theme song

danniemcq · 29-03-2005 04:32PM #1

Does anyone remember the theme song a few years back to the F1, it was a prodigy song but damned if i can remember the name of it

Robbo · 30-03-2005 08:13AM

On RTE? It was "Voodoo People" I think.

aidan_dunne · 31-03-2005 01:40AM

Nope, it was "Firestarter", actually.

F1 theme tunes over the years have been:

RTE coverage

1995 - unknown (specially commissioned piece, as far as I know).
1996 - "Satellite" by The Hooters.
1997 - 2004 - "Firestarter" by The Prodigy.

ITV coverage

1997 - 1998 - Specially commissioned piece by Jamiroquai.
1999 - 2002 - "Blackbeat" by Apollo 440.
2003 - present - A specially commissioned version of "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman Turner Overdrive.

None of these, however, can ever or will ever top the original and best F1 theme tune of all time........

BBC coverage

1978 - 1996 - The bass guitar leading into the drums and electric guitar bit from "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac. The tune that has become synonymous with motorsport. All together now........... Dum! Dum de dum, dum de dum de dum........ DUM!

And yes, I know, I am a massive anorak for knowing all this stuff. An anorak....... and proud!

Robbo · 31-03-2005 09:32AM

aidan_dunne wrote:

Nope, it was "Firestarter", actually.

Ah, my bad.

Töpher · 31-03-2005 02:27PM

aidan_dunne wrote:

1978 - 1996 - The bass guitar leading into the drums and electric guitar bit from "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac. The tune that has become synonymous with motorsport. All together now........... Dum! Dum de dum, dum de dum de dum........ DUM!

Dum! Dum de dum, dum de dum de dum........ DUM!

Class.

danniemcq · 02-04-2005 08:17PM

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SouperComputer · 03-04-2005 12:13AM

voodoo people was definatly use by RTE at some stage

aidan_dunne · 03-04-2005 05:36PM

When the coverage on RTE was sponsored by Toyota, "Voodoo People" was used during the Toyota ads shown during the races (during the first, and possibly second, year of the sponsorship deal anyway, as I recall). That's probably where you're getting it from.

Also, I just realised there's a mistake in the list above of the theme tunes used over the years. I left one out.

RTE coverage

1997 - 2000 - "Firestarter" by The Prodigy

2000 - 2004 - "Right Here, Right Now" by Fatboy Slim

I knew there was something wrong with that list somewhere.

SouperComputer · 04-04-2005 10:32AM

aidan_dunne wrote:

When the coverage on RTE was sponsored by Toyota, "Voodoo People" was used during the Toyota ads shown during the races (during the first, and possibly second, year of the sponsorship deal anyway, as I recall). That's probably where you're getting it from.

Also, I just realised there's a mistake in the list above of the theme tunes used over the years. I left one out.

RTE coverage

1997 - 2000 - "Firestarter" by The Prodigy

2000 - 2004 - "Right Here, Right Now" by Fatboy Slim

I knew there was something wrong with that list somewhere.

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