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David Schwimmer Explains the Difficulty He Had Listening to the ‘Friends’ Theme Song

David Schwimmer rose to fame for his role on NBC's 'Friends,' but the overexposure to the theme song had a negative effect that lasted years.

Schwimmer, who began his acting career in 1989, rose to widespread fame five years later for his role as Ross Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends. Appearing on the Making the Scene podcast with hosts Matt Lucas and David Walliams, Schwimmer admitted that the overuse of the song became a little too much. Written by Friends producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman, with songwriter Allee Willis and The Rembrandts’ Danny Wilde and Phil Sōlem, “I’ll Be There for You” was used as the theme song to the show after R.E.M.

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