Stop what you’re doing, millennials — the theme song you can still sing word-for-word from your childhood living room is finally getting its moment. For the first time ever, the version of “I’m A Survivor” made specifically for the TV show Reba is being released.

Reba McEntire is marking the 25th anniversary of her beloved sitcom — which premiered 25 years ago this month, in November 2001 — with her seventh music capsule, I’m A Survivor – EP, via MCA. Yes, a quarter-century. Feel old yet? Because we do, and we love it.

The song was written by Phillip White and Shelby Kennedy and produced by Tony Brown and McEntire. It originally appeared on her Greatest Hits, Volume III: I’m A Survivor (2001), but this is the first time the TV version — the one that played over those opening credits, week after week — has been released as its own recording.

The sitcom was McEntire’s first foray into series television, starring her as sharp-witted single mother Reba Hart. It ran six seasons (2001–2007) and became a WB/CW staple — the exact show a generation of millennials grew up on, quoting along with Reba, Barbara Jean and the rest of the Hart family long after the credits rolled.

The EP is also available as a 7-inch vinyl preorder, shipping December 11 — perfect for the shelf next to your well-worn DVDs. And if the anniversary has you ready for a full rewatch, the series streams on Hulu and Disney+.

McEntire has released one music capsule a month since April — One Night In Tulsa, Hurt Like That, Ain’t Gonna Keep It Waitin’, Ring Ring, Tourist, and Could Have Been Raining — each pairing a new release with songs spanning her five-decade career. The I’m A Survivor – EP is the latest chapter, and fittingly, the most nostalgic one yet.

Twenty-five years on, Reba Hart is still surviving — and so is the song that introduced her to living rooms everywhere. Turn it up, sing along, and try not to get emotional when that opening riff hits. We dare you.

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Source: Nashville Music Line

Image credit: Reba McEntire in 2022 — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons