"and early 1990s, a number of competing programmes were introduced, including Channel 4's ""driven"", ITV's ""Pulling Power"", Granada's ""Vroom Vroom"" and BBC World's ""India's Wheels"". Some of the presenters on ""Driven"" would go on to present ""Top Gear"". The show's opening theme music from the very first programme in 1977 was the Allman Brothers Band instrumental ""Jessica"" from the album ""Brothers and Sisters"" (1973), although remixed versions were used after 1999. For much of the series' lifespan, Elton John's instrumental ""Out of the Blue"" from the album ""Blue Moves"" (1976) played over the closing credits. The opening and closing titles"
"incredible style and is met halfway by Dickie Betts' clean, sweeping guitar lead."" It has continued to receive praise in recent years. A January 2006 ""Wall Street Journal"" article referred to the piece as ""a true national heirloom."" A later recording of ""Jessica"", a live recording included on """" (1995), won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards in 1996. The tune is perhaps most famous as the opening theme to the original BBC TV show ""Top Gear"" and for the 2002 format of the series, albeit a modernised cover version. In one"
"a 2006 ""Wall Street Journal"" article deemed it ""a true national heirloom"". It is widely known as the theme to the BBC Two motoring program ""Top Gear"". After the death of group leader Duane Allman in 1971, the Allman Brothers Band continued on, adding keyboardist Chuck Leavell. A year later when Berry Oakley also died, Lamar Williams was brought in as the bassist replacement, finishing the album Berry did not. The addition of Leavell in particular changed the band's sound and direction, which has often been considered most evident on ""Jessica"". Guitarist Dickey Betts wrote the song at ""the Farm,"""
"episode, James May recreated the tune using nothing but exhaust notes from several cars, while in another episode the tune in its full version was heard to be played over the radio when the three presenters tested in America (Series 12, Episode 2). At the last episode's end of the 18th series of the show, Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash played his version of the tune. ""Jessica"" is also used for most international versions of ""Top Gear"", including the US version which used it as its theme only during the first season. The tune was also featured in the movies"
"phone-in reaction was near-phenomenal."" ""Ramblin' Man"" became a rare rock hit on AM stations nationwide, and it rose to number two on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Although ""Jessica"" rose no higher than number 65 on the Hot 100, it later became a staple of classic rock radio. It was later employed as the theme song to the television program Top Gear in the UK. ""Brothers and Sisters"" has since sold over seven million copies worldwide. Reviews of ""Brothers and Sisters"" in 1973 were mostly positive. Bud Scoppa of ""Rolling Stone"" deemed the album ""no masterpiece, but the new band has"
"1981. It reached number 15 in the UK singles chart. In 1980 Edmonds took part in the ""Eurovision Song Contest"", introducing the UK entry live on stage at the final in the Hague. During ""Swap Shop""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s run Edmonds hosted ""Lucky Numbers"", an evening phone-in quiz programme which required viewers to call in and answer questions based on clips of films shown, and a revival of the 1960s pop music series ""Juke Box Jury"". Edmonds was one of the original presenters of the BBC's motoring series ""Top Gear"" during the late 1970s. During his time on the programme he criticised the"
"and high-speed travel, but also the use of ""gear"" to describe fashionable Carnaby Street clothes and the 1960s Liverpool term ""fab gear"", popularised by the Beatles as an expression of approval. The programme comprised a mixture of records and live sessions, was introduced by Brian Matthew, and featured many popular guests such as Jimi Hendrix, Free, The Beatles, Cream, The Who, Pink Floyd, Dusty Springfield, Led Zeppelin, The Kinks and Manfred Mann. The programme was first broadcast on 16 July 1964, produced by Bernie Andrews. The name, Top Gear, had been chosen after a national competition. The winning entry had"
"Top Gear (magazine) Top Gear (stylised in magazine as TopGear) is an automobile magazine owned by BBC Worldwide and published under contract by Immediate Media Company. It is named after the BBC's ""Top Gear"" television show. It was first published in October 1993 and is published monthly at a price of £4.35. The major presenters of the television series — Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May — were regular contributors, along with the series' production staff. ""Tame racing driver"" The Stig also regularly features in their car tests, though only communicates his thoughts and feelings through the articles of"
"Pelican (song) ""Pelican"" is a song by English indie rock band The Maccabees. The track was released in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2011 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, ""Given to the Wild"" (2012) - where it debuted at number eighty-seven on the UK Singles Chart; peaking at number seventy-five a week later. The song was used for the soundtrack of 2012 racing video game ""Forza Horizon"" and the preview montage of ""Top Gear""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s nineteenth series on 27 January 2013. ""Pelican"" received its first play on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show at 7.30pm"
"""Field of Dreams"", ""Did You Hear About the Morgans?"", ""Fear"" and ""Lassie"", and was used as the opening theme tune for the ""Dr. Dean Edell"" radio show. Jessica (instrumental) ""Jessica"" is an instrumental piece by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band, released in December 1973 as the second single from the group's fourth studio album, ""Brothers and Sisters"" (1973). Written by guitarist Dickey Betts, the song is a tribute to Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, in that it was designed to be played using only two fingers on the left hand. Betts wrote the majority of ""Jessica"" at the"
"people drive in the same car, presumably enjoying themselves. All scenes were accompanied by computer effects of collisions and other images that synchronize with the music. The music video also features a cameo from Zedd. As of May 2018, the video has received more than 217 million views on YouTube. The song was also featured as the background music of the introduction video of ""F1 2013"". The song was covered by Jessica Sanchez in her 2013 guest starring on ""Glee"" where she performed this song for Regionals competition in the episode ""All or Nothing"". Jessica also performed an acoustic version"
"chronological order. The programme is now shown on Eden, Yesterday and Dave. The theme tune is called ""The Long Boot"", by Jeff Knowler. Sam Wollaston writing for Guardian Unlimited described James May's 20th Century as ""essentially Top Gear, masquerading as something educational"" but conceded that if ""teaching history can be achieved through Top Gear, then maybe that's not such a bad thing"". The New Statesman thought that James May was ""ill-suited to the task in hand"" and described the biggest problem as May being unable to ""put his wretched motors behind him"". The Lancashire Telegraph wrote positively of the show"
"to viewers in the Midlands region only. ""Top Gear"" and its title were conceived by executive producer Derek Smith. The programme covered motoring related issues, such as new car road tests, fuel economy, safety, the police, speeding, insurance, second hand cars and holiday touring. The first programme was broadcast on 22 April 1977, on BBC 1 Midlands at 10:15pm. It was presented by Angela Rippon and Tom Coyne, who was front man of the local evening news programme, Midlands Today. In the first edition, Angela Rippon drove from Shepherd's Bush in London, to the Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham, reporting"
"simply ""Jessica"" and released in the autumn 1998, she worked with composer and producer Max Martin, known for having written Britney Spears' ""Baby One More Time"". The album was an instant hit, and Jessica became an international star overnight. As a result, Jessica travelled to Asia for a six-week-long promotional tour across Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, resulting in high sales in the region, including selling gold. In South Korea, her remake of David Foster classic ""Goodbye"" was used as the theme ballad for the movie ""A Promise"", and rapidly became the most frequently played song on"
"Chris Goffey Christopher Robert Goffey (born 17 October 1945) is an English journalist and television personality, best known as a presenter of the BBC motoring television series ""Top Gear"". He crossed over to Channel 4 in the mid-1980s and worked with two motoring programmes (""The Motor Show"" and ""Wheeltracks"") before returning to ""Top Gear"". He has worked on many different corporate, instructional, and motivational films for a variety of clients. Goffey was born in Bury, Lancashire. From 1965 he honed his skills with the Ruislip Northwood Post, the Bucks Advertiser (now the Bucks Herald), and the ""Slough Evening Mail"". Between"
"his last album, on April 18, 2015. Amon Tobin's sounds and samples are frequently used in the British car-based TV show ""Top Gear"", and his song ""Four Ton Mantis"" has been used in advertisements for Nissan Qashqai and Juke. Tobin's music also appeared in several major motion pictures including ""The Italian Job"" and ""21"". He has also produced tracks for a number of independent films, including ""The Last Minute"", and has created production music for the BMG Zomba commercial library which is used in various films. In 2006, he scored the soundtrack for the Hungarian horror film ""Taxidermia"" which was"
"Top Gear (2002 TV series) Top Gear is a British motoring magazine, factual television series, conceived by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman, launched on 20 October 2002, and broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two. The programme is a relaunched version of the original 1977 show of the same name, which looks at various motor vehicles, primarily cars. While the original format focused mainly on review of cars, the 2002 version expanded on this with motoring-based challenges, special races, timed laps of notable cars, and celebrity timed laps on a course specially-designed for the relaunched programme, with its format"
"in the pilot of the 2000 science fiction series Dark Angel, as well as having been used in various film trailers and sports broadcasts due to the emotional buildup caused by its rising crescendo and choir. It was used in the trailer for the BBC's Euro 2012 coverage, and has often been used in the BBC's ""Top Gear"" series at the climax of the season finale ""epic challenges"". Armstrong lists the songs which ""Top Gear"" has used on his web site. ""Escape"" has been used in a number of action film trailers, including ""Spider-Man 2"" and ""Daredevil"". ""Escape"" has also"
"Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for co-presenting the BBC TV show ""Top Gear"" with Richard Hammond and James May from October 2002 to March 2015. He also currently writes weekly columns for ""The Sunday Times"" and ""The Sun"". From a career as a local journalist in Northern England, Clarkson rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of ""Top Gear"" in 1988. Since the mid-1990s, he has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television"
"Top Gear (U.S. TV series) Top Gear is an American motoring television series, based on the BBC series of the same name. The show's presenters are professional racing driver Tanner Foust, actor and comedian Adam Ferrara, and automotive and racing analyst Rutledge Wood. As with the original British version, the show has its own version of The Stig, an anonymous racing driver, and a celebrity guest was featured each week for the first two seasons. The show premiered on November 21, 2010, on History. Its most recent season, Season 6, began airing on April 26, 2016. On June 28, 2016,"
"Jessica (instrumental) ""Jessica"" is an instrumental piece by American rock band the Allman Brothers Band, released in December 1973 as the second single from the group's fourth studio album, ""Brothers and Sisters"" (1973). Written by guitarist Dickey Betts, the song is a tribute to Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, in that it was designed to be played using only two fingers on the left hand. Betts wrote the majority of ""Jessica"" at the band's farm in Juliette, Georgia. He named it after his daughter, Jessica Betts, who was an infant when it was released. She had bounced along to the"
"for the BBC radio show ""Top Gear"" broadcast on 29 June 1969. ""Thank You"" was written by Plant as a love song to his wife, Maureen. Page played twelve-string guitar and Jones played Hammond organ on the track. ""Heartbreaker"" was mostly written by Page as a showcase for his guitar skills, including an unaccompanied solo in the middle of the song. It quickly became a live favourite, being performed regularly from October 1969 onwards, and throughout the group's career. ""Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman)"" was purported to be written about a groupie the band encountered while touring the"
"episodes. After the first series of ""Fifth Gear"" was completed, the BBC decided to relaunch ""Top Gear"", but in a new studio based format as opposed to the magazine format used until the cancellation. The idea came from producer Andy Wilman and Jeremy Clarkson, who presented the relaunched show with Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe. James May replaced Dawe from the second series onwards of the current format. The pre-cancellation show is referred to as ""Old ""Top Gear"""", when mentioned on the new show due to the differences in style. ""Top Gear"" was a title sponsor of the 1987 and"
"The programmes are mainly recorded today by Jo Jung, who shared this task in earlier series with Peter Schurr. Since the anniversary in December 2006 the programme has been produced and broadcast in format. A selection of the themes covered to date is given below: The song ""Sentimental Journey"" by Les Brown is always played at the beginning of the broadcast and sometimes at the end during the credits. The steam locomotive 99 633, which is homed at Ochsenhausen today, has featured in the introduction since the first broadcast in 1991. In addition it appears in the programme logo. For"
"of the song as part of the election campaign. In February 1998, the song was featured in an episode of ""Top Gear"", during the review of the Toyota Avensis, with an voice over by presenter Jeremy Clarkson. In 2013, the song was adopted as a chant by fans of Sunderland A.F.C., after the teams revival under manager Gus Poyet. Supporters of Sunderland launched a campaign to get the song back into the chart, to coincide with their team's Capital One Cup Final on 2 March 2014 at Wembley Stadium. On 3 March 2014, the song re entered in the UK"
"Jessica (Elliot Minor song) ""Jessica"" is the second single from York-based rock band Elliot Minor. It was released on August 6, 2007. The band wrote this song out of their affection for Jessica Alba. The song was originally called ""Walk With Me"". This was Elliot Minor's breakthrough single, and was one of the most popular singles during that period. The music was written by Alex Davies, with lyrics by Davies, Ed Minton, and Dan Hetherton. In the music video, the band plays in the crypt of a church, dressed in black clothing. The video starts and ends with a shot"
"music were suggested to executive producer Derek Smith by his son Graham, who had the two albums at home. He played the tracks to his father and was asked to write down the details, so they could be sourced from the record library in the BBC. Tiff Needell was the longest serving presenter, for fourteen years. He would later present ""Fifth Gear"", while Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman would launch the 2002 reboot. Each year, ""Top Gear"" announced its Car of the Year. Winners have included: Note: The BMW Z3 M Coupé was voted ""Driver's Car of the Year"", and"
"the first CD of their 2008 live album ""Livequake"" as an intro. It has also been featured in a Strongbow cider advert on British television. A remixed version of the song was used on the Metro Exodus announcement trailer. A trance remix was also produced by the Irish duo Tucandeo in 2013. The BBC used the track in a number of their television programmes in July 2011. It was used in tense or large scale moments in ""Top Gear"", ""The Apprentice"" and ""Richard Hammond's Journey To..."". ""In Paradisum"", a song arranged by Richard Marlow, has also received airplay in some"
"series ""Entourage"", and was used alongside ""Blackout"", another song from the ""Absolution"" album, in the movie ""Millions"". The song was also used in an episode of Doctor Who confidential. The British television program """" used the song at the end of each show with the ""Explosive Of The Week"". It was also used as the main theme for Moto GP on the BBC up until the Dutch race at Assen in 2009, as well as the background song of the official race edit for the 2009 Australian Grand Prix on Formula1.com. Professional wrestler Nicole Matthews uses ""Hysteria"" as her entrance"
"in a 2016 television advertising campaign for the 2016 Dodge Charger and Challenger. The opening verse (""Gimme Fuel, Gimme Fire"" etc.) is also used, following a short section of ELPs Fanfare for the Common Man, as introduction music to Top Fuel Dragster class racing at Santa Pod raceway England. ""Fuel"" is also used as the intro song for the Indy Fuel hockey team. All live tracks were recorded on April 20, 1998 at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia Fuel (song) ""Fuel"" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. The song was written by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich,"
"Waters of Nazareth ""Waters of Nazareth"" is a song by French electronic music duo Justice. It was released as their debut single and the lead single from their debut studio album, ""†"", on 14 September 2005. It was released as a 12"" and CD single with the original three songs. A 12"" with remixes by DJ Funk, Erol Alkan, and Justice featuring Feadz was also released. The song is featured on the ElectroChoc radio station on ""Grand Theft Auto IV"". It was played in episode 5 of series 13 of ""Top Gear"", when Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May"
"Jason Dawe (presenter) Jason Henry Dawe (born 1967) is an English journalist and television presenter. He presented the first series of ""Top Gear"" on BBC Two alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. In 2005, he began presenting ""Used Car Roadshow""; the programme was cancelled two years later in 2007. Born and raised in Cornwall, England, Dawe worked at auto dealerships and as a motoring industry trainer. Dawe is a regular columnist in ""The Sunday Times"" motoring section, where he has written extensively about used cars. Together with Nick Rufford of ""The Sunday Times"" he has also made many video broadcasts"
"that Dawe would return to co-present the show. However, Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc were announced as the new presenters, with it officially confirmed that Dawe would not return in favour of new presenters. Jason Dawe (presenter) Jason Henry Dawe (born 1967) is an English journalist and television presenter. He presented the first series of ""Top Gear"" on BBC Two alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond. In 2005, he began presenting ""Used Car Roadshow""; the programme was cancelled two years later in 2007. Born and raised in Cornwall, England, Dawe worked at auto dealerships and as a motoring industry trainer."