03/12/1981 Top of the Pops

Good evening. Good to have your company again.

Tonight's Top Of The Pops is full of your favourite stars.

We're going to begin in a party mood with Bad Manners now and Buona Sera.

# Buona sera, signorina, buona sera

# It is time to say goodnight to Napoli

# Though it's hard for us to whisper buona sera

# With that old moon above the Mediterranean Sea

# In the morning, signorina we'll go walking

# While the mountains and the sun come in to sight

# And by the little jewellery shop we'll stop and lingo

# While I buy a wedding ring for your fingo

# In the meantime let me tell you that I love you

# Buona sera, signorina kiss me goodnight

# Buona sera, signorina kiss me goodnight

# Bop-dan-a-do-da, da-doo-da-da

# Buona sera, signorina, buona sera

# It is time to say goodnight to Napoli

# Buona sera, signorina, buona sera

# With that old moon above the Mediterranean Sea

# In the morning, signorina we'll go walking

# While the mountains and the sun come in to sight

# And by the little jewellery shop we'll stop and lingo

# While I buy a wedding ring for your fingo

# In the meantime let me tell you that I love you

# Buona sera, signorina kiss me goodnight

# And by the little jewellery shop we'll stop and lingo

# While I buy a wedding ring for your fingo

# In the meantime let me tell you that I love you

# Buona sera, signorina kiss me goodnight

# Buona sera, signorina kiss me goodnight

# Buona sera, signorina kiss me goodnight. #

APPLAUSE

Soft Cell have a splendid new album out called Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.

And here's one of a couple of hits from it.

This is Bedsitter.

# Sunday morning going slow

# I'm talking to the radio

# Clothes and records on the floor

# The memories of the night before

# Out in club-land having fun

# And now I'm hiding from the sun

# Waiting for a visitor

# Though no-one knows I'm here for sure

# Dancing, laughing

# Drinking, loving

# And now I'm all alone

# In bedsit land, my only home

# I think it's time to cook a meal

# To fill the emptiness I feel

# Spent my money going out

# I've nothing in, I'm left without

# Clean my teeth and comb my hair

# And look for something new to wear

# And start the nightlife over again

# And kid myself I'm having fun

# Dancing, laughing

# Drinking, loving

# And now I'm all alone

# In bedsit land, my only home

# I look out from my window view

# I've really nothing else to do

# Read a book, maybe write a letter

# Mother, things are getting better

# Watch the mirror, count the lines

# The battle scars of all the good times

# Look around and I can see

# A thousand people just like me

# Dancing, laughing

# Drinking, loving

# And now I'm all alone

# In bedsit land, my only home

# Dancing, laughing

# Drinking, loving

# And now I'm all alone

# In bedsit land, my only home

# Dancing, laughing

# Drinking

# Loving. #

APPLAUSE

Soft Cell and Bedsitter.

Status Quo are at number 27 in this week's 30

with something very different from them.

This is called Rock 'N' Roll.

# Never thought I'd have a worry

# For me to be alone

# Playing near or far too many times, I should have known

# It can lose you all sleep at night

# 12-bar blues is now all right

# Now it's up to you to try and find the reason to

# Rock 'n' roll and every song

# Rock 'n' roll and everyone

# It's rock 'n' roll and rock and rock 'n' roll

# It's rock 'n' roll and rock keeps rollin' on

# Waiting all the time to find

# Radio plays on Caroline

# They say you'll get there in the end

-# We can pray

-What we say

-# What we say

-What we say

# Makes a difference in the end

# Rushing, always in a hurry

# I try to give it up

# Everything we do, it's funny

# It's never good enough

# It can lose you all your sleep at night

# 12-bar blues is now all right

# Now it's up to you to try and find the reason to

# Rock 'n' roll and every song

# Rock 'n' roll and everyone

# It's rock 'n' roll and rock and rock 'n' roll

# It's rock 'n' roll and rock keeps rollin' on

# Waiting all the time to find

# Radio plays on Caroline

# They say you'll get there in the end

-# We can pray

-What we say

-# What we say

-What we say

# Makes a difference in the end... #

APPLAUSE

It's good to see Status Quo on Top Of The Pops again.

Certainly one of the most fashionable bands on the scene

today is Duran Duran.

And here's a chance to see them in action with My Own Way.

APPLAUSE

# I saw you at the air race yesterday

# April showers, get out of my way

# Fear of flying, no, not me

# I'm never bothered what you say

# Someone's kid just lives for today

# It ain't your problem anyway

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# A public figure, what a pain

# Just puts another rattle in your brain

# Take another green but it's not the same

# So now you're on the sandlane every day

# Dancing with the bulls in any old way

# Running like a fox to keep up with me

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey

# Cos I've got my own way

# I can find my own way

# Cos I've got my own way

# Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey. #

APPLAUSE

Here's three members of Flick Colby's dance troupe, Zoo,

with Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah

# Ooh-wah, ooh-wah

# Why do fools fall in love?

# Why do birds sing so gay

# And lovers await the break of day?

# Why do they fall in love?

# Why does the rain fall from up above?

# Why do fools fall in love?

# Why do they fall in love?

# Love is a losing game

# And love can be a shame

# I know of a fool, you see

# For that fool is me

# Tell me why-y-y-y

# Tell me why

# Why do birds sing so gay

# And lovers await the break of day?

# Why do they fall in love?

# Why does the rain fall from up above?

# Why do fools fall in love?

# Why do they fall in love?

# Why does my heart

# Skip a crazy beat?

# For I know

# It will reach defeat

# Tell me why-y-y-y

# Tell me why

# Why do fools fall in love?

# Tell me why-y-y-y

# Tell me why. #

APPLAUSE

Zoo there with the old Frankie Lymon song sung by Diana Ross.

It was only last month that Godley & Creme were here

with Under Your Thumb.

Here they are again. This time with Wedding Bells.

# I should have told you all I wanted was to have some fun

# Have some fun

# But you wanted me to be the permanent one

# The permanent one

# Yes, you did

# Now when we're in the movies or the back of a car

# You always stop me when I go too far

# I should have known you'd always keep me waiting

-# For those wedding bells

-Wedding bells

-# Those wedding bells

-Wedding bells

# Oh, we could talk all night but you won't understand

# Don't leave me in the lurch today

# The only words you want to hear are

# Do you take this man

# In church today

# Does the lull in conversation mean the penny's droppin'?

# You should have known that I was only window shoppin'

# It's my clumsy way of sayin' that we should be stoppin'

-# Those wedding bells

-Wedding bells

-# Those wedding bells

-Wedding bells

# I'm like a square peg in a round hole

# I don't belong here, baby

# Don't need a fanfare or a drumroll to tell you, baby

# I don't belong to you, baby

# Oh, you say it's not important but I know what you're thinkin'

# Cos every time we kiss I feel your kisses stingin'

# In the back of my mind I know you'll always be ringin'

-# Those wedding bells

-Wedding bells

# Those wedding bells

# I knew I should have told you all I wanted was to have some fun

# That was yesterday

# But you wanted me to be the permanent one

# Say yes today

# Oh, I'd do it but the pleasure isn't worth the pain

# We'd run out of track before we got on the train

# Can't you hear the sound of heartstrings

# Snappin' under the strain of

-# Those wedding bells

-Wedding bells

-# Those wedding bells

-Wedding bells...

-#

APPLAUSE

Here's our Top 30 countdown for this week.

At number 30, Trevor Walters and Love Me Tonight.

New to the 30. At 29, George Benson and Turn Your Love Around.

David Bowie's Wild As The Wind is at number 28.

At 27, Status Quo and Rock 'N' Roll.

Into the 30 at number 26 go Duran Duran - My Own Way.

And at 25, The Jets with Yes Tonight Josephine.

New entry at 24. It Must Be Love - Madness.

Up five for Imagination with Flashback, at number 23.

At number 22, When She Was My Girl - The Four Tops.

At 21, Godley & Creme's Wedding Bells.

And at number 20, those three former Specials.

Fun Boy Three, who are with us tonight

performing their hit

The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum.

# Ah-ah

# Ah-ah

# Ah-ah

# Ah-ah

# I see a clinic full of cynics

# Ah-ah

# Who want to twist the people's wrist

# Ah-ah

# They're watching every move we make

# Ah-ah

We're all included on the list

-ALL:

-# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# No nuclear, the cowboy told us

# Ah-ah

# And who am I to disagree?

# Ah-ah

# Cos when the madman flips the switch

# Ah-ah

# The nuclear will go for me

-ALL:

-# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# Ah-ah

# Ah-ah

# Ah-ah

# Ah-ah

# I've seen the faces of starvation

# Ah-ah

# But I just cannot see the point

# Ah-ah

# Cos there's so much food here today

# Ah-ah

# That no-one wants to take away

-ALL:

-# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# Take away my right to choose

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# Take away my point of view

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# Take away my dignity

# Take these things away from me

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# The lunatics have taken over the asylum

# Take away my family

# Take away the right to speak

# The lunatics... #

APPLAUSE

There's a powerful message in the music there

from the Fun Boy Three with The Lunatics.

Right, we've had a look at from 30 through 20.

Now let's check out the rest of the chart.

At number 19, ABC - Tears Are Not Enough.

Kim Wilde goes up six places to 18 with Cambodia.

At 17, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police.

Ultravox are at number 16 this week with The Voice.

At 15, Tonight I'm Yours - Rod Stewart.

At 14, up from 23, Four More From Toyah - Toyah.

At 13, Joan Of Arc from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.

At number 12, up two, Kool & The Gang - Stepping Out.

At number 11, Olivia Newton-John getting Physical.

At number 10, up two, for Modern Romance and Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey.

And at number 9, the highest new entry is from The Human League.

And here is the Sheffield band performing Don't You Want Me?

# You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

# When I met you

# I picked you out I shook you up

# And turned you around

# Turned you into someone new

# Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet

# Success has been so easy for you

# But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now

# And I can put you back down too

# Don't, don't you want me?

# You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me

# Don't, don't you want me?

# You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me

# It's much too late to find

# When you think you've changed your mind

# You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry

-BOTH:

-# Don't you want me, baby?

# Don't you want me? Oh!

# Don't you want me, baby?

# Don't you want me? Oh!

# I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

# That much is true

# But even then I knew I'd find a much better place

# Either with or without you

# The five years we have had have been such good times

# I still love you

# But now I think it's time I lived my life on my own

# I guess it's just what I must do

# Don't, don't you want me?

# You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me

# Don't, don't you want me?

# You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me

# It's much too late to find

# When you think you've changed your mind

# You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry

-BOTH:

-# Don't you want me, baby?

# Don't you want me? Oh!

# Don't you want me, baby?

# Don't you want me? Oh!

# Don't you want me, baby?

# Don't you want me? Oh! #

APPLAUSE

Human League, what a popular band they are.

I suppose they're a real tip for the top for Christmas-time.

Right, let's continue our count up.

The very popular Haircut One Hundred with Favourite Shirts

are at number 8.

At number 7, up three, Pretenders and I Go To Sleep.

At number 6, up nine places, Cliff Richard with Daddy's Home.

At number 5, up two, Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love?

Soft Cell's Bedsitter is up one place

to number 4 this week.

At number 3, Earth Wind & Fire's Let's Groove.

At number 2, it's Queen with David Bowie - Under Pressure.

And at number 1, last week's number 2, Julio Iglesias

and Begin The Beguine.

And as Julio himself would say, hasta la vista.

I hope you've enjoyed this week's programme

and that you'll join us for next week's Top Of The Pops.

Make the best of the week ahead. Goodnight.

# When they begin the beguine

# Quiero sentir las cosas de siempre

# Quiero saber si tu aun me quieres

# Quiero volver a empezar

# When they begin the beguine

# Quiero saber que fue de tu vida

# Quiero saber si todo se olvida

# Para volver a empezar

# Yo que siempre jugue con tu amor hasta el final

# Y seguro yo estaba

# Que tu aun me querias

# Hoy al ver que ya todo acabo que no daria

# Para volver a empezar

# Dia a dia

# Te hacias querer un poco mas

# Quien me iba a decir que una vez te perderia

# Y hoy al verme tan solo sin ti, que no daria

# Para volver a empezar

# When they begin the beguine

# Quiero sentir las cosas de siempre

# Quiero saber si tu aun me quieres

# Para volver a empezar

# Yo que siempre jugue con tu amor hasta el final

# Y seguro yo estaba que tu aun me querias

# Hoy al ver que ya todo acabo que no daria

# Para volver a empezar

# Dia a dia... #