Theme from Mission: Impossible

"Theme from Mission: Impossible"
Single by Lalo Schifrin
from the album Music from Mission: Impossible
Released	1967
Format	Vinyl
Recorded	1967
Genre	Theme music
Length	2:31
Label	Dot
Writer(s)	Lalo Schifrin
Producer(s)	Tom Mack

"Theme from Mission: Impossible"
Single by Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen
from the album Mission: Impossible
Released	June 3, 1996
Format	CD, vinyl
Recorded	1996
Genre	Theme music, electronic
Length	3:27
Label	Mother Records
Writer(s)	Lalo Schifrin
Producer(s)	David Beal, Larry Mullen

"Theme from Mission: Impossible" is the theme tune of the TV series Mission: Impossible (1966–1973). The theme was written and composed by Lalo Schifrin and has since gone on to appear in several other works of the Mission: Impossible franchise, including the 1988 TV series, the film series and the video game series. The 1960s version has since been acknowledged as one of TV's greatest theme tunes.

The theme is written in a 5
4 time signature which Schifrin has jokingly explained as being "for people who have five legs".

The original single release peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 19 on the magazine's Adult Contemporary chart in 1967 (Leonard Nimoy, before playing Paris in Mission Impossible in 1969, also covered the theme two years earlier).

In 1970, during the 5th Season of the Original Series, the theme was remade replacing the bongos with the drums.

In 1996, the theme was remade by U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. for the soundtrack to the film. It became a hit in the United States, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and receiving a gold certification, selling 500,000 copies there. It also peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart.

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