There are several variants of the nice "Charles in Charge" theme, though the lyrics always remained the same. First of all there is a big difference between Pembrokes and Powells seasons: the Powells version has a more modern sound. But in the middle of the Pembrokes season the theme was also changed, but very slightly.

Pembrokes season, first version (wav, 235 Kb)

Pembrokes season, second version (mp3, 215 Kb)

Powells season (mp3, 889 Kb)

Thanks to the www.tvthemesonline.com for the video clip of the theme (Pembrokes season, second version): MPG video clip (4165 Kb).

Lyrics:

New boy in the neighborhood
L ives downstairs and it's understood.
He's there just to take good care of me,
Like he's one of the family.
Charles in Charge of our days and our nights,
Charles in Charge of our wrongs and our rights!
And I sing, I want, I want Charles in Charge of me.
Charles in Charge of our days and our nights,
Charles in Charge of our wrongs and our rights!
And I sing, I want, I want Charles in Charge of me.

This is the information you may be interested in, that I received from Eric Tomren.

"Me and my brother found your site and I just thought you might be interested that an industrial band by the name of Electric Hellfire Club covered the CiC theme song. This is off of a compilation called TV Terror:Felching A Dead Horse on Reconstriction Records. The lyrics are changed though to make the song about Charles Manson. At the beginning and end are sound clips of Charles Manson and the lyrics are changed such as "Charles In Charge of my guns and my knives" "Charles In Charge of who lives and who dies". Just thought you might be interested to know this info. It's a pretty faithful cover except for the change of subject matter."

You can find an information about this group on their Official Website. Maybe one of you has the CD with this song and can convert it to mp3 or wav format? I'd be interested in listening this song, though I hate all satanistic groups kind of Ellectric Hellfire Club.

This is the information that I received from Morgan A. L.

"The Christian punk band Relient K (www.relientk.com or www.gotee.com) has done a cover of it, creating a new last verse. The song goes like this:

New boy in the neighborhood
Lives downstairs and It's understood
He's there just to take good care of me
Like he's one of the family
Charles in charge of our days and our nights
Charles in charge of our wrongs and our rights
So I say I want Charles in charge of me
Charles I love you, I love you 'till the end
And I love Buddy, cause he's your best friend
Let's go hang out, you me and Jesus at your mom's pizza parlor
And maybe you can hook me up with that girl that's from baywatch and
On your show.