On January 31, 1974, Wickie and his Viking friends flashed across the screens for the first time.
You know. This boy here:
Not a girl, if that’s what you thought until today. ☝🏻
But if you also thought that ‘Wickie’ had the most popular series intro in the world, you’re certainly not wrong. The song is an absolute stunner:
Then it occurs to us…
There used to be those cartoon series with fantastic songs.
We once asked the editors what their favorite children’s series songs were or still are. It can already be revealed: there has never been so much and so fast feedback on our circular emails. 🙂
“WHO TURNED THE CLOCK?
When this song came out, two things happened: you sang along happily, but your heart ached because the show was already over. And then at the end, when Pink Panther says, “Today isn’t every day, I’ll be back, there’s no doubt about it” – HOPE! TO TRUST! LIGHT STRIPS ON THE HORIZON.”
«It’s hard to name just one series here! But I’m going with ‘Captain Baloo and his daring crew’. Who the entire intro – including a short rap intermezzo at the end! – being able to sing along has my utmost respect.”
‘First of all, thank you, Madeleine. Thanks to you, I just lost half an hour clicking from one intro to another. But the favorite is clearly: ‘Captain Balu and his daring crew’. With its ‘boom bumm bumm bumm’ the song immediately grabs you. And finally that rap part where we all always wanted to rap, but no one was able to do it – no one. Where Grammy?”
“I loved ‘Kim Possible’ and the intro is great too!”
“The best theme song? To quote the intro that could have come straight from ‘Beverly Hills Cop’: ‘Yes of course he is, Inspector Gadget!'”
“Oh, there are so many good series intros, but the number one for me is the one from ‘Once upon a time… human’. The song “A Thousand Years Are One Day” by Udo Jürgens fits like a glove. The intros of Tom & Jerry, Lucky Luke and Duck Tales follow closely. Also legendary Maya the Bee and Nils Holgersson.”
“One of the best songs ever is the intro to “Duck Tales”. Also beautiful and fitting: ‘Darkwing Duck’.”
“It’s clearly He-Man. Just because of his name ;-)»
“I just say: Yabba Dabba Doo!”
“I didn’t have to think about it for two seconds, the answer is obvious: the intro to ‘SimsalaGrimm’. The fairy tale series was always a small highlight for my brother and me and we couldn’t help but sing along loudly as soon as it started.”
“The anime series ‘Captain Future’ was way ahead of its time – and suddenly everyone wanted to become space heroines. PS: The brilliant theme music (Disco Funk) later became a techno anthem.”
“Forget Spock and Han Solo, Captain Future was the real star in the space. If the beautiful intro (which charted in 1998 thanks to DJ Phil Fuldner’s remix) isn’t enough, I discovered the entire album on Spotify. A sad case with the pan flute is strongly reminiscent of Gheorghe Zamfir’s lonely shepherd. Really great cinema for the ears. Here on Spotify:»
«Everything is, aaa everything is, very normal – “Schloss Einstein”! I was just shocked when I saw the intro on YouTube again. They are all children!!! When I was one, they somehow seemed so big to me 😥»
“It brings back childhood memories. Every time the intro started, my brothers and I got into a real party mood.”
«I knew neither the series nor the intro until Philipp Reich nicknamed me “The Boy from Flanders” for obvious reasons. Now I was tricked into sending this. Of course I also wonder every day whether Nikla(a)s will win or lose today, but actually the nicest intro is of course Heidi.”
“Wow, I completely forgot how rave-y the intro to “Sailor Moon” is. Best!”
“Where would we be if Pippilotta Viktualia Rollgardina Peppermint Ephraim’s daughter Longstocking were missing from this list?”
“Not better than Wickie, but still a blast.”
By the way, Wickie looks very different today. But that is an other story:
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