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"Secret Agent Man" is a song written by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri. [4] The most famous recording of the song was made by Johnny Rivers for the opening titles of the American broadcast of the British spy series Danger Man , which aired in the U.S. as Secret Agent from 1964 to 1966. [ 4 ]
"Secret Agent Man" (Johnny Rivers song), a song written by Steve Barri and P. F. Sloan used as the opening theme for American broadcast of the TV series Danger Man "Secret Agent Man" (The Superjesus song), 2001; Danger Man, a British TV series broadcast as Secret Agent in the U.S. from 1964 to 1966, sometimes erroneously referred to as Secret ...
The series used an updated version of the 1960s hit, “Secret Agent Man”, performed by Supreme Beings of Leisure, for its theme song.Because the Johnny Rivers version of this song was used as the theme song for American broadcasts of another television series, the 1960s British TV series, Danger Man (primarily broadcast in the U.S. as Secret Agent), there were some mistaken impressions that ...
Dan August ("Dan August Theme") – Dave Grusin; Danger Man – Series 1 "The Danger Man Theme" Edwin Astley, series 2–4 "High Wire" Edwin Astley, series 2–4 in the U.S. as Secret Agent, "Secret Agent Man" theme composed by P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri, and recorded by Johnny Rivers.
One of the most prominent things about the song is the opening guitar riff that repeats throughout the song. It is similar to the riff from Monty Norman's James Bond theme and was supposedly added to Rivers' version of the song by Chuck Day googuse 04:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
The chord is favored by Pixies lead guitarist Joey Santiago, with D 7 ♯ 9, reminiscent of the opening to "A Hard Day's Night", opening and being called the "secret ingredient" of the song "Here Comes Your Man". A "brutally scraped" F 7 ♯ 9 features in the chorus of "Tame" against the three chord rhythm guitar part's D, C, and F chords. [27]
Bob Stanley said that Secret Agent dove deeply into "the worlds of Roland, Korg and Fairlight." He said the title track mixed Gibb's melancholy style with contemporary Latin freestyle production, and noted its mid-song "fight scene". [3] "Robot" is a reggae song with a vocoder, while "In Your Diary" was another heavily electronic track. [3]
Minor Chords and Major Themes features the return of producer, Mike Denneen, who also produced the 1993 album, Flippin' Out. The track, "You'd Better Get Yourself Together, Baby" also appears on the Wicked Good Sampler 05 compilation, a 1998 promotional release associated with Newbury Comics released by Universal Music (Catalog Number: UMG3P ...