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Big World! Big Adventures! is the main theme song of Thomas & Friends for the twenty-second to twenty-fourth series. The full version of the twenty-second series version was uploaded on the YouTube channel on 1st September 2018.
An instrumental lullaby version was created for the digital album, Lullabies.
Lyrics
Main Version
- (Bold and italics indicate the main opening)
- James! Percy! Nia! and Gordon!
- Rebecca! and Emily! and Thomas Number One!
- Let's go, go, go
- On a big world adventure,
- Let's go, go, go explore,
- With Thomas and his friends!
- Let's go, go, go
- And meet new friendly faces,
- The world's just a train ride away!
- Big world, big, big adventures!
- Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!
- Let's discover the world
- But where should we begin?
- There are so many places
- Let's give the globe a spin
- You love the hometown that you know
- But you want to see some more
- It's time to go, go, go
- Get ready to explore!
- Let's go, go, go
- On a big world adventure,
- Let's go, go, go explore,
- With Thomas and his friends!
- Let's go, go, go
- And meet new friendly faces,
- The world's just a train ride away!
- Big world, big, big adventures!
- Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!
- You can chart a new course
- It's time to find your way
- Just pick a direction
- And let the music play!
- Talk to people you meet
- Discover things you never knew
- Amazing sights everywhere you go
- Waiting there for you!
- Let's go, go, go
- On a big world adventure,
- Let's go, go, go explore,
- With Thomas and his friends!
- Let's go, go, go
- And meet new friendly faces,
- The world's just a train ride away!
- Big world, big, big adventures!
- Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!
- 'Cos there may be
- Twists and turns on the tracks
- Keep moving forward
- No looking back
- Discovering
- Each day will bring
- Big adventures for you!!
- Let's go, go, go
- On a big world adventure,
- Let's go, go, go explore,
- With Thomas and his friends!
- Let's go, go, go
- And meet new friendly faces,
- The world's just a train ride away!
- Big world, big, big adventures!
- Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!
Diesel version
- Den! Dart! Sidney! and Norman!
- Paxton! and Philip! and Diesel Number One!
- Let's go, go, go
- On a big world adventure,
- Let's go, go, go have fun,
- With Diesel and his friends!
- Let's go, go, go
- And meet new friendly faces,
- The world's just a train ride away!
- Big world, big, big adventures!
- Diesel & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!
Characters
Main Version
- Thomas
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Emily
- Nia
- Rebecca
- Ashima
- Rajiv
- Shane
- Yong Bao
- Hong-Mei
- Isla
- Cranky
- Carly
- Big Mickey
- Sir Topham Hatt
Diesel version
Locations
Main Version
Diesel version
- Island of Sodor
- The Mainland
- United States
Trivia
- The theme tune has the same melody as Set Friendship in Motion, albeit as a different song type with altered lyrics.
- The logo for Big World! Big Adventures! in the prototype version had bigger letters highlighted in blue, using a similar font to the one seen on the box art for the special. but the final version used mismatched sized letters that are all yellow. The prototype logo also faded on the screen, while the final on dropped in letter by letter.
- A version of this song featuring the diesel engines was featured in the twenty-third series episode, Diesel Do Right, sung by Kerry Shale. In a sense of irony for this version, Shale originally auditioned for Thomas in Hero of the Rails.
- In the Japanese version, the logo of Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! is replaced with stock footage from Trusty Trunky.
- In the Arabic version, the intro was replaced with stock footage from Number One Engine. But strangely, the Diesel and Friends version plays the originally footage from Diesel Do Right.
- The South African Version of the theme tune, performed by Bobby van Jaarsveld, is at a lower pitch and key aside from the spoken bits.
- The Korean version was not translated two words in English: Let's go, go, go! and Number One.
- The original song was never dubbed in Estonian, Latvian, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese and Taiwanese Mandarin.
- The Diesel version's Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian versions were voiced over the English dubs, and they did not sing it, only reading the lyrics.
- The Diesel version was never dubbed in Greek.
- The original song has three versions in Italian.
- The original song has two versions in Hebrew.
- This song was uploaded on the Latin American YouTube channel with a differently arranged instrumental, no vocals and with the different footage.
Goofs
- In the closeup of Nia, Thomas is seen in the berth next to her, but in the shot of Thomas at the sheds, James is seen as the engine on Thomas' right (viewer's left) side.
- In the Czech version, Henry was mentioned instead of Emily.
In Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Latin American Spanish | Grande Mundo, Gran Aventuras |
Official lyrics Video
Big World! Big Adventures! Theme Song Official Lyrics Video Thomas & Friends
