18 Things True ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Fans Should Already Know

16. Busy Philipps’ partying caused some issues

Busy Philipps has admitted that she was a bit of a party girl back then and one time ended up with a dislocated shoulder after a night out. To accommodate for her injury the writers “had to rewrite the show so that I was laying down and sitting down for two weeks.”

17. About that theme song

Paula Cole’s emotive “I Don’t Want to Wait” is indelibly linked to Dawson’s Creek and essentially became a hit because of the show. However, Cole claims she wasn’t adequately compensated for the use of her song. If you caught the program on Netflix or Hulu, you might have noticed that the opening song was switched to Jann Arden’s “Run Like Mad.” That was the song originally recorded for the show, but then producer’s wanted to go with Alanis Morissette’s “Hand in My Pocket.” Royalty payments for that were too much, so there was a last minute switch to Cole’s song.

18. The show had a different head writer each season

There were quite a few writers that came and went on the show, which James Van Der Beek has explained as follows: “I think it was more a function of our writers being in such high demand that they were eventually wooed with offers [to do] their own shows, or just a matter of someone coming into an already established show with a very specific voice and everyone realizing a few steps down the road that it just wasn’t quite the right fit.”