Sport Theme Tunes - 1978 World Cup Theme

[MANUKEV62]

watch England will win it again by The Cloned great video,very clever !, brilliant sing a long tune! FANTASTIC ENGLAND SONG

[MrLawman10]

the player that stuck in my memory from 1978 world cup was Cubillas of Peru,maybe it was the great kit, great theme too.

[SeventiesMania]

@MrLawman10 His amazing free kick that destroyed Alan Rough's mental well being.

[RussWWFC]

I like this

[colavfc70]

FIrst world cup i remember. watching kempes, passarella, arie haan and then after replicating the games in the field next to our house. fantastic memories.

[Coleshill1]

flippin great ..... me and my best mate wrecked our parents lawns playing football that year, so exciting, now they play computer games and are fat and rude to their parent s and teacher.s, so not all progression is good...x..

[810177]

Me also,i was 12 years old and it was such a lovely build up to this world cup,Scotland were not as bad as everyone say's,remember they only went out on goal difference and lost only 1 match,great memories indeed???

[TheRobertTaggart]

This 45 rpm vinyl - consigned to our history now.

Argie '78 - without Gods hand !

[blakey66]

i was 12 at that time great memories that will always stay with me

[macwhites]

i liked this theme.not now i hate it! lloyd webber composed it.yeeuuchhh!

[Room101ok]

I always remembered this theme music. The world cups when I was very young always seemed much more fun! Thanks for posting.

By the way..... we should pull out of FIFA....a disgrace.

[huntertristan]

was this the ITV theme or the BBC theme?

[Stephen1965]

@huntertristan BBC theme.

[elcardon4577]

Es la primera vez que escucho esta cancion, estan seguros que es del mundial de futbol del 78??? En Argentina no la pasaban...

[Dulcimo]

@elcardon4577 Es la melodía de televisión británica tema, utilizado por la BBC.

[maltdrinker2]

Great World Cup! When Winning was more important than Not Losing

[marcusantonius90]

Great world cup the one in 1978 - I was 11 and it was the first one that I seriously followed from beginning to end.

[Stephen1965]

@marcusantonius90 Me too, I watched parts of 1970 and 1974 but this was the first one where I saw most of the games.

[123rickyt]

Didn't someone get sent home in disgrace during this one?I have vague memories of a scandal but I was only 10 at the time.

[Dulcimo]

@123rickyt That would be Willie Johnstone, in a weird drug scandal. He never played for Scotland again.

[speny1t]

Fantastic 78 world cup argentine melody loved every moment, kempes, luque and paseralla late night football ticker tape we want our money back and san Jose,

[WELLBRAN]

Hope my world cup goals video attached is approved as it belong here with this music. Remember all the long range goals? fantastic

[patrick180271]

I was 7 in 1978,and can distinctly remember this theme-in my opinion the nicest World Cup tune I can recall!

[tamnaharrie]

i was age 15 .wonderful memories brendan ireland.

[WELLBRAN]

@tamnaharrie I can recvall one thing from those days Pro players who were not spoilt as now pl;ayers like Ardiles Kempes passarella all the Dutch players France Bettega Rossi and many more who ran and ran covering every blade of grass, and entertained you! Not like boring stuff now settle it with Penalties UUGGHH!

[largos33dude]

Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber...

[caretaker100]

argentine melody by San Jose ...i think

[caretaker100]

its called argentine melody, by san jose i think,,,

[emma8828]

could someone please tell me what this is called as i am trying to compile a dodgy list of world cup 'hits' for our world cup party on saturday! ta x

[caretaker100]

@emma8828 argentine melody by san jose

[717007]

Yes it's called Argentine Melody (Cancion de Argentina) and was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber

[wildwomanofwonga]

I've still got this as the vinyl single somewhere! One of my favourite sporting themes. I don't expect the 2010 world cup theme can possibly be as memorable!

[jstanyard]

iv been looking forr this tune for years!cant belive it!i had the football from then a adidas tango!

[goldyn12345]

iconic theme tune!!! i think argentina deserved to win this!! they were a strong team and kempes was firng on all cylinders!!

[aadder444]

Yes, Holland and Brazil were both mugged in that World Cup. Should have been Brazil vs Holland or Italy in final. I think FIFA changed the later group stages to knockout after this world cup.

[goldyn12345]

mario kempes world cup!!!

[SeventiesMania]

Great tune. But I was a Holland fan - still am actually, despite being English. Nederland CHEATED out of that World Cup, at least in 74 you can say Sepp Maier played well and Germany were determined defenders, but in 78, Holland ruled that final, Argentina just cheated all the way through. DAMN THAT GOALPOST!

[tranmere66]

@SeventiesMania SO glad to hear of another English Oranje fan! All my work colleagues are wearing their England shirts to the office tomorrow to mark the start of the WC, so I will proudly wear my orange!!

We were robbed in '78, the junta made sure their team won the tournament. Top theme tune though, hearing it now for the first time in 32 years - special.

[SeventiesMania]

@tranmere66 Great!... well, I still support England but just *love* the Dutch style of voetbal and the fans! Johnny Rep was the coolest man on the planet in 1978: I remember cheering loudly when he scored against Scotland, offending our elderly neighbours, who wanted the 'British team'. In 98 I nearly put my head through my ceiling when Dennis Bergkamp scored against the Argies :-) Sadly, I have to work on Monday afternoon, but will wear an orange tie, just like Prince Willem-Alexander's ;-)

[SeventiesMania]

@SeventiesMania Oh yeah, and as an MCFC fan, NIGEL DE JONG IS GOD! :-)

[williamx001]

sporting is the best!!!! green and white all the way lol

[WELLBRAN]

my memory was Brazil having to play on a "cut up" Mar del plata pitch (some say the groundsmen applied salt water all over it....on instruction) and Brazil came alive later but did not make it. The best team did not win, that was Italy, who beat the winners on the way.

[theepatient]

Been in my head since, well 78! Thanks.

[Coleshill1]

we wore all the grass out in my garden that summer, and the park and the fields..nearly every kid played football and was slim in them days...magic !!

[WELLBRAN]

@Coleshill1 also the players wore shorter shorts then lol

[TOMATPOTS]

Just shot me fat

Memories, Kempes,Gemmill

[chazs001]

ive seen every world cup since i was 8 in 1970,great tune.great memories,

[thisisverytrue]

For those people who have come here on-the-back of the Argent vrs Kiss debate re. 'God Gave Rock and Roll To You', here's a bit of pure nostalgia ...by Rod Argent himself no less, in 1978 and adapted for BBC coverage-programmes of matches that summer. Ahh... the joys of doing A-level final-exams when a world cup was on... I think not. Great little tune.

[8busby]

Brilliant tune, takes me back. Argentina and all that ticker tape, magic.

[04016970]

it was peru.

not cuba.

[capricious71]

I was also 7 years old in 1978 and this is the 1st World Cup I can remember (though, barely).

* Archie Gemmill's goal

* Cuba beating Scotland

* Argentina winning the final

[WELLBRAN]

@capricious71 PERU beating scotland

Italy beating the winners

Brazil playing on a crap pitch at Mar del plata (Argentina "doctored" pitch)

Peru getting paid off

Clive thomas blowing whistle while ball in the air

France scoring against Italy in first minute of game

Argentina held up final and then moaning about dutch players plaster caste on arm, (which he had all tournement)

[patrick180271]

The first World Cup I can remember (I was 7 in 1978)-I too remember tonnes of ticker-tape being a hallmark of this World Cup!

[oomingmak]

This was by Rod Argent, under the name of Rodriguez Argentino or something. And it featured either Andrew or Julian Lloyd Webber. It was performed on Top of The Pops at the time and has been shown on TOTP2.

[mcfc63]

av bin afta this for donkeys yrs.well chuffed

[KhyberBoy09]

lovely.

thanks for posting.

[denislawsbackheel]

Kempes......Gooooooooooooooaaa­aaaaaaaalllllllllllllll.

[denislawsbackheel]

Pretty much the first World Cup I can vividly remember. This fantastic tune brings loads of good memories back and is the one that really stands out in my mind as being associated with the BBC world cup programme of 1978.

[MegaJamtart]

quality tune. takes me back to when i was at school

[beamergeezer]

San Jose - Argentine Melody. Andrew Lloyd Webber played on this.

[ahall111]

this brings back so many mems. from when i was a kid .legendary

[cwilliams1976]

This could have been used on the testcard.

[bluenose622000]

all i can see when i listen to this is all the ticker tape raining down from the stands.Great memories of a great world cup.

[barcelonafc1899]

incredible that was, 31 yrs ago now and i still remember that as yesterday, blue and white ticker tape...awesome site..

[sandrafli]

esta no es la cancion del mundial 78.

[matelot95]

fue utilizado por la BBC en Gran Bretaña

[8busby]

Best world cup tune ever. Takes me back. Great memories.

[countrystyle1]

totally agree with your comment best tune for a world cup tv intro although rendezvouz 1998 france  for itv in england a close second