Get ready for ITV trailer music (1989)

[@nigelmathewsnrm]

In my opinion, this bit of music is (off the top of my head) the best thing to come out of the rebranding. I miss the days of LWT and Thames and the rest of the regional stations. ☺

[@YourLocalGP]

As a child growing up in Essex, there was something really exciting about the "switch" from ITV to LWT on a Friday night. I never understood what it meant, but the feeling that behind the scenes, one team was handing over to another *to keep TV running over the weekend*, and all we saw was this stripey ident, was just....amazing.

[@adrianatkins3128]

@YourLocalGP I agree. I lived in London as a student and the Friday evening switchover to LWT seemed oddly exciting

[@jane1975]

@grahamf19 LOL, Toothpaste.

[@jane1975]

@grahamf19 LOL, I suppose it did. I never heard that nickname.

[@garethlp]

@@YourLocalGP I feel exactly the same. Thames > LWT and a great weekend of programming with the stripey LWT logo. Good times 😀

[@Larry]

Shame you only ever got to hear these tunes in full when there was a breakdown, then it was more eerie what was going on!

[@RebornAudio]

Hello you! Love your videos, Larry!

[@jane1975]

Larry Bundy Jr The instrumental version was used for ITV Weather.

[@Corkedwolf43771]

Hello you

[@goodolgranite8247]

Here he is again! How many videos has Larry commented on?

[@Nintentoad125]

Was not expecting to see you here

[@andresbravo2003]

30 Years ago and it's still amazing song for us! =-)

[@KitHubCats]

The 1999 music is better

[@fusionsuper]

I think both the music from the 1989 era and of course the 1999 hearts era are both great. They are better than the rubbish that exists on screen at the present time.

[@SirAdamUK]

Sometimes I put this on first thing in the morning. In the style of Windsor Davies, I tell myself in the mirror "I'm getting ready", walking away feeling prepared for the day ahead.

[@stevencross8877]

I wasn't alive during this time when regional stations existed near the rebrand but I wish i was , I remember regional stations but they were all under the itv *area of country* name instead of stations such as thames and southern 🙃

[@mattcrooke8321]

I was born in 1976, so as a kid through the 80’s the Thames logo and jingle preceded everything that was good. I remember being over my girlfriends house, watching the snow fall on New Year’s Day when Carlton TV first started. Hearing this music brings it all flooding back.

[@paulxinternational6616]

Bring back regional ITV

[@ellieoroarty4246]

they still do regional itv but in a different way.

[@chrisrowe7503]

@@ellieoroarty4246 Yeah in the way that it's all controlled by the same company and from London. Nowhere near the same thing.

[@sillygoose635]

It wouldn't survive.

[@anthonyperkins7556]

Yes it would.

[@Mr_Storm_22]

UTV guys

[@ArianesDrawingPH]

I'm not a Bri'sh, but.... "When you Happy, you enjoyed the music. When you sad, you understand the lyrics." 7:08

[@DVSyoutube]

It was the first major rebrand for ITV in 1989. Most of the regional franchises used this rebrand, however, some franchises - like Anglia, Granada, Ulster Television, TVS, TSW, Channel Television never used the rebrand and continued using their own idents.

[@campingramen1841]

They were smart too, because the ITV brand isn't the most loved thing in the world.

[@Garylpool1]

You mean Granada were smart by buying out the entire network and strangely use the the name ITV

[@cartmanskittykat2197]

I grew up in the Granada region and remember this well. Granada did use the music occasionally before regional weather and ofc promos. 😃

[@chrisrowe7503]

Thames used this for a while and then I think they realised this was a vision of the future of ITV that was a bad one for franchises and they scrapped it. The last franchise to use a version of this was LWT.

[@geoffhaggett3080]

@@chrisrowe7503thought the last franchisee to use it was Border? Might be wrong

[@krisstarring]

David Dundas makes great music. "Get Ready For ITV" honestly though beats his honest radio hit "Jeans On." I love that saxophone.

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

Class tune. Could only have been made in the 80's

[@musmodtos]

Play back at 95% normal playback speed. Ｇｅｔ　ｒｅａｄｙ　ｆｏｒ　ＩＴＶ　（x０．９５）　ＶＡＰＯＲ　ＭＥＭＯＲＹ　院ヿ　穏ヰ煙よコ

[@Super_Bambi_64]

THIS IS SO LOVELY AND AESTHETIC INTO MY LOVELY SOUL IT IS THE BEST SONG I EVER SEEN OF MY LIFE IT IS VERY PERFECT TO ME I WILL GIVE SONG A 100/100 INTO MY HEART!!!

[@tfn9265]

I kind of have mixed feelings about this song. It's beautiful (another brilliant Dundas piece) but at the same time... it's kind of odd when you think about it. I sort of like it but I hate what it represents, the beginning of ITV homogeny. So yeah, mixed feelings

[@fraserkatie]

Oh my! Havemt heard this in ages! Great quality through headphones! Great to hear these!

[@Alpha8713]

This is like musical crack. I can't stop listening to it, though I can't really explain why I like it, either.

[@imnotashamed1248]

Lol

[@alex-vd4vm]

they definitely put something in the song to keep you listening to it all day!

[@pinkdiamond1847]

Same I wasn't even alive when this was around but this music makes me feel things. It makes me feel good and relaxed and somehow nostalgic for a time I wasn't even alive for at the same time

[@anngulliver5964]

I feel the same

[@lueezec358]

It’s been truly emotional and nostalgic, first time I’ve heard the vocal version though, love it!!

[@chrisrowe8926]

This rebranding to ITV was the beginning of the end. It always existed as an entity but this was it's first ever launch as a brand. Now looking back it's clear what the government wanted to happen and it did. A single company running it all. Sadly that company was Granada. I think Thames would have done a lot better. Just look at their programme making record. Granada have a good record as well but nowhere near as good as Thames record was.

[@lueezec358]

Chris Rowe Wow that isa cool answer, how do you know all of that?

[@adrianatkins3128]

I couldn’t agree more. I miss the regional identity and today’s itv goes against the early principles of franchising

[@whatamalike]

I dont agree that the 89 ITV rebrand was the beginning of the end. This was in fact produced as an act of defiance against the broadcasting act 1990 which resulted in the horrific 1991 ITV auction. Besides, outside of the logo itself, only 2 companies used it passed 1992; Yorkshire and Grampian. I understand why Grampian stuck with it cos they were tiny (and i'm surprised the likes of tyne tees and border dropped it too) but why yorkshire stuck with it for so long is beyond me! In fact, why they adopted it lock, stock and barrel is baffling considering only 2 years earlier they introduced by far their best ident in the form of Liquid Gold!

[@chrisrowe8926]

@@whatamalike LWT kept it until around 1998 as their ident. I say what I say about Granada but I correct myself. They no longer own the lot. Most of their directors and shareholders have long since left and their studios are now gone. Anglia are now apparently in charge of all the franchises of ITV plc. If it was a defiance of the auction then it backfired massively as the brand played right into the government's hands.

[@whatamalike]

@@chrisrowe8926 Well yeah, LWT (like everybody else in england and wales) continued to use the 89 ITV logo in their trailers, but the generic 89 ident itself was dropped sometime in mid-late 92. But nah I still think the 89 generic look was an act of defiance against the 1990 broadcasting act and in light of the 'Death on the rock' documentary.

[@boltonpete6093]

Takes me back to a time when I'd watch itv sport football in the early 90's

[@caamarchivos]

Priceless. From Chile, I love the UK TV, it's very enjoyable and fantastic.

[@MondySpartan]

I'm also not from the UK, yet I love the UK TV :)

[@tehbrazspartan]

I'm from Brazil and I too just like the british television.

[@kay-marie1076]

It was back then.

[@yosifkollartone4127]

Bréxit

[@YourLocalGP]

Thanks to the BBC

[@paulburgess2218]

This theme brings back memories for me I was about 20 yrs of age when the brand ITV started and regional television was coming to an end except for local regional news

[@jacksugden8190]

Composed by David Dundas

[@raygethin2796]

THE JEANS ON CHAP ?

[@CJT80]

@@raygethin2796 Aparently so :-)

[@elmanrayyan]

i LOVE this song! 😊

[@davidrover62]

Classy and catchy. Nothing produced since compares to this.

[@jane1975]

@davidrover62: Its is catchy but it is so 1989.

[@AdiRudi]

davidrover62 It may be so very 1989, but this package did strike a good balance between a network identity and regionalism. Modern ITV would do well to learn from this campaign

[@sillygoose635]

F O U R S C O R E

[@javianwilliams7463]

Eraser: This dude is right!

[@caydenlaffey2019]

Four Score is more timeless tbh.

[@WBBlackOfficial]

I n s p i r a t i o n

[@GoldenDaggerProductions]

Thames, formally part of ITV in the UK, is Britain’s leading producer of quality entertainment TV, and is home to the UK’s biggest and best entertainment programmes.

[@WBBlackOfficial]

¦B-) hey that's my favorite song that I like I heard it on my ITV radio

[@fraserkatie]

This promo also featured people like Nicky Campbell and others like Windsor Davies saying Get Ready on thr promo if I seem to remember and they are in my head as I listen to these versions! I would say that the second is different to what youve described it as!

[@fraserkatie]

The second is another instrumental version of the promo!

[@CJT80]

You can view the promo Video's here on KZbin :-)

[@whyayetv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWbdfmujoNGnf5I

[@MrGLPOWELL]

I remember the brief indent of this music but I didn't catch the vocals at the time. Thanks for sharing. Prior to this I remember ITV using Billy Joel's 'Just the way you are'. Obviously they were to later do exactly the opposite of what the lyrics said - shame that.

[@subwaygaragemusic]

I believe the Billy Joel promo is even aired four or five months prior to this. I saw one of them on KZbin mentioned that it's from April that year.

[@qbxreviews2090]

now that i think about it, in parts this sounds weirdly like the instrumental of that billy joel song

[@javianwilliams7463]

I feel like people didn’t hear Butch Hartman when he said: Channels have to change, they have change their schedules, their looks, and their programming as well.

[@Da99thWolf]

get ready for itv, we do good stuff, we do the best shows, together, we are the best everyday, get ready 2 be friendly to itv, we are good, the best independent television channel in the whole wide world, get happy for itv, get happy, get happy, get happy for itv.

[@Da99thWolf]

anthony perkins, u are in big trouble for that so that if your watching this, i don't care if itv is **** or not.

[@javianwilliams7463]

One word: BRRRRRRRRILLIANT!!!!

[@GoldenDaggerProductions]

That would of been a great sequel to this song if it was used for C-ITV (children's ITV), and besides, ITV's stations are bullcrap in 2021, Granada and Carlton really messed stuff up.

[@paulmcdonald3011]

a lovely blast from the past ;)

[@derekhart3308]

Wish go back to this logo as iconic look.

[@JimmySand9]

Almost certainly a coincidence, but CBS' fall campaign in 1989 was also called Get Ready. That's where the similarities ended, as the campaign seen stateside was more pedestrian and far cheesier.

[@keth9016]

That is from the United States.

[@georgepreston7845]

Listening to the vocal version today makes me want to cringe, yet I CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO IT

[@jane1975]

@George Preston: I know its so 1989 isn't it? It should of been "Get Ready for ITV to get f***ed up, sold off to two companies, Granada and Carlton, get rid of all the best drama series and show reality crap and become Chav TV" instead by the millennium at least. Lots of the ITV companies told the ITC to sod off with their generic ident as well that accompanied this tune, they would use the new ITV logo of the time sometimes though, especially on end boards.

[@YourLocalGP]

Yep. I was born in '85. I remember watching programmes that ended with Grampian, Tyne Teen, Westcountry...I actually learnt about other parts of the country from being curious about those. The LWT ident coming up was exciting. By the time my younger siblings grew up, all they knew was the generic orange of Carlton (a name I never liked).

[@ancnews9661]

Tv London And Flmanchester Become GRANANTRAL

[@8bitnitwit]

I'd never heard that version until this evening. The lyrics are on a next level of corniness.

[@MathRaven1910]

4:00 am in Brazil and me GET READY FOR ITV!!

[@jubileebaby9787]

Sounds like the music when you’re on hold..

[@NormanRDolan]

Best. Jazz. EVAH!

[@nethalus]

This was when the rot started to set in for ITV, accountant lead moves caused chaos and morale throughout the network plummeted, it is time they went back to regional to try and win back viewers in a declining market

[@jane1975]

@nethalus: I agree, ITV used to have some great dramas and they axed some of the best [ the last being Wild at Heart which I recently saw on here ]now its reality shit. Its also time they changed the font for the logo, it 's looking pretty tired. I do miss regional ITV a lot.

[@GoldenDaggerProductions]

@grahamf19 Thames and LWT returning is fine, but I think London Tonight should be called London News Center.

[@aldensvintagepbsarchive2289]

The 14 dislikers weren't ready

[@closedchannel7726]

They didn't get prepared. They need my DVD warmup screen.

[@javianwilliams7463]

Ooooooh, buuuuuuuuurn!

[@ObjectPresents]

They don't like the 1990's Broadcasting Act, so they disliked.

[@JonesDylan874]

NOSTALGIC TIMES!!!

[@george.mathieson2]

A bold statement for ITV in 1989, It seemed to work.

[@rickhardman7376]

What statement?

[@lukegreen5341]

3:17 6:45 This Music Is Funky. Thanks Mate. X

[@joemurphy2177]

In Ireland we could receive 2 or more ITV regions. And there would be variations to the shedual. Different films and US shows. That doesn't happen now. Just the local news and current affairs programmes are separate

[@johnking5174]

Hi Joe, I heard cable television in Ireland had UTV or HTV

[@joemurphy2177]

Yes that's right and back then there was a lot of variations in the shedual outside of prime time.

[@johnking5174]

@@joemurphy2177 ITV regions have all been minced since those glory days. I grew up with Thames/LWT

[@madmurdock100]

*schedule

[@beardsgirl]

It kicks off at around 1.35

[@Kilauea-xk7pu]

0:00 Music,

[@stephrichards4611]

Sassy sax!

[@dominewimbury2039]

These were great but it was the beginning of the end of regional TV as well sadly

[@MsPiktorina]

I'm a Hungarian, but british ITV, but it is goooder like Hungarian TV. (Named MTV)

[@georgeholland2934]

Quintessentially 80s in style, only the first 10 seconds of this theme was regularly used for station identification purposes. The ghastly vocal version featured in trailers promoting the 'Get Ready For ITV' relaunch. The 1989 generic logo was actually a rather elegant and stylish piece of graphic design. It gave the network a classy new unified look, except in the numerous regions that stuck two fingers up at it and did their own thing. The region that clung into the generic logo the longest by far was the northernmost, Grampian Television. It survived until 1998 by which time most of the regional franchises were owned by two conglomerates, namely Carlton and Granada.

[@darren2514fv]

The trailers with Windsor Davies and Gareth Hale saying get ready had the song

[@georgeholland2934]

@@darren2514fv Yes I vividly remember Hale & Pace exclaiming "get ready" in comedic manner. 😏

[@YourLocalGP]

'Ghastly' is really the word

[@jimbo6059]

I think it was Border, they kept it longer amd even remixed the music.

[@georgeholland2934]

@@jimbo6059 Border ditched the 1989 ITV logo not long after it was introduced, but used remixed versions of the theme music for a while after. Grampian used the generic ident in its original form all the way from 1989 to 1998, at which point the ITV logo had been designed.

[@archdukebigdogkoopa3821]

I wish that the drums from the instrumental (at 0:10) also had to be heard on the vocal version.

[@raygethin2796]

The sound quality in the second version is much better than the first ? Anyone got a crisper version of the first version ?

[@SG4860]

Loved that jingle back in the 90's! Did they ever use the vocal version though? Never heard it till now!

[@Stephen.Dixon01]

Steve Graham yes. search Get Ready ITV and you'll see a few promo films using the vocal mix

[@keepingitrealandtruthful.5081]

Steve Graham This more like 1989

[@sbred6009]

The vocal version was used on the promos for a specific region. There's a TVS one on KZbin.

[@David315842]

Yes it was. It was used for 'Get Ready for ITV' promos that aired in 1989, with various ITV celebrities telling people to 'get ready' before the generic look was brought in in late 1989.

[@David315842]

@@sbred6009 The vocal version was used on promos aired in all ITV regions. They were aired before the 1989 generic look was implemented in late 1989.

[@bird12631]

fact: abc used it in the 90s

[@esuraman]

Davemadson.

[@josephtisdale5262]

I heard this theme on WOTB and Wcdj (nOw WBQT]

[@raygethin2796]

LOVED ALL THESE BUT SOME ITV REGIONS REFUSED TO ADOPT THIS LOGO & TUNE POSSIBLY BECAUSE IT WAS A LONDON CENTRIC VIDEO WITH BIG BEN IN IT AND ONLY A TINY TRIANGLE IN THE "V" of ITV, FOR THE REGIONAL IDENT, WHICH WAS BARELY VISIBLE ? E,G. IN THE MIDLANDS THEY WANTED A CENTRAL CENTRIC LOGO (HAHA) !!

[@williamg209two]

OK THEN

[@test-ru2jo]

The regions are on the internet at itv.com/news. Choose the region(s) you like the best and view it anytime. :)

[@ObjectPresents]

That's the regional news channel, not the regional franchise channel.

[@grahamnancledra7036]

Never used in my region. Waste of time. This marked the end of the best of ITV - The regions.

[@musmodtos]

04:21 is there a little tape wow in there? Might be how it was recorded.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Replace "Get ready for ITV" in the lyrics with something else, and you have the most generic '80s Pop track ever written, and I kind of love it for that.

[@kay-marie1076]

It's sounds like one of Mark Snow's theme songs.

[@shaunlaws5551]

I remember this well it was the autumn of 1989 it was the relaunch of itv and since then the begining of the decline it got crap and still crap now I miss the old itv when it regionalised I miss the all the good original idents the changed to this ident what is on the screen I hate it

[@shaunlaws5551]

And when that happened the itv relaunch back in the autumn of 1989 itv stopped showing American TV shows they started doing there own TV shows and that really upset me because I prefer American TV better than english TV

[@JoyManoppo]

Lyrics of this song please?

[@placozoa]

Maybe they could combine all of the versions of the trailer.

[@CSSTPMedia]

Get Ready for the end of ITV...

[@rick182z]

it's not ending luv

[@CSSTPMedia]

@@rick182z Dude! You're taking it the wrong way. When I say 'the end of ITV' I meant that the start of 1993 was when the new franchises came into being and what ended ITV was the loss of on-air regional identities in favour of ITV generic branding in 2002, and the merger with Granada and Carlton came about which formed 'ITV plc' in 2004. With most of ITV's programming coming from the BBC TV Centre, W12 8QT their London Studios at the South Bank have left to rot since they left the studios in 2018. ITV wasn't the same as it used to be years ago. I can see that Sidney Bernstein and Lew Grade rolling to their graves to see what a complete mess ITV is these days.

[@toastedtomuch]

Skip 8:41

[@theweathercat2002]

It's hard to believe that this song is 40 years old

[@Horizions]

30 Years.

[@WBBlackOfficial]

¦B-) oh yeah

[@MattLeger]

Can anyone tell me where one might find written lyrics to this version? Hard of hearing folks like me often have trouble discerning words in old recordings like this.

[@donaldrady8880]

Hopefully this will help: Get ready for ITV We're moving up Together we're gonna make a better day Side by side With you Being a part of everything we do Get ready for ITV Get ready for ITV Get ready for ITV (Yeah yeah) We're moving on (moving on) Together we're getting stronger everyday (stronger everyday) Side by side (side by side) We stand (we stand) Being the best at everything we do Get ready for ITV (Get ready) Get ready for ITV Side by side yeah Get ready for ITV Get ready for ITV Get ready for ITV Get ready for ITV Get ready for ITV

[@CJT80]

@@donaldrady8880 I swear some of the "get ready for ITV"'s sound like "gettting ready for ITV"

[@MasonTube]

0:00 3:14 6:32

[@RMProductionsIncfhhuegij49572]

6:32

[@bytearchives]

Doble u

[@yamsunflower1]

#ITV

[@EssJayBee]

Who composed this music and wrote the song? Who are the performers?

[@scrapyardwarriorvlogging]

I believe this was David Dundas.

[@rajtheangrydj2711]

HE Also Composed The Music to Fourscore

[@rimmersgirl81]

Raj The Angry DJ David Duncan’s also sang jeans on which was out in the 70’s!!!! His music in my very own humble opinion is awesome!!!! I could listen to it over and over again!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@anngulliver5964]

They should have stuck with these ident tunes.

[@chestnutbloke305]

What are the lyrics?

[@jane1975]

@Chestnut Bloke: Get Ready for ITV, we're moving on. Together we are going to make a better day, side by side, with you. Being a part of everything we do. [bridge] Get Ready for ITV [ repeat] Get Ready for ITV [ yeah yay], we're moving on [ moving on]. Together we're getting stronger everyday [ stronger everyday], side by side [ side by side], we stay [ always there]. Being the best in everything we do, get ready for ITV [ get ready yeah], get ready for ITV [ always ]. [ saxophone solo] [Side by Side, yeah] Get ready for ITV [ repeat times 5 to fade ].

[@wyattmanhabel644]

6:33

[@THEACTUALLDL123]

06:32

[@wyattmanhabel644]

3:13

[@anthonyperkins7556]

Get ready for ITV, we transmit crap, together we are worse everyday, we are I-T-V, with talent shows and reality TV, get ready to get angry, get ready to smack ITV, repeats of what's gone on, we don't improve, we slash and cut all films to bits and they're free, yes we do, we don't care, and Ofcom sticks up for our right to rubbish the air, get angry for ITV, get angry, get angry for ITV

[@sillygoose635]

Gosh, even the chase is more entertaining then your whiny bullshit.

[@anthonyperkins7556]

Load of shit more like, if you like reality shows talent shows game shows late night teleshopping, news cut to a mere interruption and boring Nightscreen, as well as constant guff that's been aired millions of times Stevie you're a boring bastard. ITV today is just a bunch of beancounters auditors bosses and thick schedulers who run a shit service.

[@faridadamayanti3580]

#TUNINGMECARD #TOBOT #STARTELEVISION

[@jane1975]

anthony perkins ROFLMHO, yes it lost all its best stuff didn’t it, it’s Chav TV now.

[@Da99thWolf]

anthony perkins, it's not get angry for itv, it's get ready for itv.

[@agustingomez1590]

Tomorrow at 9:25am on ITV, This Morning presents the Royal Wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank.

[@Rexowogamer]

A pretty good jingle, mediocre idents (for most of the companies) and bloody awful history...

[@sonicgamer49angelomiguelan90]

Song by ITV Plc

[@MondySpartan]

David Dundas actually made this song.

[@paulhunter123]

this stinks of londons burning

[@jane1975]

London's Burning theme came way before this, this is penned by David Dundas in 1989 and the LB theme was Simon Brint, Roddy Matthews and Roland Rivron [the original one anyway]in 1986.

[@RMProductionsIncfhhuegij49572]

6:32

[@ifinitemaker589]

3:12