I’m 16. Ashamed at my generation for not giving the supermarionation shows a chance. Stingray and joe 90 aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. I love them all but for me stingray uses the submarine and control tower sets way too much (cost saving measure) and joe 90 is… well just joe 90. Joe 90 is a great and amazing concept but the show itself is by far the weakest of the big 4. Not as vibrant as captain scarlet. The duller colours of joe 90 I think is what makes it feel like a gruel to binge watch. This week watched the first 20 episodes so far and feel like absolute crap 😂 Sam and Shane are in my top 20 supermarionation characters though. Sam is probably in top 10. Captain scarlet and thunderbirds however nobody can say they don’t like. They are both so good and iconic that they rely on each other’s success and fame to stay alive. In “Perils of Penelope” when thunderbird 2 drops the pod after waiting ages to see if Penelope was on the monotrain I think that scene symbolises the excitement of thunderbirds perfectly. Boring-ish scenes of just thunderbird 2 waiting there but once that pod drops you know the action begins NOW In “the launching” when scarlet realises the atomic liner is the target and not the US president I believe that scene perfectly symbolises the uncertain nature of captain scarlet. For anyone wondering what my favourite moments from each of the big 4 shows are here they are… my favourite stingray moment is when titan and X20 are watching duke dexter’s performance via TV at the end of Titan goes pop. My favourite moment from thunderbirds is most likely the Hudson building explosion as Thomas Prescott is my favourite supermarionation character of all time just for handling his situation like a champ 👍 My favourite captain scarlet moment is most likely from “Big Ben strikes again” when scarlet is driving the transporter vehicle and it explodes underground trapping scarlet in the elevator. Wish they did an entire episode afterwards of the rescue to get scarlet out of the elevator My favourite Joe 90 moment was probably the surgery from “operation Mcclaine” funny scene and great rescue (I guess if you wanna call it a rescue) Sorry for not mentioning fireball XL5 once but all I like about it is the theme. That’s why I’m hear at 2:38AM on a Saturday morning 😂
I'm 16...just discovered this since my dad mentioned that how excited they all would be to watch Fireball XL5...and...i don't regret coming here...and now I'm watching few episodes along with him 🌟😽💜
Sang this with Don and guitar, and a handful of other people, when we were rehearsing Play School at TVC. Early 80s...thanks Don, one of the sweetest moments of my life!
Wow, I never knew there was more than one verse. I used to get up at 6:00am when I was child just to hear this closing theme when it aired in the New York market back in 1963. So this now old man, who lives in the Los Angeles market, thanks you for making him feel like a kid again.
Used to watch the show sucking on what?......fireballs...a penny a piece at Piccheo's Market near elementary school.Round red hard balls of fire that I could rarely finish...saved two or three for watch'in Fireball late-night in the early seventies
George Donaldson And I was seven years old. I dreamed of living on the Moon as a scientist in a laboratory. This song brings tears to my eyes. And the very next year was the first episode of Dr. Who. What a time, what dreams. What inspiration!
My first time hearing this in 2019. This song is so beautiful that it breaks my heart and brings tears to my eyes knowing that music today will never be made this beautiful again.
You're deluding yourself. This song is good, but don't cry convincing yourself that nothing modern can match up. You just need to look for it, there are thousands of genres and sub-genres out there.
I dont know mate, Lana Del Rey is a favorite of mine, her song Heroin about her real life boyfriend who died from an overdose is quite deep and touching.
What is amazing about this is that it was the theme for an action/adventure show targeted at young kids. But it is a sweet love theme. Gerry Anderson was quite the visionary and, frankly, had some stones to make this theme to a very cool series.
Am 40yr old from India.Fireball was aired in India in mid 80s then..The song made my nostalgic..I wish we all here commenting had a time machine to cherish our old good days..
Mate this brings back so many memories,as a little boy (I am now 60) I loved Fireball XL5 and even had a model of it which my Dad built for me.....wish I still had it,thanks heaps for putting this on line.Thanks Again
I'm 83 and my oldest son is pushing 60. He used to wake me up every Saturday morning to watch Fireball XL5with him. I still remember the words to the song.
Mate I'm 38 n I've loved this since I saw Love, Honour & Obey. I'm sure I heard it on a retrospective of Gerry Anderson when I was about 10. Good music, especially 60's, lives forever.
well..., this takes me back to a time when I'd wake-up early on Saturday morning and with my bowl of Frosted Flakes I'd sit and faithfully watch all the cartoons and then turn to Fireball XL-5. Seeing this video and finally getting a chance to listen to the lyrics of the theme song makes me wish that I was 7 years old again.!!! Thanks to whomever posted this video with the words to a song that I never could quite catch.!!!
Larene Matten Me too, it takes me back to those innocent days. My bother Dave was nicknamed Zoonie, because he had large ends to his fingers! My mom and dad bought me the spaceship and the marionette puppets of Steve Zodiac and Venus. I played with those for ages, looked after them as those were the real stars. Can you remember another program from that era called Captain Zeppos? A Dutch film series. A chap who lived in a windmill who had adventures with a famous 5 type of kids. Music theme by Burt Bacharach. I can remember a car that floated on water.
Larene Matten How wonderful that you had the same feelings that I had. I remember that it was mostly boys who watched science fiction back then. I hope you grew up with a passion for science :)
@@artistjoh I wonder how many of those boys understood that this was a love song, and how would they have reacted if they had known? I was 5/6 when this came out, and girls were the last thing on my mind. The melody has stayed with me since then, but this is the first time I've seen the lyrics. Thanks tucsondog.
Alan Gin Even better is seeing Dominic Halpin’s version: ruclips.net/video/Nb80imqbwa0/видео.html in which he makes it into a dance song, but also gives it a dose of humor and some great CGI.
This tune suddenly came into my head this morning...don't know why...random. I loved Fireball XL5 growing up and still love this song I miss these old programmes they were brilliant. Thanks for sharing
Now showing on Talking Pictures TV. Saw a full Fireball XL5 programme on Friday. Very inventive and humourous! Lots of the Gerry Anderson series are currently being aired on that channel.
I'm too young to remember this first time round, but there was a mini revival in the 80's and as a kid I LOVED everything I saw from Jerry Anderson. STANDBY FOR ACTION - FAB
Almost 60 now, hear this, and, feel like kid again. I think though, that it is, conquerors of the universe, not, compass. But I might be wrong, it"s been a fair, few years since I last heard it. Thanks though, brought back many happy memories.
I wasn’t around for this show on the original broadcast dates. In fact, I’ve never seen a single episode. When “The Space Channel” came to Canada during the cable expansion in the mid nineties there was a show that followed this one I would watch, so I’d always get there a bit early and I’d hear this song during the closing credits while waiting for my show to start. And here I am, over 20 years later, not able to recall what that show was, but every once in a while I start humming this song. Great lyrics and melody right here, I love it. 👍
@VIGILANTI1 Glad you liked it. My dad used to sing the this song to me and my sister before bed when we were little. Who needed twinkle twinkle little star, we had Fireball XL-5!
I watched this on TV as a kid. I believe the song was sung by Don Spencer. Yep, the XL-5 and good old Colonel Zodiac in charge of things.. Man this brings back some memories. This was a great show and I still really love this theme song.
I like this song even more now - with the lyrics and the full song. I remember watching it as a kid without understanding most of the words, but still crooning it!
I've just discovered these wonderful marionette sci-fi shows and this has to be the greatest theme song ever. Makes me nostalgic for a time before I was born. ❤️🔥
I never watched the show because it came way before my time (I'm thirteen), but my Dad used to sing this song around the house when I was little and it reminds me of him.
This song takes me back to my childhood and to one of my few happy places. The Supermarionation series ALWAYS held my interest as a young man and I'm SURE that they were a major reason why I went into science and medicine. I'm 60 years old but I STILL remember watching Fireball XL5 like it was yesterday. The end theme song can STILL bring tears to my eyes. Simpler times indeed!
I remember when this serial of venus and Steve used to come every evening, we kids would sit in front of the television well before it started as we were no way going to miss this beautiful song with wonderful lyrics.
I was almost eight-years-old when NBC began broadcasting this show on Saturday mornings (Sept '63.) Needless to say, we all loved it. If I remember correctly, Supercar made it to New York City TV first, followed by Fireball XL-5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons, Thunderbirds, and UFO. (Also a big fan of "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun") Those early Anderson marionette shows went hand-in-glove with Beatlemania/The British Invasion, James Bond, and TV programs like The Avengers, Secret Agent/Danger Man, The Saint, and The Prisoner. (For me, Patrick McGoohan will always rank with the great Sean Connery)
Wow, you sound just like me. I loved the ITC shows like The Saint. The Prisoner, Danger man (Secret Agent man in the USA) and The Champions. The show UFO I remember is the one with Ed Bishop as Commander Straker. Then there was Roy Thinnes in the show, "The Invaders". Most of my favourite shows seemed to come between 1955 and 1975. And how about the show "Man in a Suitcase' with Richard Bradford. So much great tele from the UK.
Love this music! Remember it from when I was a kid too! Can you imagine if it was on these days, a continuity announcer would talk about unrelated programmes for the entire length of the music! ;)
Oh my GOD!! Until just now, listening to the theme song on this, I only knew that any sort of connection with "Fireball XL5" was on George Norrey's "Coast To Coast" or program as a rotation in "bumper" music. I watched that show RELIGIOUSLY every Saturday morning on KHQ-TV, Channel 6, out of Spokane, Washington @ 9:30 a.m...This was over 50 years ago; for a kid, it was pretty good at the time. Hokey by today's standards, but, what the HELL? And, as a "side-bar" to you younger folk, please show some appreciation for what came before.
KHQ-tv, KXLY and KREM ? Watched it every saturday as well. Up here in Canada just across the line. We had a huge antenna. Got all the Spokane channels unless the wind really picked up , then big brother would have to climb up on the roof and shout down the chimney, " Is it good?" no a little to the left or right. Tough times back then!;)
Does anyone remember on of the episodes where they were all playing instruments in the spaceship and singing their theme song? The robot was playing the drums. I think that's one of the reasons I started playing the drums (that and the Tin Woodsman in Wizard of Oz playing rhythms on his legs and tooting his funnel hat as the end of his song....ah......)
This and "Lady Penelope" by the Shadows from the Thunderbird's are GO are just 60's nostalgia. Loved Fireball XL5 when i was growing up, bear in mind i grew up in the late 90's i still preferred this and the other Jerry Anderson shows over most of the cartoons of the day
This is suddenly a new song to me. They never played the third verse on the show. I watched them all back in the day. This used to be my favorite show. I wish I was a space man, the fastest guy alive. I’d fly you around the universe in Fireball XL-5. Way out in space together, conquerors of the sky, My heart would be a fireball, a fireball, Every time I gazed into your starry eyes. We’d take the path to Jupiter and maybe very soon, We’d cruise along the Milky Way and land upon the moon. To a wonderland of stardust, we’d zoom our way to Mars. My heart would be a fireball, a fireball, ‘Cause you would be my Venus of the stars. But though I’m not a spaceman, famous and renowned, I’m just a guy that’s down to Earth, with both feet on the ground. It’s all imagination; I’ll never reach the skies. My heart is still a fireball, a fireball, Every time I gaze into your starry eyes. Fireball, fireball, every time I gaze into your starry eyes.
You could ask D. Trump about that, apparently he's a bit of a space cadet. But, he's no Steve Zodiac. Who could be? I was 11 when this show came out, I vaguely remember the first episode.
My mother heard me singing this and said she loves songs like this. I'm a child of the 80s, this sort of thing is a little before my time. Can anyone recommend me similar songs? Might record an album of covers for a birthday or something, she'll never see it coming
that sounds like a pretty cool dad viglanti...great memories of the greatest era for tv i was lucky enough to be born in 1950 and see tv in its heyday at least for me dont watch much anymore miss the great shows and cartoons ..
Hello mate this is a fantastic piece of music, I vaguely remember this cause I grew up in the sixties, seventies, thank you so much for uploading this stuff,I'm near in tears hearing this old stuff thank you once more
George Noory sent me here. I wonder how many people heard the opening intro but either never listened to the lyrics or the song was edited short for time; It just hit me how sad, sincere and heartfelt the lyrics are.
My Uncle took his life recently and he was a huge sci-fi fan. He had the complete set of this show & I decided to watch it. The ending song is a jingle.
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I’m 70 today, the song of my late primary school years. The best programme of my childhood. Tearing up now.
I'm 67. Same here.
73. On our way owm.
I’m 16. Ashamed at my generation for not giving the supermarionation shows a chance. Stingray and joe 90 aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. I love them all but for me stingray uses the submarine and control tower sets way too much (cost saving measure) and joe 90 is… well just joe 90.
Joe 90 is a great and amazing concept but the show itself is by far the weakest of the big 4. Not as vibrant as captain scarlet. The duller colours of joe 90 I think is what makes it feel like a gruel to binge watch. This week watched the first 20 episodes so far and feel like absolute crap 😂
Sam and Shane are in my top 20 supermarionation characters though. Sam is probably in top 10.
Captain scarlet and thunderbirds however nobody can say they don’t like. They are both so good and iconic that they rely on each other’s success and fame to stay alive.
In “Perils of Penelope” when thunderbird 2 drops the pod after waiting ages to see if Penelope was on the monotrain I think that scene symbolises the excitement of thunderbirds perfectly. Boring-ish scenes of just thunderbird 2 waiting there but once that pod drops you know the action begins NOW
In “the launching” when scarlet realises the atomic liner is the target and not the US president I believe that scene perfectly symbolises the uncertain nature of captain scarlet.
For anyone wondering what my favourite moments from each of the big 4 shows are here they are… my favourite stingray moment is when titan and X20 are watching duke dexter’s performance via TV at the end of Titan goes pop.
My favourite moment from thunderbirds is most likely the Hudson building explosion as Thomas Prescott is my favourite supermarionation character of all time just for handling his situation like a champ 👍
My favourite captain scarlet moment is most likely from “Big Ben strikes again” when scarlet is driving the transporter vehicle and it explodes underground trapping scarlet in the elevator. Wish they did an entire episode afterwards of the rescue to get scarlet out of the elevator
My favourite Joe 90 moment was probably the surgery from “operation Mcclaine” funny scene and great rescue (I guess if you wanna call it a rescue)
Sorry for not mentioning fireball XL5 once but all I like about it is the theme. That’s why I’m hear at 2:38AM on a Saturday morning 😂
I'm 65 and sitting here with all sort of emotions going through my head. Don't know why this came into my head tonight
What lovely memories. I am now 67 and when I hear the song I’m a kid again. Quite moving. Good old Gerry Anderson. God bless you.
I"m 64. Yes it is a real fountain of youth just to listen to this song again.
Me Too (70) 2023
who is the singer ? it doesn't say
I am 31 but grew up with this (as my dad would be turning 63 this year) and he would sing this all the time. R.I.P dad xxxx
I'm sorry but none of Gerry's other tv theme songs top this. This is the most amazing song. Thank you Gerry.
I'm 16...just discovered this since my dad mentioned that how excited they all would be to watch Fireball XL5...and...i don't regret coming here...and now I'm watching few episodes along with him 🌟😽💜
Sang this with Don and guitar, and a handful of other people, when we were rehearsing Play School at TVC. Early 80s...thanks Don, one of the sweetest moments of my life!
I think that's "Conquerors of the sky".
Great song, thanks for posting it. Excellent sound quality.
Wow, I never knew there was more than one verse. I used to get up at 6:00am when I was child just to hear this closing theme when it aired in the New York market back in 1963. So this now old man, who lives in the Los Angeles market, thanks you for making him feel like a kid again.
I was ten years old in 1962 but this song was my favorite tv show song. I watched it every Saturday.
Used to watch the show sucking on what?......fireballs...a penny a piece at Piccheo's Market near elementary school.Round red hard balls of fire that I could rarely finish...saved two or three for watch'in Fireball late-night in the early seventies
George Donaldson And I was seven years old. I dreamed of living on the Moon as a scientist in a laboratory. This song brings tears to my eyes.
And the very next year was the first episode of Dr. Who. What a time, what dreams. What inspiration!
Yes, every Saturday. ah......good times.
A 69 year old kid is now happy. I used to sing it to my kids who all love singing to their kids.
My first time hearing this in 2019.
This song is so beautiful that it breaks my heart and brings tears to my eyes knowing that music today will never be made this beautiful again.
Have a little faith.
You're deluding yourself. This song is good, but don't cry convincing yourself that nothing modern can match up. You just need to look for it, there are thousands of genres and sub-genres out there.
This song makes me cry too.
You’re very deep.
I dont know mate, Lana Del Rey is a favorite of mine, her song Heroin about her real life boyfriend who died from an overdose is quite deep and touching.
Love it, this was the song that my wife and had our first dance to at the reception of our wedding, back in 2006. Everyone there loved it.
She danced alone at your wedding?
If you read what I wrote, it is clear that the ‘I’ was missing from my post.
It would have gone in between the and and had, of course.
@Andrei613 . If you read what I wrote, it is clear that I knew that and was making fun of it.
@@E-BikingAdventures No, it was not remotely 'clear' in what you wrote.
Next time, use a /s notation to make yourself clear.
What is amazing about this is that it was the theme for an action/adventure show targeted at young kids. But it is a sweet love theme.
Gerry Anderson was quite the visionary and, frankly, had some stones to make this theme to a very cool series.
Am 40yr old from India.Fireball was aired in India in mid 80s then..The song made my nostalgic..I wish we all here commenting had a time machine to cherish our old good days..
Me too!!
RUclips is my time machine. I listen to very old Jamaican hymns and Rock n Roll and swinging sixties. Absolutely brilliant ✝️
Absolutely!!!!!’
So true ! I am all teary eyed🥲
I loved this show when I was a kid.. And, the theme song, stays in my heart, forever !!!!
Mate this brings back so many memories,as a little boy (I am now 60) I loved Fireball XL5 and even had a model of it which my Dad built for me.....wish I still had it,thanks heaps for putting this on line.Thanks Again
I'm 83 and my oldest son is pushing 60. He used to wake me up every Saturday morning to watch Fireball XL5with him. I still remember the words to the song.
makes me miss the good old days.
wow im 60 and by god I remember watching this when I lved in Richmond vic the almost gets my hair back with memories
Mate I'm 38 n I've loved this since I saw Love, Honour & Obey. I'm sure I heard it on a retrospective of Gerry Anderson when I was about 10. Good music, especially 60's, lives forever.
When songs were songs.
and men were marionettes!
you said it babs
@@o4fakseik With big thick eyebrows lolol
1st time since 40 years, i heard this beautiful song. The tune that exixts in my childhood days with this puppet time.
well..., this takes me back to a time when I'd wake-up early on Saturday morning and with my bowl of Frosted Flakes I'd sit and faithfully watch all the cartoons and then turn to Fireball XL-5. Seeing this video and finally getting a chance to listen to the lyrics of the theme song makes me wish that I was 7 years old again.!!! Thanks to whomever posted this video with the words to a song that I never could quite catch.!!!
Love this so much, I've been playing and singing it on repeat. Brings back memories of Steve Zodiac, Venus and Zoonie.
Haha. Absolutely.. Brings back fond memories and the song with lyrics is just 💜
Thanks for the comment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video
You're FAR too young! :-)
dont forget robbie.....full episodes of fireball xl5 are on you tube
👍👍 🇬🇧🇬🇧 ! !
If you are listening to this in 2022, then you are a magnificent human being 😊
2024 and I'm still listening
I loved this show as a kid just for the song, this and "Secret Agent" for the theme as well sung by Johnny Rivers.
I loved this show. I looked forward to every Saturday morning.
One of the first songs I sang (now 61)! A time when men were men, women were women and robots were robots.
And small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri... were REAL, small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
Men were men,
Women were women,
And robots knew they were not in charge....
@@kevincurry4254 and the Robots had no upity ideas of rebelling
And abuse was swept under the carpet 🥱 so what is your point 🤔
Same. We were living in the UK at the time this track was being played to our favourite tv series. I'm nearly 60 now living in Australia.
OMG. OMG I’ve just found my inner child again 😂 I so loved this when I was a young girl, very innocent times makes me weep
Larene Matten Me too, it takes me back to those innocent days. My bother Dave was nicknamed Zoonie, because he had large ends to his fingers! My mom and dad bought me the spaceship and the marionette puppets of Steve Zodiac and Venus. I played with those for ages, looked after them as those were the real stars. Can you remember another program from that era called Captain Zeppos? A Dutch film series. A chap who lived in a windmill who had adventures with a famous 5 type of kids. Music theme by Burt Bacharach. I can remember a car that floated on water.
Larene Matten How wonderful that you had the same feelings that I had. I remember that it was mostly boys who watched science fiction back then. I hope you grew up with a passion for science :)
I always used to watch just to join in singing this at the end
@@artistjoh I wonder how many of those boys understood that this was a love song, and how would they have reacted if they had known? I was 5/6 when this came out, and girls were the last thing on my mind. The melody has stayed with me since then, but this is the first time I've seen the lyrics. Thanks tucsondog.
Alan Gin Even better is seeing Dominic Halpin’s version: ruclips.net/video/Nb80imqbwa0/видео.html in which he makes it into a dance song, but also gives it a dose of humor and some great CGI.
This tune suddenly came into my head this morning...don't know why...random. I loved Fireball XL5 growing up and still love this song I miss these old programmes they were brilliant. Thanks for sharing
Now showing on Talking Pictures TV. Saw a full Fireball XL5 programme on Friday. Very inventive and humourous! Lots of the Gerry Anderson series are currently being aired on that channel.
Just superb... takes me back to 1985 when it was broadcasted by Doordarshan in India 🇮🇳
I'm too young to remember this first time round, but there was a mini revival in the 80's and as a kid I LOVED everything I saw from Jerry Anderson. STANDBY FOR ACTION - FAB
You cannot beat the old classics, when people wrote and performed their own songs! awwww
What a lovely song...all sweetness and innocence.
Such happy memories attached to this song 🤗
Almost 60 now, hear this, and, feel like kid again. I think though, that it is, conquerors of the universe, not, compass. But I might be wrong, it"s been a fair, few years since I last heard it. Thanks though, brought back many happy memories.
I wasn’t around for this show on the original broadcast dates. In fact, I’ve never seen a single episode. When “The Space Channel” came to Canada during the cable expansion in the mid nineties there was a show that followed this one I would watch, so I’d always get there a bit early and I’d hear this song during the closing credits while waiting for my show to start. And here I am, over 20 years later, not able to recall what that show was, but every once in a while I start humming this song. Great lyrics and melody right here, I love it. 👍
Brilliant brings back so many memories just loved the show
@VIGILANTI1 Glad you liked it. My dad used to sing the this song to me and my sister before bed when we were little. Who needed twinkle twinkle little star, we had Fireball XL-5!
I watched this on TV as a kid. I believe the song was sung by Don Spencer.
Yep, the XL-5 and good old Colonel Zodiac in charge of things..
Man this brings back some memories.
This was a great show and I still really love this theme song.
Happy memories, loved this programme and Steve Zodiac.
This song is so damn catchy I'm surprised it's even legal.
I like this song even more now - with the lyrics and the full song. I remember watching it as a kid without understanding most of the words, but still crooning it!
It's 'Conquerors of the sky', not 'compass of the sky'... Love this song. It was our first dance as a married couple at our reception back in 2006.
Conquerors of the stars?
@@userefingname Nope the word there is sky. Conquerors of the sky.
I'd forgotten this lovely tune, I used to sing along with it every episode. RIP Gerry Anderson.
I've just discovered these wonderful marionette sci-fi shows and this has to be the greatest theme song ever. Makes me nostalgic for a time before I was born. ❤️🔥
NICE SONG!!!
Anemoia, nostalgia for a time we never lived through :) Good music like this can have that effect
I watched the show on my First TV. I was 5 Years old.
Ditto
I never watched the show because it came way before my time (I'm thirteen), but my Dad used to sing this song around the house when I was little and it reminds me of him.
This song takes me back to my childhood and to one of my few happy places. The Supermarionation series ALWAYS held my interest as a young man and I'm SURE that they were a major reason why I went into science and medicine. I'm 60 years old but I STILL remember watching Fireball XL5 like it was yesterday. The end theme song can STILL bring tears to my eyes. Simpler times indeed!
Thank you for your comment :)
@@tucsondog You're Welcome!
This was my Favorite childhood TV show,thank you very much for bringing back all those childhood memories
So emotional 😫😭beautiful song feeling nostalgic thanks mom for recommending
Oh, yes, this song brings back memories! Thanks for posting; I've never heard the full song before. That second verse gave me goose bumps.
I never heard the full version until now. I love this song! I love watching it - for the first time - on RUclips.
Don Spencer has the most amazing voice. I was hooked on this theme song as a kid, and still adore it.
I tried writing fan mail to him. He received my message but hasn't responded.
I remember when this serial of venus and Steve used to come every evening, we kids would sit in front of the television well before it started as we were no way going to miss this beautiful song with wonderful lyrics.
I am 14 and never saw this show. My dad showed me this song and I have been in love with the theme
Love it! Thanks for bringing back these precious memories!
Awesome.. Love it!! You know the show has heart just by the closing credits alone.
My science teacher put a space movie for the class and it started off with this song. I like doing my science homework with this song now.
I've always been a pretty big fan of Fireball XL5. Today while I was listening to this video, my cat Scooby was purring in time with the music.
I'm currently 62 and I remember the song vividly from my early childhood
Brings back happy memories
A profession of love so pure and innocent that it could never be written today. I miss the old days.
I'm crying! I loved this show when I was a kid! I remember watching it with my mom when I had the chickenpox lol! 😆💜
God I loved that series, along with Thunderbirds, stingray and captain Scarlett & the mysterons.
I was almost eight-years-old when NBC began broadcasting this show on Saturday mornings (Sept '63.) Needless to say, we all loved it. If I remember correctly, Supercar made it to New York City TV first, followed by Fireball XL-5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons, Thunderbirds, and UFO. (Also a big fan of "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun")
Those early Anderson marionette shows went hand-in-glove with Beatlemania/The British Invasion, James Bond, and TV programs like The Avengers, Secret Agent/Danger Man, The Saint, and The Prisoner. (For me, Patrick McGoohan will always rank with the great Sean Connery)
Wow, you sound just like me. I loved the ITC shows like The Saint. The Prisoner,
Danger man (Secret Agent man in the USA) and The Champions.
The show UFO I remember is the one with Ed Bishop as Commander Straker.
Then there was Roy Thinnes in the show, "The Invaders".
Most of my favourite shows seemed to come between 1955 and 1975.
And how about the show "Man in a Suitcase' with Richard Bradford.
So much great tele from the UK.
All great shows ;D
I remember all those you mention. I used to run home after primary school in the early 70s to watch Danger Man ✝️
Love this music! Remember it from when I was a kid too! Can you imagine if it was on these days, a continuity announcer would talk about unrelated programmes for the entire length of the music! ;)
Oh happy days, I let my 10 yr old grandson listen to this he loved it he said why don't they songs like this now
When I was small they used to play this song in the long break and we'd shout "Fireball!" ;)
Love blasting and signing this song once and awhile coming home from work
Love the song and the show. So happy these Supermarianation shows are streaming on Tubi tv. 👍
Loved this childhood show thanks for sharing ..Husband singing away too !
Oh my GOD!! Until just now, listening to the theme song on this, I only knew that any sort of connection with "Fireball XL5" was on George Norrey's
"Coast To Coast" or program as a rotation in "bumper" music. I watched that show RELIGIOUSLY every Saturday morning on KHQ-TV, Channel 6, out of Spokane, Washington @ 9:30 a.m...This was over 50 years ago; for a kid, it was pretty good at the time. Hokey by today's standards, but, what the HELL? And, as a "side-bar" to you younger folk, please show some appreciation for what came before.
KHQ-tv, KXLY and KREM ? Watched it every saturday as well. Up here in Canada just across the line. We had a huge antenna. Got all the Spokane channels unless the wind really picked up , then big brother would have to climb up on the roof and shout down the chimney, " Is it good?" no a little to the left or right. Tough times back then!;)
fantastic song!!!
Does anyone remember on of the episodes where they were all playing instruments in the spaceship and singing their theme song? The robot was playing the drums. I think that's one of the reasons I started playing the drums (that and the Tin Woodsman in Wizard of Oz playing rhythms on his legs and tooting his funnel hat as the end of his song....ah......)
For a song that was written for television, it holds up really well
One of the coolest theme tunes ever!
This was almost certainly the show that started a life long interest in space travel for me!
Beautiful music love it from the 1960
I love this theme so much, I'm currently making a computer-generated remake of the intro.
I had this on a 45 and for the life of me I can't remember what was on the other side. Great memories, thanks for sharing.
"The Kadettes" did a cover version of this piece in 1982 on a 45 RPM record which had the theme to "Mission Impossible" on the flip side.
One of the best themes ever.
This and "Lady Penelope" by the Shadows from the Thunderbird's are GO are just 60's nostalgia. Loved Fireball XL5 when i was growing up, bear in mind i grew up in the late 90's i still preferred this and the other Jerry Anderson shows over most of the cartoons of the day
This is suddenly a new song to me. They never played the third verse on the show.
I watched them all back in the day. This used to be my favorite show.
I wish I was a space man, the fastest guy alive.
I’d fly you around the universe in Fireball XL-5.
Way out in space together, conquerors of the sky,
My heart would be a fireball, a fireball,
Every time I gazed into your starry eyes.
We’d take the path to Jupiter and maybe very soon,
We’d cruise along the Milky Way and land upon the moon.
To a wonderland of stardust, we’d zoom our way to Mars.
My heart would be a fireball, a fireball,
‘Cause you would be my Venus of the stars.
But though I’m not a spaceman, famous and renowned,
I’m just a guy that’s down to Earth, with both feet on the ground.
It’s all imagination; I’ll never reach the skies.
My heart is still a fireball, a fireball,
Every time I gaze into your starry eyes.
Fireball, fireball, every time I gaze into your starry eyes.
You could ask D. Trump about that, apparently he's a bit of a space cadet. But, he's no Steve Zodiac. Who could be?
I was 11 when this show came out, I vaguely remember the first episode.
Thank you for posting this, thank you for the lyrics!
My mother heard me singing this and said she loves songs like this. I'm a child of the 80s, this sort of thing is a little before my time. Can anyone recommend me similar songs? Might record an album of covers for a birthday or something, she'll never see it coming
Shooting Star
by Cliff and The Shadows.
As sung on the film called
Thunderbirds Are Go! (1960s).
Absolutely brilliant✝️
that sounds like a pretty cool dad viglanti...great memories of the greatest era for tv i was lucky enough to be born in 1950 and see tv in its heyday at least for me dont watch much anymore miss the great shows and cartoons ..
Hello mate this is a fantastic piece of music, I vaguely remember this cause I grew up in the sixties, seventies, thank you so much for uploading this stuff,I'm near in tears hearing this old stuff thank you once more
when ever i listen this song....every time it put me to my childhood.
I first saw the show on That Thing You Do, then the song on From the Earth to the Moon. iTunes has it now, but not in this quality. 😔
To think I am named after Steve Zodiac. Yeah my heart will be a Fireball 💥🚀
Wow, this song has always been in my mind although I dont quite remember all the word. Watched the TV show when I was 6 or 7 in London
Love this song
Been looking for this song for over 20 years.
George Noory sent me here.
I wonder how many people heard the opening intro but either never listened to the lyrics or the song was edited short for time;
It just hit me how sad, sincere and heartfelt the lyrics are.
So beautiful
Han pasado casi cincuenta años y hasta ahora me acuerdo deesta serie y esta canción como si lo hubiese visto ayer.
ace! prime nostalgia,,, decision to upload this was probably your best call regarding it. thanks.
This song IS the sixties. Joyous, hopeful, simple, adventurous and happy, happy, happy!
My Uncle took his life recently and he was a huge sci-fi fan. He had the complete set of this show & I decided to watch it. The ending song is a jingle.
Reina, that is so horrible. I am very sorry for your loss. You have my sympathies.
I grew up with all of the Anderson marionation shows and the music was burned into my memory. Truly great.
I remember this show, albeit when I was a young boy!
Still love you Clive. Please come back! Miss you honey xx
I love this song I listen to lots of times
Such a beautiful song!
AWESOME COLLECTION!!!