Theme From S.W.A.T.-Rhythm Heritage

[@timtraver7152]

If you remember this song and the TV show you had an AWESOME childhood!

[@bioniccop40]

Absolutely #ILoveThe70s

[@felipedourado5721]

Indeed!😀 Peace from Brazil. ✌

[@angelvargas3000]

And you're inexorably getting old!

[@fanaticat1]

I'll be 55 tomorrow, yeah I'm feeling it!

[@BJBee]

You got that right!

[@stanharris1623]

Like having a bit of Isaac Hayes, Van McCoy, Barry White and Bill Conti all rolled into one. A proper theme from my youth. Haven't heard this for years. Great tune.

[@toonalootown2331]

THIS JUST IN: EVIL MASTERMIND OF ALL BELLS CONTINUES TO THROW PLUSHIES INTO THE BREAD DICER!!! 0:17

[@PatriciaGuth-i3v]

Good musical description!

[@lupa34]

También de Vidu

[@Joel_Cauchi]

And a bit of Lalo Schifrin, maybe?

[@SalomonEspinosa70]

wow, it really is when you think about it!

[@paulbourgeois4491]

I was 14 when this came on, never missed an episode... Yes the 70s were terrific! Especially 1979, when I bought my 1st car, a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner with a badass pistol grip 4 speed shifter and a 383 MoPar big block!

[@XtremiTeez]

That's pretty sick for a first car! I'm a couple years younger than you, so my first car was in 1982. A 1973 Dodge Dart 318. But it had a sick shackle kit, bucket seats and racing steering wheel!

[@cobyporschifer221]

The first record i ever bought ! Got a 45 and played the hell out of it. Growing up in the 70's ruled !

[@chrisfournier4697]

Same here. Still have it somewhere. And yeah, the beginning of the track has serious needle damage too.

[@heatherporterfield7343]

Still have mine , and it still plays !!😂

[@Bassic778]

One of the greatest and most influential bassists ever, James Jamerson, played bass on this track!

[@beedettfree]

Did not know that!! I knew he played as a studio musician at Motown in the early 70s. May he RIP.

[@brileyblackburn3253]

​@@beedettfreehe played at Motown since the fifties

[@beedettfree]

@@brileyblackburn3253Motown was incorporated in 1960, so obviously he didn’t play in the 50s.

[@robertorick6383]

@@beedettfree @Brileyblackburn5253 probably meant that James Jamerson has played in the Detroit area since the 1950's. Motown started out in 1959 as Tamla Records (originally Berry Gordy was going to call the label "Tammy Records".) A local label at first, it took two big selling records (Barrett Strong's "Money" and Marv Johnson's "Come To Me", both sold to Anna and United Artists Records, respectively) to establish Tamla as a label. Motown was formed as a subsidiary of Tamla in 1960, and eventually eclipsed Tamla as a label by the 1980's.

[@bach730]

I remember my mom taking me around to record stores in the mall looking for this record in ‘76 when I was just 7. I still have the LP.

[@garyshular807]

I’m 70 and dance like I’m 17 when I hear this.

[@gilbertoreyes8413]

SWAT Cast: Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera and James Coleman 👍 great action show!

[@dicksatan6444]

Lots of bloodless headshots.

[@Marcellodasilvarego]

agora só os dois últimos que mencionou estão vivos .

[@davidjensen4702]

Can't beat THE original A--Team!

[@eduardogoncalves4539]

Excelente elenco

[@ardoniswilliams7241]

I used to watch S.W.A.T. when I was a kid, always loved this music, it makes me want to spring into action and go save somebody.

[@AnotherPilot1]

Sliding across the hood of a 76 Gran Torino...aiming and shooting an AR-15 in full camo body armour...yeah buddy.

[@MotavisionHD]

They don't make them the way they used to. Everything is electronic!

[@suehoulette6531]

Lol!!

[@dmtaylor1233]

Back in the days cops were considered heros bar none

[@berylrosenberg704]

You could have done that in Kenosha, WI in 2020!

[@mkl62]

A #1 hit for Rhythm Heritage in the Winter of 1976. It also went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts, the Cash Box charts, and in Canada. It went to #11 in Australia and to #19 on the Canadian AC charts.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

It was a great show for its time, especially if you were young!

[@Rem91067]

It was the first of four TV theme songs to go to #1 (in the U.S.) (Feb. ‘76)

[@kbobdonahue1966]

I remember S.W.A.T. when I was a kid. This song still kicks ass!!! I forgot Robert Urich played Officer Jim Street in the series.

[@aliciak1959]

RIP Robert... so handsome!

[@manuelvallejo6393]

Robert Urich was in other cop shows, like Vegas and Spencer for hire.

[@kbobdonahue1966]

@@manuelvallejo6393 I definitely remember those shows.

[@marilynfink5771]

Who Played "Hondo"????

[@manuelvallejo6393]

@Marilyn Fink Steve Forrest was the original Lt. Hondo. He also played the husband in The original Mommy Dearest movie.

[@marvinchilds6762]

Growing up in the seventies had some of the best television themes ever the rookies was a good theme and i think it beats today's world of television

[@msr1116]

Funky orchestral disco from the mid seventies. I need to revisit more of the music of my youth.

[@mykeylykey4916]

Funky-Orchestral-Disco 70's TV show Anthem at it's Pure Awesomeness Best! 🧡💛💚💙💜 Other favs..... BARETTA STARSKY & HUTCH SANFORD & SON Love & Respect________mykey from toronto

[@Kenhdcgov1]

What a theme. And more than 40 years later, it STILL rocks!! Some themes become a classic and a legend!

[@kevingreen7266]

No Joke*******

[@roaddawg3217]

uh huh!

[@xaenon]

More than FORTY years, chief. Even when you posted your comment. That's testament to the vast, sheer talent behind music like this. Music being written today will be 'oldies' within a year and forgotten in five,

[@joycepino9749]

I still have the 45.

[@oobillionsunsoo7176]

This is the ultimate police recruitment song of all time! No other law enforcement theme comes close. Song was put together back in 75 and it still holds water! If this doesn't give you goosebumps and an urge to jump through a window to save the day then there is something wrong with you. In today's time, we NEED to give our local law enforcement all the support they can get.

[@GoodOlRoll]

The COPS theme song is right there with it

[@ericmann770]

Only when they stop assuming that ALL people of color are criminals, and treat us like the human beings we have always been and always will be. Also, don't let them go to other cities or states to commit the same crimes over and over again.

[@robertmoore8177]

You Damn Right about it

[@colleenross8752]

Hill Street Blues

[@richk320]

Yep!!

[@samuelthompson3182]

This song still gives me goose bumps when I hear it! And does it ever make me smile-this was when music was great!

[@marciatallman3073]

Unlike the garbage noise screeching , ear assaulting " music" of today !

[@deejayimm]

It's because music wasn't computer generated, like now. People actually made music back then.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

​@@deejayimm They needed to think.

[@edwardcaraballo5380]

Absolutely 💯 awesome

[@amb2745]

This was back in the day when TV show theme songs could end up at or near the top of the Billboard Singles charts like Theme from SWAT did (#1, 1975).

[@rucksackzen]

Andrew Blythe and Welcome Back, Kotter in 1976.

[@a.b.s_productions]

Andrew Blythe This song was also featured on "American Bandstand."

[@americangiant1003]

Actually this classictheme song went to #1 for a week or so. Last TV theme to hit #1 was I think was from the short lived Fox show The Heights with " How do you talk to an angel."around 1992. Correct me if wrong.

[@bbm8215]

It Hit reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States on the chart date of February 28, 1976.

[@rwboa22]

David T, don't forget the themes to both "The Rockford Files" and "Hill Street Blues."

[@martycee]

Wonderful to hear this again, as much for the astounding drummer Ed Greene who contributed so much to Barry White and many many others. Back in the 70s no self respecting action TV show was without a blockbuster, in ya face theme played by up to fifty or more musicians. Kojak, Streets Of San Francisco, the list is endless. Amazing writing, arranging and artistry from the best of the best studio musicians. Tremendous.

[@ninjabearpress2574]

Starsky and Hutch

[@arummugamramanathan4724]

Great 👍 theme music of all times.Really bringing back my teenage memories.

[@HuntersMoon73]

Appreciate you, Martin, knowing the name of the drummer!

[@629Justme]

...did you ever upload your own version of great and classic TV show themes? Juts an ask and maybe a request......lol

[@martycee]

Funnily enough I used to have a CD and a vinyl album of TV themes. Trouble was, I was so fussy about them being original recording that I was often disappointed. Think I might try and track them down again. If I find anything interesting I'll post. 🙂

[@anthonymont5093]

KICK ASS!!!!!!! Sick Bassline, Big Brass, String Arrangements, Incredible, Better than Coffee in the Morning!!!!!!!!

[@patriciarichards7273]

The bassline makes the song 🎵

[@fwingebritson]

It goes good with coffee in the morning.

[@MoosicandCritters]

Absolutely 💯

[@echobase1648]

Better than a tequila sunrise on Sunday morning!😋

[@johndoe14988]

BEAATIN'

[@JRock-vf4fw]

As a kid, I grew up watching SWAT. It was my dream. Today I am living that dream and still listening to this theme.

[@phantomcollector1976]

EASILY ONE OF THE GREATEST TELEVISION THEMES OF ALL TIME

[@paulmallon9033]

Really Got you on the mood for the show

[@baylinkdashyt]

Top 10, maybe top 5

[@marciatallman3073]

A- gree! Real 🎶 music!

[@frederickwongkwonghon6445]

Cross out the words "one of" from your comment and you'd be right.

[@dennisholliday2454]

@@frederickwongkwonghon6445.... hmmm have you forgotten about the theme song from Hawaii 5-0?

[@soundsgreatentertainment4203]

This is one of the best all time TV show theme songs, that part in the middle with the bass and piano right before you hear tires screeching and that drum roll is just awesome.

[@roquefortfiles]

Those horns!! Omg those horns

[@josezamudio6412]

I have a CD with this Theme From S.W.A.T. and all the DVDs from this wonderful TV - serie with Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera and James Coleman. When I was a young boy 11 or 12 years I always watched it!

[@SamuelGriffin-pr8yy]

Take a trip back to the time machine the 70s with all the detective and cop shows we all watched on television as kids

[@philipblakely6030]

One of the few songs back in the 70s that made it all the way to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and Singles.

[@scottrealmuto4784]

Probably my favorite music theme of all time! Great one!

[@ROBERTF177]

This was one of the best! And that’s not just because my junior high school band played it back in 1977. 💜🎺🎺🎺😎 good times!!

[@ElectronicsTech09]

After hearing a tv theme song like this every week, you start to hum it. lol The 70's was a cool time to be a kid.

[@FernandoRodriguez-zd5to]

Una de las piezas mas espectaculares de cuando tenia solo 15 años de edad , hoy tengo 59 ya Como se ha ido el tiempo y arriba los Herederos del Ritmo!!!..

[@TruSoulDj]

This still makes me smile after all of these years.

[@cathleanjohnson675]

Another great TV theme song from my younger years, the TV show was unique because I think it was the first time SWAT had ever been mentioned or potrayed on TV, this song still holds up today, long live 70s TV....

[@roaddawg3217]

uh huh!

[@Hollywood-Wolfman]

Ya but now go back and watch any of the episodes... We're all spoiled from HD / 4K etc... It's hard watching any 70's program on smart televisions with such clarity... Swat / Hogan's Hero's / Mchale's Navy/ All in the family/ Hawaii 50 etc...

[@flashkellam7395]

I remember well the promotional commercial for the series. “When you need help, you call the police. When the police need help, they call S.W.A.T.”

[@patwiggins6969]

I don't think anyone outside the business knew SWAT existed before the show came out

[@charlesn898]

@@patwiggins6969 I think that Adam 12 briefly touched upon the unit.

[@AD-yi3qz]

When TV shows were more than just entertainment and theme songs kicked ass. 40 plus years later and this song still moves people the same way it did decades ago.

[@chrisutley2859]

FACTS

[@mustafajackson9430]

This is how we did TV themes in the groovy 70's; take notes kids.

[@marciatallman3073]

You betcha!

[@googlejse]

ok, Boomer

[@johnchristiancanda3320]

Yes from an X'ennial retro lover!

[@CherylDavis321]

Yea, These type of theme songs made you want to watch the TV show!!!

[@CJ_7519]

Right on, brotha✊!

[@Al-ts7sj]

One of the best theme songs for one of the best

[@ellabrown6451]

One of the Best Theme songs of the 1976 year! and a great show too! these guys were the best!

[@chrisv966]

The break at 1:40....so good!!!

[@brentstevens6228]

Yes indeed! I got it at 01:39 on loop but the break is that sh*t!

[@donnaclear6462]

This theme is awesome!!! Right up there with the Theme front Hawaii 50!!!!!😍😘😎

[@Dozidotes]

I was just sharing the same thought with my husband!

[@erns1201]

Hey, can't leave the CHIPS theme song behind. Whenever I hear one of those songs I feel like watching an episode.

[@dereckc9469]

Rockford Files was a good one

[@DeeNice681]

'Vegas' hadthe best theme song. I feel like running down the street, and knocking out a bad guy when I listen that one!

[@micpar2]

That's 5-O

[@CarlB_1962]

Ah, back in the days when TV themes were worth listening to!

[@Musician307]

You know it's good when you can play the theme song outside of the actual TV show, the A Team was another awesome theme song too 🔥🔥🔥

[@nickwride2023]

One of the very best TV theme songs ever.

[@MustangSam]

Always loved this theme. Still have the 45 single. Great memories from those years!

[@pulsarstargrave256]

I had it too! Mine got scratched and I never got a replacement! My mother bought me that and "WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT FUNK: SPIDER-MAN! They were both favorites and one was scratched while the other was broken! GRRR!

[@eric777100763]

Pulsar Stargrave wipe it with a moist cloth. That usually fixes scratched 45s

[@jameswilliams8568]

Sam Pelczarski great song.

[@ronniesmith3521]

I still have the 45 also

[@normaperez5767]

@@eric777100763 thanks

[@sandybristow2236]

I was a baton twirler and this was the song we did to our routine to as a group in a talent show. Miss those days

[@DigbyOdel-et3xx]

Enjoyed this tv show as a kid. Got the series on dvd. The song is great I love the opening video to the show when at the end the big box van for the SWAT team races up to the camera point and locks the brakes where the back end of the box van breaks loose a little bit.😀

[@rottncf]

Absolutely love(d) this....that big panel truck with the flashing lights, M-16s, and tactical boots....were we lucky to be here in the 70's and 80's or what???

[@chuckmeisterj7436]

Man, It just don't get no better than this....

[@warrenmediaandmarketing7666]

Brother , well said...

[@kevingreen7266]

True that*******

[@arthurbishop3173]

It $ure as $hit DOES NOT.

[@Cheryltwin2012]

This was a Number One song on the Billboard Hot 100 back when TV theme songs still routinely made the charts.

[@ash27slick74]

Damn straight! Just started my workout regime for the New Year. Hopefully, this bad ass song will get me motivated.

[@t40onbass]

This song's popularity lasted longer than the original show itself. The 1975-76 primetime season on ABC-TV (Channel 7-WLS TV-Chicago where I'm from). The 45 is not only longer than the radio edits but it is also longer than the version on the group's "Disco-fied" album. When they released "Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)" as a follow-up it became a national top 40 hit. In doing so they became (to my recollection) the only recording act to score an instrumental and a vocal as their only two hit singles.

[@t40onbass]

It turns out I stand corrected! In 1970 an East LA group called El Chicano grazed the national top 40 with the instrumental "Viva Tirado Pt. 1. 3 years later (late 1973) they again grazed the national top 40 with the Santana-esque vocal hit "Tell Her She's Lovely".

[@ThatGoodLifeCC]

I've had this breakdown starting at 1:39 in my mind for nearly 35 years and I finally found it. As an adult I remember hearing it as a kid but I never knew where I heard it. Thank you for uploading!🔥

[@lancematthews195]

WOW I LOVED THIS AS A KID GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH BRONX BEFORE I MOVED TO TEXAS WHEN I WAS LIKE 9 OR 10 YEARS OLD, THEN I JOINED MY SCHOOL BAND AND PLAYED DRUMS JUST TO PLAY THIS FUNKY ASS BREAK - 4/4/22 - LANCE ROMANCE

[@chrischipps7583]

I used to love the tv show SWAT and the theme music to it. I was 12 years old at the time and I remember walking to a record store not far from my home and using some of my allowance I got, I bought the record and when I got back home, I remember being so excited, I took the record out of the bag and showed my friends and said, "Hey look, I got the record Theme From SWAT" we all liked the show, I could hardly wait to get into my bedroom to play the record. It was the same record as this one here on this video. I still love the music.

[@cashmerefunk2136]

Just passing thur cool story chris had this 45 too always had two just in case 🎵🎼🎶🎼🎼🎵🎼🎼

[@jonathangoode546]

I'm very happy that this show is on CBS television and It's a DAMN Good SHOW AND THE SAME THEME TOO. Everyone should watch it. They have a great story line . And this show is about everybody . thank you for posting this song . also plenty of ADVENTURE .

[@paulallen286]

This was the opening dance number to the Debutante ball my senior year. We men did a dance routine to this song. We brought down the house.

[@kevinhamilton4709]

One of the theme songs 2 the Dopest childhoods' ever lived ... Yep, " I Lived it" !!!! Shout out 2 All my Day 1's, who came up with me thru the mid to late 70's and the entire 80's... We Rule ! Two turntables and a microphone, and ample opportunity to express ourselves and be " heard ' .... Was literally all it took... and here we are today ... Living in a World of hip hop !!! This theme from Swat was truly an essential vehicle to generate that creation. Thanks again, S.w.a.t. .... I salute you ✔️💯. .... 😎

[@kevinhamilton4709]

N' 2 You Who Hit The Like Button, I Salute YOU, Az Well. 💯✔️. ....😎

[@rebeccakleitz3177]

I used to roller skate like hell to this tune. Loved the show too.

[@meanrene59]

I was in Jr. High when we played this at a Football Game in 1975....the Crowd went Wild!!! We were good too. LoL

[@mattyust6127]

Walterene Morgan Pretty awesome and it didn't peak until March of 1976. Love to know the history behind such a progressive Jr High band teacher?

[@danielseymour8978]

Marching band back in the day loved the beginning and all that thumping bass!!

[@SpartacusColo]

Very creative and excellent arrangement. I love the way this song is laid out: simple segments, complex segments, nice change in the middle, great, driving main line.

[@27sincity]

Love it, I even loved how LL Cool J sampled this, for " I'm Bad "

[@grinchoi1]

And years later he would star in the S.W.A.T movie. Crazy how life works.

[@brentstevens6228]

Yes indeed

[@JoeyGodsey]

Legendary iconic tune.

[@derrickjackson6737]

I was 5yrs old when this was out this was the show Back in the day 1975 classic

[@CheckMate657879]

The first few bars of the intro reminds me of Issac Hayes' intro in Shaft.

[@MasterWitchDoctor]

Aaron Spelling was a TV genius too bad ABC cancelled this show after 37 episodes. It never had a chance to take off and see its full potential.

[@jonathanbatturs6359]

It should have run for years !

[@dicksatan6444]

Who doesn’t love “head shots” in prime time.

[@sambradley2975]

I remember this show, love the theme, I have it on a '70s TV theme compilation album.

[@frankmakarewicz2147]

This was Robert Urich's first TV breakthrough show to stardom. He died from brain cancer, R. I. P. Robert Urich!!

[@jkeegan154]

He was also one of the vigilante cops in Magnum Force.

[@williamhaggard451]

And Steve Forest as well R I P

[@kimalonzo4912]

And coincidentally, the Vegas theme has similar rifts to SWAT and Shaft. The riffs are undeniable.

[@camillamartz8179]

He was beautiful.

[@marioedgarmayidadeleon6129]

Fue una gran serie de TV, y un Hit taso. Saludos.

[@leroyanderson2843]

Vintage all the way... One of my favorite series too. I could talk 1970's series all freaking day!

[@kevinnewsom3128]

The BEST Cop/Detective/Mystery Show themes came out of the 70's! No one has even has compared to that era in decades, and probably won't again! This is a classic! Do most shows even have intro themes anymore? For the most part, I don't think so...More time for more commercials...Kind of lame..I miss those good 'ol days...Old man talkin' here! ~

[@kevinnewsom3128]

Replying to my own comment: I haven't seen these shows in ages, but still have the music playing in my head! Honestly! How can you not get the original "Hawaii 5-0" theme out of your skull?

[@sandraborgersrode3894]

My favorite back then and now. Loved the show then and now, as well.

[@jims7838]

This one and Mission Impossible will be stuck in a lot of heads for the rest of our lives.

[@kimwhitmore9119]

edgar, heeeeey,...... shaft, love boat, and all show tunes from back in the day....... puff-n-stuff?.....

[@chrismc410]

And of course Monty Norman's and John Barry's version of the James Bond Theme.

[@greekpapi]

BARETTA!!!!! Sammy Davis !!!

[@chrisbode2155]

Rockford Files theme, anyone?

[@arthurbishop3173]

This and MI theme are the 2 best TV theme songs ever.

[@donerightthefirsttimellc3343]

SWAT and ADAM-12. When I was growing up they were AWESOME! In 1985 I became an MP and served on the SRT, (military version of SWAT). Got out and was a civilian LEO til the mid 90s. Those old shows inspired me and helped me choose my direction. I also liked Six million dollar man, but being an astronaut and a cyborg was a bit reaching. HAHA! They also had the best theme songs. I was a PI for a while after quitting law enforcement. Maybe MAGNUM had something to do with that? Wasn't as glamorous and I had an 82 Camaro and a 89 Crown Vic instead of a Ferrari. Good times! I also liked EMERGENCY! However, my high school buddy REALLY liked it. He became a Paramedic and served for years. I don't know if he is still doing it or has retired but he made it his life mission. Last I heard a few years ago he was still at it. Good shows back then inspired MANY young people to duty. Wonder what there is today to inspire?

[@4tuneate110]

POSITIVE!

[@fonziecarmack3777]

Man this one of the best song themes of the 70s and one of my favorite shows you can hear all the instruments especially the strings my favorite part I'm proud to be old school!!!

[@georgerogers5410]

Wow, this really brings back alot of memories!!!!

[@Immaculate561]

I gotta thank LL for intro'ing this track to my orbit, God Bless the days of break beats and sampling, made us to learn the history to the songs architecture #80sBaby #ImBad 🗣️🎙️😎💽

[@Patrick-tx9rh]

Remember playing this out loud 13 years after it's release in 1988 during my senior year in high school. Played during lunch breaks and after school was over in my 1985 Chevy Cavalier!

[@garyhaber7353]

Loved this show! Robert Ulrich went on to star in VEGAS afterward too.

[@kimwhitmore9119]

Gary Haber, heeeeey,..... loved him in that just can't remember, but i do recall him in DIRTY HARRY's "magnum force".......... Yum

[@williambabyak1094]

Let's not forget SPENSER: For Hire.

[@CJ_7519]

It's Urich, NOT Ulrich!

[@harveyweinstein6346]

Every TV show RU was on had a great theme: SWAT, Vega$, and short-lived series called Gavilan (1982).

[@CJ_7519]

@@harveyweinstein6346, yep. Rest in peace, Robert!

[@johnnyfever4334]

NOW THAT IS MUSIC TO YOUR EARS,YOU CAN EITHER LISTEN OR SIMPLY DANCE TO IT.THE 70's WERE THE BEST OF TIMES AND I AM SO GLAD THAT I AM BORN IN THAT WILD,CRAZY AND UNFORGETTABLE ERA.

[@nellynell9594]

Thissssssss....is bad-ass!! Ahhhh...the memories of dancing in front of the tv.

[@folklore5589]

So much heart. So much soul. So much love and care. The above mentioned is seriously lacking in a lot of modern music....someone bring us back....love it!!

[@kurtharer8715]

Wonderful Memories of the 70s. I wish I were young again. The music today sucks, it's just noise.

[@scottchao7769]

Kurt Harer like blackeyed peas shit

[@andreguitarronerone5297]

well said and spot on im with you on this i miss the 70s great time to be a kid and the we had back in the day wow but i love this song from the tv show thanks 😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@logan5326]

Kurt Harer ...noise & junk! Nothing original anymore.

[@randysaunders5825]

They have lost their imagination and inspiration for music....

[@davidchan9632]

I strongly agree. Today is nothing. The beautiful 1970's.

[@TGiannini007]

The bass line makes the song.

[@pzkw6759]

Indeed it does. Bass lines usually do . Bass sets the rhythm. No bass, no rhythm, no rhythm, no song

[@lloydprince4897]

Yes sir!

[@losangelesnefastvs]

That would be the late great James Jamerson.

[@TGiannini007]

@@losangelesnefastvs Good to know. Thanks!

[@patriciarichards7273]

Hell yeah !!!

[@bbfitw2008]

Oh it gets real at 1:39 that is what this song is known for,, DJ's cutting it the hell up

[@ShaKimono]

Echoes of those beautiful sunlit days in the summer of 76 still ring loud in my soul listening to this classic☆

[@Kellypsalm40]

Am so very glad that the show is back on TV and with the same theme song and better than ever :)

[@terryhawkins5585]

I HAD A AWESOME CHILDHOOD BECAUSE I LOVE THIS THEME AND T.V SHOW ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS S.W.A.T

[@fernandover9538]

Really

[@Sorc108]

I searched for this song 40 years! Thank You so much for sharing!

[@slupa]

This may be the most 70s thing I have ever heard.

[@arthurbishop3173]

And that's A GOOD THING, my man!!

[@blairbrown4812]

At least until you hear the theme from CHiP's.

[@Eddie42023]

@@blairbrown4812 Didn't CHiP's straddle 70's & 80's?

[@blairbrown4812]

@@Eddie42023 It did,but the theme song,particularly in the early stages of the show? Strictly 70's. Particularly when they used the trumpet.

[@ZumaDogg]

It is!

[@Mr.Fury1]

Me growing up listening to this jam while jumping around my neighbor's SUV and greeting him and he replies "Hello son! Going SWATTY again are u heh!". He always says it hehehehe ^^ may he rest in peace 😍❤

[@rxlo1062]

Breakbeat @1:39, back in the 70’s breakdancers would go crazy and MC’s would start rappin’. Takes you back to summer block parties NYC.

[@poconos66]

number 1 song February 28th 1975

[@wtmjrchi1984]

poconos66 1976.

[@baylinkdashyt]

@@wtmjrchi1984 Correct: February 28, 1976.

[@lawrenceyance5246]

In a few days, it will be February 28, 2020. 45 years ago from the date when it first became no. 1 and it still sounds so good.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Wrong, 1976

[@michaeljones2925]

For us True Hip Hop Heads this track right here always been nothing but 🔥FIRE🔥especially the break beat in this Classic

[@brentstevens6228]

Right on right on. Well said

[@bryangraham3706]

What song(s) was that break sampled in? I remember it being played, but I can't remember where else I heard it!

[@michaellilla9932]

Always loved that song. It defined the 70's

[@michaeljulia6069]

Had this song on 45rpm back in 74 and used to watch the show . SWAT good show.

[@patwiggins6969]

My favorite song for many years. Still brings good vibes

[@franklinbricenootero2434]

Hasta las lagrima al escuchar este tema musical, linda mi niñez junto a mis amigos, en TV blanco y negro aun. SWAT

[@anna-elizabeth]

When I was little I had a toy radio and toy M-16 with "SWAT" logos. My Dad was a cop.

[@barryg4927]

Anna-Elizabeth omg for real same here!! The toy and my dad was also a cop!

[@playgroundjustice3587]

I had a toy switch blade and some “borrowed” gold chains. My dad was a crook.

[@ardoniswilliams7241]

I had a S.W.A.T. M16 when I was little too and a toy helicopter with the logo.

[@williampickering6405]

Number one song in February of 1976. They played it on the radio a lot.

[@joycecoleman7998]

I love the theme song from S.W.A.T had a hard crush on Mark Shera in 1975-1976 my 8th grade yr.smh miss them days Thursday nites at 8pm

[@alfredwhittingdale9192]

I believe Shera was also in Barnaby Jones.

[@homelesshannah50]

Robert Urich was my crush from the show, too bad about how he died

[@sandrasanders706]

Me too and yes he was

[@wtmjrchi1984]

joyce coleman Rod Perry, who played Sgt. Deacon Kay on the ABC-TV series, was a native of Coatesville, PA. Just a 30-40 minute drive from where I'm from.

[@harveyweinstein6346]

Funny you're called Coleman. The surname of one of the actors on SWAT was Coleman.

[@luizhonorio9917]

Essa Música Foi Sucesso Mundial Na Época Disco. 🗽🇧🇷🗼

[@CarlosCruz-ll5ez]

One of the best theme songs for one of the best T.V. series ever.

[@kimwhitmore9119]

Carlos Cruz, heeeeey,...... do you remember if they ever played the whole song before or during the show?......

[@CarlosCruz-ll5ez]

Kim Whitmore parts of the song would be played in the introduction of the show plus it was a big hit on the radio the same year the show premiered.

[@kimwhitmore9119]

Carlos Cruz, heeeeey....... Arrest me.......I did it......twice....

[@marcellodasilvarego7224]

Se não for a melhor .

[@BF6ct]

One of my favorite theme songs. 7-14-24

[@johnclaytoncole7884]

Loved the show as a kid and this theme

[@thurney4343]

Always loved the bass in this song...what a great production for a t.v. show. Brings back good memories from middle school years!