About
The Mission Impossible Theme Song is the signature tune from the Mission Impossible media franchise.
Origin
In September 1966, the American television series Mission: Impossible premiered on the CBS network, which featured an original theme song composed by Lalo Schifrin. In 1967, the theme reached the #41 position on the Billboard Hot 100.
Spread
In 1996, the Irish rock band U2 members Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. composed a remake of the theme for the film Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise.
On December 20th, 2011, the Goldentusk YouTube channel uploaded a parody of the theme, which gathered upwards of 300,000 views and 620 comments in the next four years.