3-2-1 Contact -- Opening Theme/Intro 1983-1986 #3 (Exteneded Theme)

3-2-1 Contact opening theme/intro #3. This theme is used from seasons 2-5. This clip has an extended guitar mix which is very rare.

[@skiburnski7543]

Was every theme song from the 80's epic or what?

[@LandSearchEngine]

Yes. The opening and closing themes/credits were a huge deal up into the 1990's when most of them were seriously degraded to make room for more commercials or intro gags. Thought and effort was put into TV opening theme songs for shows 1980's and earlier.

[@JonasClark]

Make sure you dig up the first episode, where they show the recording session for the theme music.

[@TheErrorGrammatical]

when quality was a priority. I miss the 80's

[@newguy90]

@@LandSearchEngine To add to it, VCRs were uncommon at the time, so you couldn't fast forward through an intro. Also, people tended to channel surf since the only way to know what comes on at what time was a pain. The intro had to be good because it told the premise of the show and it had to capture the viewer's interest so they wouldn't change the channel.

[@Blahbevava]

Being a very musically sensitive child often the themes had more of an impact on me than the actual show.

[@DavidKotschessa]

This show helped me become the fantastically brilliant man I am today.

[@gladeye2]

I broke many land speed records, cycling home from school to watch this :)

[@matsydaira]

The 80's rocked!!! I'm happy I was there for all of it!!!

[@XiloChannel]

Oh my god... sometimes I am wondering if I am at the end of my life when I revisit and tie in loose ends such as this.

[@matthewrivera5923]

my favorite version of the 3-2-1 contact theme song

[@tnawcwvictoria]

Mine, too

[@cdevidal]

There’s other versions?

[@kokennut]

Man I loved this show so much, thanks for uploading this piece of my childhood

[@paulosimo5869]

This, the much sought after guitar solo version is the most epic intro to a science show that has and will ever be created.

[@ernestabrogar4658]

Might as well make a 30-minute loop. Such great music. The theme was my favorite part of the show when I was a kid.

[@kevinknight9950]

A show that actually makes learning fun and exciting.

[@ChrisPearson1337]

Who says disco is dead? Thank you, KZbin and uploader!

[@blaq7427]

I love the way the numbers zoom away !!! This takes me back to my childhood

[@Jonathane20012]

this needs to be on Netflix!!!

[@danalong1237]

I say THIS needs to be on HBO Max!

[@davidnphan]

WHOA! what a blast from the past! Thanks to the uploader and KZbin recommendations, lol! Both allowed me relive this precious memory!!😆😆😆😆

[@Martonio69]

I miss this show so much. I can always remember the preview stuff they show from when I watched it as a kid. So awesome. I love the theme song...loved this extendamix version!

[@t-squared6406]

That was so cool,so much of this childhood stuff from the 70s,80s was great,can you believe the catchy stuff they used to educate kids back in the day!

[@RussTaylorLegend]

Goddamnit I am so f'ckin old.

[@TheMadrepore]

So many memories!!!

[@RussTaylorLegend]

But for real, this theme pumps me up.

[@materialgirl8707]

Russ Taylor the sweet old days of PBS, I know...I miss it too-so much!!!!!!!!!!

[@tmq1384]

+Russ Taylor Kids these days dont know what the hell that guitar did to us.

[@williambabcock3139]

Memory lane can be a trip

[@Aestros909]

Terrific Theme. I love television orchestration!

[@ThunderFist1978]

My gosh, this brings back memories! I remember watching tis in class around third grade, maybe second as well, and I'm pretty sure fourth grade as well.Or at least e teacher had one of their magazines in fourth grade. It's a shame kids today don't have educational programming this good.

[@easyontheeyes78]

I loved this song

[@ktty6015]

Bring this show again! It's better learning at home or wherever besides school! We love this show too much. It's just too awesome!

[@MPT1983]

Dam I remember this,was very young but always remembered that drop of water and the frog catching the fly.

[@lloydchristmas4547]

For no apparent reason, this song come to my mind, so I had to find it on KZbin. Awesome song and show. Thanks.

[@zerogrey3798]

Man every time I hear this song I get transported back for just a moment and it feels so good.

[@Earthshaker513]

I remember watching the reruns of this (sadly I was not around for the initial run, as I was born in 1992), but I still remember this theme always getting me pumped to learn something new.

[@tybo09]

We were talking about how LeVar Burton is trying to bring back Reading Rainbow (excellent idea) at work yesterday. This show came up. Sadly, there were people in my office too young to remember it. :( Someone should also try to bring this back, because it's pretty sweet.

[@MavHunter20XX]

I hope they don't screw it up like they did sesame street.

[@tybo09]

MavHunter20XX That's two of us. But like every awesome thing from when I was a kid, if they bring something back, they WILL screw it up...

[@abdurobinson8392]

MavHunter20XX I agree with u old sesame street was the truth but when they revamped the show something was missing. the old sesame street everything blended well and a child could laugh and learn at the same time. It's way to serious now and they try hard to have children grow up fast. on one of the latest episodes of sesame street they were trying to teach children how to get a newspaper to look for a job. The concept is good but would a child really understand about all that.

[@allysonchen4286]

Don't forget Square One TV. It was a great show to learn different math. These kids have nothing to really educate them like back in our days. We were prepared for preschool and so on watching these shows

[@Motorcyclephil]

I never missed an episode. My favorite show growing up. Kids in my class used to always wonder why I aced the Science test in school. 321 contact was the answer, but I didn't tell them that.

[@MetalSlugzMaster]

Ah, the memories. Too bad there's no programming like this anymore.

[@MavHunter20XX]

very sad.

[@TheStarforce2]

+MetalSlugzMaster yea the shit they got now makes you dumber when you watch it...

[@DrewBeswick]

This show is AWESOME!!! Watched it alot when I was a kid.

[@Zoloft77]

That frog is a trooper. He should be the ever defining symbol of this science show.

[@shunte652]

OMG!!! I remember this song from the 80s. Who's here in 2021?

[@shottabwoi3985]

📢🔉 BRING THIS BACK ASAP!! I feel so bad for the kids of today!! 😮 OH, WHAT A TIME WE HAD!!♦️👌🏾

[@lostfan1978]

My gosh this theme had me dancin' as a kid...found myself dancin' to it now!! 3 - 2 -1 Contact!!!

[@melissatucker179]

I remember watching this show when I was a kid...Them were some good times

[@mrray4015]

Remember last year when the Blues Clues guy made a video about how proud he was of all the now-grown Blues Clues viewers? I want these kids from 3-2-1 Contact to show up and tell me what a great scientist I've become. lol

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Loved that Contact was replayed during the 90s. Big part of my childhood

[@wolfsbro2]

This is definitely the best version of this theme. The other versions made changes that weakened the song. Especially removing that intro guitar riff...I mean...that riff MAKES the song!

[@ernestabrogar4658]

Yes, it is.

[@Tapwater2226]

By far one of the best t.v. themes ever and from the CTW of all places the Electric Companies theme was awesome too.

[@dethwilson420]

oh how i loved this show....

[@martinaguilar5905]

The good old PBS back then when there was a lot of education programing including Square One, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, Where in time is Carmen San Diego, Zooboomafoo with the Kratts, the original Barney and Friends, the original Sesame Street even Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Rest in peace Fred Rogers. He passed away 20 years ago on February 27, 2003.

[@marcusarline1720]

I grew up with this show as well.

[@birdgod5584]

The only retro PBS show without a later spinoff

[@woolgathered]

This was one of my most favorite shows!

[@errickwashington165]

This was a part of my childhood 💪💯

[@davidwojtowicz8770]

Thanks for sharing this!! I randomly hear someone count down 3-2-1 and this starts playing in my head with the flying numbers. I remember all the images from the part of it that stayed fixed with the lightbulb, match, baby, frog, etc. Love it.

[@SuperAV21]

Da reason 3-2-1 Contact's theme song sound'd 70s b/c its was MADE in 1979 when that and production [in general] wur goin' on b4 its Jan. 14, 1980 debut; makin' it 1 of da first TV show 2 air in da 1980s.

[@tmq1384]

I miss that 70s disco guitar sound

[@moonscar119]

nostalgia overload. thank you for this..... also, like it or not.... that cat is long gone dead lol. I do stuff like that.... like watching movies from the 1930's and 1940's wondering how many people are still alive from them lol

[@katiedame6489]

Whoa....this takes me way back!

[@billybassman21]

Even though this was an 80s show the theme was so 70s.

[@AllisonDancerChick1982]

The version I remember the best! So epic!

[@Bridget9927]

I loved this show!!!

[@chrisbuffa9773]

I was just born when this came out, but I remember it, what a great show

[@HiredSoldier]

Holy crap. I totally forgot about this show until now. Nostalgia here we come!

[@Hexterguard99]

Oh my, i remember this show and i loved it.

[@professorlegacy]

Snakes on a plane, that song is WAY funkier than I remember it as a kid!!!

[@d2m7]

Happy 3-2-1 Day! Let's make contact!!

[@smilingface4761]

U was just thinking of this recently. Good times 😁

[@bigpaulie806]

TV was so much fun back then

[@Jonathane20012]

Oh hi childhood!!! 😃

[@paisleypower30]

I miss this show.

[@JamalTheTitan]

All these kids in the intro are in their late 30s - 40s now

[@bzbenbryant]

Definitely 40s. I was 5 in 1983 and am 42 now. I am sure they have fond memories of the show!

[@culturaleyes]

this intro music is amazing

[@sinbadoakley1990]

as i did research on the internet they would be in there 50's and all of them are still living

[@elguero773]

Yes! I also thought that the baby and the frog looked alike.

[@guatesalva]

This is my childhood.. I'll be 38 this year

[@ActiveDodger]

Love my childhood. Thsnjs contacts

[@zymaymyn]

Season 5 in 1986 has the same theme, but the last shot of the rocketship blasting off is replaced with a volcano erupting. I think there are another one or two changes for season 5 as well.

[@scotty3570]

Frikk'n awesome levels of awesomness!!

[@jzap8889]

Contact: is the secret, is the moment...

[@beckymoore2212]

I remember watching this everday after school on channel 11.

[@ehill5638]

Channel 8 here.

[@BuckmeisterSupremeWithCheese]

Holy crap, I watched reruns of this as a little kid. I'm talking single digits. God, sweet memories.

[@stathaven6401]

I miss this show

[@SirBuzz]

I sampled this song a long time ago using Fruity Loops. Too bad I lost the file :(

[@alexfrier5073]

Sooo good!!!! Born 07-16-1980

[@Aestros909]

I remember this theme song more than the first one, but I kind of like the slower one better. The vocals have that touch. The main thing that always gets me is that "photon" synth effect when Childrens Television Workshop comes racing across the screen. Catchy!!!

[@sprayarm]

I could listen to this intro all day.

[@thegreatandsigmaticgiants8307]

i remember this show

[@alexfrier5073]

This brings me back to everything good.

[@RobertStinnett]

The opening song was sped up after the first season.

[@rappigonenpictures]

this show makes you hungry for Nolage !

[@kingofsorrows5240]

When the teacher brought the television out and this came on I was in heaven 😊

[@crash777burn]

Watching this video brings up nostalgia. Then I start feeling old when I realize the baby in the video is almost 40 years old.

[@jacobjarzabek8208]

I feel like something is being unlocked when I listen to this

[@fastloudrules]

God why does everything suck it big these days?

[@ThomasSellers]

"Contact is the reason, is the answer why everything happens!" Including STDs, sex assault arrests, lawsuits, the usual!

[@itrthho]

I still remember the "3-2-1 Contact" magazine.

[@michaeldomingo4973]

I feel 6 again.

[@brandoninglin7566]

0:46-0:47 is my favorite part of the video

[@raginrajan5351]

wish episodes were available somewhere, even through say the PBS Video app

[@wildsurvival4306]

Blue Red Green Gold blacks and whites is pretty slick to be honest

[@ngth82]

I remember watching this on PBS. I thought it was very educational for time. Like boilerplate alluded to below, most of the "educational" programs on TV these days are rather disapointing for teaching about science / math.

[@CartoonPhreak]

Major funding for 3-2-1 Contact is provided to you by the National Science Foundation

[@TheJabberwock]

exciting!

[@Corvinus33]

The look on the cats face.....😂😂😂

[@RABBIDGamfan]

It's the reason why everything happens.

[@claypf4795]

From a time when half a children's show's budget went into the intro. Was that backlit animation at the start?

[@alexfrier5073]

The best time of my life

[@InspectorCallahan.44]

Someone needs to incorporate this into a vaporwave.

[@theunderdogmrwilliams]

What ever happen to that frog🐸And cat🐱???????? Are they still alive????????????

[@Hugginsince79]

THIS ROCKS SO DID KIDS IN CORP.