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had two stipulations about the song for composer Johnny Mandel: it had to be called "Suicide Is Painless" and it had to be the "stupidest song ever written". Altman attempted to write the lyric himself, but, upon finding it too difficult for his "45-year-old brain" to write something "stupid" enough,
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Bob said to me, 'You know, I need a song for the film. It's that Last Supper scene, after the guy says he'd going to do himself with a pill because his life is over, because couldn't get it up with the WAC the night
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Bob also said the song had to be called 'Suicide Is Painless'. 'Since Painless commits suicide with a pill, that would be a good title,' he said. Then he said, 'It's got to be the stupidest song ever written.'
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Bob was going to take a shot at the lyrics. But he came back two days later and said, 'I'm sorry but there's just too much stuff in this 45-year-old brain. I can't write anything nearly as stupid as what we
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recorded a new version of the song that replaced the version by The MASH on pressings of the soundtrack album beginning in 1973; the film retained the original version.
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Bob said, "All is not lost. I've got a 15-year-old kid who's a total idiot." So Michael Altman, at age 15, wrote the lyrics, and then I wrote the music to them.
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Altman later decided that the song worked so well he would use it as the film's main theme. This more choral version was sung by uncredited session singers
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versions of the song were used as the theme for the TV series, but the lyrics were never used in the show. It became a number-one hit in the
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The song was written for Ken Prymus, the actor playing Private Seidman, to sing during the faux-suicide of Walter "Painless Pole" Waldowski (
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released a cover version of "Suicide Is Painless" on September 7, 1992, as "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)". In the UK, it was a
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released a version under the title "Song from M*A*S*H" in 1975. The single peaked at 17th position in Sweden, Top 100 chart in Australia.
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he gave the task to his 15-year-old-son Michael, who reportedly wrote the lyrics in five minutes.
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Manic Street Preachers – Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M.A.S.H.)"
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The Icelandic duo Lady & Bird covered the song for their 2003
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Adult Contemporary : July 04, 1970 | Billboard Chart Archive
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The Irish Charts – Search Results – Theme from M.A.S.H."
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capturing staff's reaction to photographs of guitarist
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(Suicide Is Painless)" 809:"Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" 484:"Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" 269:in May 1980. The song was ranked No. 66 on 2333: 2319: 2311: 2161: 2068: 2054: 2046: 1355: 489: 480: 214:. An instrumental version was used as the 29: 20: 16:Theme song of M*A*S*H film & TV series 2626:Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) 2516:National Treasures – The Complete Singles 692:Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) 3070:Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair 1890: 1888: 1439: 1263: 1194: 1113: 1041: 996: 933: 894: 828: 780: 397: 348: 329:"Theme from M*A*S*H Suicide Is Painless" 300: 51:M*A*S*H (Original Soundtrack Recording) 2009:(in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1975 1577: 507: 496: 47: 39: 3137:Irish Singles Chart number-one singles 2647:La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) 2096:MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors 1771:"De Nederlandse Top 40: week 39, 1970" 1507:. 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B-side
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Columbia/CBS
Composer(s)
Johnny Mandel
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)
Thomas Z. Shepard
"Suicide Is Painless" (audio)
YouTube
Johnny Mandel
lyrics
M*A*S*H
title sequence
The Ron Hicklin Singers
theme music
TV series based on the film
John Schuck
Robert Altman
John Bahler
Tom Bahler
Ron Hicklin
Ian Freebairn-Smith
instrumental
UK Singles Chart
AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
Johnny Mandel
GfK

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