Hi Ho Silver , Jim Diamond , 1986 Vinyl 45RPM

A # 5 hit in 1986 by Scottish singer/songwriter Jim Diamond. It is best known for being the theme song for Boon. The song was from Diamond's second solo studio album "Desire for Freedom".
Although many people believe that Diamond wrote the song especially for Boon, he actually wrote it in memory of his father who had died the previous year.

[@nickunderwood6175]

Anyone listening July 2024??🎉❤

[@nickunderwood6175]

🎉

[@jaybirdjargon]

me

[@michellebailey8805]

🎉 July 2024 love the song and the series ❤

[@ElvarMasson]

Why do you ask?

[@Baseloiter]

Yes

[@Shelbi805cherylcurran]

I remember Watching Boon and Minder on a Sunday night before being sent up to bed and reminded ‘school tomorrow’

[@thecams3629]

Exactly the same memory as myself 👍🏼

[@stevetango3981]

Me too.now I'm a millionaire but still.miss those days

[@sanchez16]

Ditto

[@paulgaskin269]

@@stevetango3981 wow good for you

[@paulf2898]

Happy times 😌

[@carlogambino1979]

I watched Boon in the 90s, I was a teenager. 44 year old man now. Boon is still a better series than that reality trash TV nowadays.

[@domfjbrown75]

Right on

[@1979jon]

Same as

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

TV now 2024😫

[@Rogers1000]

Saturday night with the two Ronnie's with my dad, his only day off as a taxi driver and my mum went to bingo and he kept me stay up to watch them!

[@carlogambino1979]

@@Rogers1000 sounds like you had a good father. Mine on the other hand was an angry drunk. He was a long distance lorry driver and he only came home once weekend a month. When he came home he went drinking. Yeah we watched some TV shows as a family and movies like The Cannonball Run and Smokey and the Bandit and everything James Bond. But apart from them he preferred alcohol to his family.

[@mooseylad]

My dad was my lone ranger Always helped me in my time of need got me out of scraps taught me right from wrong Miss him like made

[@possobhoy4167]

Well said m8🙏💚 Maybe it was to late? But now you see a friend rather than a dad🙏💚 respect from Glasgow

[@mickb3859]

Respect, I hope I'm a dad like that

[@traceys8065]

Apparently this song was about Jims dad who would get him out of scrapes all the time 😊

[@darrylmarsh6847]

One of them greatest songs ever

[@jacko4953]

Brilliant song. Brilliant singer brings back great memories from growing up in the 80s ❤

[@mikegan73]

Nobody is writing hits like this anymore, absolutely no one. Classic.

[@anthonymcgregor8112]

Bang on mate👍

[@Redsleather]

And ITV can’t write a drama like Boon anymore either sadly

[@mikegan73]

@@Redsleather True.

[@BobsBand]

Yes 1986 was a great year for music. The 80s was just the best decade for pop music.

[@spunky3183]

@@BobsBandYes , I really miss great bands like Wham, Culture Club and The Communards. Way bigger talents than The Beatles, Stones or Dylan.

[@simondalzell5635]

RIP Jim Diamond. Taken far too early. Talented , lovely man.

[@dmemcfc3]

The theme tunes back then couldn't be beaten 👌

[@rodneylamont3811]

Great voice ... Bring back the 80s ... Best era ever

[@rw8733]

I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could. 😢

[@domfjbrown75]

Effing right on both counts!!!

[@StuartCallan]

A diamond of a song💎♥️🎶👍😎😁

[@thomastom888]

Who's smiling and singing along now Brilliant song 👍

[@River_Fox79]

…and singing lol

[@williamwebster4285]

Everyone!

[@wobber999]

Not heard this since boon was on tv, brilliant tune

[@rw8733]

A great way to start my Saturday 😂

[@thomastom888]

@@rw8733 definitely agree 👍 💯

[@douglasfairbanks9933]

Boon theme, then Brush strokes "because of you", followed by Joe Fagin's "That's living alright" and ends with Minder theme... Classics

[@ferm8103]

Tunes from my childhood Douglas that will never leave me, im off to play the lot of them, cheers for refreshing the memory.

[@paulcannon2793]

Good times ..

[@labazs1964]

Great choice😅

[@user-gq8uw9yk4f]

Such a powerful voice and great song nothing like the bulls*it we get in this generation music will never be the way it was in the good old days

[@rw8733]

I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could.

[@Jaycebs]

Grew up watching Mr Elphick and a very young Neil Morrisey in Boon, and this was each weekend for a while, ahhhhh the 80's..... Possibly the finest and most creative decade of the last century of which I was born at the start, and without wishing it all away, I do wish I was a tad older to be fair so I could of enjoyed it a lot more than I did, but I am not unhappy either way 😊

[@kimleitch544]

Whose still listening, love this ,Bless ,RIP

[@michaelhughes1798]

2024❤

[@NH-tv3jr]

I didn't realise Jim had died until just 😢

[@domfjbrown75]

I am

[@desbyrne4419]

My local pub plays this every day 🤣 love it

[@desbyrne4419]

​@@NH-tv3jreither did i 😢

[@gavinwaddington5618]

Lovely title music from Jim Diamond and Boon was sublime

[@rw8733]

A great time to be young 😢

[@neilrobertbroadbent7807]

I went to watch boon being filmed in Birmingham with my brother 86 great times

[@BradReilly-sk1kk]

My dad's favourite rip dad Terry reilly

[@garylamb7640]

One of the few TV Shows set in Nottingham

[@bobnice3044]

Written about a man that saw his own father as his Hero.

[@jamesstanden152]

Facts

[@jonnybeeston]

Listened to this on cassette as a kid, never even knew it was a man singing it!

[@DrewB1974]

What a tune. I remember being allowed to stay up to watch Boon as a kid on a school night 😀

[@rjjcms1]

I remember seeing him,and his backing singers,doing this song on Top of the Pops one Thursday night in March 1986,while I was trying to study the notes,etc. from the evening class I was doing once a week.

[@garethparkin410]

I used to ask to stay up just to hear the song intro before heading for bed

[@Munrobagger1976]

Exactly! Now I can hear this tune without the threat of school next day 😂😂

[@craigsimister6008]

I was exactly the same Boon was a brilliant show

[@Gigie2Z]

Never heard of him or this song til I started watching Boon on BritBox right now. Can’t get this damn song out of my head now. I thought it was a woman singing though. Need to make this my ring tone. The Lone Ranger was the first show I watched when I came to America in 1958 age 12. Yup. Gonna be 76 in September still kickin though.

[@adeshkumar1063]

Oh my goodness my UNCLE loved this song. Sadly he's got alziemers now but play it to him and he loves it. Shows music is essence of life . Smd this song will never ever be forgotten.. I loved boon the series and ofc Jim diamond this is def his best I.m.o

[@bazjury4889]

Belter of a song. Was 11 years old when this came out. Had a better childhood than adulthood. Wish I could have stayed a child.

[@slaneysider106]

Same as that Pal. Will i start up the De Lorean.😌

[@chrisolagrim3597]

Bet you didn't realise at the time?

[@thomassmith8857]

Same 👍

[@Bikerdad-Emtb]

Don't we all

[@lesleycampbell3702]

Take mushrooms 🍄 your life will change 😊 what a tuuuune

[@garymcdonnell5791]

Wow' after looking up at the TV with all my family exsited.. I now listen to the song hi ho silver while I ride my BMW motorcycle r11.50 rt tourer now aged 43 well this Monday haha with the biggest happiest smile on my face with all the good old memories flashing through my mind while I cruze down the country lane's. Big love to all... X x x

[@sidgibson5414]

Just rediscovered this song.......baffles me how i could even forget it. Blasted it on every pub juke box since

[@user-blob]

Ha!!! Love it! I’m going to do the same.

[@face7875]

I did the same and the regulars like it too.

[@robbiethepict2783]

Play this at my funeral.

[@peterfinnigan6313]

Loved this song and watching boon

[@SkyEcho7]

🏆✊ 'I make a stand, for truth and justice and for the common man.'

[@AlexandraStarr1974]

Never knew the true context of this song, no idea Jim wrote it for his departed father, makes it even more poignant... Such a great song though, love belting this out loud and having a little singsong to it, good times long gone now...

[@carldarbyshire4]

Takes me right back to the best times of my life.

[@johnvincent2788]

my old man watching boon whilst I played as a boy.

[@stephenr7586]

I seem to listen to this at least once or twice every week it's just such a great tune

[@BradReilly-sk1kk]

Can't beat old time songs

[@gertiemcmahon4597]

Just watched a TOTP Christmas 1984 Jim Diamond was a diamond.

[@stephenduncan3605]

I'm listening in 2019, who else is?

[@padraicmoran3756]

Listening to this now...

[@andreweaton9502]

Found in hmv on CD

[@Bandungbill]

Yep

[@clairebunt5887]

Have been here since the 80s hahaha ❤😉

[@trevorwilliamson7307]

yes i am listening

[@lukefraser3573]

Reminds me of my dear old mum. Love you so much mam.

[@MarkMahoney]

Nice one mate! Me tooo

[@LScouser8]

So nice to enjoy this without the agonising threat of "school in the morning"

[@McTee08]

+LScouser8 lol....showing your age

[@domformula1]

I know that pain!

[@gamestation9437]

DAM RIGHT

[@ashyclaret]

Now we've got the dreaded work!

[@MegaMobs123]

Brilliant,that's how it was on a Sunday night 😀

[@connorf1crazy433]

stayed in to watch Boon just to hear this song. RIP wee man. x

[@MarkSmith-ou7ty]

He had a great voice and wrote fab songs 🎵

[@gary3561]

Music light this will sadly never be bettered.

[@stephenchecksfield632]

Absolutely fantastic song so underrated

[@5446Bear]

RIP Jim Diamond, A very under rated but Amazing singer. If there are singers out there, try to sing any of his hits they will struggle.

[@VickyDawson-by2mo]

What a voice .What a song .Boon ? Great t.vgold from 1980"s

[@nigelmann4267]

First time I heard this song, I was 4 years old watching the Benny Hill show!! Benny Hill and some female dancers around some motorcycles!

[@sharonmason6802]

This is the same guy that sings “I Won’t Let You Down” from the ‘80s I believe. He sounds a bit like Steve Marriott of Small Faces and Humble Pie! I just thought of the ‘80’s group that he sang with- PhD! Does anyone else remember the song and group?

[@somethingsmells5387]

No. Enlighten me.

[@katherinekinsey5487]

loved this program

[@petershales9092]

Loved Jim diamonds voice. Sadly missed.

[@gezzaf6912]

such a catchy song sad to hear of his passing RIP Jim

[@kellywallace9677]

I’m that weirdo that likes tv them tunes. I liked this tune even more than the program itself

[@jimblack63]

I'm 40 I remember Sunday going to school following morning I was only about 6 brilliant memories ☺

[@snh3663]

This singer just popped into my mind after 35 odd years, didn't even know he was Scottish literally booked a holiday in Scotland minutes before , weird how the brain works.

[@djbillybopdjbillybop2817]

Sadly Passed away on October 8, 2015, at 64 years young.

[@clairemcmahon9392]

All the best are Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤️

[@theflightsimnerd237]

Yeah, my dad and I were boon fans and my sister bought this single for me. Good times 😊

[@Ricksta66]

Pure Magic is this song, Hi Ho Silver

[@elaineslater6647]

This was a great record I always when boon was starting

[@MrColza1]

MY DELOREAN BROUGHT ME HERE :)

[@maureenrichards2560]

Love this song. Jim's got such a unique voice. 🥰

[@tonyjenkins3937]

What a tribute to his dad

[@pauldockree9915]

I know the road I must take, with a wink of my eye I leave old friends behind like old alibi I take all they throw against me I make a stand For truth and justice and for the common man

[@seancunningham7302]

Amazing man amazing voice sure it’s the song of a great old days soap on television 🎉haha top of the pops 2😜👍 Jim diamond legend I was born 1982 😂🎉😊

[@AJP1880AJP]

Never never gets old, love this please it up forever. Ken Boon Londons burning, all the classics but this is the best . Every party and night alone I play this

[@thiswasgoodpaul6481]

What a song haveint heard it for years

[@BROTHER-52]

Loved his 3 major hits.. Allways said that the best vocalist come from the other side of the wall.. What a voice this wee man had.. I'll see on the other side Jimmy...

[@rjjcms1]

He did have a unique singing voice and style,and the chorus in this is a singalong bop.

[@quigley1able]

boon great tv show great tv tune.

[@apocolex93]

I can listen to this forever. Never gets old. Thank you Jim Diamond ;)

[@MrBassman91]

VERY underrated and underlooked singer! This & 'I won't let you down' brilliant

[@flipdip8008]

What a tune....what a decade.....

[@flaviomacieldebrito3758]

Dim Diamond estará eternamente em nossa mente e coração e sempre nas prateleiras e nas vitrolas do mundo inteiro 🇧🇷

[@gopalchatha833]

Bad boy tune! Absolutely love it.

[@wastetime3767]

Any bass guitarist needs to seriously listen to the intro.

[@rw8733]

Great, isn't it?

[@lboiler7442]

Someone needs to put this on a viral TikTok or summit coz this deserves so many more views, what a bangerrrr lol

[@flipdip8008]

That's what makes the 80s great...theme tunes were big hits too...RIP Jim me.lad you made one of my childhood memories great

[@clairemcmahon9392]

What a voice..Wow ❤

[@rw8733]

Fantastic memories. 😊

[@jamiestuart4017]

a bonefide classic song and classic TV show ...r.I.p..Jim diamond...and the late great Michael elfick

[@malcolmmoate9067]

What a great distinctive voice this man has

[@shimmieparry1182]

Always thought it was a woman singing this. Beautiful voice. Amazing music. Always loved it

[@bodge6886]

The kind of voice you think you can copy but not a chance. Superb voice, poor Jim imagine what he could have written given more time.

[@leetaylor5348]

@@shimmieparry1182 he was in a group called P. H. D. . Song , i i i should have known better . .

[@supersprinter1564]

@@malcolmmoate9067 iys called passion in what he did rip Jim Dimond

[@wastetime3767]

One of the all time great songs in my opinion. Love every moment, just sublime.

[@jerrylehky3472]

1'st time ever hearing it - (18-07-22)- and Jim D.! Stellar Effort Jimmy! All those years of not hearing it... Tragic! 🍒 BloodRed.🍒

[@sampark3998]

JD what an Exceptional voice. I Believe this tribute to his father.

[@johnhoneybell9746]

I have seen Jim Diamond at the The Tyne Theatre 3 times , he played with Snake Davis. He was brilliant and shook my hand. So underrated.

[@alistairfinlay2772]

Love this track reminds me of my youth in the 80s I was living London then 👍

[@lisadavie6736]

I've this song still. Remember Boon when I was about 7yrs old.

[@kevzee]

R.I.P JIM DIAMOND. A BRILLIANT SINGER AND SONGWRITER

[@gaybriellookingland6756]

A guy being saved by a guy,Wow Not many songs like that Rare and Awesome !!!!

[@rw8733]

It's about his dad.

[@wastetime3767]

Still adding comments to one of best songs of all time, loving it in 2022

[@rw8733]

And 2023. 😊

[@paulroffey2388]

I agree with you all. What a great series and such a classic song. Yes, there was definitely school the next morning after watching Boon!

[@Pymundo]

When i realised he wrote this for his past father, the words took on so much more meaning. Beautiful

[@seanbaillie4752]

R I P jim diamond amazing voice , proud SCOTSMAN

[@goodtimes316]

jim diamond was one of the great exponents of 80s pop music ...

[@peterogle6779]

One of my childhood memories was watching boon with my grandad was so much of my childhood

[@ladyevans8935]

Peter Ogle boon was the best ❤️

[@mandymilligan3562]

R.I.P My true friend Jim McDonald your my hero I love and miss you so much.💔💔💔

[@sharonrobertson8942]

Good memories the good old days😂😂🎉🎉

[@backcombed2559]

i was 8 when boon was oot ,loved it for this tune i was mad on this tune ,like the weirdo i am im thinking about this song ,had it on repeat allday the lyrics are awsome,and a total raj pal of mine partied with the legend mike elphick at his gaff years back ,said mr elphick thats is gr8 to party with and shared some beauty stories about the late mr Elphick ,my neighbours going mental at the loudness ,it is worth the asbo,high ho silver ,here loving the comments aboot school the next day i feel awe nostalgic now

[@wastetime3767]

I do believe i am the only person in the world who is commenting on this underrated classic tune, still loving it. :)

[@elaineslater6647]

This is a great track always reminds when boon is starting

[@KW-gb9cd]

Before I found this video, the only time I'd heard this song was on a Benny Hill Show bit about TV theme songs. Watching Hill's Angels dance and writhe around a motorcycle while hearing this song is quite an experience.

[@thiswasgoodpaul6481]

So.love this song and boon was brillint as well

[@niaiscotney7273]

Still lifts my mood even to this day. Fabulous! Just miss Elphic.

[@ellyjane6907]

Id forgotten all about boon untill this came on now I remember it 🤗

[@Metrolivia1]

Incredible voice and songs...part of my own personal history....Gone far too soon. RIP.