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Confused dates?[edit]

It was composed expressly for the BBC's television series Superstars. In 1971, ABC acquired the rights to use "Heavy Action" as the opening theme music to Monday Night Football

If Superstars didn't start broadcasting until 1973, are we supposed to believe that this music was specifically written for the programme at least two years before it aired? Perhaps the date of 1971 for Monday Night Football acquiring the music is incorrect? Either way, something here seems inaccurate.Cyberinsekt (talk) 23:16, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quite simply, it wasn't composed expressly for Superstars. It was a library piece, available to whoever wanted to use it (hence its title, which is a kind of "serving suggestion" typical of library music). The article is plain wrong. - 88.111.45.143 (talk) 22:20, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then correct it! (With citation, natch.) 86.136.250.154 (talk) 23:49, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the whole section - nothing in it was sourced, and it was clearly wrong as per above discussion (five years ago! not good!).--A bit iffy (talk) 19:47, 20 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Heavy Action was written for the BBC while Johnny Pearson was working as the top title music composer in the UK. His obituary here http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/johnny-pearson-composer-pianist-and-arranger-who-worked-on-lsquotop-of-the-popsrsquo-during-three-decades-2249980.html clearly states that he wrote the music for the BBC first, and then it was picked up by ABC. There is controversy over when the idea of the Superstars TV programme was invented, with the British organisers claiming that they had the idea as early as 1970, only to be delayed and then watch Dick Button create the show in the US in 1973. They then rushed into production that summer. It is then easy to surmise that they already had commissioned Heavy Action as the theme music in advance of production. Unfortunately, all the original participants are now dead, so proving who it was written for and when is a moot point. It is clearly very well known for two distinct reasons in the UK and the US. With this in mind I think it is only fair that the UK usage be returned to the article. Mwmonk (talk) 11:44, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good to me - thanks for getting this finally resolved.--A bit iffy (talk) 20:15, 21 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No citation and not informative[edit]

"In 1998, the song was considered by The Walt Disney Company as one of the most exciting and thunderous songs of all time."

What does this mean to anyone? Disney bought ABC in 1996, so this is just a parent company talking up their own program. But the real problem is that there's no citation for it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dignan17 (talk • contribs) 15:45, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]