8. Tom Anthony - “321 Contact Theme”

321 Contact  1980

I lived in the foothills of Idaho Falls growing up. I never had any real neighbors so when I got home from school each day, PBS was my only friend and 321 Contact was my favorite show!

I especially enjoyed the episodes where they showed a time-lapse set up of a Kiss concert and that one time they went inside the Statue of Liberty. — Jesse

From Wikipedia:

The lyrics of the 3-2-1 Contact theme, composed by Tom Anthony, are rarely listed correctly online:

3, 2, 1!
Contact
It’s the secret
It’s the moment
When everything happens
Contact
It’s the answer
It’s the reason
Why* everything happens
Contact
Let's make contact
3, 2, 1, (4 quick drum beats) contact!

* “Why” in earlier version; “That” in later version.

Comments

[Stüf]

What an incredible song. Perfectly orchestrated. Children and adults singing in a chorus of love for science.

I'd like to dispute those Wiki lyrics. They are clearly singing "is the secret/ is the moment". Perhaps they are referring to an early version, because the "4 quick drum beats" are missing at the end as well.

[gaela]

this song gets stuck in my head moreso than any other song!

i am so excited to have it!

[norman]

ROCK!

nice to have something besides a 3 minute pop song

salute!