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"Theme from The Greatest American Hero (Believe It or Not)" is a song composed by Mike Post with lyrics by Stephen Geyer, and sung by American singer Joey Scarbury. It serves as the theme song for the 1980s television series The Greatest American Hero.[2] The track was later included on Scarbury's 1981 debut album America's Greatest Hero.
In a 2005 interview, composer Mike Post said that Joey Scarbury was an artist that I was producing, and had produced on three different record companies before that unsuccessfully in terms of hits, but successfully in terms of how great a singer he was. Post recalled that producer Stephen J. Cannell told him, This guys flying around in a suit and he lost the instructions, and hes got this right-wing CIA agent for a control guy. Post responded, Cannell, this is nuts. Post had written a theme song with lyrics by Stephen Geyer for the short-lived Cannell series Richie Brockelman, Private Eye, and Cannell suggested doing that again for this show. Post responded, Yeah, thats a good idea. Well call up Stephen Geyer and see if he can write a lyric where maybe he can make an analogy between love and flying in a suit.[3]
The theme song became a popular hit during the run of The Greatest American Hero. "Believe It or Not" entered the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 on June 13, 1981, eventually peaking at No. 2 during the weeks ending August 1522, 1981, kept off the top spot by "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, and spending a total of 18 weeks in the top 40. On the Adult Contemporary chart, "Believe It or Not" went to number 3.[4] It also peaked at the number one position on both the Cashbox and Record World Singles charts.[5][6]
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