London 2012 Ceremony Music - And I Will Kiss - Underworld (ft. Dame Evelyn Glennie)

My favourite piece of music shown at the Danny Boyle's genius London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony - a truly mindblowing event. This piece was shown primarily during the Industrial Revolution Scenes and is a really hauntingly beautiful piece of music.
Please note this is not my piece of music and it is owned by the Olympic Games Association, their KZbin Channel can be found HERE - / olympic
You can find all the tracks played during the opening ceremony under the album "Isles of Wonder" which can be accessed here; itunes.apple.co...

[@joert8300]

Anyone else listening to this ten years later?

[@BethWillRise]

11 years later 😅

[@shagitziganshin8424]

Same, 11 years after One of the greatest moments of my life

[@steverob5]

Listening to it on the day of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony

[@Stroke.survivor]

2024 still love this❤

[@samdove8257]

My history teacher played us this part of the opening ceremony when we were learning about the industrial revolution. I was just listening to this music

[@danielbonifacio2127]

mine too, just today in the morning

[@finchmanz9081]

wtf same?

[@ErenShouldveDucked]

bruh same

[@hawesomedelasauce]

same dude

[@ItzJimz]

dude same but in geography

[@WarriorWildhead1337]

I remember watching this at home on TV and getting chills from this. It was the best music I'd ever heard and still is to this day. I'm so glad I found this song again. :D

[@petergarcia1241]

Anyone here before or after tokyo 2020 (2021 olympics?)

[@ThemeParkChat]

@@petergarcia1241 MEEEE🙂❤🤩

[@burningeagle1298]

Same me and my family had our super speakers on high for this.

[@trfgh230]

🇬🇧💪🥰

[@kankeihatsu291]

@@petergarcia1241 Me , the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony looks so boring . It's just rope but the best part is when they are lighting all buildings.

[@JHGLAMB]

It's the whistling part that give me goose bumps

[@abersan6520]

This combined with Britain's rapid evolution as was displayed in the ceremony was so powerful

[@kankeihatsu291]

Agreed , it's also the best of the London 2012 opening ceremony

[@Sarge92]

i wasnt thrilled about the olympics i thought it was a massive waste of money untill i watched the opening ceromonies and i was filled with awe and pride to be british and to be a part of such a presitios and great part of british we didnt just make some half assed cermony we made history and expressed our country in ways i thought not possible

[@madcat789]

Through space and time I have seen your comment, set seven years ago. I do not know if you are still around, though I wish you nothing but luck should you still be. May the next time the Olympics return, it will bring hope to everyone as this one had.

[@clarkejoseph49]

If the real Isambard Kingdom Brunel was alive today, he would be proud and in awe of how London has progressed since the Industrial Revolution.

[@snewp_e2139]

@@madcat789 (sorry for a reply a year later lol) they uploaded 2 years ago, so they’re most likely still alive

[@dobarfilm2000]

Absolutley right, best show i ever saw in my life. I was privileged to watch the ceremony live in stadium. I will never forget this.

[@SaintKiddJess]

I cried while drumming to this. especially during the poppy moment and the forging of the rings. i'm really glad you liked it. have a great day from a happy pandemonium drummer. x

[@LAGoodz]

SaintKiddJess Well done Jess, I bet you did! 2012 was such a year for the country. So proud of it all. Take care x

[@adamfull6208]

SaintKiddJess was best thing I’ve watched on tv you pull brilliant opening show in 2012 🇬🇧

[@imamulmottakin7578]

literary, i also cried...yea, it was a pandemonium...i love your drums playing and chorus...overwhelmed..i must say, this is the best opening of Olympic in 21st century so far.

[@heroj6322]

Thanks for adding to the moment of this opening even more!

[@Uthmanchoudhury]

I have so much respect for you. I was one of the kids with the ribbons for the maypoles at the beginning of the opening ceremony. I remember feeling the drums throughout my body and as a kid feeling so nervous but looking around at so many people with drums knowing they had a more important role. The best and most memorable part of my life. London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.

[@SaintKiddJess]

yeah i was a pandemonium drummer :) i also drummed in the athletes parade =] all 1,000 drummers are actually heard in this video. they recorded it with us :) thank you xx

[@thunderstrike-rw4hn]

SaintKiddJess very proud of each of you in this music

[@thunderstrike-rw4hn]

SaintKiddJess one question what are they saying can never make it out

[@octazooka3452]

Ni ce

[@madcat789]

Where have you been, since that time eight long years ago? Have you been well, have you been alright?

[@Ron-Ayres]

@@thunderstrike-rw4hn They're not. It's just vowels.

[@markone5828]

Best opening ceremony for an Olympic games ever and wont be beaten for a long time. Music incredible.

[@hugoleroi4250]

Listening this July 21, 2021 I miss London 2012 Opening Ceremony .... the Pandemonium... Genius work!!!

[@petergarcia1241]

Had to heat it before opening ceremony of tokyo 2020 and listening now as today or yesterday in Japan Tokyo 2020 closing ceremonies today :(

[@Loggonout]

From 16:17 till the end, it's the most beautiful music i've ever heard, it makes me hopeful.

[@MUSTASCH1O]

Love the techno sounds in there as well. Bet the drums sounded absolutely incredible in the stadium.

[@pivotal1980]

I'm an Aussie - but with British roots (and a UK passport) - and the Ceremony made me proud of the little island that has made such an outsized contribution to world history and culture. The Beijing Ceremony was all about military-style precision. It betrayed Beijing's massive insecurity complex and the control it has over its citizens. London didn't demand such perfection. It was the ceremony of a mature democracy. It was a people's ceremony with 'real' people (ie deaf children's choir).

[@Ron-Ayres]

Beautifully put.

[@nidulamaknidulamak4214]

This was so epic, reminded me of Hans Zimmerman's style, dark knight or something..

[@PastPresented]

Listen to Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for the oil rig scene in "Man of Steel", released nearly a year after this ceremony. You may find its rhythm quite familiar!

[@paulwnterton3907]

The best Olympic ceremony ever ...”and i will kiss “ by underworld a masterpiece

[@pansejra]

Oh my goodness... I have finally found it! This song is giving me goosebumps all over my body! Amazing track and as it was said somewhere below, this track was so good on the Olympiad in the opening ceremony show!

[@boltoncreations2200]

Ditto

[@clarkejoseph49]

Tokyo. If you’re remembering London’s opening ceremony, try to top it please? Update: Same goes with Paris.

[@shafichowdhury2315]

Tokyo’s Olympic opening was amazing! Especially how they brought the typical Japanese culture together with the world in the end! It was flawless

[@DricoMonster]

London put on the best Olympics of all time, both ceremonies and competition were magnificent, massive respect from Ireland

[@sergioenrique346]

Athens 2004 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@belykmx]

china 2008 is amazing

[@WelidAwil-x2v]

@@sergioenrique346😊😊

[@Stroke.survivor]

Agree 2012 london❤

[@LittleLoz]

Can we please go back in time to 2012? What a fab year

[@peterwolf8395]

Oh for sure count me in

[@pathumtharaka8619]

if you are here it means you have great taste in music

[@Marco2024cln]

This is fucking beautiful, still gives me chills, thank you brits and whoever was part of it.

[@gfair2]

The track is amazing, those opening ceremonies were absolutely incredible. The part that still moves me to tears is the pause for the World War memorial. In this track you hear it begin shortly after 7:50

[@jeffalt2000]

The most beautiful masterpiece ever created for an Olympic Opening Ceremony. It is a powerful and emotional piece. It just sends chills down your spine and motivates you at the same time. Thank you Danny Boyle and Underworld. Magnificent job.

[@aeronblack9249]

10:56 My Favorite Parts 12:27 13:59

[@TLrtd]

Ten years ago today, London stunned the world with an Olympic opening ceremony like no other

[@jrsc01.]

Listening to this again, just a few days before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics now!

[@solarsatan9000]

we should change our anthem to this as a powermove

[@OfficialNube]

Nope.

[@dynamis5538]

This is real music..

[@midzyblinkonce7716]

I AM SO PROUD TO BE BRITISH!!!

[@williamforde8582]

still to this day I would have e spent £1000 to see this at the opening ceremony because it was that good

[@Dzheep]

The guys from the techno duo Underworld put this together. Any fan of theirs will recognize classic bits of their music in this. I loved it.

[@rubity_]

This segment and this song beat anything that was on Rio's opening ceremony yesterday. London 2012 is my all time favorite.

[@DrAnimePhD]

Yeah Rio's was pretentious political BS.

[@fidgetspinner2416]

Rio was nothing compared to this

[@tobukobuta]

We must admit that Rio's organization was shit from beggining to end

[@fidgetspinner2416]

TobuKobuta Yeah I hope the 2020 games will be decent

[@greenhornet8262]

AjaOfVeelox Rios was great. Just because it was different doesn’t mean it wasn’t fantastic.

[@Special17782]

Four years ago I used to cycle to and from work, about 8 miles each way with some big hills. I was doing shift work finishing at 1am. I can recall fresh in my minds eye, This song used to be on repeat on my ipod smashing along, pushing me along. Has such a great beat to pushing yourself hard. Almost like a beating drum on a dragon boat keeping pace. Memories!

[@jimjohnson724]

yea it's very inspiring music

[@blackhorse385]

This masterpiece has carried London in every corner of the world. Fantastic Olympic game. 2012 has been very special. Greetings from Mauritius

[@petergarcia1241]

Key Parts of this music should be used in Olympic bumpers or when giving brief news during the Olympic news broadcast of Day summary of went on during the day. Because of this song I can only associate with the Olympics just as I do when hearing the Bugler's Dream and Olympic Fanfair.

[@Hypedchaoz]

Oh the nostalgia!

[@chrisd8200]

Still giving goosebumps and pride in 2019!

[@emestella_]

To be honest, even if this music is very good in itself, I can't forget the awesome Dame Evelyn's drum solos when it is played live. Something I would like to catch again! Still, it's awesome. Bravo everyone !

[@littledistractions]

Thumb up if you made it to 17 mins!! Personally, I think we need longer songs!

[@alexinruralfrance]

Still an awesome piece of music, even after all this time still gives me goose bumps ^^

[@arthurluna6189]

That music is so perfect to exercise.

[@dr.tophat5883]

The 2012 Olympics had the best opening ceremony hands down

[@stevegoddard363]

The music was absolutely amazing

[@RegularCapital]

Majestically sublime, makes you proud to be British.

[@iammatrix1396]

9:06 T R Y NOT TO GET AN O R G A S M ...I FAILED 😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨

[@daviddavid3]

Normally I think my country is a load of wank but being part of these Olympics has been absolutely amazing.

[@ipodsock]

fuck the world, UK rules... incredible piece of music, that industry is one of the few we still lead in ;)

[@visionario-vb9gt]

Londres 2012 trajo varias canciones para nunca olvidar y una de ellas es esta, me genera una gran inspiración, a tal punto que la utilizo para entrenar

[@MsDegrassichik]

im a gymnast, in the beginning is like me learning the kip and then in the middle is getting frustrated, and at the end.....finally making it, I made my kip today, a kip is one of the most frustrating moves you could learn on bars, ive been working so long and hard at it, and today.....it finally paid off, im so happy. this is my song...

[@goldenrose8042]

I remember being 13, watching my very first Olympic opening ceremony, and seeing and hearing this was just as powerful to me then as it is now. I’m 22 now and I still get chills listening to this.

[@kaiyan246]

this opening ceremony is one to never forget ESPECIALLY the music

[@Invader_Era]

Back when I was proud to be from the uk..

[@ThyRedCoat]

Always remember why its called Great Britain.

[@blizzard76kz]

Absolutely amazing! I feel ever so proud to be British. Best part of the whole ceremony was when the rings came together combined with the beautiful music and atmosphere, somply superb!

[@harajukudude]

Waiting outside on the Stadium grounds to perform in the Thanks Tim section, skanking with my friends to this and Rick from Underworld directing the Industrial Revolution peeps in our in-ears really got us pumped and buzzing for the show! A masterpiece here.

[@kevinjoiner5357]

Great Ceremony, Great Games, Great Britain!

[@sculli722]

I fucking knew Underworld would see Britain right! people took the piss because they were a techno act as well. What a cheek! Who else could have seen us have a better musical line up for the opening. Britain's proud of you Underworld! And the entire world was impressed.

[@fidgetspinner2416]

sculli722 Ikr if we had somebody form the current charts, we'd be laughed at.

[@16naitch]

this song means so much to me, i was in the beatles sgt.pepper tribute and this incredible piece of music makes me tingle every time i hear it (which has been ALOT lately)

[@adamfull3181]

Best 20mins I’ve ever seen on tv

[@Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

I still remember. I was in the UK studying when this came up. Seeing all the diversity, the unity the strength of the UK made me proud I stayed here for so many years. I would have loved to join the United Kingdom and swear fealty.

[@Cjl99]

I was awestruck during this sequence. Boyle redefined for me what an Olympic opening ceremony can do. I felt both sadness (for the loss of innocence from the pastoral age and pure awesomeness in the power of mankind's collective strength to make the industrial age possible. I hate that these media companies try to block amazing performance art like this from being seen again.

[@blazemkds]

3:18 That noise is just incredible. Also 9:06

[@petergarcia1241]

Like ur 3:18 but I feel it really starts on 1:33 1:34.

[@akawhippy]

I had the luck to travel over there and watch them live! It was something I will never forget. And I get goosebumps at the poppy moment of the song. Sooo epic!

[@chaoflaka8132]

(gets goosebumps while picturing the performers chanting while pounding the drums and the rings forming above them)

[@Izzythepirate]

2012 was definitely Britain's year

[@sk8inpancake]

I love this piece of music. I like to listen to it when I'm doing most tasks it inspires me and gets my creativity flowing and determination to get something done fired up.

[@UnderweightPanda]

This part of the ceremony made me feel so proud to be British that I shed a tear... a single tear made of tea.

[@moonlionwilliams1316]

I have watched every opening ceremony since 1984 and this by far is the best of them all..I thought Beijing was good..but this was absolutely amazing..still gives me goosebumps 7 yrs on..uk rocks man!! No one does it like the brits

[@carlosgranizo4018]

I love this masterpiece ❤🎶

[@jubja75]

The London 2012 Opening Ceremony.... No words can express how well conceived it was. Danny Boyle and Team deserve Honours from Her Majesty the Queen ... It was SIMPLY 'OUT OF THIS WORLD' .

[@vicksus4809]

2024 listener here! One of the best music that I have listened to. Fits perfectly to the Opening Ceremony!

[@jjj367]

This was epic. I found myself in tears from the combination of sight and sound sensory overload I was experiencing. Danny Boyle was brilliant. Kenneth Branagh as Isambard Kingdom Brunel was awesome!

[@herbertavelinodossantos6608]

Épico Londres 2012 São Paulo Brasil

[@darrendavies5704]

We’re not Britain, we’re GREAT Britain,

[@OfficialNube]

Not anymore.

[@LittleLoz]

@@OfficialNube Yes we are

[@OfficialNube]

@@LittleLoz Give me one good reason. Anything. Because I want some semblance of hope that is country is in some way "Great".

[@LittleLoz]

@@OfficialNube We're still called Great Britain 🇬🇧

[@OfficialNube]

@@LittleLoz That doesn't make us a great country though. That's like saying Good Friday is always a good day even though people have died that day throughout history so it would obviously not be a "Good Friday" for them.

[@liteonmx]

This segment was the best of the Opening Ceremony of London 2012, I think Rio didnt overcome the 2012 opening, we will have to wait if Tokio can do it. London did a very good job after Beijing's AMAZING opening ceremony, in my opinion the best opening so far in this century. 1- Beijing 2008 2- London 2012 3- Athens 2004

[@inshiraneomihamza9022]

eneyone in 2022

[@Taneff_Channel]

The best opening ever

[@VaughanGolf]

And although the olympics cost a lot, you gain a huge amount of money overall due to all the tourism (during the games and after it) and it's completely revamped a lot of london, and the legacy after the games promotes sport, particularly for those from a disadvantagted background- the olympics were a wonderful wonderful thing and they do so much good as well as being entertaining. Match of the day on the other hand....

[@meetrasurrik6982]

Who's here after the disastrous French opening ceremony?

[@Edfons]

as an Olympic aficionado i have to say that london 2012 opening have had the best production in music in all the past ceremonys. Also the story from this play is the best i have ever seen. Just magnificent! Good for Great Britain! U guys got a 10++++++

[@sk8inpancake]

I'm so glad that I went to see the torch on the relay. What am amazing day it was.

[@anuj18]

YEah, What music! What memories! :)

[@LioF20]

Makes me proud to be British To be human being

[@redsquirrel1086]

Astonishing OpeningCeremony.

[@mcfcnipper]

goosebump music, classic underworld!!

[@kathleenyoung4296]

This is my absolute favorite part of the openning ceremony

[@Colaris99]

I beginning to think this is the greatest piece of music ever made

[@mrpregnant]

The steam-engine converted heat by burning fuel into mechanical work, one conducive to the system of cylinders in motion, working as an energy conversion device, releasing heat and extracting work through the combustion of fuel. Engineers of the time were confounded by the rather low efficiency of the steam-engines, because most of the heat dissipated uselessly into the environment. The second law of thermodynamics helped engineers understand the underlying principle that deals with the constraints upon the direction of heat transfer.

[@NicknooVision]

and all the engine, the work and the change forged the Olympic Rings... (reference of the Industrial Revolution part ending)

[@winterguardmumma]

When we first got given the games I believed that it would be a massive flop. That was until they started and the atmosphere in East London changed forever. Suddenly people were proud of where they came from, people smiled and greeted each other. Even today, passing the stadium I still smile and feel proud of what we achieved. I cried the first time I saw this segment and to this day I get chills watching this (I knew many people who had the opportunity to take part) as the rings came together and then the raising of the petals. The great was definitely put back in Britain.

[@AtollK1950]

This is just absolutely ball-bustingly epic.

[@Itsuchi2]

Wow. I can't believe after 4 years I finally found this track. I remember watching this performed at the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony with my friends. I had just became a Christian and gotten plugged into a new church home with a new campus ministry. We all watched it together. Amazing memories. I love this theme!

[@mrAZcardinal]

Itsuchi2 "Just became a Christian"... oh, you poor thing. Religion is for the weak.

[@scollett67]

@@mrAZcardinal Agreed. Christianity is a relationship with the creator, not a religious set of rules. That's the bit man did.

[@shafichowdhury2315]

Can anyone believe it’s going to be 10 years next year that the 2012 olympics was in the UK? Time flew so fast!

[@markcameron5719]

This was the last time I was proud to be British 😔

[@isabellabriffa8638]

For me, my favourite part was the “ah-ah-ah” of the voices, it always seems to send a beautiful chill down my spine

[@england1551]

love it proad be from uk xxxx

[@OnyxConflict]

+donna wil But you clearly didn't learn English anywhere near here.

[@england1551]

thanks for that

[@OnyxConflict]

donna wil No problem.

[@england1551]

lol

[@evstoeuinmilan9411]

1984 los angeles is nothing london is masterpiece,,,,,, a model of the things that would be coming,,,,,,,

[@Halebopp97]

Rather tired of hearing about "Scotland this, Scotland that". When do you ever see the English claiming medals solely for England? In England it's always "Britain" or "Great Britain". In Scotland it's always "Scotland, Scotland, Scotland". If you lot up there no longer care about the Kingdom of Great Britain and want to go your own way, off you go! England doesn't need you! If you want to stay, then less of the Scottish and let's all get on with being British, together!

[@Xelexis]

What a stunning piece of music for an inspired opening ceremony. I found this section, and the cauldron lighting touching and poignant. Just goes to show, you don't need a Beijing budget to make something beautifully touching. Well done to Danny Boyle, Great Britain and London. You should all be very proud of yourselves.

[@Ellynnaluxy2013]

The beginning drum parts i just imagine when that One Piece moment where the heart beats again 👌👌🤧😭🥳

[@yokartik]

I've cried this part of this ceremony while I was watching. I don't know why but it made me cry.

[@InfiniteAmbient]

so powerfull!!! amazing!

[@xxpistonxx7923]

8:02 best bit