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Thomas, You're the Leader, sometimes called Roll Call Rap, is a hip-hop/pop-rock styled song that plays during the end credits of the 2008 film, The Great Discovery right after the Engine Roll Call.
The song is based on the Engine Roll Call, but with additional verses about the Skarloey Railway engines, the Pack, and other characters. A second altered music video was later made using footage from the thirteenth series, but in that version, Stanley, the Skarloey Railway engines, the Pack, and various other characters were cut out though, as they did not appear in the CGI series at the time.
Lyrics
The Great Discovery version
- It's Thomas! (Thomas, Thomas!)
- You're the leader! (Leader, leader!)
- Yeah, yeah, come on, okay
- They're two, they're four, they're six, they're eight
- Shunting trucks and hauling freight
- Red and green and brown and blue
- They're the useful crew, that's who
- All with different roles to play
- Round Tidmouth Sheds and far away
- Now Stanley's joined this friendly pack
- But who's this coming down the track?
- Come on
- Thomas, he's my number one
- Shining in the morning sun
- Working hard but having fun (Yeah, yeah)
- Thomas, you're the leader (You're the leader)
- Thomas, you're the leader
- Yeah, uh
- Thomas has so many friends
- The list is long, it never ends
- James and Percy huff and puff
- And Emily, she knows her stuff
- Henry, Edward, what a pair
- Toby, like I say he's square
- Gordon thunders down the line
- Everyone's a friend of mine
- That's right, come on
- Thomas, he's my number one
- Shining in the morning sun
- Working hard but having fun (Yeah, yeah)
- Thomas, you're the leader (The number one)
- Thomas, you're the leader
- Let's not forget the narrow gauge
- Where small and strong is all the rage
- Sir Handel, Rusty, Mighty Mac (Whoa)
- Fearless Freddie at the back
- Rheneas and then Peter Sam
- Skarloey, Duncan, he's my man (Yo)
- With Mr. Percival in charge
- No work's too hard, no job's too large
- Yeah, uh uh
- Thomas, he's my number one (number one)
- Shining in the morning sun
- Working hard but having fun (Come on, come on)
- Thomas, you're the leader (Yeah, yeah, you are the leader)
- Thomas, you're the leader
- (It's Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas)
- Jeremy and Harold, Rocky, Harvey too (Uh, uh)
- Salty, Mavis, Bertie, the Really Useful crew (Yeah, yeah, yeah come on)
- It's not just engines full of steam
- There's Jack and all his building team
- Tipping stones and digging roads
- Filling trucks and loading loads
- Sir Topham Hatt, he keeps an eye
- On every engine passing by
- Everything is tickety boo
- Coz out in front is you-know-who (Yeah, uh, uh, yeah, uh, come on, come on)
- Thomas, he's my number one (Number one)
- Shining in the morning sun
- Working hard but having fun (T-T-Thomas)
- Thomas, you're the leader (Yeah, yeah T-T-T-Thomas)
- Thomas, you're the leader
- Thomas, he's my number one (Number one)
- Shining in the morning sun (You're the number one)
- Working hard but having fun (You having fun)
- Thomas, you're the leader (You're the leader, you're the leader)
- Thomas, you're the leader
- It's-it's-it's-it's Thomas
- It's-it's-it's-it's Thomas
- I-i-i-i-i-it's Thomas, T-T-Thomas the leader
- It's-it's-it's-it's Thomas
- It's-it's-it's-it's Thomas
- I-i-i-i-i-it's Thomas, T-T-T-
Series 13 version
- It's Thomas! (Thomas, Thomas!)
- You're the leader! (Leader, leader!)
- Yeah, yeah, come on, okay
- They're two, they're four, they're six, they're eight
- Shunting trucks and hauling freight
- Red and green and brown and blue
- They're the useful crew, that's who
- All with different roles to play
- Round Tidmouth Sheds and far away
- Come on
- Thomas, he's my number one
- Shining in the morning sun
- Working hard but having fun (Yeah, yeah)
- Thomas, you're the leader (You're the leader)
- Thomas, you're the leader
- Thomas has so many friends
- The list is long, it never ends
- James and Percy huff and puff
- And Emily, she knows her stuff
- Henry, Edward, what a pair
- Toby, like I say he's square
- Gordon thunders down the line
- Everyone's a friend of mine
- That's right, come on
- Thomas, he's my number one
- Shining in the morning sun
- Working hard but having fun (Yeah, yeah)
- Thomas, you're the leader (The number one)
- Thomas, you're the leader
- Sir Topham Hatt, he keeps an eye
- On every engine passing by
- Everything is tickety boo
- Coz out in front is you-know-who (Yeah, uh, uh, yeah, uh, come on, come on)
- Thomas, he's my number one (Number one)
- Shining in the morning sun...
Thomas and the Hidden Treasure version
- I been visiting this island for many years
- Keeping notes of engines right and in here
- On my travels here on Sodor there's one engine stole the show
- That's the big E2 Class, that's Thomas as you know
- Not only I in technically mechanically sound
- His real personality is near or found.
- As well as being useful he knows everything you do, you still find an adventure,
- But then that typically cause it's you,
- And I say Thomas, he's my number one
- Shining in the morning sun,
- Working hard but having fun,
- Thomas, you're the leader,
- Thomas, you're the leader.
- Now normally when I see, an engine like you,
- With your coupling and your smoke box and the pistons and your...
- Calm down Cecil!
- Did you know that their excitement is really quite delightful,
- I never thought...
- Why ever is a mouth full,
- You know that Thomas, he's my number one
- Shining in the morning sun,
- Working hard but having fun,
- Thomas, you're the leader,
- Thomas, you're the leader.
- (Repeat) Thomas, he's my number one
- Shining in the morning sun,
- Working hard but having fun,
- Thomas, you're the leader,
- Thomas, you're the leader.
Characters
The Great Discovery version
- Thomas
- Edward
- Henry
- Gordon
- James
- Percy
- Toby
- Emily
- Harvey
- Molly
- Rosie
- Whiff
- Stanley
- Mavis
- Salty
- Skarloey
- Rheneas
- Sir Handel
- Peter Sam
- Rusty
- Duncan
- Mighty Mac
- Freddie
- Annie and Clarabel
- Henrietta
- Troublesome Trucks
- Rocky
- Terence
- Bertie
- Trevor
- Butch
- Elizabeth
- Jack
- Alfie
- Oliver
- Max and Monty
- Kelly
- Ned
- Buster
- Madge
- Harold
- Jeremy
- Cranky
- Big Mickey
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Lady Hatt
- Jem Cole
- Refreshment Lady
- Cyril the Fogman
- Sodor Brass Band
- The Mayor of Sodor
- Kuffy the Clown
- Mr. Percival
- The Storyteller
- The Clowns
Locations
The Great Discovery version
- Bridge over Single-Track Tunnel Runby
- Rail Bridge over Rail and Canal Runby
- Knapford Yards
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Great Waterton
- Brendam Docks
- Tower Windmill
- Rolling River Bridge
- Maithwaite
- Rocky Tunnel and Transfer Yard
- The Transfer Yards
- Mountain Village Station
- The Wharf
- Sodor Airport
- Topham Hall
- Ffarquhar Quarry
Series 13 version
Footage Used
The Great Discovery version
- Thomas and the Storyteller
- Emily's Rubbish
- Dream On
- Dirty Work
- Hector the Horrid!
- Gordon and the Engineer
- Henry's Lucky Day
- Thomas and the Lighthouse
- Thomas and the Big Bang
- Don't be Silly, Billy
- Edward and the Mail
- Hide and Peep
- Toby's Triumph
- Thomas and the Runaway Car
- Thomas in Trouble
- Thomas and the Stinky Cheese
- Percy and the Left Luggage
- Duncan Does it All
- Sir Handel in Charge
- Ding-a-Ling
- Wash Behind Your Buffers
- The Great Discovery
Trivia
- The Norwegian version is sung a lot faster than the English version and has more lyrics.
- This song (mainly just the chorus and Engine Roll Call parts only once) is sometimes covered/danced to on Channel Five's Milkshake! in the UK by the segment hosts where it is usually referred to as "The Railway Rap."
- The song is renamed "The Roll Call Rap" on Songs from Sodor.
- A version with lyrics is on the US release of The Great Discovery.
- Both a credit-less and lyric-less version of the original song is on the Songs from Sodor DVD. A lyric-less version of the Series 13 CGI version is on the US release of The Thomas Way as well.
- This is the last music video to have deleted scenes as well as being edited by Kate Buckland. On top of that, this is the last song filmed in full live action model animation.
- The song's official genre's include Pop-rap, Pop rock, Power pop, R&B, and hip-hop.
- In the CGI version of the song, it starts about 1-2 seconds faster than the original.
- The Latin American CGI version of the song is completely different from its movie counterpart, since the show was dubbed in Argentina for the first twelve series and then switched to Mexico from Series 13-onwards. The Engine Roll Call was modified, and therefore, this song had to be modified too. This also happens in the Brazilian version.
- This song was never dubbed in Korean, but the Great Discovery version of the Engine Roll Call was dubbed, it was only seen in theatrical releases.
- In the Romanian version of The Great Discovery, it plays the instrumental version.
- The song is left in English in the Cantonese, Czech, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Mandarin, Taiwanese Mandarin and Russian dubs.
- There is an instrumental of the CGI verison on the China DVD, Sing-a-Long 4.
- This song was never dubbed in Romanian, Czech, Russian, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Mandarin, Taiwanese Mandarin and Cantonese.
Goofs
- In the Dutch version of the song, Stanley's name is not said.
- In the Italian version of the song, none of the characters' names apart from Thomas are said unlike in other languages (except for Stanley in the Dutch dub).
- In the CGI Brazilian Portuguese dub, the verses "Red and green and brown and blue" and "Shunting trucks and hauling freight" are also swapped.
Deleted and Extended and Edited Scenes
- Don't be Silly Billy - Edited scene of Mavis' still wearing her sad face mask as her mouth was edited to look happy.
- Sir Handel in Charge - An alternate scene of Sir Handel and Rheneas.
- Wash Behind your Buffers - A deleted scene of Harold flying above Madge.
In Other Languages
Language | Title |
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Brazilian Portuguese | Thomas, Nosso Líder! (The Great Discovery) Thomas, É o Líder! (Series 13) |
Danish | Thomas, du den bedste! |
Dutch | Thomas is de leider |
Finnish | Tuomas, Ystävämme! |
French | Thomas, c'est le meilleur! |
German | Thomas, ist der Größte |
Hungarian | Thomas, ő a főnök! |
Italian | Thomas, il trenino |
Japanese | トーマスラップ |
Korean | 크레딧 송 |
Latin American Spanish | ¡Es el Líder! (The Great Discovery/ARG) ¡Thomas, Eres Líder! (Series 13/MEX) |
Norwegian | Thomas, du er sjefen! |
Polish | Tomek, Najważniejszy! |
Portuguese | Thomas, es o Líder! |
Swedish | Thomas, du är chefen! |
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