2007-02-09 09:22:08 · 2 answers · asked by James L 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Top of the Pops
Theme music
A version of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" by C. C. S. was used as the show's theme tune for most of the 1970s, and also in a remixed version between 1998 and 2003, although ironically the band never performed on the show. Between 1978 and 1980 the show had no regular theme music at all, instead using a song from the current charts to accompany the Top 30 run-down at the start of the programme - but "Whole Lotta Love" was re-introduced as the theme (albeit briefly) in 1980. There was also no theme music at all between Summer 1997 and Spring 1998, instead the introduction of the first performance played out to the title sequence.
In 1981, the album track , "Yellow Pearl" by Phil Lynott was commissioned as the new theme music. This was replaced in 1986 with "The Wizard", a composition by Paul Hardcastle. The final theme was a remixed version of that used between 1991 and 1995, composed by Tony Gibber.
2007-02-09 09:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by Neerdowellian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-09 09:24:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋