Where Everybody Knows Your Name Where Everybody Knows Your Name "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" is the theme song from the 1980s television sitcom "Cheers". The song was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo and performed by Gary Portnoy. Shortly after the premiere of "Cheers", Portnoy went back into the studio to record a longer version of the song that made the US and British pop charts. However, it failed to reach the Top 40 in either of those 2. The full-length version was made available on Portnoy's 2004 album "Keeper". In January 2013, Argentum Records released a five-song EP to iTunes entitled
When the World Knows Your Name Singles Chart. All songs written by Ricky Ross, except where noted: On 22 October 2012, a deluxe remastered reissue of "When the World Knows Your Name" was released by Edsel Records, featuring two additional discs of bonus material as well as a DVD with bonus videos. When the World Knows Your Name When the World Knows Your Name is the second album by the Scottish rock band Deacon Blue. It was released in 1989 and attained the number 1 chart position in the UK Albums Chart. "Real Gone Kid" was the band's first Top 10 hit single in the UK