Formula 1 & The Chain

[jools]

Hello,

This weekend F1 (motor racing) is back on the BBC in the UK.
They have bought back 'The Chain' for its theme music.

CLick the link to the the beginging title sequence

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7969481.stm



Sorry if this has been posted before


Julian

[Moz]

I always thought using the Chain for a car racing show was badass.

[jedw]

From an early age I remember the music from the f1 racing show, (I am 24 now) before I knew what it was - and I've never had any interest in f1 always turned off the TV afte the theme music LOL. Glad its back!

[DigYourGrave]

The cheek of them thinking anything other than The Chain would be perfect.

This is gonna make watching with sport on T.V with my guy mates much easier.

[Musicman408]

Ah that is soooo cool!!! I love the Mac in pop culture!!!

[LittleCharmer]

I'm gonna get even more excited on sundays now, to hear the theme tune before the actual race!

[Skyveris]

Wow, that was awesome. I almost broke out in gooseflesh watching that. I love it. Thanks for the link.

-Matt

[michelej1]

Excerpt from the Bob Abrahams obituary, June 11, 2009

London Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...-Abrahams.html

Within 30 minutes, Abrahams called back and informed Martin that the track they should use was The Chain from the album Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, playing the track down the phone to Martin, adding: "I'll be in tomorrow, leave it with me."

The next day, Abrahams produced two 38-second credit segments and a one minute 10 second segment for the programme. On seeing them and hearing the music that would become synonymous with Formula One around the world, an ecstatic Martin replied: "It's fabulous, Bob, perfect – and it might make the band famous."

Abrahams replied: "As they've already sold about 21 million albums, you never know." Later he received an open invitation from the band's creator, Mick Fleetwood, to "use my music anytime you want, for anything".

In spite of his many footballing successes, the rugged Eastender always preferred to be known as "the man who pulled The Chain".

Bob Abrahams, who died on June 2, is survived by his wife, Mary, whom he married in 1957, and their three sons.

[michelej1]

By PHILIP DUNCAN, PRESS ASSOCIATION Daily Mail
12 February 2016 | UPDATED: 10:56 EST, 12 February 2016


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/for...#ixzz401WW2Rrd

Formula One coverage on Channel 4 to retain iconic Fleetwood Mac 'The Chain' title music

Channel 4 set to keep Fleetwood Mac's 'The Chain' as intro music on their Formula One coverage starting this season

The BBC had used the track as its Formula One title music since 1978

Fleetwood Mac recorded the song for their Rumours album in 1976

Channel 4 will screen 10 live races and show highlights of the other 11

Channel 4, the new terrestrial home of Formula One, will use Fleetwood Mac's The Chain as its title music.

The song has become synonymous with the sport on the BBC since it was first adopted by the corporation in 1978.

Channel 4 tweeted on Friday: 'F1 has a new home but some things just have to remain: we're chuffed to announce that The Chain by Fleetwood Mac will be our title music.'

Former McLaren driver David Coulthard has already made the switch from the BBC to Channel 4, but Suzi Perry, the presenter of the BBC's F1 coverage following the departure of Jake Humphrey to BT Sport in 2013, last week ruled out joining him.

Channel 4 will show 10 races live - without commercial breaks - and screen extensive highlights of the remaining 11 races scheduled for the upcoming season which gets under way in Melbourne on March 20.

[About the song]

'The Chain' was the seventh track on Fleetwood Mac's February 1977 album 'Rumours' having been created the previous year.

It was created by combining segments from previously rejected songs and therefore is the only song on the album to be credited to all five band members of the time - Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks.

The bass section at the end of 'The Chain' was created by Fleetwood and John McVie, then combined with lyrics written separately by Nicks. She and Christine McVie then reworked the first part of the song.

To complete the song, Buckingham recycled the intro from an earlier duet with Nicks called 'Lola (My Love)' from their self-titled 1973 album.

The song became highly recognisable in the United Kingdom when the BBC adopted it for their Formula One coverage in 1978 until 1997. It returned when the BBC regained the broadcast rights in 2011.

At that time, as a result of a campaign to get 'The Chain' to No 1 in the UK chart, it peaked at No 81.

A 1997 re-release of the track on a live album 'The Dance' topped at No 30 in the American charts.


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[ViscountViktor]

Very glad about this. It wouldn't have been the same without The Chain!