"Teardrop" by Massive Attack originally accompanied the opening credits of House M.D.
The song was released by the English electronic group Massive Attack in 1998 and appeared on the album Mezzanine. Its distinctive vocal is performed by Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins, whose voice became one of the track's most recognizable features.
The song was used for the show's opening sequence in its original form in many broadcasts, helping establish the series' moody and cerebral atmosphere. Some international versions and later broadcasts used different music because of licensing arrangements, so viewers may encounter variations.
The opening sequence showed medical imagery and credited the principal cast, with the title treatment emphasizing House's role as an investigator of hidden bodily processes. The song is therefore associated with the series, but not every version of the program used it identically.