in 1999, Nerf Herder lead singer, Parry Grip gave the background on the writing of the melody, the original melody was not written specifically for the show, it had been in place before Whedon contacted the band asking them to submit a demo for a theme tune, References Also used: DÖF (German Wikipedia) External links DÖF - Codo (on YouTube) German new wave musical groups German pop music groups Austrian pop music groups Neue Deutsche Welle groups