Model Series/Series 8 Version
CGI Series/Series 13 Version
Determination
Air date
12th September 2004 (UK ) 17th October 2004 (US; Short ) 10th December 2004 (CAN; Short ) 3rd May 2005 (US/CAN; Extended ) 30th November 2007 (KOR; Musical/CD ) 1st March 2008 (KOR; CD/DVD )
Determination is a rock-'n'-roll eighth series song . A second music video was later made using footage from the thirteenth series .
Lyrics
Series 8 version Don't give up
Show determination.
Don't give up
You'll be a big sensation.
Keep your wheels a-turning
Your pistons pumping hard.
Keep your boilers burning
Don't idle round the yard.
Right on time
You'll reach your destination.
Now's the time
To show determination. Hard work - gets it done.
Then there's time to have some fun.
Team work - work you share.
That's the way to get you there.
When you - have the will
You can climb the highest hill.
Hard work - that's the way.
Here's the words you have to say. Don't give up
Show determination.
Don't give up
You'll be a big sensation.
Keep your wheels a-turning
Your pistons pumping hard.
Keep your boilers burning
Don't idle round the yard.
Right on time
You'll reach your destination.
Now's the time
To show determination. Don't give up
Show determination.
Don't give up
You'll be a big sensation.
Keep your wheels a-turning
Your pistons pumping hard.
Keep your boilers burning
Don't idle round the yard.
Right on time
You'll reach your destination.
Now's the time
To show determination. Don't give up
Show determination.
Don't give up
You'll be a big sensation.
Keep your wheels a-turning
Your pistons pumping hard.
Keep your boilers burning
Don't idle round the yard.
Right on time
You'll reach your destination.
Now's the time
To show determination.
Series 13 version/Alternate cut Don't give up, show determination.
Don't give up. You'll be a big sensation.
Keep your wheels a-turning your pistons pumping hard.
Keep your boilers burning, don't idle round the yard.
Right on time, you'll reach your destination.
Now's the time to show determination. Hard work gets it done
Then there's time to have some fun.
Teamwork - work you share.
That's the way to get you there.
When you have the will,
You can climb the highest hill.
Hard work - that's the way.
Here's the words you have to say... Don't give up, show determination.
Don't give up. You'll be a big sensation.
Keep your wheels a-turning your pistons pumping hard.
Keep your boilers burning, don't idle round the yard.
Right on time, you'll reach your destination.
Now's the time to show determination. Don't give up, show determination.
Don't give up. You'll be a big sensation.
Keep your wheels a-turning your pistons pumping hard.
Keep your boilers burning, don't idle round the yard.
Right on time, you'll reach your destination.
Now's the time to show determination.
Characters Locations Deleted and Extended Scenes James Gets a New Coat - A deleted scene of James puffing through the countryside.
You Can Do it, Toby!:
An extended shot of Gordon stalling on his hill, wearing his happy face mask.
A deleted close-up shot of Toby going up Gordon's Hill.
Fish:
An extended shot of Thomas waiting.
An alternate shot of Thomas leaving the Fishing Village while pushing trucks of fish.
A deleted close-up shot of Thomas and the trucks' wheels.
A deleted close-up shot of Thomas pushing the fish trucks.
An extended scene of the crates of fish being lifted by Cranky.
Percy and the Magic Carpet - A deleted scene of Percy passing the windmill. Trivia A full lyric-less version of the original video was uploaded May 14, 2015 on the official YouTube channel.
An alternate cut of the shortened eighth series version was released on the Wild Water Rescue and Other Engine Adventures DVD on June 23rd, 2015 removing scenes from the sixth and seventh series episodes and replacing it with scenes from the 2005 special, Calling All Engines! Because of how this is the same changes that were made with most of the other alternate cut songs from Season 8 (footage from Season’s 6 and 7 were mainly removed), it could be assumed that this alternate cut version was originally planned to air on the Season 11 half an hour airing Hopes and Dreams but it was taken off, for unknown reasons and strangely added to a CGI DVD, consisting of episodes from the 19th and 18th seasons, many years later.
In the short version of the song, the scene of Thomas, Emily and the Snowplough is mirrored. In Other Languages
Language
Title
Brazilian Portuguese
Determinação
Korean
굳센 마음 (DVD ) (Musical/CD )
Spanish
Determinación
Home Video Releases
US DVD Boxsets UK DVD Boxsets Steam Team Collection (Series 13 version ) ZA DVD Boxsets HK KOR
Albums Music Video
Determination - Music Video
Determination - CGI Music Video
Series 3 Thomas' Anthem
Series 4 Gone Fishing | Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover | Really Useful Engine | The Island Song | Let's Have a Race | Toby
Series 5 Night Train | Percy's Seaside Trip | Come for the Ride | Harold the Helicopter | Donald's Duck | Sir Topham Hatt | Accidents Will Happen | Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining | It's Great to Be an Engine | The Snow Song
Thomas and the Magic Railroad Shining Time | I Know How the Moon Must Feel | The Locomotion | Some Things Never Leave You | Summer Sunday | The Whistling Song Girl in Green
Series 6 Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo | Little Engines | Never, Never, Never Give Up | James the Really Splendid Engine | Winter Wonderland | Down by the Docks
Series 7 Five New Engines in the Shed | Troublesome Trucks | The Red Balloon | Salty | The Whistle Song | There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away
Series 8 Sounds | Engine Roll Call | A World Around You | Emily | Surprises | Determination | Patience | Ode to Gordon
Calling All Engines! Busy | Trying to Do Things Better | Together | The Dream Song
Series 9 Brave | Day and Night | Party Time | Pride | Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor | Buffer Up and Share | Togetherness
Jack and the Pack The Work Song | One Friendly Family
Series 10 Doing It Right | Favourite Place | H Is for Harold | Navigation | There's Always Something New | Responsibility | Strength
Series 11 The Narrow Gauge Engines
The Great Discovery Thomas and James are Racing | There's a Job for Everyone | Where, oh Where Is Thomas? | Thomas, You're the Leader
Hero of the Rails Go, Go Thomas
Series 13 Roll Along
Misty Island Rescue Misty Island Rescue
Series 14 All You Need | The Fat Controller
Day of the Diesels Day of the Diesels
Series 15 Hear the Engines Coming
Blue Mountain Mystery Working Together | Blue Mountain Mystery
Series 16 Thomas and Percy
King of the Railway Searching Everywhere | It's Gonna Be a Great Day
Series 17 Hey, Hey Thomas! | On a Journey Today
Tale of the Brave Monsters Everywhere | Tale of the Brave | Let's Be Brave
Series 18 It's Christmas Time | The Best Friends Express
Thomas' YouTube World Tour Rules and Regulations | That's What Friends are For
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure Never Overlook a Little Engine | We Make a Team Together
Series 19 There's Snow Place Like Home | Let's Go! | Race with You | Spring is Here!
The Great Race Will You Won't You | Streamlining | Full of Surprises | You Can Only Be You | The Shooting Star is Coming Through | Be Who You Are, and Go Far
Series 20 Glynn's Christmas Wish | It's Halloween
Journey Beyond Sodor Somebody Has to be the Favourite | Who's Thomas? | The Hottest Place in Town | I Want to Go Home | We Can't Do Anything | The Most Important Thing Is Being Friends
Series 21 Set Friendship in Motion
Big World! Big Adventures! Where in the World Is Thomas? | Wake Up | Enda Ulale | We're Friends | Free and Easy | Sometimes You Make a Friend
Series 22 Big World! Big Adventures! | The Journey Never Ends | All the Girls Around the World | The Steam Team | Let's Dream
Series 23 Legend of the Lost Engine | The Sodor Construction Crew | Don't Stop
Series 24 Party Train | How Does it Work? | Fall is So Much Fun | The Little Engine Who Believed | New Year's Day with Thomas
Nursery Rhymes Six Little Trains | Percy! | Tunnels, Bridges, Tracks and Hills | The Wheels on the Train | Chuff, Chuff, Chuff Along | If You're Happy and You Know It | Another Day on Sodor | Old McColl's Farm | Hickory Tickory Tock | Pop Goes the Diesel! | Thomas Found a Little Lamb | Twinkle, Twinkle Sodor Sky | My Name is Thomas | Five Little Railway Friends | Happy Birthday to You
Miscellaneous I'm Thomas the Tank Engine | Thomas' Christmas Song | The Official BBC Children in Need Medley | Kids for Character | Courage | Teamwork | Problem Solving | Responsibility | He's So Brave | Friendship | A Thomas Birthday Wish | A Sodor Summertime | Watch Out, Thomas!
Series 1 I'm Gonna Chug | Secret Agents | Chugga-Chugga Snooze Snooze | Knights of the Turntable | I Sure Am Feeling Lucky | A Partner on the Rails | Music is Everywhere | Chasing Rainbows | The Mail Delivery Song | If I Was a Super Train | Get on the Laugh Track | On My Own | Everyone is Afraid a Little | What Brave Engines Do | Between You and Me | Feet, Tailbone, Ribs and Claws | The Number One Engine | What's Awesome About This Place | Blowing Off Steam | A Gift to Remember | Fall Fun | My Rusty Can | Together We Can | He Should Have Given You Back | Celebrate | Song of Sodor
Race for the Sodor Cup When I Go Fast | The Training Song | Look It's Us
Series 2 You Can't Stop Me! | Fast to Go Slow | Welcome to Sodor | A Mistake is What it Takes | This Was Unexpected | Stuck in the Mud at Night | Christmas Spirit | Good as New | Plow to Have Fun on the Job | Feel the Hush | The World Has a Mind of its Own | What's Really Real | What I Can Do and What I Can't | Peep Peep, We're Counting Sheep | How to Solve a Mystery | Sandy's Strength | The Sodor Shanty | When You Go to Sea | Blues Buddy | Good Sports | Work Together | Friendship Map | Talking Makes it Better | Take a Closer Look | The Waiting Game | The Sights of Sodor
The Mystery of Lookout Mountain Warning: Biggest Adventure Ahead | A Whole New Place | Job to Do
The Great Bubbly Build Focus on the FUNction | Put the Fun in Function
Series 3 Worth Doing Right | Abraca-Diesel | Stuff | Instead | I Wish | Make Things Right | Find a New Way | Building Better for Everyone | Slow It on Down | When the Night Comes on | Quackity Quack | Winter Games | The Smells of Sodor
The Christmas Letter Express Christmastime on the Rails | A Christmas Wish | Ho-Ho-Hold on Santa Claus!
Series 4 I'm A-Okay
Miscellaneous Theme Song | Train School Song
