‘Bob The Builder’ theme composer reveals plans to involve Bruce Springsteen were nixed by label to avoid being “political”

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Bob The Builder – has revealed that there were once some talks about involving Bruce Springsteen in a rendition of the theme tune.The actor, who is also recognised for roles in Men Behaving Badly, Waterloo Road and Line Of Duty, recalled the success of the theme song for the children’s show during a new interview with The Guardian.In the piece, he looked back at the time the show’s creators decided to release the theme as an official single, and how they were taken aback by the impressive mark it left on the UK charts.“The TV show was going bonkers all around the world.

By the time it came to the end of 2000, someone said: ‘Why don’t we re-record the theme tune as a single?’ We didn’t think anything would come of it, even though it was a lot of fun,” Morrissey recalled.“Then Chris Evans kept playing it on the Virgin breakfast show, which gave it a massive push.

It entered the charts at Number Two, then knocked ‘Stan’ by Eminem off Number One the week after – for which I’m sure he’s never forgiven me.

Then it stayed at Number One for Christmas, beating ‘What Makes a Man’ by Westlife.”He continued, sharing some of the opportunities the track led to: We didn’t get to go on Top of the Pops – they just showed the video.