<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> September 22, 1976 (1976 - 09 - 22) </Td> <Td> May 4, 1977 (1977 - 05 - 04) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> September 28, 1977 (1977 - 09 - 28) </Td> <Td> May 18, 1978 (1978 - 05 - 18) </Td> </Tr> <P> The theme song, "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow", was written by Dave Grusin and Morgan Ames; initially an instrumental, lyrics were added in later seasons that were sung by Sammy Davis, Jr . Every episode of Baretta began with the song, which contained the motto, "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time ." The song was released as a single in Europe in 1976, reaching number one in the Dutch Top 40 as "Baretta's Theme". The music for the theme song was performed by Los Angeles - based Latin influenced Rock band El Chicano from Los Angeles, California . El Chicano also released the song as a 45 and also as a track on one of their albums . The "Baretta" theme song by El Chicano was a huge hit in many countries including Turkey, Malaysia, Singapore, France and The Philippines . </P> <P> After its initial run in syndication beginning in 1979, the series later re-appeared on TV Land in 1999 as part of a package of series licensed from Universal . Me - TV aired reruns of Baretta on Saturday afternoons in 2007 . </P>

Who said if you can't do the time dont do the crime