Don't Stop is a song from the twenty-third series episode, Steam Team to the Rescue. It is sung by both the current and former (except Toby) Steam Team members, along with Caitlin, Annie and Clarabel. The first verse plays as the steam engines perform various jobs on the railway in place of the incapacitated diesels. A reprise sung entirely by the new Steam Team lineup is heard as the Steam Team help sort out the trouble at the docks.
Lyrics[]
First version[]
- Nia: (spoken) So much to do!
- Emily: (spoken) With all this extra work, how will we get anything done?
- Thomas: (spoken) Come on, everyone! We have to keep going! We can't let anything get in our way!
- Don't stop, keep on moving!
- Steam's hot, it keeps us cruising!
- Helping each other every day!
- With extra loads of cargo
- Moving up and down the tracks!
- We're grunting and we're shunting
- There's no time to relax!
- Thomas and Henry: We have to keep on keeping on
- Like a well-oiled machine!
- Thomas: With the diesels out of action
- Thomas and Rebecca: There's no time for daydreams!
- Thomas, Henry, Rebecca, Nia, Annie and Clarabel: Don't stop!
- Thomas, Henry, Rebecca and Nia: Let's work together!
- 'Cause our steam's hot! We'll go on forever!
- There's nothing standing in our way!
- Rebecca: (spoken) It's not even noon and I'm already exhausted!
- Thomas: (spoken) Keep going! You're doing great!
- James: (spoken) Looks like it's another trip to the washdown for me!
- Thomas and Emily: We're doing our best!
- Thomas, Rebecca and Emily: We work as a team!
- Thomas, James, Rebecca and Emily: We don't stop to rest!
- Thomas, James, Rebecca and Emily: We've got the power of steam!
- Thomas, Henry, James, Emily and Rebecca: Don't stop! Keep on moving!
- Steam's hot, it keeps us cruising!
- Thomas, Henry, Gordon, James, Emily and Rebecca: Helping each other every day!
- Thomas, Edward, Caitlin, Henry, James, Emily and Rebecca: Don't stop! Let's work together!
- 'Cause our steam's hot! We'll go on forever!
- Thomas, Edward, Caitlin, Henry, James, Emily, Rebecca and Nia: There's nothing standing in our way!
- All: No not today! No not today!
- There's nothing in our way!
- No not today! And we won't stop!
Reprise version[]
- Big Mickey: (spoken) Someone's coming.
- Cranky: (spoken) Is it Thomas?
- Big Mickey: (spoken) Uhh, there's too much steam. I can't see.
- Carly: (spoken) Thomas and Gordon maybe?
- Big Mickey: (spoken) There's even more steam than that. I think it's the whole team!
- Carly: (spoken) It's the Steam Team!
- Harold: (spoken) Steam Team to the rescue!
- The Steam Team (sans Percy): Don't stop! Keep on moving!
- The Steam Team! Keeps on cruising!
- Helping each other every day!
- When a best friend is in trouble
- None of us will rest!
- Engines helping engines
- Using every ounce that's left!
- Pushing to the finish line
- Yeah, we'll keep on keeping on!
- When the Steam Team works together
- We're always pulling strong!
- Don't stop! Let's work together!
- 'Cause our steam's hot! We'll go on forever!
- There's nothing standing in our way!
- Thomas: (spoken) Percy, I'm so sorry I didn't come to help you sooner like I promised!
- Percy: (spoken) No worries, Thomas! I forgive you!
- The Steam Team: We're not giving up!
- Gonna see this long day through!
- The moon lights our way
- Until the end is in view!
- Don't stop! Keep on moving!
- The Steam Team! Keeps on cruising!
- Helping each other every day!
- Don't stop! Let's work together!
- We're the Steam Team! We'll go on forever!
- There's nothing standing in our way!
- No not today! No not today!
- There's nothing in our way!
- No not today! And we won't stop!
- Harold: (spoken) Everything back in order once again! All thanks to the Steam Team!
- The Fat Controller: (spoken) You did it! Fantastic teamwork! Bravo! You saved the day!
Characters[]
First version[]
- Thomas
- Edward
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Emily
- Caitlin
- Nia
- Rebecca
- Annie and Clarabel
- Toby (cameo)
- Rosie (cameo)
- Stanley (cameo)
- 'Arry and Bert (cameos)
- Luke (cameo)
- Merrick (cameo)
- Owen (cameo)
- Sir Topham Hatt (cameo)
- Diesel (indirectly mentioned)
- Salty (indirectly mentioned)
- Den (indirectly mentioned)
- Dart (indirectly mentioned)
- Paxton (indirectly mentioned)
- Sidney (indirectly mentioned)
- Norman (indirectly mentioned)
Locations[]
Cast[]
UK, AUS, NZ and MYS[]
- John Hasler as Thomas
- William Hope as Edward*
- Keith Wickham as Henry*, Gordon, the Fat Controller, and Harold (Kerry Shale as Henry during the last 2 verses)
- Rob Rackstraw as James and Big Mickey
- Nigel Pilkington as Percy
- Yvonne Grundy as Nia
- Rachael Miller as Rebecca
- Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Annie* and Clarabel*
- Jules de Jongh as Caitlin*
- Lucy Montgomery as Carly
- Matt Wilkinson as Cranky
US and CAN[]
- Joseph May as Thomas
- John Hasler as Thomas in the US Netflix only
- William Hope as Edward*
- Kerry Shale as Henry* and Gordon
- Rob Rackstraw as James and Big Mickey
- Christopher Ragland as Percy
- Jules de Jongh as Emily and Caitlin*
- Yvonne Grundy as Nia
- Rachael Miller as Rebecca
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie* and Clarabel*
- Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt and Harold
- Lucy Montgomery as Carly
- Glenn Wrage as Cranky
* indicates not in reprise
italics indicate featured characters do not sing
Trivia[]
- This is the first series-original song to be sung by the characters in a television series episode, as well as the last song in the CGI series to be character-performed.
- This is the final song composed by Kevin Roberge, Carl Taylor and Noah Berg.
- Unlike Big World! Big Adventures!, Yvonne Grundy, who performs as Nia's speaking voice, sings in this song, while in Big World! Big Adventures!, Patricia Kihoro performed Nia's singing roles.
- Caitlin, Annie and Clarabel were the only non-Steam Team members to sing this song.
- The album splices both the first version and the reprise together with a small instrumental bridge. Big Mickey's gasp was also cut out of the US release.
- This song shares its name with another song originally performed by Fleetwood Mac in 1977. It was covered in The Official BBC Children in Need Medley, featuring Sir Topham Hatt and original series narrator Ringo Starr as the voice of Thomas.
- Interestingly, this song was dubbed in European Spanish, but was never dubbed in the Latin American Spanish.
- In the Estonian, Võro, Latvian, Lithuanian, Baltic Russian and Vietnamese dubs, the voice actors read the lyrics only instead of sing the songs.
- In the Estonian, Võro, Latvian, Lithuanian, Baltic Russian and Vietnamese dubs, the UK dub can be heard in the background as a dubbing track was not used.
- This is the last song was dubbed in European Spanish, Italian, German, Estonian, Võro, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Baltic Russian, Turkish, Hebrew, Arabic, Vietnamese and Korean in the original series.
Goofs[]
- In the UK dub, a few US voices can be heard:
- James has his US voice when he starts singing.
- Henry's US voice can also be heard after he and Gordon sing "Helping each other every day".
- In the US dub on Netflix, Thomas has his UK voice (only in singing bits).
- James' voice is heard when Thomas collects Annie and Clarabel at Knapford, but he is nowhere to be seen.
- 'Arry is seen travelling on narrow gauge track at the Blue Mountain Quarry, despite being a standard gauge engine.
- In the German dub, only the voices for Thomas and Rebecca can be heard singing, additionally, Tammo Kaulbarsch provides a background singing voice, despite voicing none of the characters shown.
In Other Languages[]
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| German | Los geht's! |
| Japanese | とまるもんか |
| Korean | 멈추지 마! |
| Polish | Nie Stój ! |
| Spanish | Sin Parar |
