The Most Important Thing is Being Friends

**The Most Important Thing is Being Friends** is the sixth and final song featured in Journey Beyond Sodor. It appears to be an alternate version of Somebody Has to be the Favourite.

## Lyrics

**Thomas**: Nobody has to be the favourite
It's not a competition in the end
It doesn't matter if you prove that you're the very best
But what will happen when you put your friendship to the test
Never mind about who is the favourite
The most important thing is being friends!
**Thomas and James**: The most important thing is being friends!
**Theo and Lexi**: Everybody can help! Everybody join in! When everybody has a part to play
**Hurricane**: Then everybody can win!
**Theo, Lexi, Merlin and Frankie**: Everybody can help!
Red, green, yellow or blue!
When you're ready to try
You'll find out what you can do!
**Thomas, James and Beresford**: Everybody can help!
What I'm saying is true!
When you give it a try
You'll find out what you can do!
**Thomas and James**: Nobody has to be the favourite

**Thomas, James and Connor**: It's not a competition in the end

**Thomas and James**: It doesn't matter if you prove
That you're the very best
But what will happen when you
Put your friendship to the test
**Thomas, James and Trevor**: Never mind about
Who is the favourite
The most important thing
is being friends
**Thomas and James**: Nobody has to be the favourite
(Everybody can help)
It's not a competition in the end
(Everybody join in)
**The Steam Team (excluding Henry) and Sir Topham Hatt**: It doesn't matter if you prove
That you're the very best
**Gordon**: Everybody can win!
**The Steam Team**: But what will happen when you
Put your friendship to the test
**Hurricane**: Never mind about who is the favourite
**Theo, Frankie, Hurricane, Merlin and Lexi**: The most important thing
is being friends!
**The Steam Team**: The most important thing
is being friends!
**Henry**: (spoken) What did I miss?
## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Emily
* Connor
* Theo
* Lexi
* Hurricane
* Merlin
* Frankie
* Trevor
* Beresford
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Henry (*cameo*)
* Victor (*cameo*)
* Kevin (*cameo*)
* The Fat Clergyman (*cameo*)
* Farmer Trotter (*cameo*)
* The Teacher (*cameo*)
* The Ginger-haired Boy (*cameo*)
* The Blond-haired Boy (*cameo*)
* The Bird Watcher (*cameo*)
* Dowager Hatt's Friends (*cameo*)
* The Great Composer (*cameo*)
* Albert's Wife (*cameo*)
* The Great Railway Show Judge (*cameo*)

## Locations

* Island of Sodor
	+ Vicarstown Bridge
	+ Vicarstown
	+ Sodor Steamworks
	+ Victor's Shed
	+ Maithwaite
	+ Tidmouth Sheds
	+ The Railway Works
* The Mainland
	+ The Steelworks
	+ The Mainland Canal

## Voice Cast

### UK

* John Hasler as Thomas
* Keith Wickham as Edward, Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt
* Rob Rackstraw as James
* Nigel Pilkington as Percy and Trevor
* Teresa Gallagher as Emily
* Darren Boyd as Theo
* Sophie Colquhoun as Frankie
* Lucy Montgomery as Lexi
* Jim Howick as Hurricane
* Hugh Bonneville as Merlin
* Colin McFarlane as Beresford
* Jonathan Forbes as Connor (*uncredited*)

### US

* Joseph May as Thomas
* William Hope as Edward
* Kerry Shale as Gordon
* Rob Rackstraw as James
* Christopher Ragland as Percy and Trevor
* Jules de Jongh as Emily
* Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
* Darren Boyd as Theo
* Sophie Colquhoun as Frankie
* Lucy Montgomery as Lexi
* Jim Howick as Hurricane
* Hugh Bonneville as Merlin
* Colin McFarlane as Beresford
* Jonathan Forbes as Connor (*uncredited*)

## Locations

* The Mainland
* The Steelworks
* The Mainland Canal
* Island of Sodor
* Vicarstown Bridge
* Vicarstown
* Sodor Steamworks
* Maithwaite
* Tidmouth Sheds

## Trivia

* This is currently the last song composed by Oliver Davis.

## Goofs

* Beresford sings the words ‘can help’, even though his mouth isn’t moving.
* Jonathan Forbes is not credited in both dubs for voicing Connor.

## In Other Languages

 **Spanish** | Lo Principal es Siempre la Amistad