Did I Do That? A Look Back At Family Matters

The Theme Before “As Days Go By”

When we think about Family Matters, we probably start humming the upbeat theme song, “As Days Go By” in our heads, but the original theme song was Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World.” It was replaced in the first season.

If it sounds similar to the theme song from Full House and Step by Step, there’s a reason. All three songs were written by Jesse Frederick, who also wrote the theme song for Perfect Strangers. In addition to penning all your favorite ’90s sitcom theme songs, Frederick is also a singer-songwriter who worked with artists like Todd Rundgren throughout the 1970s.