Theme from S.W.A.T.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Covers and use in sampling

• In Canada, the THP Orchestra's disco version of the song reached number one on the RPM pop chart the same year as the US version.
• In 1987, rapper and actor LL Cool J sampled the song for his single "I'm Bad" from his album Bigger and Deffer. LL Cool J also later starred in the 2003 film version of S.W.A.T.
• In 1994, S.W.A.T. released a version titled "Theme From SWAT"— sung by Jerry A. of Poison Idea, with sampled LAPD radio broadcasts from the April 1992 riots— on their album Deep Inside A Cop's Mind.
• In 2003, Rap group Hot Action Cop used the song as template for a song titled, Samuel Jackson, which was used as the theme to the film adaptation of S.W.A.T., starring Samuel L. Jackson.
• In 1976 Ray Conniff and his orchestra had mild success with their cover of "The Theme from SWAT" on Columbia Records.
• In 1990 the Italian DJ and Producer Piero Fidelfatti, sample a part of the main theme and make a house version of "Theme From S.W.A.T."
• In 1991 the rap group 3rd Bass sampled the instrumental in a remixed version of their song "3rd Bass Theme a.k.a. Portrait of the Artist as a Hood" on Def Jam Recordings.