Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern (1979) 2/21/23

In many ways, The '70s were the Golden Age of TV themes, and I've highlighted quite a few since I started this blog.

This includes "Happy Days," Laverne & Shirley", The Rockford Files, "S.W.A.T." and Rolling Stone Magazine's pick for the Greatest TV Theme of All Time: "Movin' On Up." ("The Jeffersons")

But there is one TV theme that actually spent two weeks at #1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart in 1979...and it's a good bet that you don't remember the show it came from.

The song: "Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern. The show: "Angie." That' right, "Angie."

The show was created by Garry Marshall, who also created "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley," and the song was written by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, who also wrote the classic themes for both of those shows.

"Angie" starred Donna Pescow, Robert Hays, Debralee Scott and Doris Roberts with a plotline that basically followed a classic sitcom trope: Rich Boy (Hays) marries Poor Girl (Pescow), and culture clash comedy ensues.

Unfortunately, the stars were better than the material, and after two seasons, "Angie" was cancelled. Everyone went on to other shows and/or films...but unfortunately, "Different Worlds" ended up being Maureen McGovern's last hit. Thankfully, she went out with one of the "Great TV Themes of the '70s!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNGOpgXKUQw