STEVE WRIGHT - ORIGINAL MAIN THEME BBC Radio One & Two (1993) 

Postscript: I worked as a freelancer at BBC Radio London in the 1970s and 80s. We had some great jingles, beds and themes, but Steve’s theme was without a doubt the best Ident ever. Is there anybody in the UK, who cannot sing along to this brilliant tune? I met Steve a couple of times back in the day, and he was just a lovely, kind, funny, decent chap.

I’ve searched for it on Spotify but can’t find it. Completely agree with you.

15hl thanks 🙏 very much!

not any more :-?

No...Thank YOU!! :-)

@@ajproductionsmusic Thanks for the reply ! Been a massive fan of Steve from his 80s Radio 1 days, do you ever get to meet the man ?

@Tashane Bandara Thanks, you are a legend. How on earth did you know that?

Close very close but not quite. 🤣😎. Glad you enjoy it anyway. It was never intended to be a main theme but just a sort of bed. Funny how these things happen.

@@ajproductionsmusic I just hope you have a good royalties arrangement set up for it! That is interesting that is was a kind of happy accident. Just realised I don't have a "history" for many jingles, but this one does, so at the very real risk of seeming far too obsessed with this: I first heard SW's theme when I was in someone else's car years ago, long before I ever considered myself to be in Radio 2's target age category, and without a clue who Steve Wright was, but already a lifelong tv/radio jingles and idents anorak. As I heard it that time, I remember my gradually dawning sense of delight as I realised this ditty with its superb motifs was not just another record, but in fact some sort of bumper-length ident, and as I didn't realise it was for Steve's show, I just thought that Radio 2 had an occasional extra ident that they'd decided to play to fill in before the news, which I thought was really really cool. (FWIW, 0:24 and 0:30 are what I consider to be the moments of pure genius in the piece.) Didn't think I'd ever hear it again though, what with being too young and hip for R2 myself, and all that (as if I was every hip). Some years after that, when someone suggested I'd probably enjoy Radio 2 while working from home, I discovered I did :D - and that I was therefore probably middle aged :( . My feelings about that were tempered by the rediscovery of his theme, and lo, an obsession was born. I guess I've always been more interested in broadcast branding than the actual content; with SW it is no different :D I enjoyed finding the 'making of' on here a few years ago, but somehow am late to the party of these releases of the other versions and master tracks, only having found them last week. It is somehow a whole new level of endearing to discover that you seem view this 50 second masterpiece as one of your greatest achievements. I mean, I don't disagree... but I can only presume you've had a career of many other equally high-quality successes, which any normal (i.e. not jingle-obsessed) commentator would rate as more significant. (Ha, but what do they know.)

On second thoughts... a little bit more investigation reveals that jingles IS what you do, so all your other hits are also jingles. So it's not as unusual as I thought that you'd consider this one to be one of your greatest. And non-jingle-obsessed commentators probably wouldn't know where to begin with any of it, but that is totally as it should be, too.

Actually Mervyn it is this exact recording he uses with crowd FX and other sounds he placed on top. It sound's different maybe because I have re-mastered it without over compressing or limiting it. :-)

Anthony James thanks for the info. Either way it’s a fantastic track which never grows old. Well done to you and the musicians AJ

Much appreciated Mervyn!

Memed Ham I'm not sure what you mean ;-) however there are many versions but this is the original theme (first ever made) and what he uses at the top of the show every day. :-)

Anthony James Listening to this on the radio makes my day thanks for making it