Editing Absolutely Fabulous (section)

===Theme song===
The theme song for ''Absolutely Fabulous'' is "[[This Wheel's on Fire]]", written by [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Rick Danko]] and performed by [[Julie Driscoll]] and Saunders' [[The Comic Strip|Comic Strip]] fellow and later husband, [[Adrian Edmondson]]. The song was also sung by [[Marianne Faithfull]] and [[P. P. Arnold]] for the two-part special, "The Last Shout", in 1996. [[Hermine Demoriane]] sang the theme song with a French accent over the closing credits of the series 4 episode "Paris" in 2001.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Paris |series=Absolutely Fabulous |series-no=4 |number=3 |airdate=14 September 2001 |network=[[BBC One]]}}</ref> At the end of the series 1 episode "Birthday", Edina and Patsy sang the song together on a karaoke machine.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Birthday |series=Absolutely Fabulous |series-no=1 |number=5 |airdate=17 December 1992 |network=BBC One}}</ref> It was later performed by [[Debbie Harry]] and Edmondson in the 2002 Christmas special "Gay" (where Harry also guest-starred), as well as in series 5. For series 4, a line sung by [[David Bowie]], "Ziggy played guitar", from his song "[[Ziggy Stardust (song)|Ziggy Stardust]]", played at the end of each episode.

Due to copyright issues, the theme song is missing from many US Region 1 DVDs, replaced by an instrumental version. Also excised from the US DVD release is the musical number from ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' performed by Horrocks, Gaffney, and Ryan during a dream sequence in the series 5 episode "Birthin'".

In addition to the official theme song, in 1994, [[Pet Shop Boys]] recorded a [[Absolutely Fabulous (song)|song]] for ''Comic Relief'' using excerpts of dialogue from the series put to dance music. The single was attributed to "Absolutely Fabulous produced by Pet Shop Boys". It peaked at number six on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in July 1994. The music video featured clips from the show and specially recorded footage of the Pet Shop Boys with Patsy and Edina.

On 10 June 2016, [[Kylie Minogue]] released a cover version of "This Wheel's on Fire" for the soundtrack to ''Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'', before the film's release in July 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Romano |first=Nick |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/06/10/absolutely-fabulous-movie-soundtrack-kylie-minogue/ |title=Absolutely Fabulous movie soundtrack features Kylie Minogue theme song cover |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=10 June 2016 |access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>