03/11/1983 Top of the Pops

It's 7.30. Welcome to a live edition of Top Of The Pops tonight.

-Hello, mate.

-Hello - mate!

It's great to see ABC back in the charts after a year's absence.

-Here they are live on Top Of The Pops.

-Yes!

# Why make the past your sacred cow?

# I guess you've changed

# You've changed and how

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Fruit's gone rotten on the bough

# Reap what you sow

# With a counterfeit plough

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# That was then but this is now

# That was then but this is now

# More sacrifices than an Aztec priest

# Standing here straining at the leash

# All fall down

# Can't complain, mustn't grumble

# Help yourself to another piece of apple crumble

# And consequently

# Hearts of oak are charred and blistered

# Russians should be baby-sitted

# Americans resisted

# Hey!

# That was then but this is now

# That was then but this is now

# That was then but this is now

# That was then but this is now

# A-ha, a-ha-ha

# A-ha, a-ha-ha, ha-ha

# A-ha, a-ha-ha

# A-ha, a-ha-ha, ha-ha

# A-ha, a-ha-ha

# That was then, that was then

# But this is now

# A-ha, a-ha-ha, ha-ha

# That was then, that was then

# But this is now

# A-ha, a-ha-ha

# That was then, that was then

# But this is now

# A-ha, a-ha-ha, ha-ha

# That was then, that was then

# But this is now. #

APPLAUSE

It's ABC. Look out for their new LP, it's out in a couple of weeks

called Beauty Stab and every track on the album is an absolute winner.

Here's Donna Summer at 22. Check out Musical Youth on Unconditional Love.

APPLAUSE

# What man

# You know it's a bright and shiny day

# I want to say something to you

# I love you just like Jah do

# We know a place

# Where Jah's people can run free

# A new kind of love

# And we call it agape

# Don't take too long to find

# True love transcends all time

# That non-reacting

# Everlasting love

# Give me your unconditional love

# The kind of love I deserve

# The kind I want to return

# Give me your unconditional love

# The kind of love I deserve

# The kind I want to return

# Don't try to change

# Or tear your brother down

# Let him make his mistakes

# And he will come around

# Hasten just to pray

# And Jah's true word obey

# In non-reacting

# Everlasting love... #

All right, come on now, give it to me.

# Give me your unconditional love

# The kind of love I deserve

# The kind I want to return

# Give me your unconditional love

# The kind of love I deserve

# The kind I want to return

# Everybody sing, give me your unconditional love

# The kind of love I deserve

# The kind I want to return

# Give me your unconditional love

# My torn heart to discern

# This agape love to learn

# Hasten just to pray

# And Jah's true word obey

# In non-reacting

# Everlasting love... #

I think we have the love, you know, man.

Yes, that's one thing about this noise. Do it.

# Give me your unconditional love

# The kind of love I deserve

# The kind I want to return

# I need your love

# Give me your unconditional love

# The kind of love I deserve

# The kind I want to return

# Give me your unconditional love

# The kind of love I deserve

# The kind I want to return. #

APPLAUSE

Donna Summer's Unconditional Love.

Peter Powell wanted to change for every link today

but I wouldn't let him because I'm going to stay the same.

Elton did a very fast lap time today so he's got a great position

down there in the pits. Elton's got his hat on.

Here he is live on Top Of The Pops.

# Well, she looked a peach in the dress she made

# When she was still her mama's little girl

# And when she walked down the aisle everybody smiled

# At her innocence and curls

# And when the preacher said, "Is there anyone here

# "Got a reason why they shouldn't wed?"

# I should have stuck up my hand

# I should have got up to stand

# And this is what I should have said

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# Long before she met him

# She was mine, mine, mine

# Don't say I do

# Say bye, bye, bye

# And let me kiss the bride, yeah

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# Underneath her veil I could see a tear

# Trickling down her pretty face

# And when she slipped on the ring I knew everything

# Would never be the same again

# But if the groom would have known he'd have a fit

# About his wife and the things we did

# And what I planned to say

# Yeah, on her wedding day

# Well, I thought it but I kept it hid

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# Aa-aa-aa-aa-aa

# Aa-aa-aa-aa-aa

# Oh, I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# Long before she met him

# She was mine, mine, mine

# Don't say I do

# Say bye, bye, bye

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah

# I wanna kiss the bride, yeah. #

APPLAUSE

Elton John. Nice one, Elton.

Thanks from Top Of The Pops and Kiss The Bride.

One of the BBC's most senior cameramen celebrates a birthday today.

His name's Jim Atkinson and he's right there. Happy birthday, Jim.

Here's The Police.

APPLAUSE

# Oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh

# Another suburban family morning

# Grandmother screaming at the wall

# We have to shout above the din of our Rice Krispies

# We can't hear anything at all

# Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration

# But we know all her suicides are fake

# Daddy only stares into the distance

# There's only so much more that he can take

# Many miles away something crawls from the slime

# At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake

# Another industrial ugly morning

# The factory belches filth into the sky

# He walks unhindered through the picket lines today

# He doesn't think to wonder why

# The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts

# In a red light street

# But all he ever thinks to do is watch

# And every single meeting with his so-called superior

# Is a humiliating kick in the crotch

# Many miles away something crawls to the surface

# Of a dark Scottish loch

# Another working day has ended

# Only the rush hour hell to face

# Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes

# Contestants in a suicidal race

# Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance

# He knows that something somewhere has to break

# He sees the family home now

# Looming in his headlights

# The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache

# Many miles away there's a shadow on the door

# Of a cottage on the shore

# Of a dark

# Scottish lake. #

APPLAUSE

Status Quo are back in the charts. I'll teach you the chord.

-Teach me how to play it just like you do.

-You put your fingers on there.

Move this arm up and down a bit.

-That's it.

-Is that it?

-That is really good.

Does that sound like you? How you play it?

It's nearly as good as Status Quo,

who are back in the charts with the old Elvis number -

A Mess Of Blues.

# I just got your letter baby

# Too bad you can't come home

# I swear I'm going crazy

# Sitting here all alone

# Since you gone

# I got a mess of the blues

# Whoops there goes a tear drop

# A-rolling down my face

# And if you cry when you're alone

# It's surely no disgrace

# I ain't slept a wink since Sunday

# I can't eat a thing all day

# And every day is just blue Monday

# Since you've been away

# Since you gone

# I got a mess of the blues

# Whoops there goes a tear drop

# A-rolling down my face

# And if you cry when you're alone

# It's surely no disgrace

# I gotta get myself together

# Before I lose my mind

# I'm gonna catch-a the next train going

# And leave my blues behind

# Since you gone

# I got a mess of the blues

# I gotta get myself together

# Before I lose my mind

# I'm gonna catch-a the next train going

# And leave my blues behind

# Since you gone

# I got a mess of the blues

# Since you gone

# I got a mess of the blues

# Since you gone

# I got a mess of the blues. #

APPLAUSE

Great. Status Quo.

They said if I really misbehaved they'd let me join the group.

Here are the charts from 30 to 21.

This Is Not A Love Song.

A former number one, Red Red Wine - UB40.

Modern Love.

A Blue Hat For A Blue Day.

Synchronicity II.

That Was Then But This Is Now.

A Mess Of Blues.

Over And Over.

Unconditional Love.

And here are Madness, a new entry at 21, with Sun And The Rain.

# It's raining again

# I'm hearing its pitter patter down

# It's wet in the street

# Reflecting the lights and splashing feet

# Nowhere to go

# And nothing I have to do

# Have to do

# It's raining again

# I follow the Christmas lights downtown

# I'm leaving the flow

# Of people walking all around

# Round and round

# I hear the sound of rain falling in my ears

# Washing away the weariness like tears

# I can feel my troubles running down

# Disappear into the silent sound

# Just walking along

# My clothes are soaked right through to the skin

# I haven't a doubt

# That this is what life is all about

# The sun and the rain

# Scraps of brain washing down the drain

# I feel the rain falling on my face

# I can say there is no better place

# Than standing up in the falling down

# In so much rain I could almost drown

# It's raining again

# A crack in the clouds reveals blue skies

# I've been feeling so low

# Low

# But now everything is on my side

# The sun and the rain

# Walk with me Fill my heart again

# I hear the rain falling in my ears

# Washing away the weariness like tears

# I can feel my troubles running down

# Disappear into the silent sound

# I feel the rain falling on my face

# I can say there is no better place

# Than standing up in the falling down

# In so much rain I could almost drown

# Do-de-do do-de do-do-do

# Do-de-do-de do-de do-do-do

# Do-de-do do-de do-do-do

# Do-de-do-de do-de do-do-do. #

APPLAUSE

Excellent video, as ever, from Madness,

and The Sun And The Rain.

OK, back to the charts for this week's 20.

Kiss The Bride.

Cry Just A Little Bit.

Blue Monday.

Kissing With Confidence.

Superstar.

Dear Prudence.

Say, Say, Say.

In Your Eyes.

The Lovecats.

Superman.

We're getting ever-closer to that new number one.

But now we go back to this week's number 19.

And there we find Shakin' Stevens with Cry Just a Little Bit.

Here's Shakey.

# Every time you have to whisper goodbye

# Well, I cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# I know it's crazy and I don't know why

# But I die just a little bit

# Die just a little bit

# I need to be the one that's by your side

# You're the beat in my heart

# My love for you is something I can't hide

# And I cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# Every night before I'm falling asleep

# Well, I pray just a little bit

# Pray just a little bit

# I pray nobody wants your loving to keep

# And you'll stray just a little bit

# Stray just a little bit

# Don't let temptation fill your heart with dreams

# Don't let your mind run away

# Ooh-ooh-ooh

# Forbidden love is never what it seems

# And you cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit Little Bit

# You're the light that brightens all of my days

# And the sun shines above you

# And I would die if someone took you away

# Cos I love you

# Love you

# Cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# I want forever to be you and I

# And that's the way it should be

# Ooh-ooh-ooh

# I look for you and baby that is why

# I cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# Every night we have to whisper goodbye

# I cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

# I know it's crazy and I don't know why

# But I die just a little bit

# Die just a little bit

-# Cry

-Cry

# Cry

# Cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

-# Cry

-Cry

# Cry

# Cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

-# Cry

-Cry

# Cry

# Cry just a little bit

# Cry just a little bit

-# Cry

-Cry

# Cry

# Cry just a little bit... #

APPLAUSE

Shakin' Stevens, as he says, Cry Just A Little Bit.

Here's an impression.

Yes. Here's the charts. Number 10.

Please Don't Make Me Cry.

Puss 'n Boots.

Hey, You, The Rock Steady Crew.

New Song.

Safety Dance.

They Don't Know.

Karma Chameleon.

Union Of The Snake.

All Night Long.

And there's a brand-new number one,

having his first hit for three years.

This is Billy Joel and Uptown Girl.

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

# Uptown girl

# She's been living in her uptown world

# I bet she never had a back street guy

# I bet her mama never told her why

# I'm gonna try for an uptown girl

# She's been living in her white bread world

# As long as anyone with hot blood can

# And now she's looking for a downtown man

# That's what I am

# And when she knows what she wants

# From her ti-i-ime

# And when she wakes up And makes up her mi-i-ind

# She'll see I'm not so tough

# Just because I'm in love

# With an uptown girl

# You know I've seen her in her uptown world

# She's getting tired of her high-class toys

# And all the presents from her uptown boys

# She's got a choice

# Oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh

# Uptown girl

# You know I can't afford to buy her pearls

# But maybe some day when my ship comes in

# She'll understand what kind of guy I've been

# And then I'll win

# And when she's walking

# She's looking so fi-i-ine

# And when she's talking

# She'll say that she's mi-i-ine

# She'll say I'm not so tough

# Just because I'm in love

# With an uptown girl

# She's been living in her white bread world

# As long as anyone with hot blood can

# And now she's looking for a downtown man

# That's what I am

# Oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh

# Uptown girl

# She's my uptown girl

# You know I'm in love with an uptown girl

# My uptown girl

# You know I'm in love with an uptown girl

# My uptown girl

# You know I'm in love with an uptown girl... #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING That's Britain's number one.

It's Billy Joel and Uptown Girl.

I'll see you live on Saturday Superstore at 9 o'clock with Eddy Grant.

Next week, inevitably it's John Peel,

and also Kid Jensen doing Top Of The Pops.

And we close tonight's party, and it's going to go on for

a lot longer, I suspect, with Men Without Hats and Safety Dance.

-Till next week, good night.

-Bye.

# We can dance if we want to

# We can leave your friends behind

# Cos your friends don't dance and if they don't dance

# Well, they're no friends of mine

# I say, we can go where we want to

# A place where they will never find

# And we can act like we come from out of this world

# Leave the real one far behind

-# We can dance

-Danser

# We can go when we want to

# The night is young and so am I

# And we can dress real neat from our hats to our feet

# And surprise 'em with the victory cry

# I say, we can act if want to

# If we don't nobody will

# And you can act real rude and totally removed

# And I can act like an imbecile

# I say, we can dance We can dance

# Everything's out control

# We can dance We can dance

# We're doing it wall to wall

# We can dance We can dance

# Everybody look at your hands

# We can dance We can dance

# Everybody takin' the chance

# Safety dance

# Oh the safety dance

# Yes the safety dance

# We can dance if we want to

# We've got all your life and mine

# As long as we abuse it Never gonna lose it

# Everything'll work out right

# I say, we can dance if we want to

# We can leave your friends behind

# Cos your friends don't dance and if they don't dance

# Well, they're no friends of mine

# I say, we can dance We can dance

# Everything's out of control

# We can dance We can dance

# We're doing it wall to wall

# We can dance We can dance

# Everybody look at your hands

# We can dance We can dance

# Everybody's takin' the chance

# Oh well the safety dance

# Ah yes the safety dance

# Oh well the safety dance... #