Editing South Park (section)

====Main theme====
The show's [[theme song]] was a musical score performed by the band [[Primus (band)|Primus]], with the lyrics alternately sung by the band's lead singer, [[Les Claypool]], and the show's four central characters during the opening title sequence. Kenny's muffled lines are altered after every few seasons. His lines are usually [[Obscenity|sexually explicit]] in nature, such as his original lines, "I like girls with big fat titties, I like girls with deep vaginas".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://southpark.cc.com/fans/faq/archives.php?month=9&year=2001 |title=South Park Studios FAQ |date=September 2001 |publisher=Comedy Central |access-date=October 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814210126/http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/faq/archives.php?month=9&year=2001 |archive-date=August 14, 2009 }}</ref>

The original unaired opening composition was originally slower and had a length of 40 seconds. It was deemed too long for the opening sequence. So Parker and Stone sped it up for the show's opening, having Claypool re-record his vocals. The [[instrumental music|instrumental]] version of the original composition is often played during the show's closing credits.<ref name="faq-27mar2002">{{cite web|url=https://southpark.cc.com/fans/faq/archives.php?month=3&year=2002 |title=FAQ: March 2002 |access-date=October 19, 2008 |date=March 27, 2002 |publisher=Comedy Central |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410145547/http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/faq/archives.php?month=3&year=2002 |archive-date=April 10, 2009 }}</ref>

The opening song played in the first four seasons (and the end credits in all seasons) has a [[folk rock]] instrumentation with [[bass guitar]], [[trumpet]]s and rhythmic drums. Its [[beat (music)|beat]] is fast in the opening and leisurely in the closing credits. It is in the [[minor key]] and it features a [[tritone]] or a diminished fifth, creating a melodic [[Consonance and dissonance|dissonance]], which captures the show's surrealistic nature.{{how|date=December 2024}} In the latter parts of seasons 4 and 5, the opening tune has an [[electro funk]] arrangement with [[pop music|pop]] qualities. Seasons 6–9 have a sprightly [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] instrumentation with a usage of [[banjo]] and is set in the [[major key]]. For the later seasons, the arrangement is [[electro rock]] with a [[breakbeat]] influence, which feature [[electric guitars]] backed up by [[electronic music|synthesized]], [[Groove (music)|groovy]] drumbeats.<ref name="digizine" />

The opening theme song has been remixed three times during the course of the series, including a remix performed by [[Paul Robb]].<ref name="robb">{{cite news|url=http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=7480|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120916043750/http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=7480|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 16, 2012|title=Paul Robb: Leading a Double Life|last=Ohanesian|first=Liz|date=March 20, 2008|publisher=Santa Monica Mirror|access-date=November 10, 2009}}</ref> In 2006, the theme music was remixed with the song "Whamola" by [[Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade]], from the album ''[[Purple Onion (album)|Purple Onion]]''.<ref name="whamola">{{cite web|url=https://southpark.cc.com/fans/faq/archives.php?id=72639 |title=South Park Studios FAQ |date=August 18, 2008 |publisher=Comedy Central |access-date=November 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913151046/http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/faq/archives.php?id=72639 |archive-date=September 13, 2008 }}</ref>