(A) A bouncy, ersatz new wave jingle called ''I Want to Be a Millionaire'' by Jack & Jemma. With its rap section (''Is A or B or C or D/ So I can win a million dollars on TV!'') and an au courant reference to Eminem, the track tries hard to be topical but still comes off as a Toni Basil reject.
(B) Songs about phone calls and cash -- get it? -- like Blondie's ''Call Me'' and Barrett Strong's ''Money (That's What I Want).'' Okay, give them cleverness points for following a snippet of host Regis Philbin inquiring about a contestant's lifeline with ELO's ''Telephone Line,'' but Shirley Bassey's ''Goldfinger'' and Roy Orbison's ''You Got It'' are a BIT of a stretch. And did the compilers of this profit-maximizing collection realize that, with lyrics like ''People will steal from their mother,'' the O'Jays' ''For the Love of Money'' is a bitter indictment of greed?
(C) The dulcet tones of Reege himself, crooning a banal ''Pennies From Heaven'' off a 1968 recording. Between songs, you can catch his overheated reactions to correct answers. For anyone who wants ''You now have $250,000! Oh, I LOVE it!'' digitally preserved, your prayers have been answered.
(D) A ''Final Answer Remix,'' which alternates use of the show's trademark Goth-synth musical motif with cheesy, squiggly synthesizers and, in doing so, gives new meaning to the word ''chintzy.'' Where's Puffy when you need him?
Final answer: All of the above.
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