The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
Released
21 November 2009
The Official BBC Children in Need Medley is a medley of songs released by the BBC Children in Need charity. It was written and created by Peter Kay.
Lyrics
Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it!
If you look around
The whole world's coming together now,
Every healthy smile is hunger and strife for another child
Now tell me
Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it!
All the children of the world should be
Lovin' each other wholeheartedly.
Yes it's alright, take my message to your brother and tell him twice
Now tell me
Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it!
Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it!
If you wake up and don't want to smile,
If it takes just a little while,
Open your eyes and look at the day,
You'll see things in a different way.
Don't stop, thinking about tomorrow,
Don't stop, it'll soon be here,
It'll be, better than before,
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone.
Jai Ho, don't you look back
Jai Ho, don't you look back
(Jai Ho) You are the reason that I breathe, (Jai Ho)
You are the reason that I still believe, (Jai Ho)
You are my destiny,
Jai Ho! Uh-uh-uh-oh!
(Jai Ho) No there is nothing that can stop us (Jai Ho)
Nothing can ever come between us, (Jai Ho)
So come and dance with me,
Jai Ho! (oohh)
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never going to keep me down,
Never forget where you're coming from
Never pretend that it's all real
Someday soon this will all be someone else's dream
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na, Hey Jude!
Na Na Na Na Na Na Na
Na Na Na Na, Hey Jude!
Throw those curtains wide!
One day like this, a year would see me right!
Throw those curtains wide!
One day like this, a year would see me right!
Throw those curtains wide!
One day like this, a year would see me right!
Throw those curtains wide!
One day like this, a year would see me right!
Composition
The single is a medley of multiple songs played out in the following order:
"Can You Feel It "– originally performed by The Jacksons (1980) (0:00–1:08)
"Don't Stop "– originally performed by Fleetwood Mac (1976) (1:08–2:27)
"Jai Ho! " from the film Slumdog Millionaire – originally performed by A.R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls (2009) (2:12–2:41)
"Tubthumping "– originally performed by Chumbawamba (1997) (2:41–3:00)
"Never Forget "– originally performed by Take That (1995) (3:00–3:18)
"Hey Jude "– originally performed by The Beatles (1968) (3:18–3:37)
"One Day Like This "– originally performed by Elbow (2008) (3:37–4:30)
Thomas & Friends cast
Trivia
This was the first Thomas & Friends contribution to a Children In Need appeal, the second being Share a Selfie For Children In Need! in 2018.
Ringo Starr , the original narrator for the first and second series , voices Thomas in this song.
Other voices include Steven Kynman , Tim Whitnall , Rob Rackstraw and Keith Wickham . Of the four, Wickham was the only one to provide voices for the series at the time of the song's recording.
The cover also features several characters from Thunderbirds , most notably Alan Tracy. Rasmus Hardiker would go on to perform his voice in the 2015 reboot series, Thunderbirds Are Go .
The single's cover is based on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album (of which, Ringo Starr, who voices as Thomas in this song, was a member of the band).
The single also features the fifth track "Hey Jude" by The Beatles.
The Thomas model used on the album cover is from a promotional image from the seventh series , which was mirrored on the cover.
The second track in the cover album would have its name reused for a song in the twenty-third series .
Thomas' CGI face is animated by Nitrogen Studios , though at the beginning of the song, he wears his content face mask from the model era. This was the last time his content face was used and ever seen.
This is the final music video that used Thomas' gauge 1 model and the Fat Controller's close-up figure .
This music video marks the first time that Thomas winks at the audience, the second time being in the song Party Train from the twenty-fourth series .
Most of the music video's animation was done by Chapman Entertainment.
The music video takes place at Silver Hatch Race Track, the main setting for the Roary the Racing Car show.
It also reveals that Silver Hatch Race Track has a railway line serving the island.
The head used for the Fat Controller is the same model with the dented hat that appeared in the fifth series episode, Lady Hatt's Birthday Party . His body is his wide stance figure.
As the Thomas & Friends live-action engine models were never made for stop motion animation, Thomas does not appear at the end of the song.
It can be noted that the Thomas model featured in the music video would appear disproportionately sized if compared to the characters' puppets.
At the start of the music video, Thomas was shown with his model face. In the next scenes where he appears, he instead has a motion capture-animated CGI face similar to how he appeared in the twelfth series . This technique was done to fasten the animation process.
Goofs
In both shots of Thomas singing "Jai Ho" with Roary the Racing Car, his lamp is tipped backward, his brake pipe is crooked and his front coupler chain is on his middle lamp iron.
Nitrogen Studios is incorrectly credited as "Studio Nitrogen".
In the first shot of Thomas, the end of the set is visible.
Gallery
Sir Topham Hatt singing with the rest of the cast
Behind The Scenes
CD/DVD release
Video
The Official BBC Children in Need Medley
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