03/02/77 Top of the Pops

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# Don't believe me if I tell you

# Not a word of this is true

# Don't believe me if I tell you

# Especially if I tell you

# That I'm in love with you

# Don't believe me if I tell you

# That I wrote this song for you

# There just might be some other

# Silly pretty girl I'm singing it to

# Don't believe a word

# Cos words are only spoken

# And your heart is like a promise

# Made to be broken

# Don't believe a word

# Cos words can tell lies

# And lies are no comfort

# When there's tears in your eyes

# Don't believe me if I tell you

# Not a word of this is true

# Don't believe me if I tell you

# Especially if I tell you that

# I'm in love with you

# Don't believe a word

# No, don't believe a word

# Don't believe it, don't believe it

# Don't believe it, don't believe it

# Don't believe it, don't believe it

# Hey, don't. #

The fantastic Thin Lizzy

and their latest 45, Don't Believe A Word.

This week, at number 26, up from 29 last week,

marks the return of Gary Glitter

and It Takes All Night.

# Cuddle up close

# Just hold me tight

# Don't let me go

# Oh, it's feeling so right

# Baby, they dim the lights

# We're only just turning on

# Cos it takes all night long

# To get it on, on, on, on

# I told the DJ

# Leave the turntable on

# I know if we stay

# He'll keep playing our song

# We're moving nice and easy

# Now we just got to go on

# Cos it takes all night long

# To get it on, on, on, on

# Oh, no, you can't go home

# All on your own

# Feeling so right

# Ooh, what a night to...

# Tell all your friends

# Everything's changed

# If anyone calls

# Just say you're engaged

# Only a kiss or two

# Can squeeze in between me and you

# Cos it takes all night long

# To get it on

# On, on, on, on, on, on, on

# Oh, what a night

# No other, no

# Just one more kiss

# Let's take our time. #

There's a whole lot of directives in the chart this week, like,

Don't Believe A Word, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Don't Give Up On Us,

and this, Don't Leave Me This Way.

And this version is from Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes,

as performed by Legs & Co.

# Mm-mm-mm-mm

# Mm-mm-mm-mm

# Mm-mm-mm-mm

# Don't leave me this way

# I can't survive

# Can't stay alive

# Without your love

# Don't leave me this way, no

# I can't exist

# I'll surely miss your tender kiss

# Don't leave me this way, don't

# Don't leave me this way, yeah

# A broken man

# With empty hands

# Oh, baby, please, please

# Don't leave me this way

# Ah, baby!

# My heart is full of love

# And desire for you

# Now come on, girl

# And do what you gotta do

# You started this fire down in my soul

# Now can't you see it's burning outta control

# So come on, girl and satisfy the need in me

# Cos only your good lovin' can set me free

# Free, free

# Don't leave me this way

# Cos it would be wrong

# To string along

# A love so true

# Don't leave me this way

# Don't you understand

# I'm at your command

# Oh, baby, please, please

# Don't leave me this way, yeah

# Don't leave me this way, way

# I can't survive

# Can't stay alive

# Without your love

# Don't leave me this way

# Ah, baby!

# My heart is full of love

# And desire for you

# Now come on, girl

# And do what you got to do

# You started this fire down in my soul

# Now can't you see it's burning out of control

# Now come on, girl and satisfy the need in me

# Cos only your good lovin' can set me free. #

Legs & Co and Don't Leave Me This Way,

which reminds me,

we have a very special guest for you a little bit later on this show,

but right now, a very soulful performance

from San Francisco's Boz Scaggs and What Can I Say?

# What can I say?

# What can I do?

# 3am, it's me again and wouldn't you know

# Things would have to end this way

# I did my best, the perfect guest Knew when to go

# Perfect you knew when to stay

# Come on, tell me that you're lonely, dear

# I've been feeling down some too

# After all this time now, ain't it clear

# I've been waiting just for you?

# What can I say?

# Oh, to make you know, baby

# What can I do?

# Oooh, to show you that I care

# What can I say?

# Said I need to have your number, girl

-# What can I do?

-Do... Ooh-ooh...

# Can't you see the people stop and stare?

# Don't it make you wonder why?

# I just happened to be standing here

# Can't you see it in my eyes?

# What can I say?

# Oh, you got me acting like a fool, girl

# What can I do?

# Ooh, stop making like a little school girl

# What can I say?

# This could be your lucky day, baby

# What can I do?

# Do... Ooh...

# Wooah

# Talk to me, girl

# What can I say?

# Oh, what can I say, baby?

# What can I do?

# Yeah, what can I do?

# What can I say?

# Said I'm all down on my knees, girl

# What can I do?

# Please, please, please, please

# What can I say?

# What can I do?

# Yeah, what can I do?

# What can I say?

# What can I...

-# What can I do?

-..say, baby?

-# What can I say?

-Yeah, baby

# What can I do?

# What can I say?

# What can I say to you, girl, to make you know love comes true, girl?

-# What can I do?

-What can I do to make you know what I can do, babe?

-# What can I say?

-What can I say?

-# What can I do?

-Yeah, what can I do?

-# What can I say?

-Said I gotta make you know, babe

-# What can I do?

-Oh...

-# What can I say?

-What can I say?

-# What can I do?

-Yeah, what can I do?

-# What can I say?

-Said I'm back to kneeling on my knees, baby

# What can I do?

# Oh, please, please, please, please

# Doo-wee. #

That's so good. The single that's been getting single success.

Boz Scaggs, in at number 27 with What Can I Say? Except maybe here's The Real Thing,

and as a follow-up to their last two chart toppers, this is their latest.

It's called You'll Never Know What You're Missing.

# I remember when we met

# And you begged me not to get close to you

# And you begged me not to get

# Too involved with you and yet I couldn't help myself

# Cos you had yourself a bad affair

# With a boy who didn't care and he hurt your love

# Now you're afraid of love

# Now you'll never know what you're missing

# And I find myself just wishing

# That you only could

# So I tried constantly

# To bring you close to me

# How I tried

# But the more I got involved

# I just had to become resolved to living without you, girl

# Although you really tried for me

# It really wasn't hard to see

# Somewhere deep within that you belong to him

# Now you'll never know what you're missing

# And I find myself just wishing

# That you'd let me win

# I tried and tried my hardest

# To get close to you

# Oh, I tried to satisfy

# But now you're gone

# Now you're gone

# Yeah, now you're gone

# Now you're gone

# Oh, now you're gone

# Now you're gone

# Now you're gone

# Now you're gone

-# Now you'll never never know...

-And I find myself just wishing

-# That you only could

-..what you're missing

# Now you'll never know what you're missing

-# Baby, baby, baby, baby

-And I find myself just wishing

-# That you only could

-You'll never, never, never, never

-# Now you'll never know what you're missing.

-Never, never, never, never

-# And I find myself just wishing

-What you're missing

# That you only could

# Oh, you could have made my life

# Now you'll never know what you're missing

-# You could have made my life

-And I find myself just wishing

-# That you only could

-You could have made my life... #

The Real Thing, and now they've really made me feel underdressed tonight.

You'll Never Know What You're Missing.

Right now at number 28, back to Germany for Silver Convention

and Everybody's Talking About Love.

Everybody's talking about love these days.

Open a magazine and you read it.

Turn on the radio and you hear it.

Why can't we find it in real life?

# Love, love, love, love

# Love, love, love, love

# Love, love, love, love

# Love, love, love, love

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody seems to give it

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody seems to hear it

# Isn't it strange?

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody seems to mean it

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# How come I have never seen it?

# Isn't it strange?

# Love, love, love, love

# Love, love, love, love

# Love, love, love, love

# Love, love, love, love

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody seems to give it

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody seems to hear it

# Isn't it strange?

# Isn't it strange?

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody seems to give it

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody seems to live it

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody seems to mean it

# Everybody's talking 'bout love

# But nobody... #

Everybody's Talking 'Bout Love, and the Silver Convention.

Everybody's Talking 'Bout Love, even The Rubettes,

and this is their brand new 45 and it's called Baby, I Know.

# You called me to tell me goodbye

# I told you that I was some other guy

# You said that you'd phone

# When he got home

# You told me to tell him that you'd called

# Now you don't have to tell me goodbye

# And you don't have to hear me cry

# And you don't have to tell me to go

# Cos, baby, baby, I know

# The phone rang again for some time

# I knew it was you on the line

# I'd hurt you before

# I knew it for sure

# Forgive me for being unkind

# Now you don't have to tell me goodbye

# And you don't have to hear me cry

# And you don't have to tell me to go

# Cos, baby, baby, I know

# Baby, I know

# You called much later that night

# Said he'd be out till daylight

# But is there something that I can tell him?

# Forgive me for asking, but is something not right?

# And then you broke down and cried

# Told me you loved him

# But your love had been denied

# He didn't want you no more

# I told her, don't you be so sure

# He'll never want you to go

# Cos, baby, baby I know

# Baby, I know

# I know

# Baby, I know

# I know. #

Got the sound of a number one about it.

Just ask David Soul. He's been there for three weeks with Don't Give Up On Us.

# Don't give up on us, baby

# Don't make the wrong seem right

# The future isn't just one night

# It's written in the moonlight

# And painted on the stars

# We can't change ours

# Don't give up on us, baby

# We're still worth one more try

# I know we put our last one by

# Just for a rainy evening

# When maybe stars are few

# Don't give up on us, I know

# We can still come through

# I really lost my head last night

# You've got a right to stop believing

# There's still a little love left, even so

# Don't give up on us, baby

# Lord knows we've come this far

# Can't we stay the way we are?

# The angel and the dreamer

# Who sometimes plays a fool

# Don't give up on us, I know

# We can still come through

# It's written in the moonlight

# And painted on the stars

# We can't change ours

# Don't give up on us, baby

# We're still worth one more try

# I know we put our last one by

# Just for a rainy evening

# When maybe stars are few

# Don't give up on us, I know

# We can still come through

# Don't give up on us, baby

# Don't give up on us, baby. #

I promised you a special guest tonight, and I didn't disappoint you.

Miss Thelma Houston. Welcome to Britain. Thelma, what are you doing over here?

Well, I came over to promote my new single.

Which is a real high climber in the charts this week, and is called...?

-Don't Leave Me This Way.

-We wouldn't think of it, Thelma.

How could we leave you without asking you to announce the last number tonight?

OK, our last number this evening is Boogie Nights, and it's by Heatwave.

Thank you. Good luck. And from me, it's good night and good love from Top of the Pops

# Boogie nights

-# Boogie nights

-Ain't no doubt we are here to party

-# Boogie nights

-Come on now, got to get it started

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Cos boogie nights are always the best in town

# Got to keep on dancing

# Keep on dancing

# Got to keep on dancing

# Keep on dancing

-# Boogie nights

-Get that groove

# Let it take you higher

-# Boogie nights

-Make it move, set this place on fire

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Dance with the boogie, get down

# Cos boogie nights are always the best in town

# Got to keep on dancing

# Keep on dancing

# Got to keep on dancing

# Keep on dancing

-# Party night

-Can you show

# That you know how to do it?

-# Boogie nights

-Do it, do it. #