying out in a big and controversial way.

[@tommym7646]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X to me 78 was magic for all music. Dance had Earth, Wind, Fire, Kool n the gang, Commodores. Rock had super groups Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac. Folk singers like James Taylor or Jim Croce. Solo acts Bill Joel, Elton John. Because you like one didn't have to hate another type

[@Nomuum]

@@tommym7646 Disco by itself was overly exaggerated and its exaggerations lead to the backlash that erode disco and gave birth to its daughters: post-disco, euro-disco, etc. But some musical characteristics of disco also enhanced contemporaneous genres: AOR, pop, pop rock, even some prog rock songs benefitted from disco. And of course even who couldn't, didn't or wasn't supposed to be on disco got some elements of it. And now, 40 years have passed and I wonder what it rock fans of that time, that fought for disco's demise, would think of today's music. After all, "Different Worlds" is a lovely song.

[@garciaressy]

@@tommym7646 Preach!

[@openmind1966]

April 17, 2016....we lost Doris Roberts, may she RIP.....always remembered...

[@blacktigeress6035]

Do not forget Debralee Scott who died on April 5 2005, may she rest in peace🕊

[@michaelcarter6686]

The vocal harmony exhibited in this theme song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. DAMN, I miss the seventies!

[@pamelaclary6805]

Me too,every part of your comment 💖💝.

[@74bshs]

You and me both.

[@icbr]

One of the best tv themes of all time.

[@emilysanders8650]

Yes It Is

[@aarongranda7825]

Yeah

[@MrBlueSkyMrNight]

+ Wow, I'm not the only one who remembers this one. Cool. Beautiful vocal Maureen.

[@ylarik]

Heard this on the radio yesterday and was blown away because it gave me one of those "I forgot this even existed" moments. I don't think I've listened to it for 35 years. I knew it was from 1979 and was on a TV show, but didn't know who the singer was. Maureen crossed my mind, but I figured it was Nicolette Larson. Splendid singing, splendid lyrics! There were plenty of problems in 1979, but at least there were songs on the radio that spoke of love. Does any song on the charts today even mention love? So sad, I try not to cry about how badly the pop culture today compares to the pre-1980s. Different worlds INDEED.

[@trijet200]

I agree with you 100% What happened to our society?

[@carthycalder9867]

trijet200 You realize there were lots of old farts saying the same thing in 1979, don't you?

[@johnschultz9023]

Carthy Calder Oh, no doubt, but I think things in our society have deteriorated much more than in previous generations.

[@MrBlueSkyMrNight]

+John Schultz Today's popular music is a good example.

[@74bshs]

At least dig all the key changes, very cool. I am glad to have been a child of the 70's, high school, and college. The best decade in which to grow up.

[@Jimbo8137]

Such a great positive gorgeous song from such a wonderful vocalist!

[@richardcharney1559]

Yes they found the perfect artist singing this song you can't get much better than Marine McGovern!

[@MrTrashcan1]

Great song and theme. Never heard it or saw the show as I was heavily into studies at the time, but would have liked to.

[@warrenboule9787]

Maureen is a beautiful woman with a great voice.

[@richardcharney1559]

I definitely agree with you!

[@74bshs]

Indeed!

[@martinkurtz9269]

Maureen McGovern was too talented to be a pop star. She went on to Broadway which suited her better.

[@robertwhite9898]

Yes

[@tlw1950]

I wish pop music still sounded like this. I'd certainly be buying and listening to more of it!

[@riceboy1701e]

tlw1950 Unfortunately, the PTB at radio will never allow that to happen. It's all about how much airplay songs can get and keep, and how much money that they can make for their label. And damn the content...the nastier, the better. Thank goodness for the mp3 era we now live in. I listen to commercial-free, DJ-free music in my truck. And *I'm* a DJ myself...

[@MrBlueSkyMrNight]

+Steven Gordon Yes.

[@aarongranda7825]

Never this good again.

[@richlitton7862]

Well put.

[@joemontemurro4210]

A Music Masterpiece. My favorite TV Theme song of all time. There is only one Maureen McGovern. ❤

[@kingyattaaesop-shakur8691]

I FRIGGIN LOOOOOOOOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@titopfaziano748]

Me too

[@mustafajackson9430]

Me Three, it's so 70s and so good.

[@richardcharney1559]

Maureen McGovern sang this song that's the reason why it's good!

[@HersheyChocolateChip]

It took me a good minute to find this classic

[@lindah5202]

This is a most beautiful song, wish we had more upbeat music like this now days.

[@TJ-sv6ur]

You said it. I first heard this song back in late 1996 and have been in love with it since.

[@jasonbertalotto4296]

Linny, I think so, too and so does Angie co star Diane Robin!👼😎

[@jasonbertalotto4296]

Diane Robin loves this song as much as everybody did, we all are in our different worlds.🎼🌎👄🎤

[@michaelbruns449]

A dazzling masterpiece, not fully appreciated when first released and still vastly underrated now and wow just listen to those radiantly provocative vocals, soaring and glowing with such irresistible sparkling sunny brilliance.

[@OceanKingNY]

In 2021, Maureen McGovern was diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, which is thought to be a form of Alzheimer's disease. She publicly announced her diagnosis the following year, saying she would no longer perform in concert, but planned to continue working on musical projects for children, and advocating for musical therapy. As of 2022, she lives at a retirement community in Columbus, Ohio.

[@74bshs]

Thank you for that information. Sort of like Linda Ronstadt, both iconic female vocalists of the 70's, the greatest decade in which to grow up.

[@ccalccol]

Entered Billboard July 7, 1979 ..reached #18.

[@cesargustilo]

R.I.P. Debralee Scott!

[@bjc12566]

Definitely miss her. Major 70’s tv actress

[@MR2trader]

Incredible hit that incorporated the disco genre into the TV theme song

[@ymmijraw]

Wonderful tune..Love the Burt Bacharach-like hooks..

[@carouselgal]

I had the "45" of this song. What a blast from past!

[@mrorionfan1]

Loved to hear it on the intro to "Angie" and wished they played the whole song but knew that was too lengthy of course!!

[@pptguru99]

I never had this 45 but I remember hearing it on AM radio all the time and then completely forgot about it and thanks to KZbin. I had such a Time Machine experience hearing it again God I love this song.

[@robertwhite9898]

This one of best theme songs in history. Maureen Mc Govern is From Youngstown Ohio . Ohio is My home state . This theme song still sounds great . The show was short lived . I remember watching it when I was in My early teens .such great memories & better times !

[@randallknapp7528]

Everything about this song is musically excellent

[@74bshs]

For you music freaks out there, and you 70's aficionados, dig the many key changes in this, how seamlessly Maureen McGovern makes it happen, it is truly a masterpiece of the 70's

[@MBBHMM]

Great song, good innocent, clean Sitcom. I'm glad I was born when I was. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤♥️

[@richardcharney1559]

Great voice!!!

[@mkl62]

This hit from Maureen McGovern was the 362nd #1 song on Billboard's Adult Contemporary charts.

[@baylinkdashyt]

[ Bottom of hour theme plays ]

[@mtroutman3182]

Days back then was so much easier then what we are living in now.

[@AllRequired]

Back then, your work always paid off.

[@giarc888]

This song just flow's right till the end.

[@marcduchamp5512]

Brilliant gem, remembered it well back in 79'!!!

[@justinw6609]

I wish disco would come back again in mainstream music again! It's the best genre in music! :) This song is so awesome, so mellow and relaxing. So much better than most shit on the radio nowadays.

[@kerryincolumbus]

dude! If I could give you 1000 thumbs up for your comments I would ! I agree 110%!

[@kmason685]

Justin W Tell me about it! With disco music, it was about fun. This music now, well, never mind.......😒

[@kmason685]

Justin W I agree! People seemed happier then.

[@tyronepowell6796]

Justin W I agree

[@rodlabbe2976]

At least, it got you up and moving!

[@MikeTaylor-i2x]

Everything about this is awesome. I love the drummer and the basist puts his flourishes in there too. Maureen's voice from beginning to end is crystal clear.

[@juliezuver1317]

So sweet lyrics.......and beautiful voice

[@citygirl5705]

This song hit #18 on Billboard in September, 1979. Would have hit #1 on my chart. 1979 was an amazing year for music. I'd say 1977 - 1982 were the best years ever. Although the entire 80s kicked ass for music.

[@KOMET2006]

I agree with you about 1979 being an AMAZING year for music -- in terms of pop and R&B music. I was 15 then.

[@hankaustin7091]

I agree amanda, 100%!

[@lawrenceweinzimer]

Memories from this song back in October and November 1979 are solidly for always. The program header also brings back memories of how exciting Center City Philadelphia was back then. I even saw Maureen at Cafe Carlyle, Madison Ave., Manhattan, years later. Nonetheless, the studio version here is really amongst her best.

[@ronweaver2660]

Sad we don't have real theme songs much anymore.

[@susanszabo2207]

Ron Weaver No we don't!!!!!

[@irish89055]

Ron Weaver Got to have those extra commercials... but then again most TV shows today are hardly worth watching..

[@Retrofanatic10]

+Ron Weaver I know. Especially ones as catchy as this one! Back in those days, songs really were memorable and captured the innocence of that time period!

[@irish89055]

True, now dark and edgy rule the day... sad Chris Holderr Maureen McGovern along with Karen Carpenter are two of my favorite singers..

[@MrBlueSkyMrNight]

+Ron Weaver checkout my TV THEME SONGS / INTROS music list.

[@mtnclimberut]

Geez! This was/is an EPIC piece! McGovern became such a huge success in the 1970s, creating so many hit theme songs for some of the top Hollywood movies and TV series of the time. Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, Superman The Movie, The Earthling, Angie, Ice Castles, Airplane!, Singer at Party, ... on and on. She has that vulnerably haunting mixed with confidently hopeful sound that so reflected the 'emotional culture' of the1970s for me. Her voice really made Irwin Allen's 1970s productions, among other writer/director successes, endure long past the age. An under-rated period of storytelling creativity that musical wonders like McGovern give me a sense of nostalgia to go back to, every now and then. They just can't make the big movies, and big musical poets and performers, today. Not that today's are bad, necessarily -- they have their wonders and greats, too. A few times a year, I seek out certain memorable talents from the age -- Maureen McGovern and Melanie Safka and the like -- brilliant.

[@tombenton6047]

I was 16 in 1979 and had a big time crush on Donna Pescow!!!

[@beverlygarner8070]

I use to watch this show and liked this song. I could always reach that high note even today

[@bethpeters3187]

I've always loved Naureen McGovern. I think she's an underrated singer. I go back to my childhood when I hear this song. This show was great. Light and airy. Those times where have they gone

[@rickhatch1]

I loved this song in 1979 and still do 30 years later! Maureen McGovern is still very beautiful today. Thanks for the memories!

[@hollywood5470]

This is what the world needs now

[@brauliocabezas9150]

qué tremendo temazo y la voz preciosa de Maureen hacen ambos la música y la voz una hermosa y única complicidad qué belleza

[@carlitoscomics]

Qué relajante es oír esta hermosa canción con una hermosa interpretación a cargo de una hermosa cantante en pleno 2020!!

[@soylentteal]

Brings back 1979 each time I hear it. I was 17. 🙂

[@slaphead8835]

This is really an outstanding piece of music and it couldn't be performed any more beautifully than this exceptional achievement from Maureen McGovern.

[@redriderbbgun8018]

In the late 70's Philly was HAPPENING! The Flyers, Phillies, Rocky...and most importantly: ANGIE 😂

[@TJ-kk5zf]

that time sounded so wonderful

[@raulromero2903]

I never watched the show. The song is great and Mcgovem´s performance is astonishing. Beautiful melody and a perfect musical arrangement.

[@luvbasses5487]

God...what a beautiful creature she is. Wonderful song/voice/time! Those days will NEVER EVER be repeated. I miss them so much. The memories come flooding back of an innocent time...it seems...with a lot less worry and stress and angst that is so prevalent today. The faster the pace of today...the slower I move. I have two speeds: slow...and slower. These days, everyone needs to slow down a gear and smell the flowers once in a while......before you're not able to.

[@edwardcastellanos8213]

Since I was so young about maybe six or seven that song was in my mind for years until 2021 I listen to it almost every day.i pray that God almighty Jehovah and Jesus willing bless you always and forever amen 💖🌹 in the ressurection for your song was a song with perfect lyrics to heaven rest until God almighty brings you back

[@74bshs]

The key changes in this song are so awesome, when music was really written, with some thought to it. Thanks for this great post, I have commented before :)

[@baylinkdashyt]

I think this may hold the record for successive key modulations in a pop song. A chart hit, certainly; depending on how you count, there are 5 or 8.

[@MrLasvegasvic]

Maureen was the queen of the theme songs that is for sure. One the greatest voices of my time.

[@OceanKingNY]

150,000 views! Thanks to everyone for supporting Maureen's song, and my little video. And a Happy July 4th Weekend to all....

[@2005dave]

Loved this theme! Gimbel and Fox collaborated on some real classics in the 70's and this was sure one of them. Seeing Donna Pescow on an old rerun of Match Game (during the time she was starring on "Angie") made me look this up tonight and I'm glad I did.

[@AllRequired]

Debralee Scott (died in 2005 at 52) was also a panelist.

[@jonathanmaitland9701]

OMG, so many key changes !

[@74bshs]

I understand that Doris Roberts passed away in 2016. What a great loss for us, she was a great actress, one who was never without a job, and who always made a good job out of one. I will miss her...

[@bebeto3]

I have heard this song when I was a 13 years old boy, and only remembered the chorus; all this years, until today, by an accidental flashback, I have remembered it, ¡¡¡and I have found it!!!

[@trhoward2011]

Great TOP 20 Hit, love that opening drum solo!

[@VABkWrm]

That role from "St. Elsewhere" was remarkable! She absolutely deserved the Emmy!

[@Cjnw]

She deserves the whole Quad!

[@davidlawrence3645]

What a well-trained, professional and beautiful voice. THIS is not an easy song to sing. She was amazing in this recording

[@AllRequired]

This was the one decade in which literally no one got left behind.

[@urkoolUncle]

LOVED that show !!! Thanks for the memories !!

[@stephendeluca4479]

I had forgotten the TV show ever existed and don't think I watched one minute of it at the time, but this song has stayed in a little corner of my mind since 1979. Maureen McGovern sounds rich and bright and the song is cheerful and optimistic.

[@joyceortea9149]

I love it your music MAUREEN MCGOVERN

[@PaulMcElveen]

The beautiful and very talented actress and singer Maureen McGovern had a hit with this song in 1979! I was born in 1978. and I was just one when this song was released! Thank you for posting and sharing this beautiful song! Maureen McGovern also had a number 1 hit record in 1973 with the beautiful Academy Award Winning Song "The Morning After!" I have always loved Maureen Mcgovern!

[@mukbangsareawesome6335]

This song is an absolute dream. Definitely gives me the feels and sends me to a period of happier days.

[@cocoa12]

I forgot how much I loved this song, Maureen McGovern and the show Angie. I raced to buy it on iTunes. Brings back memories of being 15!

[@jannettemorales5226]

Sooooo beautiful...loved her style and her voice and this song is absolutely wonderful 💖 ❤️. So many memories!!!

[@RockyDuggan66]

Excellent video...brings back the ABC TV lineup I remember circa 1977~1981. Thanks OceanKingNY. Remember youngins..this IS all we had back then....just TV! No iPhones / PS3~XBOX 360's or internet. Plus we only had 3 major networks and maybe 2 local UHF channels. 5 channels total..plus they would all shut down at 1 or 2 am! Roc

[@TheMUSICFANATIC67]

always loved this gem of a song:):) way to go Maureen McGovern:)

[@stevenkahn1]

I thought of Donna Pescow, and, "Angie" when I saw her on a rerun of "Mr. Belvedere", yesterday. I liked "Angie", and I played this song on the radio when it was a top-40 hit in 1979.

[@jamesgregg6364]

Phenomenal

[@mikejohnson515]

I saw this one years ago when I first started You Tube....glad I found it again.

[@engymassX]

Man. I miss this era !

[@ATamandua]

After her character was treated so horribly in "Saturday night fever" it was wonderful to see Donna Pescow land this gig, and she and her co-stars make such a wonderful show intro (and music video) to this. And this song was the BEST disco-beat song (maybe "love song, period") from the 70s, bar none. Oh, and the happiest (and my favorite) Maureen McGovern song as well. Enough superlatives?

[@marissamorales6468]

Amo esta musica la epoca dorada de los 70 80 90 no pasara de moda.0para los q amamos la buena musica

[@Ms666ism]

This song owns. 80s put out some of the most catchy theme songs love this! Thank god for you tube we have the ability to relive and reminise.

[@austinl169]

I would put this theme in the same class as Roberta Flack's theme for "Valerie"/"The Hogan Family" ("Together Through The Years") - a talented musical artist singing a score good enough to be a commercial single, and really capturing the underlying spirit of the show.

[@lbputzer]

Kindred spirit! "Angie" & "Hogan Family" were among my favourite TV themes, too.

[@JuneLynn]

Back in the day I Loved this show and what a fantastic theme song.....Doris Roberts was wonderful, Rest In Peace ~

[@cesarortizcornejo8107]

No entiendo el inglés 😑 pero está melodía 🎼🎶🎙️ es hermosa yo soy del 1977 buena Épocas ✨

[@germangonzales6985]

Yo También soy del 77. Saludos desde Lima.

[@pamelanauss]

Loved the theme and the show

[@michaelbruns449]

We need to immediately flood television and deluge the internet with innocent wonderful television shows like Angie and songs like this and live in emulation of them, or we'll never get to where we think we're going, and its got nothing to do with money.

[@josemariamesa5460]

Miss all those sweet family values-reinforcing shows of the 70s & 80s!🥲🥲🥲❤

[@allmusicfan88]

Great song, chord changes and key changes are amazing!

[@lordarion1]

After watching this video, I sighed so long that the wind was knocked out of me! I am 46 years old and was in my early teens when this came out. Man, did I have a crush on Donna Pescow and DebraLee Scott!!! Thanks for letting me relive a special time in my life. Now I've got to go on Facebook and see what my old friends are up to...

[@musicizgood4830]

Awesome song I never get tired of hearing. Had a big crush on Donna Pescow then and still do !!! I just love the way she has her hair in the video & she is so gorgeous !!! Love you too Debra Lee ... RIP Kisses to both of you 😉

[@ci8127]

LOVE this song! Brings back great memories of simple, innocent times.

[@tgenrette451518]

Great memories💖💃. R. I. P. Doris Roberts💝

[@cathyvento7446]

GREAT COMPOSER, WRITERS, MUSICIANS, AND VOCALS..

[@aclark-byrd4375]

I loved this theme song for Angie