<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Johnny Mandel (music) Mike Altman (lyrics) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Thomas Z . Shepard </Td> </Tr> <P> "Song from M * A * S * H (Suicide Is Painless)" is a song written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Mike Altman (lyrics), which was the theme song for both the movie and TV series M * A * S * H. Mike Altman is the son of the original film's director, Robert Altman, and was 14 years old when he wrote the song's lyrics . During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1980s, Robert Altman said that while he only made $70,000 for having directed the movie, his son had earned more than $1 million for having co-written the song . </P> <P> Several instrumental versions of the song were used as the theme for the TV series . It became a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart in May 1980 . The song was ranked #66 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs . </P>

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