Model Version
CGI Version
Doing It Right
Air date
3 September 2006 (US ) 4 September 2006 (UK/CAN, Short ) 29 June 2009 (UK, Extended ) 21 July 2010 (JPN, DVD ) 22 July 2010 (CHN, DVD ) 6 January 2011 (AUS, DVD )
Doing it Right is the first song from the tenth series . A CGI version was released on the Danger at the Docks UK DVD on 8 January 2018.
Lyrics
Whatever job you're doing
Make sure you're doing it right.
Start each day the proper way
All polished, shining bright.
Do your best but still have fun
So when you come home at night
You can say in every way
You tried to do things right.
Don't go racing through the fog.
That's when you must take care.
Help the other engines
As there's always work to share.
Take on coal and water
To see you through the day.
And you'll get used to doing
Everything the proper way.
Whatever job you're doing,
Make sure you're doing it right.
Start each day the proper way
All polished, shining bright.
Do your best but still have fun
So when you come home at night
You can say in every way
You tried to do things right.
Wait 'til everyone's on board
Before you're wheeshing steam
Clear the snow with snowploughs
Follow Harold's shining beam.
Whistle out a warning
When there's trouble up ahead.
How proud you're going to feel
When you go home to Tidmouth Sheds.
Whatever job you're doing,
Make sure you're doing it right.
Start each day the proper way
All polished, shining bright.
Do your best but still have fun
So when you come home at night
You can say in every way
You tried to do things right.
You can say in every way
You tried to do things right.
Don't go racing through the fog.
That's when you must take care.
Help the other engines
As there's always work to share.
Take on coal and water
To see you through the day.
And you'll get used to doing
Everything the proper way.
Whatever job you're doing,
Make sure you're doing it right.
Start each day the proper way
All polished, shining bright.
Do your best but still have fun
So when you come home at night
You can say in every way
You tried to do things right.
You can say in every way
You tried to do things right.
Characters
Locations
Model Series
Learning Segments
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Gordon Takes Charge - An extended scene of Percy after stopping at Kellsthorpe letting out steam.
Fish - An alternate shot of Arthur and Salty at the washdown.
James Goes Too Far - An extended scene of James leaving the Coaling Plant.
Trivia
The extended version of the song currently has not been released on TV or on DVDs in the US. On July 16, 2015, the song was released on the Official Thomas and Friends YouTube channel.
On the Danger at the Docks UK DVD, the song is titled, "Do it Right".
This song, along with Navigation and Night Train are the only songs in which none of the lyrics were cut for the CGI music video.
There is an instrumental of the short version on the China DVD, Sing-a-Long 4 .
Goofs
In the the CGI music video, the lyrics say "Your polish shining bright" when it actually said, "All polished shining bright".
In the CGI music video, when Gordon pulls into Wellsworth from Spencer's VIP, the shot moves to the left revealing a black bar on the right.
In Other Languages
Language
Title
Brazilian Portuguese
Fazendo A Coisa Certa
Japanese
むねを はっていこう
Latin American Spanish
Hacerlo Bien
Home Video Releases
UK
AUS
CHN
JPN
CDs
Music Videos
Doing It Right - Music Video
Doing it Right - 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
Stay on Track with Yourself | The True You | I'm A-Okay
Miscellaneous
Theme Song | Train School Song