The first-season main-titles are accompanied by the theme song “Ain’t That the Way” by Michael Stull, sung by Marie Cain, and show Cagney and Lacey being promoted to plainclothes detectives and later disguised as prostitutes. This was replaced the following season by an instrumental theme composed by Bill Conti set to a collage of action and comical scenes featuring the characters from the series.
The theme tune is sampled in the 2006 “Uniting Nations Dance Remix” of the song “All Out Of Love” by the band 14th Precinct.
