Well folks there it is, after just under 5 years since I uploaded the video, the target of 1 million views has been reached. Thanks for all the comments that you like this. I only did it for a bit of fun but never thought it would reach this milestone...let’s see how far this could go into the future :)

Who's listening to this in 2024😂

Admit it, it's 3am and you're stuck on youtube listening to tv programme music for whatever reason.

I remember when this theme first aired, I emailed the BBC and asked if it was available to purchase. They replied no and that it was specially written for the news program. Anyway, about 8 months later I got an email out of the blue from the BBC saying that due the high number of enquiries they had received for the music, they were releasing a CD of the song with variations included. Of course I immediately agreed to buy a CD and it still sits happily in my music collection to this day. I thought it was really neat that they kept a record of my original email and reached out to all the others who had likely enquired about it as well.

I can’t cope how good our news bop is and we’ve been sleeping on it for years

The genius of David Lowe who discovered the magic note B which affects human brain like no other sound

It will be a sad day when they eventually change this... BBC please keep this forever

You've got to love a country where you can dance to the news intro.

I love how news themes sound Epic, inspiring and interesting but also have a darkness and urgency to them so that whatever the story the music is appropriate

Is it just me who feels like a dork for loving this?

When i play this at the gym on my phone and i put my phone on floor and people pass by and see BBC news and im wearing my headphones and training hard directly give me a look of whats wrong with you, who trains while listening to news!!! And i dont know if im weird or not but this music motivates me and it makes me lift heavy weights

This sound is very nostalgic to me. I am transported back to a time during my childhood, sitting in the living room on a weekday after sunset, watching the news with my parents. Those were good times.

It will be a sad day when they replace this tune with something else. What a beat!

Truly magnificent!

i love how satisfying the high note is near the end

When my friend asked what I’m watching I switched to porn because it was easier to explain

Over ten years ago I went to work in Kiev and it took forever to get someone to set up satellite cable and all I had in my flat was some wretched local cable but it had the BBC. I kept the BBC on at night as a sort of sonic wallpaper and 'Countdown' and the pips and the 'swooshes' and those very English horns - well, I felt a contact with the distant West while sunk in the wild, wild East. Then one day when driving by in a company car I saw a film crew taping on the Kreschatik and it was a famous BBC reporter that, at the time, I saw on the news almost every other night. Dressed in nothing more than a sports jacket with a scarf - in February! - and I almost told the driver to stop, so strong was my urge to leap out and just give the wee man a slobbering kiss of gratitude. To this day I frequently listen to the umpteen versions of Countdown I have bookmarked, after a vodka or two. Or three.

This is the soundtrack to the apocalypse.

Anyone:So what's your favourite song? Me:its complicated

April 2020 and loving this in the UK Lockdown

I was a DJ player... Now I’m a DJ working for BBC News

The Brits rocks as always!!! BRAVO BBC!!! Aloha from Hawaii

idk why but the bbc sounds more authentic than american news

Makes me proud to be a Brit in a weird way😂💕

The whole 'club mix' thing amuses me. The thought of people inside a club dancing their tits off to this awesome theme. Them being so spannered on drugs and thinking 'surely I'm not dancing to the BBC news theme', taking a moment to consider whether it's just them who's recognised it - and thinking, perhaps I shouldn't take that extra E;) Anyway. Awesomeness all around!!!!

I‘m a journalist and this is giving me chills

There should be awards for smashing news intro music like this one ❤

this is goose bumps for me every time.... i just love this bloody music!!!!

Love this news theme. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. It reminds me of the days before 24/7 news coverage of watching the daily news bulletin or a newsflash appearing on screen. Great piece of music.

Outstanding! Any songwriter would wish he or she had written it. Really beautifully created masterpiece

how can you NOT LOVE BBC theme music. Simply THE BEST! Aloha from Hawaii

Hi Brits on this soundtrack you’re simply the best. Vibes from Las Vegas

My dad actually apart of this music he was the violinist who was making the violin sounds! not joking! XX BBC! All i have to say it my dad was apart of this music!

Top choon!

Never in the history people jammed so hard for a news soundtrack

Idk why this makes me weirdly emotional 😂 it sends shivers down my spine, like in anticipation for something if that makes sense. Something special rather than something bad if that makes any sense whatsoever 😂 like I can imagine the dawn of a new era in humanity being announced at the end of it

Hypnotic rythm, hear for maybe 20 years now and still so good, always available and ticking 24/24H worldwide 365 days to show us the whole world happening, with a sense of urgency and passion. Great song !

This is bloody brilliant!

BBC droppin them beats

Even the little red line at the bottom of the screen is synchronized to this. Lol.

This is something man I love it

Respectfully you remixed the BBC opening theme without missing a single beat. Fantastic!

So love this tune and even better this version. Can’t stop playing it. Love love love ❤️👍🏻👍🏻❤️👍🏻😍

Fabulous! If you love this, you are definitely NOT a dork!

1:30 eargasm

When i listen to this i alwayss pretend i'm a poitician debating about serious stuff, dunno why

Love since my childhood, salam from Tajikistan, Dushanbe. Following your News arround or more than 20 years. Thanks a lot, BBC you are the Best ❤❤❤

Great stuff.👍🇬🇧

this is what makes the UK great

Im kinda obsessed with it , Its a Banger !!!!

I would be happy for the news to be five minutes longer if it was because of this.

I use this as my waking up alarm lol!

PERFECT to dance around the living room to, always two metres away from anybody else, in these uncertain times (end of March 2020).....

Simply superb

The Best song that I have ever Heard, since when I was a small kid, I kept on hearing this BBC theme song and now I heard this better BBC theme song. God Bless you. Thanks

Good evening. 30 suspects were seen getting jiggy at a London club last night. Witnesses say the moves were “lit” and the place was described as a “vibe”. More after the break.

... and I thought this was just my guilty pleasure ...

No words needed

Just amazing the best ever ❤ 😍 💖

Love it,especially at 1.45 when the beat goes up

Just discovered this after watching Owain the Weatherman do the Children In Need drum fest with this cool theme. Am American living in London - and just LOVE this!!! Masterful!

Best news theme ever! The beat, the melody, the presentation clip, everything is amazing. In Argentina, Channel 26 News uses this theme in order to present worldwide news.

This Week 10th May 2024 the BBC News Theme is 25 Years Old and here's to 25 year more, the clicking clock (or pips) denoting 1 second of time and is heard through other BBC programmes from local news programmes to sports day, news day and many more...

Brilliant. Only the BBC can commission theme music for the news and it becomes popular as a dance track. 😂 Fab!

PURE TALENT

Beautiful

Absolute banger!

This should be the national anthem

The intro is just awesome....gives me the goosebumps...Imagine Stallone making an entry in Cobra with this BG...WOWW

ya ever go to the club just ask them to play this: BBC News Countdown Theme 2014 (Extended Club Remix 2015)

I remember sitting in my grandfather's flat back in 2004 and 2005 watching the BBC World broadcast on cable TV and learning my English from it. ;-)

FANTASTIC piece of music.

The BBC news theme make me proud to be British

I can imagine this being played in Ibiza XD listen to the news while dancing

I've heard quite a few remixes of this awesome tune and this one is definitely the best!

2019. Still rocking out

I really liked the BBC music and wondered if there was more to it. Now I am positive there is and I love this version. I gets me going in the mornings! So peppy and happy!

OMG! That is the sweetest beat I have ever heard BBC world news theme club mix 2009

Feel ...... Rhythm..... Head shaking... On top of world .....

One of the best news themes ever!

I can listen to this all day

Gotta make up for all the tragic news by dropping banger tracks during every broadcast. BBC: Boogie Broadcasting Corporation

Love this 💞

Great Job.

The theme is brilliant, the remix adds far more to it. With these terrible times we are all in and listening to the BBC news, I'm pleased I found this. Take care, thank you :)

Awesome Version :D lovin it :D For those who dont know the 'pip' is symbolic of the BBC. They used it over Radio to signal the approach of the top of the hour before the news. It was used on purpose as it draws your attention to the radio above any chatter or light music program and was probably useful for the allies during WW2 waiting to hear messages encrypted in the news/weather and shipping broadcast. The BBC and BT walk hand in hand historically throughout the Cold War. Look up ROC Bunkers and their equipment (British Telecom) and BBC studios in Nuclear Bunkers. There was a lot happening back in the 80's that the public would never know :D ... Like it or not, the BBC and BT are the backbone of vital communications during a disaster to the UK, if the worst should ever happen..

This is something that keeps reminding of my journalism

Mate works for BBC and he just played me the local radio new jingle package and whilst all are really good, it includes one called "Safe Haven". Absolutely awesome! Could easily be put out as a dance anthem. Listen out for it.

Lol, excellent, the red line on the timer is precise to the pips.

Epic !

Mindbogglingly awesome

One of the best themes for getting ourselves motivated and inspired

BBC News reporting on CoronaVirus pandemic!

Dropping by for my occasional visit to this fucking banger

Summer anthem of 2020

the thing is absolutely out of this world

Amazing!!! piece of sound...I just love this.

This is actually a very good tune that I've always found amazing to listen to. 99% of people don't even consciously listen to it nor care. It's called 'transparent' if anyone's wondering

Die beste

Straight 🔥