Actor David Schwimmer has admitted the theme song to Friends haunted him for years due to its overuse. Schwimmer, who began his acting career in 1989, rose to widespread fame five years later for his role as Ross Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends.

In addition to Friends being one of the best sitcoms of all time, its theme song, “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts, was equally iconic. Even if you didn’t watch the show during its initial run, you likely still knew the theme song quite well (I certainly did).

No one told David Schwimmer that life after Friends would be this way. While the rest of the world was still singing along to Friends ‘ iconic theme song (“I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts) after the popular comedy wrapped in 2004 after 10 years, Schwimmer admitted he had to put the track on mute for a while.