09/04/1981 Top of the Pops

Welcome to Top Of The Pops. Some 19 million people every week

tune in to see some of the top acts of 1981 on this show.

Tonight, we're kicking off with Linx and Intuition.

# As a boy my family thought that I'd be their ruin

# But when I was bad, my mum knew what I was doing

# While I'd try my best not to leave any clues

# She'd always find out and she'd say that she used

# Intuition

# Intuition

# I'd play out after dark and they would come get me

# I'd try to cut the baby's hair and they would not let me

# When I stole all the apples that our neighbour grew

# Someone must have told cos she knew

# Intuition

-# Blame it all on

-Intuition

# So many things I miss

# This situation should just not exist

# I don't mean to persist

# But I know what must take all the blame for this

# Intuition

# Intuition

# Though I always try hard not to leave any clues

# I am always found out, wish I knew how to use

# Intuition

# Intuition

# Intuition

# Intuition. #

APPLAUSE

Linx and Intuition.

Since it started in 1956,

only four UK acts have ever won Eurovision.

The fourth are with us tonight - Bucks Fizz and Making Your Mind Up.

# You gotta speed it up

# And then you gotta slow it down

# Cos if you believe that a love can hit the top

# You gotta play around

# And soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# You gotta turn it off

# And then you gotta pull it out

# You gotta be sure that it's something

# Everybody's gonna talk about

# Before you decide that the time's arrived

# For making your mind up

# Don't let your indecision take you from behind

# Trust your inner vision

# Don't let others change your mind

# And now you really gotta burn it up

# And make another flight by night

# And run for your money and take a chance

# And it'll turn out right

# And when you can see how it's gonna be

# You're making your mind up

# And try to look as if you don't care less

# But if you want to see some more

# Bending the rules of the game will let you find

# The one you're looking for

# And then you can show that you think you know

# You're making your mind up

# Don't let your indecision take you from behind

# Trust your inner vision

# Don't let others change your mind

# And now you really gotta speed it up

# Speed it up

-# And then you gotta slow it down

-Slow it down

# Cos if you believe that a love can hit the top

# You gotta play around

# And soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# And now you really gotta speed it up

# Speed it up

-# And then you gotta slow it down

-Slow it down

# Cos if you believe that a love can hit the top

# You gotta play around

# And soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up

# For making your mind up. #

APPLAUSE

Bucks Fizz and Making Your Mind Up, they could be on their way to

number one with that one, we'll find out next week.

Last year, 1980, Saxon had five hits and this year, the band plays on.

# Just before dawn in the cold light

# We came out of the night

# A great expectation

# From the man who ran the show

# Will it rain, will it snow, will it shine? We don't know

# Are there clouds up in the sky?

# We sat in the sun, woah-oh-oh

# And the bands played on

# And the bands played on

# And the bands played on

# See the people, feel the power

# There was 60,000 there

# Just like thunder

# The crowds began to roar

# Were you there, did ya know, did ya see all the show?

# There was magic in the air

# We sat in the sun, woah-oh-oh

# And the bands played on

# And the bands played on

# And the bands played on

# See the rainbow shining brightly

# Shooting rockets to the sky

# Making music

# And it rolled on through the night

# You could hear on the air rock and roll everywhere

# We were strangers in the night

# We sat in the sun, woah-oh-oh

# And the bands played on

# And the bands played on

# And the bands played on

# And the bands played on

# And the bands played on... #

Saxon have just come back from a nine week tour of Europe

especially for Top Of The Pops.

And now, a guy who charted before a while ago as a member of Hello.

Keith Marshall at number 39 with Only Crying.

# Ain't no big sensation

# Committed no crime

# Only recollections of forgotten old affections

# Lost in time

# Only crying

# Sometimes I wish

# On a night like this

# Only crying

# Well, the moonlight kind of threw me

# Only crying

# And the red wine's getting to me

# Only crying

# It's my broke heart that is healing

# Can't a man show his feelings?

# Am I meant to be a clown in pantomime?

# Just a raindrop in the ocean

# Just a simple, sad emotion

# Only crying, ooh

# I don't understand it

# What's all the fuss?

# No, I never planned it

# Should we leave now empty handed?

# Guess we must

# Dust to dust

# It's a crying shame

# I'll never be the same

# Only crying

# Well, the moonlight kind of threw me

# Only crying

# And the red wine's getting to me

# Only crying

# As the wind blows soft and gentle

# Call me foolish, sentimental

# I'm a man, I'm not a stone without a heart

# Well, I know I ain't supposed to

# It's the man who loves you most who's only crying, ooh

# Only crying

# Na na na na na na na

# Only crying

# Na na na na na na na

# Only crying

# Na na na na na na na

# Only crying

# Only crying

# Ooh

# Ooh. #

With me is Julie Brown, the UK and the world disco dancing champion.

-Hello, Julie.

-Hi.

Listen, we're going to perform an amazing dance feat

never before done on Top Of The Pops. Hold that.

Right, here's Legs & Co,

on the platform forwards, dancing to Bowie's Up The Hill Backwards.

# The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom

# And the possibilities it seems to offer

# It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

# It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

# A series of shocks

# Sneakers fall apart

# Earth keeps on rolling

# Witnesses falling

# It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

# It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Up the hill backwards

# It'll be all right

# Ooh

# While we sleep, they go to work

# We're legally crippled, it's the death of love

# It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

# It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

# More idols than realities, oooh

# I'm OK, you're so-so, oooh

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Up the hill backwards

# It'll be all right

# Oooh. #

APPLAUSE

And now, at great expense, all the way from Legs & Co,

it's Rosemary, and the reason she's here is

because it's her 21st birthday today. Aw!

APPLAUSE

Happy birthday.

We've got a surprise for you. Would you bring the surprise on, please?

It's special BBC champagne - not often seen around these parts,

one for you, one for me, Cheers, happy 21st.

Ugh!

-Listen, do you like Night Games?

-Yes, good tune.

# See the man on the busy street

# He's almost incomplete

# He takes his pleasure in strange ways

# And the lady in the library

# She's just like you and me

# You wouldn't know her at all

# She takes a train up to the great big city

# She knocks a door and steps right in

# He's just a fool that some would like to pity

# They work it out in the house of sin

# Night games

# They pay for their night games

# They work to numbers, they don't use names

# It says in the rules

# It's strictly for the cools to play their night games

# They pay for their night games

# Always play one last frame

# Games of the night

# Every room is a different scene

# Every one has a different dream

# They make it any way they choose

# You can get anything you need

# Anyone if the price's agreed

# And nothing left for you to lose

# It's entertainment for the lost and lonely

# And cabaret for those who dare

# The last attainment of the one and only

# It's got to be if it gets you there

# Night games

# They pay for their night games

# They work to numbers, they don't use names

# It says in the rules

# It's strictly for the cools to play their night games

# They pay for their night games

# Always play one last frame

# It says in the rules

# Oh, oh

# Night games

# They pay for their night games

# They work to numbers, they don't use names... #

APPLAUSE

Graham Bonnet's first solo single,

having previously charted with The Marbles and also with Rainbow.

It's two years since Public Image Ltd have been in the charts,

that was with Death Disco in 1979,

now they're back with Flowers of Romance.

# Now in summer

# I could be happy or in distress

# Depending on the company

# On the veranda, talk of the future or reminisce

# Behind the dialogue

# We're in a mess

# Whatever I intended

# I sent you flowers

# You wanted chocolates instead

# The flowers of romance

# The flowers of romance

# I've got binoculars

# On top of Box Hill

# I could be Nero

# Fly the eagle, start all over again

# I can't depend on these so-called friends

# It's a pity you need to defend

# I'll take the furniture, start all over again. #

APPLAUSE

Public Image and Flowers of Romance.

Record sales are booming at the moment

and the charts more varied than ever.

Lots of good sounds on Top Of The Pops to come,

here's one of them - Eddy Grant and Can't Get Enough Of You.

# Just sit down in the back row

# If you wanna play in my game

# Guess you won't have to worry

# Cos all films look the same

# Just put your arms around me

# And I'll make you sing out of tune

# Won't nobody watch you

# Cos we're lovers in the same room

# Oh, wah

# A one-two-three

# Put your sweet lips up closer to me

# This is not F 123

# And this is not the back row any more

# I can't get enough of you

# Can't get enough love

# Can't get enough of you

# I can't get enough of your love

# Can't get enough of you

# Can't get enough love

# Can't get enough of you

# I can't get enough of your love

# Sit yourself beside me now

# And imagine that we're one and not two

# I don't wanna shock you

# But baby, I'm in love with you

# Sit yourself beside me now

# You better close your pretty eyes when I say

# Oh, wah

# One-two-three

# Put your sweet lips up closer to me

# This is not F 123

# And this is not the back row any more

# I can't get enough of you

# Can't get enough love

# Can't get enough of you

# I can't get enough of your love

# Can't get enough of you

# Can't get enough love

# Can't get enough of you

# I can't get enough of your love

# Oh, just one knock on my door, baby

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Ooh, ah, oh, ah

# And when your people ask you

# At home if you enjoyed the show

# Did you like Clark Gable?

# Say, "I think so, but I don't know"

# Oh!

# Say, "I saw a sweet guy

# "Oh, can't remember his name

# "And the way that he kissed was

# "Like Clark Gable, all the same"

# Oh, wah

# A one-two-three

# Put your sweet lips up closer to me

# This is not F 123

# And this is not back row any more

# Oh, I can't

# Can't get enough of you

# I can't get enough love... #

APPLAUSE

Eddy Grant, great single, and Can't Get Enough Of You.

New Orleans has been in the chart four times,

currently a new version at number 24 for Gillan.

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, a hey, hey, yeah

# Well, come on, everybody, take a trip with me

# Well, down the Mississippi, down to New Orleans

# Oh, the honeysuckle's bloomin' on the honeysuckle vine

# Oh, and love is a blooming there all the while

# You know every Southern Belle is a Mississippi Queen

# Down the Mississippi down to New Orleans

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said a hey, hey, hey, yeah

# Well, come on, everybody, take a trip with me

# Well, down the Mississippi, down to New Orleans

# Well, the magnolia blossom in the air

# Oh, you ain't been to heaven if you ain't been there

# You got the French moss hanging, a high oak tree

# Down the Mississippi, down to New Orleans

# I said a hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said look out, child, baby, yeah, yeah

# I said a hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey

# Aaaah

# Come on, everybody, take a trip with me

# Well, down the Mississippi, down to New Orleans

# Oh, the honeysuckle's bloomin' on the honeysuckle vine

# Oh, and love is a blooming there all the while

# You know every Southern Belle is a Mississippi Queen

# Down the Mississippi, down to New Orleans

# I said a hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, hey, yeah

# I said hey, hey, yeah, yeah

# I said hey, yeah, yeah, yeah

# I said hey... #

APPLAUSE

New Orleans, previously a hit for such esteemed artists

as Gary US Bonds, Bern Elliott and Harley Quinne, now the Gillan.

Here are the charts, numbers 30 to 21.

At number 30, I Missed Again from Phil Collins.

Spandau Ballet at 29 with Musclebound.

And Kiki Dee at 28 with Star.

New entry at 27, The Bands Played On from Saxon.

26, Kings of the Wild Frontier, Adam and the Ants.

Kool & the Gang at 25 with Jones vs Jones,

and New Orleans at 24 for Gillan.

The Who at 23 with You Better You Bet,

and Duran Duran's Planet Earth at 22.

Teardrop Explodes at 21 with Reward,

and up we go to number nine,

The Whispers and It's a Love Thing.

# It's a love thing

# It's a lo-o-ve thing

# Thing

# The look in your eyes

# Is more than enough

# To make my poor heart burst into flames

# Knew from the moment we met

# That there was no doubt

# That my life would never be the same

# And I could never hide this feeling that comes over me

# When you're near me

# I know that's how it's supposed to be

# My heart keeps telling me

# It's a love thing, yeah

# Got me talkin' in my sleep

# About the love we made

# It's a love thing

# It's a lo-o-ve thing

# Love thing

# Thing

# Such a feeling I get whenever we touch

# Girl, like no other I felt before

# It's still so new and yet I need you so much

# Got to make you mine forevermore

# You're the kind of woman that can turn my world around

# Cos you show me what unselfish love is all about

# Without a doubt

# It's a love thing

# Yeah

# I feel that pounding in my heart when you call my name

# It's a love thing

# It's a lo-o-ve thing

-# Love thing

-Thing

# It's a love thing

# Every time that you're near, it becomes so clear

# It's a love thing

# It's a lo-o-ve thing

-# Love thing

-Thing

# Yeah

# It's a love thing

# I feel that pounding in my heart when you call my name

# It's a love thing

# It's a lo-o-ve thing

-# It's a lo-o-ve...

-Thing

# I could never hide the feeling that comes over me

# When you're near me I know that's how it's supposed to be

# My heart keeps telling me

# It's a love thing

# Yeah

# Got me talkin' in my sleep about the love we made

# It's a love thing

# It's a lo-o-o-ve thing

# Ooh, it's a love thing

# It's a love thing

# Love thing!

# Deep in my heart, looking right from the start

# It's a love thing... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

The Whispers at number nine and It's a Love Thing.

We go back down the chart to number 20 to hear the numbers 20 to 11.

Bad Manners at number 20 with Just A Feeling,

the theme from Lloyd George a new entry

at 19 for Ennio Morricone.

Roxy Music at 18 with Jealous Guy,

and at 17, Do The Hucklebuck with Coast to Coast.

Mind of a Toy from Visage at 16,

and at 15, Attention To Me from The Nolans.

Sugar Minott's Good Thing Going at 14.

13 - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?

Dave Stewart and Colin Blunstone.

Graham Bonnet at 12 with Night Games

and The Jacksons at 11 with Can You Feel It?

And at number ten, D-Days from Hazel O'Connor.

# Put on your face, put on your clothes

# Going out dancing - pose, pose

# Wind our bodies round and round

# Move to the rhythm of the fave rave sounds

-# These are...

-Decadent days!

-# These are...

-Decadent ways!

# These are de-de-de-de-decadent days

# Yes!

# De-de-de-de-decadent days

# Swing to the left, swing to the right

# Thrust your hips to the flashing light

# Whirling dervish, here's the rule

# Sweating, hot, but you stay cool

-# These are...

-Decadent days!

-# These are...

-Decadent ways!

# These are de-de-de-de-decadent days

# Yah!

# De-de-de-de-de-decadent days

# The whole room is vibra-a-ting

# With all our bodies sha-a-king

# But still, they're hesita-a-ting

# From really taking it

# From really taking it

# Making it

# Taking it

# Yeaaah

# La-da-da, la-da-da

# La-da-da-da, la-da-da

# La-da-da, la-da-da

# La-da-da-da, la-da-da

-# These are...

-Decadent days!

-# These are...

-Decadent ways!

# These are de-de-de-de-decadent days

# Yah!

# De-de-de-de-de-decadent days

# The whole room is vibra-a-ting

# With all our bodies sha-a-king

# But still, they're hesita-a-ting

# From really taking it

# From really taking it

# Making it

# Taking it

# Aaaagh! #

One, two, three, four!

# La-da-da, la-da-da

# La-da-da-da, la-da-da

# La-da-da, la-da-da

# La-da-da-da, la-da-da

-# These are...

-Decadent days!

-# These are...

-Decadent ways!

# These are de-de-de-de-decadent days

# Yah!

# De-de-de-de-de-decadent days

# Yah! #

Hazel O'Connor and D-Days.

Here I am, over here, the tall one with the red shoes.

And now it's time for the top ten.

You saw them just now, The Whispers at number nine

and It's a Love Thing.

# Thing! #

One of two actresses in the top ten, one is Hazel O'Connor,

the other is at number eight, Toyah and Four From Toyah.

# Intuition... #

Linx stand at number seven,

up three places from last week's ten, with Intuition.

And still the biggest selling novelty record -

doesn't he look sweet? -

Tony Capstick and Capstick Comes Home.

"Mum? Don't forget the sweets, Mum."

And Einstein tells me a three-place jump from number eight puts

Landscape at number five with Einstein A Go-Go.

# There'll be no warning, no alarm

# I'll be the one who saved...

# Einstein a go-go... #

# We're the kids in America... #

Kim Wilde, who got to number two

just like her dad did 20 years before.

She's now down to number four with Kids In America.

# ..for the music-go-round

# La-la-la-la-la-la... #

# Lately I've been staring in the mirror... #

At number three, Stevie Wonder and Lately.

He's never had a British number one,

but maybe this one is the one to do it.

# Very slowly picking me apart... #

# And try to look as if you don't care... #

And for the first time since 1976,

our Eurovision entry has made the top ten.

Bucks Fizz are at two with Making Your Mind Up.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's it, we'll see you next week for another Top Of The Pops.

And we'll leave you with the current number one

that's been there for three weeks.

A hat trick for Shakin' Stevens and This Ole House. Goodnight.

# This ole house once knew his children

# This ole house once knew a wife

# This ole house was home and comfort

# As we fought the storms of life

# This ole house once rang with laughter

# This ole house heard many shouts

# Now she trembles in the darkness

# When the lightning walks about

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't a-got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# She's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# This ole house is gettin' shaky

# This ole house is gettin' old

# This ole house lets in the rain

# This ole house lets in the cold

# On my knees I'm gettin' chilly

# But I feel no fear nor pain

# Cos I see an angel peekin' through the broken windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't a-got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# She's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# Woo!

# Woo!

# This ole house is afraid of thunder

# This ole house is afraid of storms

# This ole house just groans and trembles

# When the night flings out its arms

# This ole house is gettin' feeble

# This ole house is needin' paint

# Just like me it's tuckered out

# But I'm a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges

# Nor to mend no windowpane

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# She's a-gettin' ready to meet the saints

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no longer

# Ain't a-gonna need this house no more

# Ain't got time to fix the shingles

# Ain't got time to fix the floor... #