Its amazing how different, and good, the classic theme sounds when you change the style and rhythm like this.

First dance with my bride at my wedding in 1996. Awesome song. Still dancin with Julia today.

I remember the uproar when this debuted, 23 years ago. I thought I was the only person that loves this more than the original.

Mr Simon May is one of the best writers of theme tunes ever!

So 90s... love it! ❤

Who is listening to this fantastic masterpiece in 2022

Lovely song. I wish they had kept this jazzy theme on EastEnders back in 1994!

If I remember correctly this was meant to be a debut record for Michelle Gayle, aka Hattie Tavernier, but her record label wanted to (understandably) distance itself from EastEnders and rejected it. A demo version with an unknown singer was hurriedly released instead. Not that it troubled any kind of charts!

I was living abroad during the year of this song's original release. All I can say is this singer was brave :D

Who thinks Sharon Benson looked really pretty in the 1990s?

I understand that people didn't like this theme song when it changed to this but this is a pretty good song all by itself though! :)

Bring this back 2020

They should go back to this! Eastenders is stuck in 1986 still. Come on BBC jazz it up again

Well that opening song was EastEnders 100%!!

who is listening to it in march 2020

This should be the 2018 theme for EastEnders.

Lyrics: You're on my mind With you by my side My world is changing I was so blind You took my hand Now my heart is sailing Open land and say to you Eye to eye, my love is true Just try to understand I'll always believe in you Time after time You read my mind When I wasn't certain Cruel to the kind You helped me find Words never spoken I can give my heart to you No one else could ever do I hope you'll understand I'll always believe in you Always I will always, always believe in you Time after time I will always, always believe in you And when the night turns cold And the hands of time with you Memories are friends in need And morning sends my soul to you I will always believe in you Without hesitation The love you bring Fills up my life You're my inspiration Open land and say to you Eye to eye, my love is true I know you understand I'll always believe... Always... Mmm-mmm, always, always... I can give my heart to you No one else could ever do I hope you'll understand I'll always believe... Ohhhh! I will always, always believe in you Time after time I will always, always believe in you I'll always believe in you

i loved this theme.. unsure why so many had such a gripe with it? nothing against the original just thought it was good jazzed up

I love this vision a lot better they should have used it more for eastenders

What a shame they never used this version on Eastenders! I always preferred the jazzed up version but I think I was in the minority. This is a lot better than Anita Dobson's song. Thanks for posting!!!

How have I just discovered this? 😮

Great theme tune and great song/singer!

Liked this theme when it aired it reminded me of eldorado that was axed around the same time

I can imagine Phil singing this version at Peggy Wake at the Queen Vic. 🤔

The only gripe I have with this song is that it's not on spotify. And don't say anything about copyrights, because that always the problem.

That overused Fretless bass, probably a some FM synth such as DX7, sounds so 1983, even though the rest of the composition seems a little more 90s. I noticed in a lot of TV themes and music of 90-93 used that the Fretless synth bass exhaustively. I guess it takes the small screen production industry time some time to catch up to popular tastes of the musical one, coupled with the fact the viewership being on average older, it probably sounded modern to them. However, I do like the song it does have a kind of timeless quality that signifies both the 80s and 90s.

I love this x

She's stunning. This was by far the finest version. However yet again Britain preferred mediocrity

Brilliant ❤

I had a copy of this on CD! Saddo!

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EastEnders (1985 - present) Adam Woodyatt, June Brown, Letitia Dean, Barbara Windsor, Gillian Taylforth, Steven McFedden, Lacey Turner, Danny Dyer, Jessie Wallace, Diane Parish, Jake Wood, Max Bowden, Davood Ghadami, Shona McGarty, Linda Henry, Kellie Bright, Ross Kemp, Maisie Smith, James Bye, Ben Hardy, Perry Fenwick and Toby Alexander Smith.

EastEnders by Tony McHale Ian- Adam Woodyatt Phil- Steve McFadden Frank- Mike Reid Dot- June Brown Grant- Ross Kemp Pat- Pam St Clement Pauline- Wendy Richard Arthur- Bill Treacher

I knew they updated the theme and it got rejected after lots of complaints but I never knew that they'd made a song from it LOL

I prefer the regular theme to the 93 one, but prefer this to Anyone Can Fall In Love

A beautiful black Barbra streisand!!

Lol I never knew this was a song 😂

I have come to like it I watch the old episodes and I thought it was a good idea to change at the time

Has anyone ever did a mashup between this and "Anyone Can Fall In Love"?

Always,always

Anyone Can Fall In Love With Anita Dobson.

Uproar thisbsong caused it debuted the same Monday eastenders went 3 nights and dougie had shot Michelle in the vic

Thank you! I never knew a music video was made. Is there a chance of a d/l link for the audio?

i remember that?

Can’t find anything about this woman online what happened to her?

Give this song to Barbra Streisand.

Born Feb 11th 1985, 1 week later EastEnders began, I am told I always turned my head when original theme came on. At age 7 or 8 I remember them changing the theme and thinking this will never work. Weren't it about 6 months they kept it before they changed it back. Even "Julia's Theme" was changed and it was awful. It can be awful as much as it wants today, far to dramatic and OTT.

Wait so she based this song on eastenders, for eastenders theme , or did eastenders base it if this

Just shows how the BBC was desperate to get Eastenders more attention because Emmerdale and Coronation Street where the big shows on ITV at the time.

Gagedu

As I though

YOU HAVE TO do a doof doof credit somehow featuring the whole of this song, I dont know if you want to slow the credits down to scroll over the whole of this song, fuck, this is better than Anita Dobson, at least with this 1 you dont have her screeching voice. What an awesome find. Wasnt aware of this whatsoever. BBC Should release these with the likes of the Dobson version & the rest of the EastEnders cast that has had a song out like Sid Owen/Patsy Palmer/Michelle Gayle etc etc. Great job bro

Sharon version is 1000% better then Anita

Babe

Pure racism this never got to Number 1.

This song makes no sense, it's just a list of different sayings to the EastEnders theme tune. The music video makes even less sense. Why would she always believe in him? It doesn't look like he is accused of cheating on her or he has been convicted of a crime he didn't do.

Lol this fucking awful!!

when east enders theme tune sounded like a porn movie music