What's the best ever BBC Sport theme tune?

As musicians flex their fingers for the 20 July performance, RadioTimes.com wants to find out once and for all what the nation’s favourite BBC Sport theme tune is. We’ve delved into programmes past and present to find the 20 top musical intros to the world of sport (not World of Sport, that was ITV).

Now it’s over to you to decide which of these themes is in a league of its own.

All the hummable regulars are here, from the melodious avalanche of Ski Sunday to the fanfare of Grandstand and the evergreen Sports Report. But there are also some surprises.

What about the down-and-dirty synths of the darts by The Douglas Wood Band (the same people who composed snooker’s mean bass riffs)?

And did you know that the famous Match of the Day theme has only been the clarion call for football fans since 1970? Have a listen to what might have been if Barry Stoller hadn’t composed his fist-pumping trumpet arrangement.

Then there are the intros to Sport on 4 and Sport on 2, the soundtrack to sport on the radio before 5 Live took control.

Golf, Formula 1 and Wimbledon (intro and outro) all make the list, along with the ultimate test of skill, endurance and mental agility: Superstars.

Listen to all 20 of the best current and former BBC Sport themes, and cast your vote below.

Athletics By Keith Mansfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHyEXCq7uP8

Cricket / Test Match Special
Soul Limbo by Booker T and The MGs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67xXbTaQlKI

Darts
Cranes By The Douglas Wood Band

Equestrian / BBC Horse of the Year
A Musical Joke by Mozart (arranged by Waldo de los Rios)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD6qB6Kum2M

Formula 1
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9h34xYsRrI

Golf
Chase Side Shoot Up by Brian Bennett

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-bd5j18N0s

Grandstand
By Keith Mansfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSP1E04zp5Y

London Marathon
By Ron Goodwin (originally a score for 1966 film The Trap)

Match of the Day (1970-present)
By Barry Stoller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZSU7bdSGVU

Match of the Day (1964-70)
Drum Majorette by Arnold Steck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYXEIaLKiKo

Pot Black
Black and White Rag by Winifred Atwell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nXUPHR17FI

Ski Sunday
Pop Looks Back by Sam Fonteyn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIfO_QQWD1g

Snooker
Drag Racer by The Douglas Wood Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNKJ-sGpMuU

Sport on 2
Number One by The Delle Haensch Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q3IIwoIl4Q

Sport on 4
The Shuffle by Van McCoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO5NZMwfTDg

Sports Report
Out of the Blue by Hubert Bath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv_idtcK1-E

Sportsnight
By Tony Hatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naD6cYYVs_c

Superstars
Heavy Action by Johnny Pearson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p41_M_mehG0

Wimbledon Intro
Light and Tuneful by Keith Mansfield

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8T_9G6QTo

Wimbledon Outro
Sporting Occasion by Arnold Steck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA3TIvvqxQo

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