Theme Song | Eight is Enough | Warner Archive

[@user-ug3rj4ij9j]

Every time I watch this intro I feel sad. It reminds me of my childhood, which is long gone.

[@jaywar69]

I share your sentiment!

[@mjlives5428]

Thought it was just me

[@sstritmatter2158]

Well be happy you had the experience. You may be thinking the same thing 20 years from now about today so feel joy for today like you did 40 years ago. I have to tell myself this often, too.

[@giorgosfylaktou2610]

I AGREE 👍 WITH YOU

[@collin355]

Goodbye Adam Rich 1968 - 2023.....Godspeed🙏

[@marymiller8984]

Am I the only one who feels like crying seeing this? Just wishing for a time machine ?

[@luigivalle2696]

Mee too my friend!

[@jrewing73]

Same 😔

[@lamontamuhammad517]

I tell you that’s when life was so simple and family values was the main focus for most households.. I wish I could go back in time for awhile for those happy times😊

[@jerrymaxwell3978]

Me too

[@holdenbabyboy]

where's my tissues.

[@NWschusser]

I feel very abnormal watching this in a loop at 3:41 am. But ugh, I long for the past.

[@artboston4787]

RIP Adam Rich and Lani O'Grady 🙏

[@carolburton3213]

We all feel this way , anyone that grew up at that time . Things were changing slowly , but not enough to become to jaded. My heart aches for those days when I was young and everyone was still alive . We were the last generation that still believed in good . Like the program those days are gone . We had a brief period after Vietnam where the world had some peace this is a program from that era , it makes me very wistful .

[@sstritmatter2158]

People are sad because they miss these times long ago. Well I'm one of them, but be happy you had the experience. You may be thinking the same thing 20 years from now about today so feel joy for today like you did 40 years ago as you remember now. I have to tell myself this often, too.

[@mikebowman9844]

Well said.

[@redlikewineagain697]

Gosh....you took those words out of my heart. What I wouldn't give to go back to that time in my life ♥

[@fredrobinson4332]

Rest In Peace Adam Rich. Thank you for entertaining us with your talent. Hope to see you up there!

[@laurayassa8479]

RIP Adam Rich. Loved growing up watching this show.

[@giannimolluso5846]

I'm 50 years old and remember those were such Great Times.

[@richardwhite2344]

They were the best of times!! Even the commercials on TV were great. Now, all you have to do is watch tv for 5 minutes and you want to pull your hair out after watching the prescription drug ads that you have seen like 2,000 times, over and over. I sure wish we could go back

[@giannimolluso5846]

@@richardwhite2344 I wish I could turn the clock back 30 years. Id have my Parents back and those great times.

[@richardwhite2344]

Yes, I agree, and everything would be simpler and our world would not be so messed up

[@giannimolluso5846]

@@richardwhite2344 , Without a doubt

[@Mysteree]

They certainly were💗

[@toddforhetz]

I am a 62 year old man....with tears in my eyes hearing this......what has happened to our world.....

[@theontologist]

Are you upset at all the hatred and authoritarianism that plagues the former Republican Party, or are you upset that so many of us want to be accepted and welcomed as we are, and not hidden away because we are minorities?

[@markc-ru4qz]

​@@theontologistwere upset because you're a douchebag

[@JohnCimachowski]

Keep your comments to yourself. Times were better back then you knucklehead

[@KSS8517]

The 70's and 80's went by smoothly for us just watching these TV serials

[@Yasminescookingshow]

I remember watching this show in Haiti in French as a kid and 30 years later the theme song rings in my head at my desk in America. Wow! Simple times.

[@VickySwindoll]

This was one of my favorite shows when I was growing up ❤

[@mountaindewdaddy]

Life was simple back then. I sure miss it

[@johnlennon1970]

+Mark Smith Yes i agree

[@johnpandolfi4120]

Mark Smith I totally agree.

[@booth2710]

- Same in the UK. The 70's were sh*t cold and gloomy ... but you could still leave your door open in those days ... and a terrible murder still shocked the nation .. nowadays we look back and we didn't know what we had !

[@edrahayworth7483]

I know the FEELING

[@renesoto-pintor2916]

That is time is gone. The conservative ways are coming to an end...Thank God.

[@rexdby2984]

What a great memory. This theme song is so sweet and sappy, yet brings back incredible childhood memories of being nine and loving this show. It nearly makes me emotional to hear it, and I’m a 49 year old man.

[@teresahill8194]

This show and theme song make me so nostalgic. Loved both the show and theme song.

[@ty7504]

Dear Teresa Hill ... we break our silence and say we feel the exact same sentiments.

[@eviebev4487]

Me too!💖

[@christiancharles2866]

ralph macchio was in 8 is enough

[@leemartin1417]

RIP to Adam Rich. I watched the show because of him. He was like a brother cute and Charming. Remember him from the mullet hair.

[@alpacin01]

Great memories of my childhood,great series.I still imagine an American family like this

[@mjj1434]

I used to know all the words to the theme song !! Adam Rich , passed away January 8 2023.

[@user-th5hx7kl1l]

Merci beaucoup pour film eight (8) is enough❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Millions of blessings, Esther St Juste

[@billecker1243]

Remember that this wasn't the original theme song. The son David wrote and sang this song at a talent show on the show. It than became the theme song.

[@scottmiller6495]

The best and warmest theme song for a show that was beyond wonderful it was superb !!!!!

[@robertschildt8545]

God bless you all who watched this program. Some things become very special in and to our lives over this

[@scottmiller6495]

It was a wonderful show with much meaning and inspiration !!!!!

[@dustyfloyyd987]

Bless you friend

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Adam Rich 1968-2023 I grew up watching this show 🦁

[@killnotic]

There were a lot of kids on TV back then, Adam, but you were The Kid. Rest in peace.

[@abigailsanchez7722]

Watching this…listening to the theme song makes me cry. This was my mothers favorite show. She had eight of us and she said she loved this show because she could relate to it. My mother past away in 2015. I remember when she was ill I would go visit her often and just spend time with her talking and watching movies and tv shows. One day about a year before she past I was able to download a few of the early episodes of Eight Is Enough. We watched them together, laughed and cried. I miss you sooooo much momma . I promised you that I wouldn’t be depressed when you’re gone..I promised you that I will continue to live my life and life it well. One day momma we will see each other. Until then I continue to love and miss you.

[@19211265]

My sincere condolences 💐 🙏🏻 I can relate 😢❤

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

My sister and I loved watching this show after school. We still occasionally try to name all the kids. lol

[@annrobi3103]

Wow. I remember how this show made me feel so happy. Good TV is gone So glad I experienced this show

[@jenp1963]

I feel so nostalgic watching this. I miss those years when tv was all about family shows and old fashioned wholesome entertainment.

[@redlikewineagain697]

you said it! and we were not divided as a country. we were Americans. Period. Look at us now. It's so sad.

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

This show reminds me of milk and honey just wholesome good people

[@beesilva9085]

Brings me to tears. This reminds me of the nostalgic innocence of my childhood & the family I love and will always miss 🙏🏼❤️

[@19211265]

Well said thank you ❤🙏🏻

[@beesilva9085]

@@19211265 Yw 🙏🏼

[@hoagie1978]

I was born in 1978 and this was one of my favorite shows. I own the entire series on DVD.

[@adrianarodriguez9632]

Yes I play this on a loop it is sad, comforting I feel nostalgic for a time when I was oblivious to the evil in this wotld

[@JoeFLash41]

R I P Adam Rich. 1968-2023

[@paulmendrina1449]

And Eight is Enough to fill our lives with LOVEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

[@markblades6790]

Wish the world was like this again such great memories

[@bonniebeck2635]

Loved this show..so much happiness..nothing but crime and sadness and dark moments on TV..the world as we knew it will never be the same again I'm afraid🙁

[@graciemacie13]

So sad I wish I could live in that time but I can't 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@richardwhite2344]

Yes, One of my favorite shows of all time.

[@gerald6919]

That fictional wholesome tv show back in late 1970's was happy time.

[@atrocchia]

When TV was great.

[@scottmiller6495]

1960s through the 1980s Wow !!!!!

[@Igaveyoumyfakename]

LMAO! That show sucked.

[@ty7504]

Such a sound-and-true assessment of television, dear Atrocchia. You have our agreement.

[@richardwhite2344]

Yes, now it is horrible. TV was also free then too. everyone had a antenna on the roof and you got maybe 15 TV stations and there was 95% more great shows on TV then then there is now

[@archie_bunker]

@@Igaveyoumyfakename your mom liked it lol

[@joadhenry]

I miss those times, where family values were still prime time material in TV...everything now pits people against one another..

[@johnpandolfi4120]

joadhenry Not so much in terms of family values left nowadays...

[@jbro8934]

Well said.

[@romanseano]

Though "Family Values" is now a loaded term that some people unfortunately use today to do that very thing - pit people against one another, I hear what you're saying.

[@giannimolluso5846]

Nice times of my life!!

[@renesoto-pintor2916]

That is time is gone. The conservative ways are coming to an end...Thank God.

[@ronj2110]

I wish they bring Eight is Enough back on me TV

[@TPATRICKT]

RIP Adam . What a great show this was

[@ty7504]

This is the kind of show we would rush home for, even if we wert out at a family gathering, back in the 80s !!! Abby, Tommy, Samantha and Nicholas art the only names we remember at present ... but watching a full episode would undoubtedly refresh the memory !!!

[@scottmiller6495]

Oh my God when you watched this fabulous show you felt great and these people were truly a lot of fun !!!!!

[@ty7504]

Thou art not alone, dear Scott !!! Thou art not alone !!!

[@scottmiller6495]

Those days and those people from that time zone of 1977 through 1981 were magical and priceless!!!!!

[@TheOnlyOneStanding8079]

I loved this show growing up. I was the same age as Adam Rich when he started on this show..

[@OjaiRoy]

Grant, the oldest son, did a good job singing this theme song which was just instrumental at first.

[@jamierose9095]

He's also the Engineer in Team Fortress 2.

[@sci-figuy6668]

He’s on an episode of TJ Hooker

[@islandbee]

He does a local Seattle show called Evening Magazine now.

[@sunnydaly3715]

Wait, what?! How did I go my whole life, watching this as a little kid.. and only learn this in a KZbin comment. (Well now I officially know everything!) 😊

[@bradlafferty6076]

From Middlebury Connecticut

[@angiwhite328]

Make me sad. Loved this show as a kid.

[@StacyDifrancesco]

So nice to see adult siblings grow to love each other and welcome a new edition to their loving family. This was a great show in the 80's and great theme song!

[@jaymeekhan]

Those days I was 3 and 45 now, thanks to KZbin for bringing it back to me 😅

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

Such a great time in America then… I wish I could go back!

[@scottmiller6495]

A wonderful time a much better world and people for the most part still did the right things. This show started in 1977 and lasted till almost 1982 and it was a much better life for most people back then. Rich or Poor it was still better than today Period !!!!!

[@radwannassef4201]

yes , u r right real high family value , united links of emotions..dear manners ..good soul of parenthood , thank u Van Patten , to the whole cast .this show is next to my heart.I growed up watching it

[@renesoto-pintor2916]

That is time is gone. The conservative ways are coming to an end...Thank God.

[@scottmiller6495]

@@renesoto-pintor2916 You are very wrong the old fashioned ways of this country are much better than now that,s why kids are not nice or well behaved and the crime and drugs are so bad now. The the 1950s to the 1980s was really a special time Period !!!!!

[@cherylgaston479]

I used to like that show back in the 70's

[@wendylawson3857]

I got to meet Dick Van Patten in Tennessee and it was such a pleasure to meet somebody from my childhood and he was such a warm inviting soul he told me that his wife was from South Carolina when I told him that I was from North Carolina he knew a lot about the Carolinas and enjoyed that area of the world.

[@pacmanindy]

I loved this theme song! I used to watch the show every week back when I was a child.

Magical. Great old days.💞☮️🇿🇦

[@Engelhafen]

I loved this song and brings back so many good memories

[@Meaneviljoe]

This song always makes me cry!

[@malbourne805]

I grew up watching this. My parents loved it! My dad still talks about it.

[@kimberlycotton2572]

Beautiful show and memories and love the theme song by oldest son David (Grant Goodeve)

[@davesmith6815]

Perfect theme song, in every respect. Gives me chills.

[@scottgionet7265]

Grant Goodeve wrote and sung the song himself.

[@kittykitty7770]

love,these shows love to go back in time

[@luxurylass]

i use to thrive on this show-- i was 18 at the time-- these guys were my second family.. im 58 now, and the show immediatly takes me back to those days. rip dick and lani

[@mikeys12]

Who’s lani first wife??

[@richardwhite2344]

I think we all feel that way about this show. We could all relate to something one of the kids were experiencing and it gave us comfort. It is so great that this show is on DVD so that I can watch it over and over. It never gets old. I feel bad for the young teens of today as they have no family shows like this to be a guide for them for life. When I was a teen I learned many things about right and wrong from this show.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

@@mikeys12Lani O'Grady played Mary.

[@bonniebeck4068]

This song I just love❤

[@missjtrep]

Miss this era, so glad that i was a kid of the 80s

[@markdaniels70]

Me too! ❤😊

[@jeffdawson2786]

Once upon a time in America. Seems like yesterday one minute, an eternity the next. ❤️

[@donaldcasey9204]

How my brothers and sisters use to watch this, this song truly brings back some good memories. The main reasons we loved it so much,is because we were Eight kids our selves. Are how loved song, My favorite part of the song, is, There a plate of homemade wishes on the kitchen window seal.

[@irahwebster1088]

We loved “Eight!” A much under-appreciated show! Hope they bring it back on air!

[@randymartinez642]

Today's shows don't have theme songs that 80s 90s were awesome

[@fransiscoscaramanga674]

wow,,,,such good memories,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, i miss shows like this where it was all about family.......

[@CoxJoxSox]

I loved this show and still miss it.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

Just a few years later, Betty Buckley would win a Tony Award for Best Actress for her star turn on Broadway as Grizabella in Cats (check out her Tony’s performance of “Memory” here on youtube). She is still performing her amazing cabaret shows in New York and all across the country. A great talent.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

She is a beautiful person and a huge talent!

[@dlt68]

Tune came into my head today. Had to look it up. Great memories of my childhood.😊

[@sadiqqdaoud4210]

Loved loved loved this show. I wanted to be one of the Bradfords so bad.

[@scottmiller6495]

So did I It makes you want to jump into the screen and hug all these wonderful people and have the time of your life Oh My !!!!!

[@scottmiller6495]

A magical time and family with all the greatness to go with it !!!!!

[@richardwhite2344]

Me too, but I think I would have rathered live next door so I could date Connie!!!

[@alphaxanon]

RIP Adam Rich, 54, who played Nicholas.

[@tonyhayek1086]

This brings back very good memories but truly saddens me. I just turned 50 this month and this world has gone to hell.

[@lenblack1462]

That was planned all along. Thank Reaganomics.

[@scottmiller6495]

I agree nothing will ever be like this again Period !!!!!

[@scottmiller6495]

Ever !!!!!

[@richardwhite2344]

Yes it has!!!

[@spokentruth5909]

If u hate the world so much just leave it..

[@eleonoradeane5170]

I absolutely adored this show. As a kid, it was the kind of family I had aways wanted.

[@kims835]

Good decent shows back then

[@vivianward5688]

Those were the good old days

[@emericcommunier3060]

Rest in peace Adam Rich ❤

[@maziebunny2]

I always got tears in my eyes when it got to Mary and Nicholas in the opening credits. And with the recent passing of Adam Rich, I would like to think him and the late Lani O'Grady just like that. May they rest in peace together ❤

[@michaelleary9233]

Me too, my sister and I were their exact ages, and she looked after me just like Mary did Nicholas. Like a fun second mother.

[@hankyhank1652]

RIP Adam Rich aka little Nicholas Bradford. 54 is too young 😞

[@surimoskowitz3249]

Loved this show. Rip Lani. Ogtady

[@DaveAnderson-i2n]

Greatest theme song of all time

[@wedin1051919]

I started watching this show again on Pluto tv. I was Nicholas' age when this show started and I have 4 sisters. Makes me miss those days.

[@rizzo3170]

precious time in life.

[@carhocker]

Rip Adam Rich aka Nicholas😘

[@melissadopson8874]

Makes me wish I had a family like them

[@caligulapontifex5759]

Ah yes, Connie Needham my first tv celebrity crush.

[@stellavega77]

when he says "when the sunrise smiles on everything around" I image a magic and happy life. Wonderful song and beautiful voice Grant Goodeve's one. Nowdays there is no longer music, there is only the awful rap, which expresses the absence of values in this world.

[@JENDALL714]

Grant Goodeve believe it or not hosts a nature show at least he did up until a few years ago.

[@texasbeast239]

Go camping. Get out into the country. Unplug from technology for a bit. The world IS still wonderful. The sunlight DOES still shine on everything around. Yes, society has taken a nosedive and it's easy to let it depress us. But getting away from it for awhile helps put into perspective. This world is bigger than any of us, and bigger than any of our problems. We make these scandals and disasters and conflicts, but it's still bigger than all of them. For me, at least, that helps make those problems seem a little less important. Try to make your family a little more sappy like Eight is Enough, and try to indulge a little less in society's problems. Focus on what matters most. YOLO. What do you want to look back on and remember later in life? Society's bickering and gotchya games? Or scenes like in this video?

[@PeaceLoveAndGranola]

not all rap is “awful” some of it is good you shouldn’t be going off of only what you’ve heard you’re also judging others talents which you probably don’t have so don’t call all rap awful some of it is good this is why everyone is turning against each other because of rude comments like yours which starts arguments

[@19211265]

Well said very beautiful song ❤

[@auntshellsbells]

I just bought the first season today from eBay. I can't wait to get it and watch the show again.

[@richardwhite2344]

Do you have all the seasons of Eight IS Enough? There whole series is on Amazon on DVD

[@DiscoverTheMusic]

I saw this show some when it was out. I like this theme song!

[@dailynhutchinson340]

Great song.

[@marianne5725]

I used to love this show. I read recently that Grant Goodeve sang the theme song. I had a crush on him and Ralph Macchio.

[@igorossola5754]

Dick Van Patten Rip

[@richardwhite2344]

Yes, A much loved actor!!

[@mikep5335]

Great theme song

[@WeirdBrain]

Engineer has a great singing voice.

[@jeddyhi]

There's a plate of homemade wishes, on the kitchen window sill....and eight is enough to fill our lives with love!

[@TYT695]

I never miss an episode.

[@sstritmatter2158]

Some comments people are sad because they miss these times long ago. Well I'm one of them, but be happy you had the experience. You may be thinking the same thing 20 years from now about today so feel joy for today like you did 40 years ago as you remember now. I have to tell myself this often, too.

[@corneaterman]

I watch some old opening themes from time to time. I was probably as old as Adam was when this was on. Check out things like “Three’s Company”, “Love Boat”, “Love, American Style” and others for more nostalgia.

[@MrThorain]

The opening for One Day at a Time is really good.

[@amycollins2429]

RIP Adam Rich "Nicholas".

[@jj5697]

RIP Adam Rich