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Ranking the What's New, Scooby-Doo Theme Songs

1/10/2023

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After ranking the Where Are You theme songs last week, I thought it might be fun to also do a quick post ranking the What's New, Scooby-Doo? theme song versions, since it's the only other Scooby-Doo theme song that has had multiple covers done of it at the time of posting this.
3. Anarbor
Unlike the Where Are You theme songs, I don't dislike any of these; I just like the other two a bit better. This cover from Mystery Begins is a pretty solid adaptation of the theme song,  but personally I prefer "You & I" from them. I find it amusing that WB keeps reusing this cover so much on all the DVD menus. Like I think I mentioned in a recent post, my head canon is that one of the WB executives jams to this in their bedroom every night, and is like "we have to use this in everything!" haha. 
2. The Hex Girls
The Hex Girls cover of this from "The Vampire Strikes Back" is great; nearly as good as the original Simple Plan version in my opinion. The cover sounds very consistent with the rest of The Hex Girls discography, and works very well in their style.
1. Simple Plan
'Nuff said lol. 

Although I like both the covers, the original will always be my favorite. This is such a classic and Simple Plan does an amazing job with it. The pop-rock feel of this feels so reminiscent of the early 2000s to me. This remains my favorite Scooby-Doo theme song of all-time.

This post was much shorter than the Where Are You one, but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless! I think I mentioned it briefly in a comment section, but coming later this week, I'm planning to post my reviews of the first two episodes of Velma when they come out on Thursday. Regardless of how bad or good it is, I plan to review all 10 episodes within a day or two of when the episodes come out. I can't believe we're only days away from a new series!
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Matt
1/10/2023 03:57:55 pm

3. Hex Girls- I do like it, and I recognize that not having this at 2 is a bit of a hot take, but I do feel like there has been better with the Hex Girls than this cover. I generally prefer other variations of the Hex Girls over this one anyway, but it is still good

2. Anarbor- This one is very nostalgic for me, and NOT because of the movie. No, this one was actually first introduced to me through the DVD commercial that was commonly on several Early 2010s releases, where it had DVDs like Scooby Doo Mystery Incoporated Season 1 part 2, 13 Spooky Tales Around the World, and Big Top Scooby Doo if I am remembering correctly. Reminds me of simpler times where I used to get excited about getting a new Scooby Doo DVD, where the DVD era has seemed to have *mostly* faded by now

1. What's New Scooby Doo

All choices are great, but I feel pretty firm in my ranking

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Matt
1/10/2023 03:58:34 pm

I meant Simple Plan at number one, but like, that one IS What's New Scooby Doo lol

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WildwindVampire link
1/10/2023 08:28:02 pm

3. Oh yeah, I agree that this is definitely lower on the Hex Girls' discography, but I still find this very good.

2. That's so interesting you first heard this in commercials! Even though I first heard the song in the movie, I also miss getting excited about the announcements for DVD releases. It seems like that's pretty much gone now with the exception of the DTVs.

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Becker
1/10/2023 05:46:22 pm

There'll never be a better version than Simple Plan's, love it.

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WildwindVampire link
1/10/2023 08:28:13 pm

Agreed!

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Gibby Norton
1/10/2023 10:29:36 pm

My ranking would be:

3. The Hex Girls Cover- I am not big into this version of the song. Of every Hex Girls song out there, this is the only one that I don’t listen to while driving.

2. Simple Plan- a tried and true classic, an absolute bop!

1. Anarbor- It didn’t used to be, but in recent years I have really dug it! This is the kind of music I listen to regularly and I love that they used this version in all those Scooby trailers back in the day (I think the last one to use it was the KISS one)!

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WildwindVampire link
1/11/2023 08:44:27 am

3. I agree this is definitely on the lower end of their discography, although I am not really a big fan of "Scooby Snacks" or "Zoinks" either.

1. That's so cool this is your favorite version! I loved how they used it in trailers too.

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The cop
1/11/2023 02:25:29 pm

They realesed another trailer for velm

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WildwindVampire link
1/11/2023 03:10:47 pm

Thank you for the heads up! I just made a post about it.

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threephantomrey
1/11/2023 07:31:38 pm

my ranking of these: (i like all of these btw)

3) Hex Girls version

2) Anabor version

1) Simple Plan version

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threephantomrey
1/11/2023 07:32:58 pm

*Anarbor* i meant

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WildwindVampire link
1/11/2023 09:40:21 pm

Great rankings! It's interesting to see how many people prefer the Anarbor version to the Hex Girls version! I thought it would have been the other way around.

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