04/01/1979 Top of the Pops

Welcome to the 15th anniversary edition of Top Of The Pops.

We're looking forward to some great music in 1979.

# Hello This is Joanie

# I'm sorry that I'm not home

# But if you leave me your name and number

# I promise soon as I get in I'll phone

# Joannie came over to my house last night

# I drank a little too much red and we got into a fight

# She said, "I'm leaving" and I let her go alone

# I felt so damn bad this morning I reached right for the phone

# And called her right away to beg her to forgive

# The phone rang once The phone rang twice

# And then I heard her say

# Hello, this is Joannie

-# I'm sorry but I'm not home...

-#

# Jailhouse Rocker roots training down in Memphis

# Liverpool Johnny rocks out round Paul's place

# Seconds away as the rhythm comes down

# King faces King in the ring for the crown

# Cool King Rocker

-# King Rocker

-Rock, rock, rock

# King Kong, King Kong

# Elvis from the body shakes from the hip bone

# Quarry Street kids in leather take Hamburg

# Creole was sharp but his guitar was acoustic

# Go Johnny go use your electric

# Crazy, man, crazy

-# King Rocker, King Rocker

-Rock, rock, rock

# King Kong, King Kong

-# King Rocker, King Rocker

-Rock, rock, rock

# King Kong, King Kong

-#

-Round three

-Ali, buzzin' like a bee

# Elvis in the corner and you won't catch me

-#

-Round four

-Now Johnny's lookin' poor

# Gotta find a hit Gotta even up the score

-#

-Round five

-Some jive, Elvis took a dive

# Waitin' for the towel More dead than alive

-#

-Round six, seven, eight, nine

# Ref stops the fight with the men on forty two

# For a rematch in heaven If they ever come through

# See this fight right through till the last round

# Follow the man Who's putting out the boss sound

# He's it, girls

-# King Rocker, King Rocker

-Rock, rock, rock

# King Kong, King Kong

# King Kong, King Kong

-# King Rocker, King Rocker

-Rock, rock, rock

# King Kong, King Kong

# King Kong, King Kong. #

Great single from Billy Idol and Generation X. King Rocker.

And one of the King Rockers who has been around on the scene

for quite a while

has moved up this week from number 10 to number 5.

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Life

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Life

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Isn't everything

# Life

# Life

# Life

# Life

# Life

# Life... #

Elton John, a man who plays the piano as well as he manages football clubs,

and his first ever instrumental hit, Song for Guy.

If you've been feeling cold over the last few days,

here is something to warm you up.

Legs And Co dance to Earth, Wind and Fire.

# Do you remember the 21st night of September?

# Love was changing the mind of pretenders

# While chasing the clouds away

# Our hearts were ringing

# In the key that our souls were singing

# As we danced in the night

# Remember, how the stars stole the night away

-# Yeah yeah yeah

-Hey hey hey

# Ba de ya, say do you remember?

# Ba de ya, dancing in September

# Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day

# Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu

# Ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu

# Ba duda, badu, ba duda

# My thoughts are with you

# Holding hands with your heart to see you

# Only blue talk and love

# Remember how we knew love was here to stay

# Now December found the love that we shared in September

# Only blue talk and love

# Remember the true love we share today

-#

-Hey hey hey

-Ba de ya, say do you remember?

# Ba de ya Dancing in September

# Ba de ya Never was a cloudy day

# There was a ba de ya Say do you remember?

# Ba de ya Dancing in September

# Ba de ya Golden dreams were shiny days... #

Legs and Co, and lovely dresses they were wearing too, if I may say so.

And that was Earth, Wind and Fire,

currently number 18 in the chart from last week's 24, and September.

And now a man who made '78 his own,

and I think he's going to do the same in '79.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

# In the deserts of Sudan

# And the gardens of Japan

# From Milan to Yucatan

# Every woman, every man

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me, hit me

# Je t'adore, ich liebe dich Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me slowly, hit me quick

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# In the wilds of Borneo

# And the vineyards of Bordeaux

# Eskimo, Arapaho

# Move their body to and fro

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me, hit me

# Das ist gut! C'est fantastique Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick

# It's nice to be a lunatic

# Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me, hit me, hit

# In the dock of Tiger Bay

# On the road to Mandalay

# From Bombay to Santa Fe

# Over hills and far away

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Hit me, hit me

# C'est si bon, mm? Ist es nicht? Hit me, hit me, hit me

# Hit me with your rhythm stick Two fat persons, click, click, click

# Hit me, hit me, hit me... #

Ian Dury. And some clever so-and-so

is going to start marketing rhythm sticks soon, I'm sure.

Two OBEs on the programme.

The second one is a surprise a bit later, here comes the first,

it's Olivia.

# Night is dragging her feet

# I wait alone in the heat

# I know, know that you'll have your way

# Do you have to go home?

# No's a word I can't say

# But it gets me nowhere to tell you no

# And it gets me nowhere to make you go

# Will a little more love make you start depending?

# Will a little more love bring us a happy ending?

# Will a little more love make it right?

# Will a little more love make it right?

# Where, where did my innocence go?

# How, how was a young girl to know?

# I'm trapped, trapped in the spell of your eyes

# In the warmth of your arms

# In the web of your lies

# But it gets me nowhere to tell you no

# And it gets me nowhere to make you go

# Will a little more love make you start depending?

# Will a little more love bring us a happy ending?

# Will a little more love make it right?

# Will a little more love make it right?

# And it gets me nowhere to tell you no

# And it gets me nowhere to make you go

# Will a little more love make you start depending?

# Will a little more love bring a happy ending?

# Will a little more love make it right?

# Will a little more love make it right?

# It gets me nowhere to tell you no

# And it gets me nowhere to make you go

# Will a little more love make you start depending?

# Will a little more love bring a happy ending?

# Will a little more love make it right... #

Olivia Newton John, OBE, and A Little More Love.

Our congratulations go out to her, of course.

Number one in the chart at the moment comes from the States,

number two from Germany,

and the highest English representative is right here.

# Oooh, yeah

# Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah

# When I met you You were 17

# Not just another teenage queen

# And then I took you everywhere you've been

# In and out of love then back again now

# When I very first saw you baby I knew

# Ooh, darling it had to be you

# You're the one who takes me higher

# Ooh, baby set my heart on fire

# Come on baby lay your love on me

# Ooh baby let your love go free now

# Come on baby lay your love on me

# Baby, baby, baby got the love I need now

# Now I've tasted your sweet lips

# Ooh darling I know what I miss

# You gave me more than I could ever take

# With every word and every move you make now

# I can't believe that after all this time

# I got every little thing I ever hoped to find

# Whatever you got I can't let up

# It's you, baby It's you that I love

# Come on baby lay your love on me

# Ooh, baby Let your love go free now

# Come on, baby Lay your love on me

# Baby, baby, baby Got the love I need now... #

That's Racey there, and one of the best pop singles of the year.

Lay Your Love On Me.

And now the big man, Barry White,

attacks Billy Joel in his own inimitable style.

# Don't go changing

# Trying to please me

# You never let me down before

# Don't imagine you're too familiar

# And I don't see you any more

# I would not leave you

# In times of trouble

# We never could have come this far

# I took the good times I'll take the bad times

# I'll take you just the way you are

# Don't go trying some new fashion

# Don't change the colour of your hair

# You always have my unspoken passion

# Although I might not seem to care

# I don't want clever conversation

# I don't want to work that hard

# I just want some someone to talk to

# I want you just the way you are

# I need to know that you will always be

# The same old someone that I knew

# What will it take till you believe in me

# The way I believe in you?

# Hey... #

Barry White, all of him, and Just The Way You Are.

With a string of hits behind them and one more in front

we say, "'Allo, 'allo" to Brotherhood of Man,

with Goodbye, Goodbye.

# Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm Mmm-mmm-mmm

# Mmm-mmm-mmm

# Goodbye, goodbye

# I won't cry

# Say goodbye

# Goodbye, goodbye

# Don't you cry

# Say goodbye

# You don't care what becomes of me

# If I live my life in misery

# And it don't hurt for me to say goodbye

# I can take, I can leave your love

# I put my trust in the one above

# And if you want to go just say goodbye

# All I need is a little sign

# To say you love and to say you're mine

# And if you don't then we must say goodbye

# Treat me warm and tenderly

# That will prove your love to me

# And if you don't then we must say goodbye

# There's no need to stand out in the rain

# Let us take a chance and love again

# Goodbye, goodbye

# I won't cry

# Say goodbye

# Goodbye, goodbye

# Don't you cry

# Say goodbye

# You don't care what becomes of me

# If I live my life in misery

# And it don't hurt for me to say goodbye

# I can take, I can leave your love

# I put my trust in the one above

# And it don't hurt for me to say goodbye

# There's no need to stand out in the rain

# Let us take a chance and love again

# Goodbye, goodbye

# I won't cry

# Say goodbye

# Goodbye, goodbye

Don't you cry

# Say goodbye

# You don't care what becomes of me... #

The Beatles, 15 years ago, had five tracks in the charts.

They also had the number one that week, I Want to Hold Your Hand.

Our number one this week is, of course, Village People.

# Young man

# There's no need to feel down

# I said, young man

# Pick yourself off the ground

# I said, young man

# Cos you're in a new town

# There's no need to be unhappy

# Young man

# There's a place you can go

# I said, young man

# When you're short on your dough

# You can stay there

# And I'm sure you will find

# Many ways to have a good time

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA

# They have everything for young men to enjoy

# You can hang out with all the boys

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA

# You can get yourself cleaned

# You can have a good meal

# You can do whatever you feel

# Young man

# Are you listening to me?

# I said, young man

# What do you want to be?

# I said, young man

# You can make real your dreams

# But you got to know this one thing

# No man does it all by himself

# I said, young man

# Put your pride on the shelf

# And just go there, to the YMCA

# I'm sure they can help you today

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA

# They have everything for young men to enjoy

# You can hang out with all the boys

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA

# It's fun to stay at the YMCA

# You can get yourself cleaned

# You can have a good meal

# You can do whatever you feel

# Young man

# I was once in your shoes

# I said, I was down and out with the blues

# I felt no man cared if I were alive

# I felt the whole world was so tight

# That's when someone came up to me

# And said, young man, take a walk up the street

# There's a place there called the YMCA

# They can start you back on your way

# It's fun to stay... #

What a great way to start the new year.

That is number one, Village People, YMCA.

We wish you a great new year, a great musical new year, and a happy '79.

Goodbye.

# When you can't take any more

# When you feel your life is over

# Put down your tablets

# And pick up your pen

# And I'll put you together again

# If your faith withers away

# If God can't bring you your answers

# Write me a letter I'll read it and then

# I'll put you together again

# Put us together, together again

# Put us together again

# When things look hopeless

# Just write me and then

# I'll put you together again... #

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