04/05/1978 Top of the Pops

Welcome to the music. This week's hit sound countdown is to the music of The Stranglers.

MUSIC: "Nice 'N' Sleazy" by The Stranglers

# We came across the west sea

# We didn't have much idea of the kind of climate waiting

# We used our hands for guidance like the children of a preacher

# Like a dry tree seeking water

# Or a daughter

# Nice and sleazy

# Nice and sleazy does it

# Nice and sleazy, nice and sleazy

# Does it, does it Does it every time. #

APPLAUSE

The Dooleys open up tonight's Top Of The Pops,

with a little helpful advice they call Don't Take It Lying Down.

# All of your life you have been led around like a baby

# Cheated and treated like no grown-up woman should be

# Oh, honey, now the time has come

# To let him know that you ain't done

# That you had enough, had enough

-# Oh, this is what you've got to do

-Do about it

# Listen, girl, I'm telling you

-# Don't take it lying down

-Don't take it lying down

-# No, no, no

-No, no, no

-# Don't take it lying down

-Don't take it lying down

# No, no, no

# Play with fire, got to learn

# Everyone's telling you, girl, you've just got to be crazy

# Crazy

# Oh, how can you stay with that guy when he's fooling around?

# Yeah, honey, you have been abused

# Don't let him walk all over you

# Ain't you had enough? Oh, had enough

-# So if I'm going to be your man

-Be my man

# This time you've got to make a stand

-# Don't take it lying down

-Don't take it lying down

-# No, no, no

-No, no, no

-# Don't take it lying down

-Don't take it lying down

# No, no, no

# Play with fire, got to learn

# Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa

# Honey, now the time has come

# To let him know that you ain't done

# That you had enough Yeah, had enough

-# Oh, this is what you've got to do

-Do about it

# Listen, girl, I'm telling you

-# Don't take it lying down

-Don't take it lying down

-# No, no, no

-No, no, no

-# Don't take it lying down

-Don't take it lying down

-# No, no, no

-No, no, no

-# Don't take it lying down

-Don't take it lying down

-# No, no, no

-No, no, no

-# Don't take it lying down

-Don't take it lying down

-# No, no, no

-No, no, no, no, no

# Don't take it lying down Don't take it lying down

# Don't take it lying down Don't take it lying down

# Don't take it lying down. #

From a sound that's chart-bound to one that's made it.

At number 28, here's Ruby Winters and Come To Me.

# You're asking me to understand

# Your feelings

# To just forget my own

# And let you go

# Darling, I won't raise a hand to stop you

# Just let me say one thing before you go

# Come to me if ever you get lonely

# Just reach out your hand and there I'll be

# My love will light your way out of the darkness

# If you ever need a true love come to me

# I believe that time alone

# Will change you

# The changing tides will bring you back to me

# So when you grow tired of chasing rainbows

# Just make a wish for love and there I'll be

# Come to me if ever you get lonely

# Just reach out your hand and there I'll be

# My love will light your way out of the darkness

# If you ever need a true love come to me

# Come to me if ever you get lonely

# Just reach out your hand and there I'll be

# My love will light your way out of the darkness

# If you ever need a true love come to me

# Oh... #

APPLAUSE

And now that their Drummer Man has sorted out his love affair,

it's nice to see Tonight hovering just outside the Top 30 this

week with their new single called Money, That's Your Problem.

# I got no money to stay with you

# I can't come outside and play with you

# I got no money I got no money at all

# They got their fingers on the pulse

# I do the pogo while they waltz

# In lace and satin, they look so fat in their tiles

# They say money, money that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# I'm paid so low it does it me in

# I've lost a stone, I'm getting thin

# And when they see me, they turn around and they say

# They say money, money that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# Money makes the world go Money makes the world go

# Money makes the world go flat

# Money makes, more money makes

# More money makes, more money makes

# More money makes More money makes you fat

# Honey, tell me what you think of that. #

(More money.)

# I got no money to stay with you

# I can't come outside and play with you

# I got no money

# I got no money at all

# I'm paid so low it does me in

# I've lost a stone I'm getting thin

# And when they see me They turn around and they say

# Money, money, that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# Money, money, that's your problem

# They say money, money

# Money, money

# Money, money

# Money, money

# They say money, money That's your problem. #

Not just back in love again but back in the charts again

is Donna Summer.

And here to move to her new hit are Legs & Co.

# Lately I'm feeling

# Glad I'm alive

# Cos when I'm with you

# You make me feel so good inside

# Lately it's only

# You on my mind

# And I have to smile when I think of you

-# Knowing that you are mine

-You are mine, you are mine

# Ooh, baby

# Back in love again, ooh, baby

# Next to you again, ooh, baby

# In a crazy spin, love

# I want you, I need you I love you I want you

# Ooh, baby

# Back in love again, ooh, baby

# Next to you again, ooh, baby

# In a crazy spin, love

# I want you, I need you I love you, I want you

# The better I know you

# The better I feel

# It feels so right

# It can't be wrong

# I know this love is real

# Baby, I'll show you what

# What I feel inside

# It's lasted so long

# Love's growing strong

# Love's growing stronger now

# Stronger now, stronger now

# Ooh, baby

# Back in love again, ooh, baby

# Next to you again, ooh, baby

# In a crazy spin, love

# I want you, I need you I love you I want you

# Ooh, baby

# Back in love again, ooh, baby

# Next to you again, ooh, baby. #

Now making their debut on Top Of The Pops, I welcome Hi Tension

with Hi Tension.

# Hi Tension

# That's what we are, superstar

# Hi Tension

# That's what we are, superstar

# Believe in us

# You'll be blessed with funk

# Blessed with funk Blessed with funk

# You believe in us

# You'll be blessed with funk

# Blessed with funk Blessed with funk

# Bop, bop, ba-dop

# Bop, bop, ba-dop

# Hi Tension!

# Bop, bop, ba-dop

# Bop, bop, ba-dop

# Hi Tension! Bop, bop, ba-dop

# Bop, bop, ba-dop

# Hi Tension! Bop, bop, ba-dop

# Bop, bop, ba-dop

# Hi Tension!

# That's what are are, superstar

# Going to make you stay right where you are

# Hi Tension!

# That's what we are, superstar

# Going to make you stay right where you are

# Hi Tension!

# That's what we are, superstar

# Going to make you stay right where you are

# Hi Tension! #

APPLAUSE

Another record I'm happy to see make the charts

because it was a former record of the week of mine is the Darts'

remake of the Ad Libs' Boy From New York City.

# Bum-bum-bum-bum bum-bum, bum-be-dum

# Bum-bum-bum-bum bum-bum, bum-be-dum

# Oo-ah, oo-ah, koo-koo Kitty

# Tell us about the boy from New York City

-# Oh-oh oo-ah, come on Kitty

-Oh, yeah!

# Tell us about the boy from New York City

# He's kinda tall

-# He's really fine

-Yeah, yeah

# Some day I hope to make him mine, all mine

# Yeah, yeah

# And he's neat and oh, so sweet

# And the way he looked at me Swept me off my feet

# Yeah-yeah Oo-ee

# You ought to come and see How he walks

# Yeah, yeah

# And how he talks

# Get this

# Oo-ah, oo-ah, koo-koo Kitty

# Tell us about the boy from New York City

-# Oo-ah, oo-ah, come on Kitty

-Oh yeah

# Tell us about the boy from New York City

# He's really down and he's no clown

# Yeah, yeah

# He's got the finest penthouse I've ever seen in town

# Yeah, yeah

# And he's cute in his mohair suit

# And he keeps his pockets full of spending loot

# Yeah, yeah

# Oo-ee, yeah, yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, well, all right

# Yeah, yeah

-# Oh, oh, oh

-Yeah, yeah

# And every time he says he loves me chills run down my spine

# Every time he wants to kiss me it makes me feel so fi-i-ine

# Mm, that's him

# Yeah, yeah

# Yeah yeah

# Yeah yeah

# Oh, oh, oh

# Well, all right!

# Oo-ah, oo-ah, koo-koo Kitty

# Tell us about the boy from New York City

# He's the boy from New York City and I call him Jim

# Tell us about the boy from New York City

# Oo-ah, oo-ah, koo-koo Kitty... #

They say only the strong survive.

From last year's big punk explosion comes a band of Irish survivors.

The Boomtown Rats and She's So M-M-M-M-Modern.

# La la la la la La la la la la

# La la la la la La la la la la

-# She's so...

-20th century

-# She's so...

-1970s

-# She knows...

-The right things to say

-# She got...

-The right clothes to wear

-# Cos she's a modern girl

-Oh, yeah

-# A modern girl

-G-G-G-Girl

-# A modern girl

-Oh, yeah

# And Suzie is a jewel she flashes when she smiles

# She's cunning and she's clever she got the lowdown on her file

# But Jen is the best

# You know she really makes me laugh

# She's always trying her impression she wants to be a photograph

# I gotta say it now

-# She's so...

-20th century

-# She's so...

-1970s

-# She knows...

-The right things to say

-# She got...

-The right clothes to wear

-# Cos she's a modern girl

-Oh yeah

-# A modern girl, yeah

-G-G-G-Girl

-# A modern girl now

-Oh, yeah

# She's so modern

# La la la la la la La la la la la la

# La la la la la la La la la la

# And Jean confided to me she's Mona Lisa's biggest fan

# She drew a moustache on her face She's always seen her as a man

# And Charlie ain't no Nazi She likes to wear her leather boots

# Cos it's exciting for the veterans And it's a tonic for the troops

-#

-She's so...

-20th century

-#

-She's so...

-1970s

-#

-She knows...

-The right things to say

-#

-She got...

-The right clothes to wear

-# Cos she's a modern girl

-Oh yeah

-# A modern girl, yeah

-Ga-ga-ga-ga-ga

-# A modern girl

-Oh yeah

# She's so m-m-m-m... modern

-#

-She's so...

-20th century

-#

-She's so...

-1970s

-#

-She knows...

-The right things to say

-#

-She got...

-The right clothes to wear

-#

-She's so...

-20th century

-#

-She's so...

-1970s

-#

-She knows...

-The right things to say

-#

-She's got...

-The right clothes to wear

-# She's so...

-Modern!

-#

APPLAUSE

A sure sign of when spring is in the air is when Love Is In The Air.

What a good title of a song from John Paul Young.

# Love is in the air

# Everywhere I look around

# Love is in the air

# Every sight and every sound

# And I don't know if I'm being foolish

# Don't know if I'm being wise

# But it's something that I must believe in

# And it's there when I look in your eyes

# Love is in the air

# In the whisper of the tree

# Love is in the air

# In the thunder of the sea

# And I don't know if I'm just dreaming

# Don't know if I feel sane

# But it's something that I must believe in

# And it's there when you call out my name

# Love is in the air

# Love is in the air

# Oh-oo-oo-oh

# Love is in the air

# In the rising of the sun

# Love is in the air

# When the day is nearly done

# And I don't know if I'm just dreaming

# Don't know if I see truth

# But you're something that I must believe in

# And you're there when I reach out for you

# Love is in the air

# Everywhere I look around

# Love is in the air

# Every sight and every sound

# And I don't know if I'm being foolish

# Don't know if I'm being wise

# But it's something that I must believe in

# And it's there when I look in your eyes

# Love is in the air

# Love is in the air

# Oh-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-oh-oh

# Oh, love is in the air

# Love is in the air... #

Always good to see Manhattan Transfer on Top Of The Pops

and here they are in full regalia with their new single,

On A Little Street In Singapore.

# On a little street in Singapore

# Doo-doo-doo-doo, dee-ooo

# With me beside a lotus-covered door

# Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo

# A veil of moonlight on her lovely face

# Ooo-doo-doo-doo, dee-ooo

# How pale the hands that held me in embrace

# My sails tonight are filled with perfume of Shalimar

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# With temple bells that guide me to her shore

# Ah-ha-ha, ah-ah

# And then I hold you in my arms

# And love the way I loved before

# On a little street in Singapore

# On a little street in Singapore

# With me beside a lotus-covered door

# A veil of moonlight on her lovely face

# How pale the hands that held me in embrace

# On a little street in Singapore

# With me beside a lotus-covered door

# A veil of moonlight on her lovely face... #

APPLAUSE

The sound, it torments me! Manhattan Transfer.

And now it's to the nation's number one for the week number two. Bee Gees and a little Night Fever.

# Listen to the ground There is movement all around

# There is something goin' down and I can feel it

# On the waves of the air there is dancin' out there

# If it's somethin' we can share we can steal it

# And that sweet city woman she moves through the light

# Controlling my mind and my soul

# When you reach out for me, yeah, and the feelin' is bright

# Night fever, night fever

# We know how to do it

# Gimme that night fever, night fever

# We know how to show it

# Here I am

# Prayin' for this moment to last

# Livin' on the music so fine

# Borne on the wind

# Makin' it mine

# Night fever, night fever

# We know how to do it

# Gimme that night fever, night fever

# We know how to show it

# In the heat of our love don't need no help for us to make it

# Gimme just enough to take us to the mornin'

# I got fire in my mind

# I got higher in my walkin'

# And I'm glowin' in the dark I give you warnin'

# And that sweet city woman she moves through the light

# Controlling my mind and my soul

# When you reach out for me, yeah, and the feelin' is bright

# Night fever, night fever

# We know how to do it

# Gimme that night fever, night fever

# We know how to show it

# Here I am

# Prayin' for this moment to last

# Livin' on the music so fine

# Borne on the wind makin' it mine. #

APPLAUSE

I wonder - will it still be Number One next week?

The answer to that question and other chart positions will be

unveiled next week at the same time for another

Top Of The Pops. From the Kid, it's goodbye and good luck!

MUSIC: "Take Me, I'm Yours" by Squeeze

# I've come across the desert to greet you with a smile

# My camel looks so tired it's hardly worth my while

# To tell you of my travels Across the golden east

# I see your preparations Invite me first to feast

# Take me I'm yours

# Because dreams are made of this

# Forever there'll be... #

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