It's Gonna be a Great Day
Singer(s)
Joe Phillips (original version ) Sam Blewitt (final version )
Air date
2nd September 2013 (UK; DVD ) 17th September 2013 (US; DVD ) 2nd October 2013 (AUS; DVD ) 9th October 2013 (US; TV )
It's Gonna be a Great Day , also known as Special Day is a song from the 2013 special, King of the Railway .
Lyrics
Rock and roll, click-clack
Steaming down the track
The fun just never ends
Every day's a good good day
For Thomas and his friends
Steady, steady, steady
Everybody's getting ready
The Steam Team leads the way
It's a very special day
It's getting better and better
Now everybody say hey!
It's gonna be a great day
Rocking and a rolling, they're riding the rails
In the noon day light
Shunting and a hauling freight
They don't wanna be late
They wanna do what's right
Weesh-Weesh, Whoo-Whoo
They know what they have to do
They are a useful crew
It's a very special day
It's getting better and better
Now everybody say hey!
It's gonna be a great day
Weesh, Weesh, Whoo-Whoo
They know what they have to do
They are a useful crew
It's a very special day
It's getting better and better
Now everybody say hey!
It's gonna be a great day
Now it's a very special day
It's getting better and better
Now everybody say hey!
It's gonna be a great day
It's a very special day
It's getting better and better
Now everybody say hey!
It's gonna be a great day
It's gonna be a great day
Characters
Locations
Trivia
The original version was slightly different than the final:
The arrangement is slightly different and longer.
"Rock and roll, click-clack. Steaming down the track" and "Every day's a good good day" were "Chugga-chugga, click-clack. Rolling down the track" and "Something big is on the way."
The "Hey!" adlibs came in earlier then in the final song.
Joe Phillips sang the whole song, rather than Blewitt with other singers.
Auto-tune appears to be used in this version.
A deleted scene shows Sir Robert Norramby applauding to Jack and Thomas for saving Stephen.
In the K.NET Korean version of King of the Railway , it plays the instrumental version.
In Other Languages
Language
Title
Czech
Dneska nádherný den máme
German
Es wird ein super Tag
Hebrew
זה יהיה יום נפלא
Korean
오늘은 참 좋은 날
Latin American Spanish
Va a Ser un Día Especial
Norwegian
Det skal nok bli en flott dag
Russian
День Особый настаёт
Home Media Releases
US
King of the Railway
Season 17
Just Be Yourself
Taking Turns
UK/AUS/FIN
UK DVD Boxsets
AUS DVD Boxsets
FIN DVD Boxsets
Album
Music Videos
It's Gonna be a Great Day - Music Video
Thomas & Friends It’s Gonna Be a Great Day (Draft Version).
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 | Spring Start | Do Your Best | What I See | Good Friends Will Help
Miscellaneous
Theme Song | Train School Song