I'm Always Here

"I'm Always Here" (also known as "I'll Be Ready"^[1]) is a song by Jimi Jamison^[2] and it is most recognized as the theme of the popular 1990s TV series Baywatch, used for seasons 2 through 10.^[3]

Jamison is credited as the lyricist on this song along with Joe Henry, who co-wrote the Rascal Flatts hit "Skin" (not to be mistaken for the Joe Henry who wrote Madonna's "Don't Tell Me"). The music is credited to Cory Lerios and John D'Andrea. Songfacts website wrote that the line "I won't let you out of my sight," whilst appropriate song for a TV series about lifeguards, could be related to a commitment to a girl, telling her that the singer will always be there for her.^[4] but Jamison himself wrote in his original handwritten song notes that there was another meaning "A twist of lyrical fate" - "Lifeguards save thousands of lives each year. The producers of 'Baywatch' thought these lyrics were only about those heroes ... but every hero needs a little help from above to be able to do what they do. So I wrote these lyrics as if GOD was speaking to them and us. Telling us all that he is always with us watching over us. Funny as it may seem, the only person who really understood the lyrics was a writer at 'Playboy Magazine' who in one of their issues broke the song down line per line and explained what the song was really saying. He was spot on ! If I remember correctly, the heading of his article was "Baywatch theme is obviously a christian theme"

An instrumental version was used as the ending theme of seasons 6 to 9 and a different instrumental version was used as the theme for season 10 (the first season of Baywatch: Hawaii).^[5]