Why did the Dawsons Creek theme tune change?
usually when a theme tune changes it’s to do with the artist not giving them permission to keep using it. but according to wikipedia – The theme song, “I Don’t Want to Wait” was written and performed by Paula Cole. For the first season, international broadcasts used “Elsewhere”, performed by Jann Arden, but switched to Cole’s song for the remainder of the run. The producers originally planned to use “Hand in My Pocket” by Alanis Morissette for the theme (it was, in fact, used in the original pilot) but she would not grant them permission and Cole’s song was substituted. The show’s final episode features a video montage made by Dawson which includes footage seen in the original credits sequence, and is soundtracked by “Hand in My Pocket”. There were two soundtrack albums. Because the producers failed to secure the rights when the shows were produced and did not wish to pay for them later, most of the songs that aired in the original broadcasts (and are used in the syndicated run) were r
