A segment on Sesame StreetВ in 1969 featured kindergarten children drawing sketches, that started with the letter B, had a bat drawn, in which one of the kindergarten boys was singing the 'Batman Theme' as well as saying the man with a bat cape was called 'Batman'.

Freberg could not obtain the rights to use Hefti's music, and so a variation of the 'Batman Theme' had to be used, without direct plagiarism.

Stan Freberg recorded a comedy skit in 1966 entitled 'Flakman and Reagan', about Ronald Reagan's campaign for the Governorship of California, with his straight adviser, a press agent named 'Flakman'.It featured RBXВ and Lady of RageВ and was produced by DJ Premier. Rapper Snoop DoggВ sampled the Batman Theme for his song 'Batman & Robin' on the album Paid tha Cost to Be da BossВ (2002).According to Ritchie Blackmore, the main riff in ' Space Truckin'' by the English rock band Deep PurpleВ is based on the 'Batman Theme'.The Well Paid Scientists (Henry Cullen & Dave Lalouche) produced an acid technoВ remix entitled To The Batrave.Let's GoВ in 1998.New York saxophonist and composer, John Zorn, led off his Naked City albumВ with a version of Batman (1990).Serbian alternative band Disciplina kicmeВ ( Disciplin A Kitschme) did a cover on their album NajlepЕЎi hitovi! UЕѕivo!В (The Most Beautiful Hits! LIVE!)В (1987).Canadian metal band VoivodВ did a cover on their 1988 Dimension HatrГ¶ssВ album.In a televised interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey, Prince played the theme on a piano in response to the question, 'You taught yourself to play at seven years old? Do you remember your first song?' in a rejected song for the Batman ReturnsВ soundtrack, later released under the title 'Winged Mammal Theme', as a B-side to the single ' Drive'. Artists PrinceВ and R.E.M.В used variations of (but did not remake) the TV show theme in their work: Prince in the song ' Batdance' (which appeared on the soundtrack to Tim Burton's 1989 movie), and R.E.M.

The opening track is a cover of the 'Batman Theme', while the rest of the album is taken up with a combination of instrumental jams and modernised workings of classical pieces, all given Batman-oriented names.

In 1966, an album called Batman and Robin: The Sensational Guitars of Dan and DaleВ was released featuring members of the Sun Ra ArkestraВ and The Blues Project.

BritishВ band The JamВ covered the 'Batman Theme' on their debut album, In the CityВ in 1977.

Liverpool poet Adrian Henri В and his band Liverpool Scene did a skit of the theme in the late 60s using Henri's poem Batpoem.

It was originally released on the EP Ready Steady Who, but has since been re-released on CDВ pressings of A Quick One.

EnglishВ rock band The WhoВ recorded a cover of the theme in 1966.

Jan & DeanВ covered the Batman theme song on their 1966 album, Jan And Dean Meet Batman.

The theme has been re-recorded by dozens of artists, including Link Wray, Voivod, The Jam, В and The Who.

The song has been widely parodied in the decades since its debut. In addition to Neal Hefti's original version, and the television soundtrack version by Nelson Riddle, В versions were covered by The MarkettsВ (single 'Batman Theme' and album The Batman Theme by The Marketts), The VenturesВ ( The Ventures Play the 'Batman' Theme, Dolton BST8042, 3/1966), Al Hirt, The StandellsВ and actor/musician David McCallum. According to Burlingame, the song consisted of 'bass guitar, low brass and percussion to create a driving rhythm, while an eight-voice chorus sings 'Batman!' in harmony with the trumpets.' TV's Biggest HitsВ by Jon Burlingame, published in 1996, focuses exclusively on TV theme songs, and includes an interview with Hefti about the creation of the Batman theme song. However, Neal Hefti, the writer of the theme, stated that the chorus was made up of eight singers, one of whom jokingly wrote on his part, 'word and music by Neal Hefti'. Adam West'sВ book Back to the BatcaveВ also fuels this rumor by claiming the chorus is instrumental, not vocal. A long held myth purports that the chorus is actually a group of horns.

The eleven cries of 'Batman!' are sung by a chorus of four tenors and four sopranos (performed by The Ron Hicklin Singers). It has a twelve bar bluesВ progression, using only three chords until the coda. This song is built around a guitar hook reminiscent of spy film scores and surf music. ' Batman Theme', the title song of the 1966 BatmanВ TV series, was composed by Neal Hefti.

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