Neighbours | The Theme Song Collection |1985-2022|

[@taridean]

The original and the 2002-2007 will forever remind me of this show. So grateful I got an opportunity to visit Pin Oak Court and meet an actual resident of the place 😊.

[@kyleiange]

Have to say Barry Crocker singing it definitely my favourite!!

[@jaggass]

I like how simple the 1st theme is and Barry's vocals double tracked. I think i would have liked it more if i started watching it in 86 but i wasn't around then.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

The Greg Hind version was the sexing up of Neighbours in order to maintain interest, and it absolutely worked.

[@squallrowlandson8028]

2002 -2007 Janine Maunder is my favourite as I grew up with that version.

[@boldbeautifulau]

Agreed

[@sambee8982]

Me too. I watched Neighbours on BBC One quite a lot back then.

[@boldbeautifulau]

@@sambee8982 that would have been the BBC’s heavily edited 35 second version.

[@sambee8982]

@@boldbeautifulau How do you remember that?

[@VictoryRRR]

Agreed. I used to watch the show religiously back then on BBC one.

[@c.syde65]

The Janine Maunder version is the one I remember from my childhood in 2006 on TV2. While I wasn't really into the show, I still know which theme song I heard. And it definitely wasn't any of the other ones. I honestly didn't even know there were other ones. Aside from the Sandra DeJong version.

[@EmmawATsonFaN1000]

2002-2007 is my favourite, grew up with that version and there is something about it that is so nostalgic

[@GMW.artist]

Can we take a moment to respect and admire the fact that Greg Hind put a little tune onto the bit where the stars cross over on the rotating Grundy logo... GENIUS!!... 😎✌🏼

[@MarouanDerfoufiTV]

WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH THAT BIN LINER YOU SAD INTERNET PERSON

[@madmurdock100]

That applies to the BBC version and possibly some European broadcasts. The original Australian broadcasts had the Ten ident shown over that piece of music (the Grundy logo preceded the Ten ident in Australia)

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

@@madmurdock100 i remember the 1992 to 1998 version of the neighbours theme

[@Via_The_Void]

@@madmurdock100 I rue the day it left BBC1 for Channel 5.

[@fusionsuper]

I never liked the 1985-97 Grundy logo, I hated that one. The 1998-2006 logo was much better.

[@KenzieRetro]

janine maunder's will always be my personal favourite

[@boldbeautifulau]

Agreed ❤

[@HDDude1981]

Very "breathe in, breathe out"-y ala Passions ^_^

[@easydrive3662]

1992-1998 my fav, so uplifting!

[@Word_is_out]

I agree without doubt the best of the rest !

[@marcharris80]

Neighbours is coming back!!! Roll on 2023 😍

[@Salesiable]

And next year In 2025 Neighbours will celebrate their 40th anniversary in their 40th Season of Neighbours.

[@Salesiable]

My favourite version of Neighbours is performed by Janine Mauder. That was definitely my childhood memories of Watching Neighbours every weeknights on Channel Ten from 2002-2007

[@robertcarldecker]

So glad this soap is getting a revival! Been watching this since I was 11! At the time I began watching, Janine’s version was still being used. I was heartbroken when they replaced it.

[@c.syde65]

The Sandra DeJong version was definitely good. But nothing can beat the Janine Maunder version.

[@alex28551]

1992-1998 and 2002-2007 are my favourites, i can see why they both lasted the longest!

[@menschheidt]

So cool that you've included some of the recap tunes as well.

[@thebigloc1]

That takes extra dedication. 🙂

[@2008giles]

Janine's theme wins it for me!

[@robertcarldecker]

Same. I started watching the show a year before her version was retired. Wish it was still being used.

[@taridean]

Yes! Hands down.

[@PaisaEsteban]

Same! Excellent version. The way she sings "That's when good neighbours become good friends" is so well done.

[@crulove]

Janine Maunders 2002-2007 is my favourite. Reminds me of my university days when we would all get together as a house and watch.

[@JustinChipmunkToyStoryAnimator]

R.I.P Neighbours 1985-2022

[@jordangrattan3092]

so happy to see this coming back next year

[@TheLilly]

2002-2007 wins!!! Grew up on that!❤️

[@marcharris80]

Keep coming back to have a listen, just love each theme in a different way 💙 Really going to miss Neighbours 😪

[@paulec2634]

The original theme is the best by far, but the one I like most from my era is 2003, it's so good.... over the years there have been theme tunes to make you feel proud to be a fan, and theme tunes to make you feel embarrassed to be a fan & have me reaching for the remote control to turn it down because my parents would say I was watching a childish show. Like 2013-2014...Thanks for putting this up by the way, very good.

[@AndrewHill-qy6tj]

Going to miss this show so so much :(

[@markh8341]

37 years of so many wonderful years, I was only one when this wonderful soap opera started. So many amazing people that have came and went through the many eras on ramsay street. Hopefully one day they'll bring it back and reliase it's a constitution of Australian tv as well as worldwide.

[@alexrobinson3970]

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[@alexrobinson3970]

2 years later. I see re w bi h and a n. t bg

[@owencoe4181]

And now I’ve come back here the day after they’ve started filming to get the programme up and running later in 2023

[@EwanMakeMovies]

I searched for Neighbours theme and found this video which is only like a day old. That's some psychic neighbours shit!

[@JoshLynagh]

Okay this is weird. I just searched for "Neighbours Theme Metal Version" and the only one I could find was literally a day old! This video was the next recommended video, and your comment is the top comment!

[@jezman8652]

It came to a fitting end last night here in Oz, loved how they closed it with a blend of all versions of the theme song from the last 37 years.

[@vlogsvlog531]

Janine Maunder version is my fave. What an angelic voice. 2nd only to the original by Barry Crocker 👍 Everybody needs good neighbours.. . .....

[@musicbitsnbobs]

My absolute favourite is the first one ... takes me right back to Mrs Mangle, Bouncer, Jim ... the legend that was neighbours, Helen Daniels, Madge, Ilene, Des, Mike ... and on and on!!! Such a good time in my life. Good to hear the latest two getting back to the actual tune:) it’s started to be almost totally different x

[@dancoways]

92 to 07 are my favs, memories of growing up watching. So sad that its coming to an end in August!

[@JamieSMB]

So unbelievably iconic beyond words

[@BJ-zd2or]

I've never watched it but my family used to watch it and seeing it on tv. Greg Hind and Jannine Maunder opening is very too its era of it's time theme. Dame farewell neighbers.

[@stephenmcconnell1000]

The theme tune has changed so many times in recent years, but only those of a certain age will remember the sense of disbelief when 2:27 happened.

[@markallanson7921]

Yes Anti Peters yelled wait stop its all changed!

[@carlwaring]

10:06 was worse!

[@sebastianohalloran9093]

Yes indeed! It was a disgrace initially (a bit like Eastenders jazzy version) though very much of the era. However, it's now the one I remember most as it probably coincides with the time I watched the show most. My partner and I are 41 and if we ever hum or sing the tune it's the version we relate to the most. I have to say that Janine Maunder's version beats them all hands down. I hadn't heard it before the finale and it's brilliant.

[@carlwaring]

@@sebastianohalloran9093 I must be the only one who actually liked the remixed EastEnders theme tune. I loved it. (Never watched the actual program though.)

[@PaisaEsteban]

@@sebastianohalloran9093 I love her version the best!

[@matt_o_connor]

07-13 the best for me with 02-07 a close second. What on Earth were they thinking with the 13-14 version, horrific!

[@c.syde65]

I actually like that version. But not as much as the Janine Maunder version which is my personal favourite. Or the Sandra DeJong version.

[@andrewdocherty73]

The 92-98 and 02-07 lives deep in my memories. Me and my older sister used to love watching it during that period 😋

[@Via_The_Void]

The Barry Crocker versions are hard to beat.

[@matthewprocenko7577]

That closing theme from 1999-2001 is the best IMO

[@khalilmakarim5725]

Heard Bonnie's theme the first time watching Neighbours. Quite good, but my favorite one's the 2002-07 theme, great voice and spanning a lot of good stories. The original feels much suited for a full-length song than a theme.

[@matthewakpan123]

I agree with everyone on here that the best 2 versions of the theme are Barry 1985 - 1989, and Janinie 2002 - 2007 which looking at all the comments on here seem to also coincide with the best 2 era's of the show. Nothing since for me is as good as those 2 and if I had to push for one it would be Janine's. I feel like Barry's was the introduction to the chirpy, comedy and good feeling neighbours started as, and Janine's was the completion where neighbours really do become good friends, I feel the storylines in that period echoed that as well.

[@mstt3530]

1992-1998 Memories

[@WallyPyneoil]

The personal best for me is 1985-1989 - because that's when I was glued to watching Daph, Des, Helen, Jim, Paul, Gail, Max, Maria, Mrs Mangel, Jane, Scott, Charlene, Julie, Eileen, Madge, Henry, Clive, Danny, Shane, and so on. I was young and optimistic - and so was the show. Unforgettable. Lovely to see Des and Jane marry for the 35th anniversary. I tuned in specially.

[@truth901]

Here, here ...let's drink to everything written in this good comment! Neighbours ....the old days. (Says something about my age too!)

[@UncleAL86]

Never missed an episode from 1997-2006!

[@sksfenomeno]

I think 89-92 was the best, but I love 92-98 as well because it reminds me of secondary school.

[@Mattbarson23]

Salute to you sir - they’re my favourites too 😜😜

[@markhobson5769]

My favourite version is the Barry Crocker version from 1989-1992.

[@odessyodessa]

02-07 nostalgia

[@mcpapa990fccowman6]

2007- 2013 is just nostalgic 👍

[@rickyboleto]

Ever since I found out the show has been axed / rested... I've been coming here to listen to this on loop. Thank you Andrew.

[@scottkenyon3073]

Barry is the man! None of the others are close.

[@lfc-europe]

Amen.

[@gallifrey1985]

I wholeheartedly agree

[@kierentari8877]

He’s the best they should use his singer for the finale when all the other actors are coming back be sad as show was great 80s and early 90s after that I stopped watching.

[@MisterPolitical1]

The 2002 neighbours theme is 2nd best

[@meridian2000]

@Scott Kenyon That's where you are wrong, Greg Hind, Paul Norton and Wendy Stapleton sang it the best, Barry was awful.

[@dannykimis]

Thank you Brisbane Thank you Australia You offered me finest memories and it was unforgettable. My youth was so amazing

[@bigdrooler]

2002-2007 was my favourite, wish that would return

[@alexchisholm7858]

I agree

[@marigapaul2990]

Correct

[@robertcarldecker]

That theme was the one being used when I started watching the soap as a preteen.

[@julianlinsel4346]

Happy days. Great variations on the theme.

[@boldbeautifulau]

Definitely Janine’s 2002 version at 6:25. Thank you for packaging this Andrew.

[@shaunyip2153]

Barry Crocker's original theme 1985-1989 was the best. I admit the last time I watched it avidly was way back when Harold Bishop was still around (sometime in 1989/1990). By the time of Greg Hind's version 1992-1998, I wasn't watching it anymore, nevertheless we still had the TV on in the background, so Greg's version also seeped into my memory. Definitely one of the better theme songs on aussie TV from the 80s and 90s.

[@brelshar4968]

2002 - 2007 is decent enough, but you can't beat the original.

[@bredrew1990]

Greg Hind & Janine Maunder does my favorite two themes from Neighbours.

[@aaronjeffery4784]

My wife has been watching this from the very first episode she was nearly 6 and thinks the best song for it was the very first one by Barry Crocker all the rest just will never be as good as the original and Scott and Charlene were her favourites

[@Sarahp88]

1999 onwards is what I remember, that's the year I turned 11 and started watching it after school lol

[@fusionsuper]

Farewell Neighbours. Forever Australia's Longest Running Beloved Soap of All Time! [03.18.1985 - 08.01.2022]

[@danielfirdaus]

I grew up with Garth Ploog theme song and 2016 was my first known season. And I didn’t know until a couple years ago that Neighbours have been airing since my parents’ childhood

[@davidm4864]

Janine Maunder's version is my fav, but I still think the music plays a huge part, Id love to hear Bonnie sing to the music in 2002-2007 as I think she would sound amazing, thanks for sharing this, great memories through all the years.

[@sickpup820]

1992-1998 is my childhood, 2002-2007 is my favourite though.

[@fusionsuper]

Janine Maunder, Sandra De Jong and especially Bonnie Anderson's ones were synonymous and iconic along with the 1985 and 1992 ones. Bonnie's was quite special though!

[@sanderbeusen2741]

So sad to see this show end. ❤

[@AndrewMartinIsHere]

Thanks for sharing these Andrew. I have surprised myself at just how many different artists had a go at the theme when I have very fond memories of only what turns out is just a few of them. My fondest memories are from Greg Hind's version. I have no recollection of the ones from Paul and Wendy's right through until Garth's version, which must be when my wilderness years came to an end.

[@mistrydip2k]

Who is here listening to neighbours themes before it finishes for good this year

[@matttaylor6244]

The only versions of the Neighbours theme song I like is when Barry Crocker sings it as he performs it the original and the best

[@LewisMorleyMusic]

Will never understand why the 1999 version didn't last longer, such great harmonies!!

[@Hulk2k6]

3yrs was enough

[@meridian2000]

I totally agree 1992 and 1999 theme tunes are the best.

[@craigmarksully]

I agree about the harmonies, but the sax just makes it sound too soft porn.

[@marosa1801]

IMO the original Barry Crocker themes were the best. I remember hating the Greg Hinds theme when that first came out! Completely forgot about the Sandra DeJong version, I liked that too. Shame the way TV announcers talk over theme tunes nowadays!!

[@cary-benjaminportway7128]

I like the male/female duets a lot. I never knew there was more than one. Also like the current and immediately previous versions. Plus the original, of course.

[@owencoe4181]

The first bit said no one ever 😂😂

[@3foria420]

the first 3 versions are the real versions imo none of the others even matter in my eyes

[@craigmarksully]

I stopped watching in 2001, but wow Janine Maunder's version is amazing. There's a beautiful melancholy to it.

[@timpadgett9155]

Goes without saying that the best version is the Sir Barry Of Crocker original, but other than that, it's a tie between Greg Hinds and Bonnie Anderson for me. Her voice is just heaven!

[@cary-benjaminportway7128]

This is fantastic! Thanks so much for doing this!

[@DuncanMcA]

It’s all about the Crocker

[@richardmacken9410]

Greg Hind version was my favourite.

[@luvhart]

Janine Maunder for me...a very unique take on a classic theme without trying to copy the original. All versions since hers was changed just don’t have any impact

[@hudsonbartley2493]

None of the others certainly were not trying toclpy the original Loooool

[@owencoe4181]

RIP Neighbours in the UK at least from August. Sad news today

[@jaggass]

Trivia Wendy Stapleton sang the 1999-2001 theme tune with Paul Norton later appeared as Trixie Tucker who married Lou Carpenter then left him after the Hello Dolly musical flopped. Wendy Stapleton and Paul Norton are married

[@romanrask957]

My favourite themes were the two solo females from 2002 - 2013! Janine and Sandra such good vocalists!

[@brelshar4968]

Strong powerful whamin!

[@VERMISIMILITUDE]

Definitely a fan of the second one & the third one the most!!!! I loved the revised, more upbeat Barry Crocker version after episode 1000.... & I loved the jazzy version after that!!!

[@DKS225]

My favourite is The original 1985-89 theme version.

[@sb6678]

Was at its prime in the days of Mrs Mangel, Jane, Madge, Dr Clive, Des, Daphne, Eileen, Helen, Jim, Scott, Charlene, Shane and the rest in the mid 80s and the plots were better. Who remembers when they went to search for Mrs Mangels's body in her back garden, when Charlene was terrorised in the caravan she was living in, Mrs Mangel falling off the ladder and loosing her memory, etc?

[@katelilyx7105]

Mrs Mangle 😂 Those were the days

[@stephenmcconnell1000]

Not forgetting Daphne managing to give birth on a fishing trip without removing her tights 🤣

[@derekhorne8076]

And also never forgetting Bouncer's Dream!!!

[@stephenmcconnell1000]

@@derekhorne8076 and Jim and Doug of course had a different 'dream' altogether... thanks to a load of mushies

[@Hulk2k6]

It was Mr. Mangel they were looking for but he wasn't seen until '94 long after his family left.

[@hudsonbartley2493]

The orignal qnd still the best. And then 2002-2007.The end.

[@mxuk]

Garth Ploog has a wonderful voice

[@mattmccann8494]

I wish the next theme reintroduces the “next door is only a footstep away”

[@DuncanMcA]

Me too, it was the best bit! But it’s finishing 😢

[@jane1975]

Sadly, we are losing the soap this year - the last ever episode airing August the 1st on Channel 5 and I want them to give us Barry Crockers version as a tribute to the show as it bows out.

[@boldbeautifulau]

The final episode will air in Australia first

[@jane1975]

@@boldbeautifulau Yes, of course. Finale airs here in the U.K. on August the 1st, so I assume it will air 24 hrs before us on the 31st of July on Australian screens.

[@taridean]

Looks like your wish came true 😀. It made absolutely sense to play the Barry Crocker version in the final scene before the credits rolled.

[@iangibbs5963]

My favourite for ever

[@mjstv778]

Sandra DeJong's version is brilliant. I love them all but this stands out. At the time it was current, it sounded like something The Corrs would have out out. I'm gonna miss Neighbours

[@peterbustin2683]

There's a huge difference in clarity & presence between the first & second themes. I think this was about the time digital recording etc. was coming out. The first live concert to be digitally produced was Talking Heads 'Stop Making Sense' at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, 1984.

[@simplywonderful1]

Something really catchy about the recaps. Thank you for including.

[@anicetune]

Wendy Stapleton was also the backing singer to Greg Hind's 1992-1998 version.

[@breakthespell22]

Bonnies is my favourite, but Paul and Wendy’s is honestly awesome too.

[@excitedbyjoe]

I like the Bonnie Anderson one version, she was a good singer.

[@Hack_the_world]

2015 -2020 is my favourite as 2020 was the year I started watching it I was crying watching the final episode and 2022 is also my favourite

[@aylaslife3042]

2015-2020 (garth ploog) & 2020 (bonnie anderson) are my Forever favourites because thats around the time I ACTUALLY started paying any attention to whats happening on tv (my aunt i used to live with watches it)

[@ajs41]

I didn't realise there was a difference between versions 1 and 2 until I listened to this video.

[@kathrynwithington9572]

Love the song so much it is awesome

[@thebigloc1]

This is the ultimate video for neighbours fans. 👏👏👏👏👏🎊🎉 Thank you for this.

[@asherpatterson5988]

As a millennial, the best era was when the Hoylands were around. I stopped after stingray died. Basically the entirety of Janine’s theme.

[@coffeetablezdj2695]

Janine Maunder's is the one I remember from my childhood and so my favorite.

[@Phil-cp3qp]

Likewise

[@truth901]

It's a good one!!

[@Accountnotinuse1602]

2007-2013 good memories.. my favourite one