Blue Peter "Sailors Hornpipe" was used instead. The opening theme has been updated several times. The following is a list of all the versions of the "Blue Peter" signature tune, "Barnacle Bill" that have been used on the show : The debut of a new version of the famous theme tune "Barnacle Bill" is sometimes accompanied with an introduction by the presenters at the time explaining the reasons behind the new rendition. Mike Oldfield appeared on the programme around 1979, and his version of the theme tune was so popular with viewers that the producers decided to record it for use as
Pete Barnacle on three albums: "Outland" (1987), "Price You Pay" (1988) and "SOD's Law" in 1992. This band also toured in 1991 billed as Theatre Of Hate. Since 2006, formed the band GoDoG together Sakate Sōtarō and Hashimoto Hiroyuk. The line-up of Gillan in which he played was: Ian Gillan also sang for the bands Deep Purple, Ian Gillan Band, and Black Sabbath. Barnacle is named as a musician on Gillan's self-titled album although he never actually played on the album, but performed live with the band. The line-up of Girl in which he played was: Pete Barnacle played on the Girl