Who sings The Big Bang Theory theme song?

The theme or title song of The Big Bang Theory - "The History of Everything" - is sung by the popular Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies.

The Big Bang Theory was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady and has delivered various memorable moments on television. The series aired its first episode on September 24, 2007, with a cast including actors like Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Sara Gilbert, and Mayim Bialik among many others. The series has released a total of 279 episodes in its 12-year run and has received various huge praises from critics and audiences.

Who sang The Big Bang Theory theme song?

The theme song of The Big Bang Theory, "The History of Everything", was sung by the popular Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies. According to the news portal CBC, back in 2005, writer Chuck Lorre attended a concert held by Barenaked Ladies which was held in the city of Los Angeles in the United States. During this event, Chuck heard the lead singer of the band, Ed Robertson, singing an impromptu rap that revolved around the origins of the universe.

Chuck, who at the time was working on the story of The Big Bang Theory, was quite impressed with Ed’s impromptu performance and reached out to him and his band to create a theme for the show. The theme thus created by Ed Robertson was made around the history of the universe and its formation, which fitted perfectly for the series’ theme for Sheldon, Leonard, and the remaining gang.

What is The Big Bang Theory about?

The story of The Big Bang Theory revolves around a group of brilliant but socially awkward scientists and their interactions with friends, families, and strangers which develops hilarious moments throughout the series. The show introduces the main characters Leonard Hofstadter, a physicist, and his roommate Sheldon Cooper, a brilliant but eccentric theoretical physicist living in the city of Pasadena, California. They are accompanied by a charming waitress and aspiring actress Penny, who later becomes Leonard’s love interest in the story.

The other main cast of the series, namely Howard Wolowitz, an engineer, and Raj Koothrappali, an astrophysicist, are Leonard and Sheldon’s friends, along with Amy and Bernadette. The Big Bang Theory has also included various guest characters in a long list of episodes, namely Buzz Aldrin, Stephan Hawking, James Earl Jones, Laurie Metcalf, and Stan Lee among others. The episode mainly involves the themes of friendship and romance, having a mix of geeky humor and scientific references.

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Who are the Barenaked Ladies?

As mentioned above the Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian rock band formed in 1988 in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, Ontario. Since 1988, the band has been active and releasing various albums every now and then to earn millions of fans. Some of their notable works are albums like Gordon (1992), Maroon (2000), Barenaked Ladies Are Me (2006 and 2007), Grinning Streak (2013), Fake Nudes (2017), Detour de Force (2021), and In Flight (2023) among many others. While initially the band started off as a group of 6, as of 2024 there are only 4 members left in the band, namely Ed Robertson, Jim Creeggan, Tyler Stewart, and Kevin Hearn.