BBC World News Countdown Theme 2014 (Extended Club Re-work 2015)

[@Karaokeking2023]

Well folks there it is, after just under 5 years since I uploaded the video, the target of 1 million views has been reached. Thanks for all the comments that you like this. I only did it for a bit of fun but never thought it would reach this milestone...let’s see how far this could go into the future :)

[@54762109758]

Listened to it 3 years ago in college, Come back to it at least once a year. Remixing a news bumper: now that's what's up 👌

[@majorbean]

cheers nigel

[@wynscape]

Brilliant piece that captures the tense mood of our times. From Singapore.

[@John-oc1sr]

Freevie2009 - Nigel congrats

[@Karaokeking2023]

Amjid Khan it’s already in the description

[@HarrisonGray]

Admit it, it's 3am and you're stuck on youtube listening to tv programme music for whatever reason.

[@arya7757]

Yes here I am 4:04 AM IST

[@Azam007uk]

Damm how did you know? Lol. This is how we pass our time in lockdown now

[@arya7757]

@@Azam007uk I've watched so much BBC from the past 2 months that if a guy has his tie slightly outta place I'd smell it lol

[@JucheGang]

2:19 am but ya

[@neobro234]

Harrison Gray 1am actually

[@darkstatehk]

I remember when this theme first aired, I emailed the BBC and asked if it was available to purchase. They replied no and that it was specially written for the news program. Anyway, about 8 months later I got an email out of the blue from the BBC saying that due the high number of enquiries they had received for the music, they were releasing a CD of the song with variations included. Of course I immediately agreed to buy a CD and it still sits happily in my music collection to this day. I thought it was really neat that they kept a record of my original email and reached out to all the others who had likely enquired about it as well.

[@Karaokeking2023]

I’ve been asking David Lowe himself but I haven’t got a cd of it like you

[@hagridsham1184]

Where can I buy it?

[@KeiranCounsellKC1994]

thats pretty neat, what else was on the CD? like was it just the different variants of the BBC news theme?

[@darkstatehk]

@@KeiranCounsellKC1994 I’ll dig out the CD and scan the cover and make an ISO soon.

[@radude4763]

@@darkstatehk please update us

[@XxShowbizxX]

I can’t cope how good our news bop is and we’ve been sleeping on it for years

[@Scamuel31]

Ikr this actually slaps

[@keiichitakano2917]

@@markg2307 same here from Singapore. Recall hearing this in the early 2000's during high school and being mesmerized by it

[@DrumsWithEverything]

Maybe try our new one, Callum: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@brendansheehan7714]

Bill Bailey has a great piece on the BBC news theme tune in one of his shows: "Bow before the BBC, all others are false prophets!"

[@SirFlukealot]

Normal news channels: ... Every soul on earth: ... BBC evening news: ITS TIME FOR A RAVE

[@bayrockwhk]

You've got to love a country where you can dance to the news intro.

[@samstep284]

The genius of David Lowe who discovered the magic note B which affects human brain like no other sound

[@kumarsaktivioly]

This sound is very nostalgic to me. I am transported back to a time during my childhood, sitting in the living room on a weekday after sunset, watching the news with my parents. Those were good times.

[@jamesduffy7549]

Main news is starting, then Midlands today, then at 7pm there's a doctor who repeat on BBC Three. Those were the days

[@kumarsaktivioly]

@@jamesduffy7549 good times

[@jmartin4204]

not the only one thought was not with my parents , was on visits to the UK and now here in the US

[@petermcewan9477]

This should be the national anthem

[@xXGalacticSniper50Xx]

I love how news themes sound Epic, inspiring and interesting but also have a darkness and urgency to them so that whatever the story the music is appropriate

[@dancelovehubdancelovehub3523]

This is Trance music

[@travellerx7047]

When i play this at the gym on my phone and i put my phone on floor and people pass by and see BBC news and im wearing my headphones and training hard directly give me a look of whats wrong with you, who trains while listening to news!!! And i dont know if im weird or not but this music motivates me and it makes me lift heavy weights

[@DrumsWithEverything]

Try our rockier version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@justsomeguywhohasthesamepf3204]

True. True. this will do your work.

[@Rain-jx1po]

It's very hype not gonna lie. I feel like I could set a few PR's while listening to this.

[@ten4l]

This is the funniest comment I've ever read lol

[@shafichowdhury2315]

Priceless comment! I’d give this comment a 5 star rating!

[@nosurrender5320]

It will be a sad day when they replace this tune with something else. What a beat!

[@nosurrender5320]

@@Afouthere Wow,that's a long time! They must like it then🙂

[@nosurrender5320]

@@Afouthere Yes indeed,the best ever!

[@sonia24t]

Is it just me who feels like a dork for loving this?

[@Karaokeking2023]

+sonia24t no lol

[@Techno_2301]

Nope

[@beneaves4013]

+sokneeoh no wAY IT'S BRILLIANT

[@andrewhay2241]

+sokneeoh nope

[@SharpeNeal]

+sokneeoh definitely not. be proud, declare and share : )

[@cerberus6654]

Over ten years ago I went to work in Kiev and it took forever to get someone to set up satellite cable and all I had in my flat was some wretched local cable but it had the BBC. I kept the BBC on at night as a sort of sonic wallpaper and 'Countdown' and the pips and the 'swooshes' and those very English horns - well, I felt a contact with the distant West while sunk in the wild, wild East. Then one day when driving by in a company car I saw a film crew taping on the Kreschatik and it was a famous BBC reporter that, at the time, I saw on the news almost every other night. Dressed in nothing more than a sports jacket with a scarf - in February! - and I almost told the driver to stop, so strong was my urge to leap out and just give the wee man a slobbering kiss of gratitude. To this day I frequently listen to the umpteen versions of Countdown I have bookmarked, after a vodka or two. Or three.

[@hmistry]

Jim Bruce you are breathtaking. Peace be with you.

[@mayazhak9130]

I am more pro-Russian person in that "Ukraine" situation but love Britain and British anyway. And happy to find this bbc theme that i was looking for.

[@mandemt1076]

Are you scottish ??

[@cerberus6654]

@@mandemt1076 No, but of Scottish descent.

[@mandemt1076]

Cerberus oh it was just cos wee lol one word as a Scottish person its cool to see someone from here in the middle of the internet

[@Corsaka]

i love how satisfying the high note is near the end

[@beat00t10]

When my friend asked what I’m watching I switched to porn because it was easier to explain

[@petercdowney]

Now *that* is something. As for me, I wouldn't have the option of switching to porn and explaining it more easily, because I never really got into that type of thing.

[@mustafamendeleev6461]

Was it at least big black cock (BBC) porn?

[@MonoLith2049]

😂😂😂

[@adathorne7382]

@@petercdowney Once you watches porn, your soul is doomed.

[@shaunloveland6222]

Love this news theme. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. It reminds me of the days before 24/7 news coverage of watching the daily news bulletin or a newsflash appearing on screen. Great piece of music.

[@egarvin91]

Who's listening to this in 2024😂

[@shutupandy]

Guilty

[@Karaokeking2023]

Guilty 🎉

[@scottdonnelly2130]

Absolute classic!

[@cuddlygengal]

Very guilty. Bloody brilliant 🎸🎼🎧🎶❤❤❤❤❤

[@kaysmith6862]

Me it’s absolutely brilliant, appreciating the original music more than just thinking oh it’s time for the news when I hear it

[@mlpsh6995]

This is the soundtrack to the apocalypse.

[@MrAditya44]

hahahaha

[@xavier9480]

hella catchy tho

[@mtjoy747]

But if you were going to die, would'nt you rather listen to this while in the gas chamber / electric chair / zombie infestation?

[@4vesta255]

Do you watch the BBC? It is.

[@davidgreen6822]

and only another 6 cases in the uk but another 1000 in italy they have to give all the reporters something to do now that we are are out of europe

[@kuntiedindyal8178]

this is goose bumps for me every time.... i just love this bloody music!!!!

[@amjid300]

April 2020 and loving this in the UK Lockdown

[@DrumsWithEverything]

Then try our version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@f.g.7091]

The Brits rocks as always!!! BRAVO BBC!!! Aloha from Hawaii

[@MrnintendoSEGAfan1]

F. G. Alpha from the U.K thanks for the compliment 👍🏻

[@beat00t10]

Minus brexit and stabbings, yep

[@MrnintendoSEGAfan1]

Beatr00t 😂

[@MrnintendoSEGAfan1]

Telive Qwenton yyyeah that

[@DrumsWithEverything]

You want a rockier version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@noonetime8478]

Outstanding! Any songwriter would wish he or she had written it. Really beautifully created masterpiece

[@mango7577427]

idk why but the bbc sounds more authentic than american news

[@maqboolfida786]

That's cos they've got wonderful theme music

[@joew_vee]

+Maqbool Fida Ikr. I bet they're all in the studi like 30 seconds and counting

[@witchynerdhermit]

RibhavYT because we speak the King's English.....and we have brains.

[@Bred0nSch00lV2]

Yup and it's stance on Palestine is a quintessential example. I like to call it state media, because that's all it is.

[@Bred0nSch00lV2]

I see very little pro-Palestian coverage at all, maybe in the past but these days pretty much none. Max Keiser supposedly left the BBC primarily because of internal censorship: twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/495984703284199425?lang=en-gb

[@christbdx]

Hypnotic rythm, hear for maybe 20 years now and still so good, always available and ticking 24/24H worldwide 365 days to show us the whole world happening, with a sense of urgency and passion. Great song !

[@esconis5304]

It will be a sad day when they eventually change this... BBC please keep this forever

[@shahjadinasrinsultana6098]

Anyone:So what's your favourite song? Me:its complicated

[@f.g.7091]

how can you NOT LOVE BBC theme music. Simply THE BEST! Aloha from Hawaii

[@personface5457]

The whole 'club mix' thing amuses me. The thought of people inside a club dancing their tits off to this awesome theme. Them being so spannered on drugs and thinking 'surely I'm not dancing to the BBC news theme', taking a moment to consider whether it's just them who's recognised it - and thinking, perhaps I shouldn't take that extra E;) Anyway. Awesomeness all around!!!!

[@harlowrog1]

brilliant!

[@simjem]

Ju Sp my kids actually used to dance to this so ner. ok they were like 2 and 3 but the point still stands lol

[@ZER0D0T]

love this comment haha

[@Scouser121212]

JU, i have had more than a few people dancing to this at family weddings and at student event - yes 18 yr olds love it

[@kirigreen3947]

I can imagine it too!

[@Janeair41....]

Respectfully you remixed the BBC opening theme without missing a single beat. Fantastic!

[@Satizfacktion]

Best news theme ever! The beat, the melody, the presentation clip, everything is amazing. In Argentina, Channel 26 News uses this theme in order to present worldwide news.

[@Cyberbyte_010]

haha, that made me laugh

[@josephthetech04]

This song reminds me of when I listened to the intro and outro for BBC World News. I loved how they used the red transparent globe.

[@infinite_eyes6112]

Thebustermann nah it’s British

[@dreamer2260]

@@Thebustermann Pathetic xenophobia. No class at all. That is not how we Brits (or anyone for that matter) should respond to compliments. You would do better to practise graciousness, and seek to build bridges rather than enflame animosities.

[@NifNif609]

I‘m a journalist and this is giving me chills

[@An-Alien-On-Earth]

I hope you write the truth, unlike the bbc

[@NifNif609]

@@An-Alien-On-Earth of course I do ☺️

[@jeevaramapanicker7151]

The Best song that I have ever Heard, since when I was a small kid, I kept on hearing this BBC theme song and now I heard this better BBC theme song. God Bless you. Thanks

[@andrewdanvers7175]

This Week 10th May 2024 the BBC News Theme is 25 Years Old and here's to 25 year more, the clicking clock (or pips) denoting 1 second of time and is heard through other BBC programmes from local news programmes to sports day, news day and many more...

[@izzyb4126]

Makes me proud to be a Brit in a weird way😂💕

[@Aamie]

Didn't end well in the final for your team

[@insanemoments1257]

ATS_ savage

[@MrRooibos123]

@Stephen Porter f for Pochettino

[@bartoszjanprzybyszewski1891]

Makes me cringe that I want to be a brit in some weird way

[@jcq1961]

@@Aamie Unlike in the US where it's ending just beautifully.

[@viperbyte6402]

PERFECT to dance around the living room to, always two metres away from anybody else, in these uncertain times (end of March 2020).....

[@DrumsWithEverything]

Try our new 'lockdown' version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@jaundy_yellow]

I was a DJ player... Now I’m a DJ working for BBC News

[@shikhanehrusharma1637]

There should be awards for smashing news intro music like this one ❤

[@mohamedzahed4269]

My dad actually apart of this music he was the violinist who was making the violin sounds! not joking! XX BBC! All i have to say it my dad was apart of this music!

[@adriantiger2577]

Bro tell you dad thanks from me, your friend from Malaysia

[@scottnoddin4372]

Truly magnificent!

[@mariankohn8411]

I remember sitting in my grandfather's flat back in 2004 and 2005 watching the BBC World broadcast on cable TV and learning my English from it. ;-)

[@sjcwoor]

I would be happy for the news to be five minutes longer if it was because of this.

[@Littlemitashy]

Idk why this makes me weirdly emotional 😂 it sends shivers down my spine, like in anticipation for something if that makes sense. Something special rather than something bad if that makes any sense whatsoever 😂 like I can imagine the dawn of a new era in humanity being announced at the end of it

[@LogicalGamingUK]

Usually the first news story is an old lady to have been reported throwing her cat off the top of a bridge and onto a boat of helpless tourists who have allergies to cats.

[@Darthious]

UltimateRecluse And that my friends, is how Brexit started!

[@whereami2477]

1:37-1:45 do be bringing the tears tho

[@dreamer2260]

@@whereami2477 Yes; it seems to encapsulate the fears and accomplishments and unity of humanity in some way. Makes me proud to be British, and proud to be human.

[@harrietjonesformerprimemin2545]

Completely unrelated but I love your profile pic

[@cuddlygengal]

So love this tune and even better this version. Can’t stop playing it. Love love love ❤️👍🏻👍🏻❤️👍🏻😍

[@AlScott-hs7qx]

OMG! That is the sweetest beat I have ever heard BBC world news theme club mix 2009

[@AlScott-hs7qx]

Yes it is

[@CommandCubist]

+A.l. Scott You replied to yourself and liked your own comment?

[@AlScott-hs7qx]

So! LOL! I thought it was cool thrice! LOL

[@DrumsWithEverything]

Try the 2020 'lockdown' version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@okaybitrandom3070]

When i listen to this i alwayss pretend i'm a poitician debating about serious stuff, dunno why

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

OskR serious talk🤔🤔🤔.... More serious talk 😐😐😐...... Conclusive serious talk 🤔😐😐😎🤔😤.....

[@susanbrown2834]

I really liked the BBC music and wondered if there was more to it. Now I am positive there is and I love this version. I gets me going in the mornings! So peppy and happy!

[@rahulsubbu96]

Never in the history people jammed so hard for a news soundtrack

[@vishalkb6811]

The intro is just awesome....gives me the goosebumps...Imagine Stallone making an entry in Cobra with this BG...WOWW

[@mahdikarimi6467]

1:30 eargasm

[@roisingrant]

can't describe it other than i want this song to play and for it to end at the exact moment i die

[@viatoreminterris5526]

Hi Brits on this soundtrack you’re simply the best. Vibes from Las Vegas

[@mikefergie647]

The theme is brilliant, the remix adds far more to it. With these terrible times we are all in and listening to the BBC news, I'm pleased I found this. Take care, thank you :)

[@zogozogy98]

I can imagine this being played in Ibiza XD listen to the news while dancing

[@GoriguiMonke]

Good evening. 30 suspects were seen getting jiggy at a London club last night. Witnesses say the moves were “lit” and the place was described as a “vibe”. More after the break.

[@Radio478]

No words needed

[@zerodarkthirty1045]

Love it,especially at 1.45 when the beat goes up

[@airline150]

Brilliant. Only the BBC can commission theme music for the news and it becomes popular as a dance track. 😂 Fab!

[@JohnnyX50]

Awesome Version :D lovin it :D For those who dont know the 'pip' is symbolic of the BBC. They used it over Radio to signal the approach of the top of the hour before the news. It was used on purpose as it draws your attention to the radio above any chatter or light music program and was probably useful for the allies during WW2 waiting to hear messages encrypted in the news/weather and shipping broadcast. The BBC and BT walk hand in hand historically throughout the Cold War. Look up ROC Bunkers and their equipment (British Telecom) and BBC studios in Nuclear Bunkers. There was a lot happening back in the 80's that the public would never know :D ... Like it or not, the BBC and BT are the backbone of vital communications during a disaster to the UK, if the worst should ever happen..

[@karthikav1679]

One of the best themes for getting ourselves motivated and inspired

[@Gideon_the_Seraph]

Inspired for this shambles of a country

I've heard quite a few remixes of this awesome tune and this one is definitely the best!

[@dancedecker]

Mate works for BBC and he just played me the local radio new jingle package and whilst all are really good, it includes one called "Safe Haven". Absolutely awesome! Could easily be put out as a dance anthem. Listen out for it.

[@edjparrott]

... and I thought this was just my guilty pleasure ...

[@martycrow]

Love it! The music is always saying "hold on, something BIG is about to happen..." You get so immersed in that cruel pleasure of anticipation that you prefer the "dance of waiting, yet, not waiting" for the thing that may or may not happen - or may be happening now. Which is why the trance-like dance music works so well! Reminds me of this from TS Eliot - (Burnt Norton - Four Quartets) _"At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is, But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity, Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards, Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only dance. I can only say, there we have been: but I cannot say where. And I cannot say, how long, for that is to place it in time. "_

[@colinnewman6754]

A great piece of editing to showcase the skills of David Lowe!

[@Warostron]

PURE TALENT

[@bakampsdenisamooti8659]

This is something that keeps reminding of my journalism

[@OboseUwadiale]

2019. Still rocking out

[@weslyonsnow]

Well here is your 1000th comment. Love this, it is actually a good focus tune. Thanks for making it

[@-Tidgy]

This is actually a very good tune that I've always found amazing to listen to. 99% of people don't even consciously listen to it nor care. It's called 'transparent' if anyone's wondering

[@markm.5756]

Just discovered this after watching Owain the Weatherman do the Children In Need drum fest with this cool theme. Am American living in London - and just LOVE this!!! Masterful!

[@cuddlygengal]

❤❤❤❤🎹🎧🎶🎼🥁🥁

[@SymbolOfPeace8]

This is bloody brilliant!

[@WeSombreGhosts]

Im kinda obsessed with it , Its a Banger !!!!

[@engineer8363]

I use this as my waking up alarm lol!

[@albertteng1191]

I use it as my ring tone

[@devawheels3942]

you sad man

[@nitzsam84]

Im using bbc countdown(albeit a shorter version) as my ringtone..frm 2014 :)

[@محمدسامي-ب3س7ذ]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@heathertaylor-nicholson9387]

Same here! Also use it as a ring tone.

[@wastelanded3]

What a banging mix, does the pips justice ❤

[@claudesuranjith2379]

This is something man I love it

[@Karaokeking2023]

As a few of you have been asking for this as an mp3, it's been added to the description.

[@LunaReviewMats]

+Freevie2009 Thanks!

[@milindalshi]

Freevie2009 Where is d mp3

[@Karaokeking2023]

Try looking in the description !!

[@Warostron]

THIS DESERVES MORE VIEWS

[@DrumsWithEverything]

Or a new 'lockdown' version? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@mauricetormon]

What is more funny is that I listen to this BBC theme song while working out. 😂 This gives me an adrenaline rush.

[@NBFL]

ya ever go to the club just ask them to play this: BBC News Countdown Theme 2014 (Extended Club Remix 2015)

[@Karaokeking2023]

Just a random user I 23447274 lol 😂 if you know any DJ that does, let me know

[@Serenity-ch3ze]

Just a random user I 23447274 🤣

[@DrumsWithEverything]

Yup. Or our new 'rockier' version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@LiamMonticelli]

Came here after searching for BBC News Theme remixes, found it alongside Ben Howell's Dua Lipa mashup. It's a good day to have ears. :)

[@paulmiles6012]

Even the little red line at the bottom of the screen is synchronized to this. Lol.

[@sharavv676]

Simply superb

[@roseynick]

The BBC news theme make me proud to be British

[@jamesduffy7549]

If nothing else, a sick beat will be dropped before I'm informed of the thermonuclear ICBM that will detonate over Coventry in 4 minutes

[@beat00t10]

I've been searching for this fir ages THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@DrumsWithEverything]

Try our take on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@karthikvanmathi3622]

Amazing!!! piece of sound...I just love this.

[@Mon4rch]

BBC droppin them beats

[@nitzsam84]

Mindbogglingly awesome

[@markkram1481]

Wow! Is it that long now? I first heard this in 2015 and keep coming back to it. Well done Nigel and David Lowe of course

[@Matty767]

BBC News reporting on CoronaVirus pandemic!

[@maxamed89]

Growing up listening this news music was unforgettable memories

[@seerpou]

this is what makes the UK great

[@Satters]

Britain hasn’t been great for forty years thanks to immigration ruining it

[@dreamer2260]

@@Satters Bore off. It's the Tories that have brought Britain to the state we're in now, not immigrants.

[@vijayva]

Superb composition for a layman like me. I go over it again and again. Never feel bored. Sir David Lowe,'s Original is original, a great masterpiece in its own right but the Remix work is great too. Heart-throbbing !

[@kevinfarwell8574]

FANTASTIC piece of music.

[@easy1355]

I really enjoyed this, well done on putting it together...

[@DrumsWithEverything]

How about our new 'lockdown' version? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHvCnKx7btmSqrs

[@jonwizard3989]

One of the best news themes ever!

[@christopherbayne3631]

While in Austria this past April, I'd keep the tv on all night, and that music would be playing on and off. Good music and a nice, fun flashback of my vacation.

[@christopherbayne9061]

Yup. Hey, you....is that me?

[@hungryherbie]

No doubt this is the BEST news theme of them all ..great job done here

[@uallrite123]

'Hands off the BBC' - Dennis Skinner, 2016

[@railwayscientist5255]

I was hoping I wasn't the only one XD

[@dreamer2260]

Well said, Dennis.

[@simjem]

This is good. I originally left a comment saying it was out of time and like 2 tracks just shoved over each other out of sync, then I realised in another tab, I still had another version playing lol so once I stopped that and listened again, yup, thumbs up :)

[@MrSporkster]

Absolute banger!

[@fairusfedder7206]

Oh Lord....goose bumps growing like hell... hahaha. Wow. Loving this beat so much