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1966 single by Neal Hefti

This article is about the 1960s theme. For other themes, see Batman (disambiguation).

"Batman Theme", the title song of the 1966 Batman TV series, was composed by Neal Hefti.

This song is built around a guitar hook reminiscent of spy film scores and surf music.

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It has a twelve bar blues progression, using only three chords until the coda.

The eleven cries of "Batman!" are sung by a chorus of four tenors and four sopranos (performed by The Ron Hicklin Singers). A common misconception is that the chorus is actually a horn section, a rumor began shortly after the TV series ended its initial run in 1968, and gained attention from Adam West's 1994 book Back to the Batcave, in which he incorrectly recalled that the theme featured horns rather than vocals.

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".^[1] According to TV's Biggest Hits by Jon Burlingame, which includes an interview with Hefti about the creation

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