Theme Song
The show is also remembered for its title song, "Underdog", which was written by Chester Stover, W. Watts Biggers, Treadwell Covington and Joseph Harris.
A cover of the song, performed by Butthole Surfers, is included on the 1995 tribute album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records.
The "Underdog" theme is covered by Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet on their CD "Underdog, And Other Stories..." (2009).
An extended a cappella version was done by The Blanks on the TV program Scrubs during the episode titled "My Hero". They later recorded it on their 2004 album Riding the Wave.
In the Harry Dresden novel Death Masks, Harry is captured by the Denarians and as Shiro Yoshimo bursts in to the rescue, Harry starts belting out the Underdog song, offering the Mighty Mouse theme song as an alternative.
In 1993 American hip-hop producer and members of the Wu-Tang Clan the RZA sampled "Underdog" theme in the song titled "Wu-Tang Clain Ain't Nuttin To F' Wit". This song was released in Wu-Tang debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).
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Must vanish on the instant if the mind but change its theme ...”
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