13/11/1980 Top of the Pops

Hello, welcome to Top of the Pops. It's nice of you to join us,

we'll be working our way up to the new number one, maybe...

CHEERING ..just before eight o'clock.

First of all, let's take a look at the other goodies,

some of them you can expect to see on tonight's edition.

Starting off with a fantastic lady. And you know what she looks like.

There's Gladys Knight and the Pips

and their great new chart entry called Bourgie, Bourgie.

And a superb new film, featuring David Bowie, Fashion.

And watch out for Debbie Harry and Blondie,

with The Tide is High on Top Of The Pops.

APPLAUSE

Now then, there's a band that's been touring with Kiss in Europe recently.

They've got back to find that they're number 35

with a new entry in this week's chart. Their names?

Well, that's Iron Maiden and they're playing live tonight

their new single release,

which is Women in Uniform. APPLAUSE

INSTRUMENTAL

DRUM BEAT STARTS

# Beehive hairdo, 45 on the hip

# Patrolwoman Saunders, don't you give her no whip

# Took me to the station for a breath test

# Back to the bedroom for some house-arrest

# Women in uniform

# Sometimes they look so cold

# Women in uniform, but, ooh!

# They feel so warm

# Coming back to London on a 747

# Stewardess made me feel like I'm in heaven

# Looked up the aisle to see what I could see

# She leaned over, said, give it to me

# White apron, brown leather shoes

# The nurse at the clinic left my heart all bruised

# Gave me a massage, sprained my right

# Now she takes my temperature every night

# Women in uniform

# Said sometimes they look so cold

# Women in uniform, but, ooh!

# Make me feel so warm

# Women in uniform

# Commando raid on the Lebanese border

# Sergeant Anita, she gives the order

# Khaki jacket and a love gun

# Baby, I surrender, let's have some fun

# Women in uniform

# Sometimes they look so cold

# Women in uniform, but, ooh!

# They feel so warm, yeah. #

INSTRUMENTAL

# Women in uniform

# I said sometimes they feel so cold

# Women in uniform, but, ooh!

# They feel so warm

# Women in uniform

# Khaki, white and blue

# Women in uniform

# Coming after you!

# Women in uniform

# But look out, look out Women in uniform

# Women in uniform

# I said sometimes they look so cold

# Women in uniform

# I'd like to get my hands on you

# Women in uniform

# Sometimes they look so cold Women in uniform

# Women in uniform

# But look out, look out

# Women in uniform

# Women in uniform

# Women in uniform

# I said sometimes they look so cold

# Women in uniform

# But look out, look out! #

INSTRUMENTAL

SONG ENDS, APPLAUSE

SIMON LAUGHS

Right, let me tell you that they are starting their British tour

next weekend. You can see them in Leeds, Uxbridge and also in Redcar.

And right now, on Top Of The Pops,

you can see a beautiful thing from the top ten.

The film is ace, it's David Bowie,

of course it's Fashion.

APPLAUSE

BEEPING

# There's a brand new dance but I don't know its name

# That people from bad homes do again and again

# It's big and it's bland

# Full of tension and fear

# They do it over there

# But we don't do it here

# Fashion! Turn to the left

# Fashion! Turn to the right

# Ooh

# Fashion!

# We are the goon squad and we're coming to town

# Beep-beep

# Beep-beep

# Listen to me Don't listen to me

# Talk to me Don't talk to me

# Dance with me Don't dance with me

# No

# Beep-beep

# There's a brand new talk but it's not very clear

# Ooh bop

# That people from good homes are talking this year

# Ooh bop

# Fashion

# It's loud and tasteless

# And I've heard it before

# Ooh bop

# You shout it while you're dancing

# On the whole dance floor

# Fashion

# Fashion! Right!

# Fashion!

# We are the goon squad and we're coming to town

# Listen to me Don't listen to me

# Talk to me Don't talk to me

# Dance with me Don't dance with me

# No

# Beep-beep

# Beep-beep

# Ooh bop

# Do do do do do do do do

# Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion

# Ooh bop

# Do do do do do do do do

# Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

No question about it. That's David Bowie and Fashion.

Old four eyes is back. You noticed that? I want to introduce you

to someone you may never have met before.

Will you come on, gentlemen? Cos these guys, when I was running

a Radio 1 phone-in recently... APPLAUSE

..managed to make a complete joke of me.

Ray and Dennis from Doctor Hook. Lovely to see you.

Great, good to see you, Simon. How are you? Real good.

Now, why are you here, first of all? Came to see you.

How modest they are. LAUGHTER

Shy and retiring as well. But you've got a new album out, right?

Yeah, you said that. That's real good.

SIMON LAUGHS What's it called?

It's called Rising.

You wrote some of the Doctor Hook hits, didn't you, Dennis?

Well, If Not You was one of the only ones.

And we're not actually doing anything, Simon.

LAUGHTER Now that the album is done,

there was no sense lying. We can come on here

and try to sound important, but we ain't doing zero.

Can you sing Top of the Pops for me?

Oh, Top Of The Pops? What's the melody?

MELODY PLAYS Just one second.

HE SINGS # Top Of The Pops! #

..presents Gladys Knight... APPLAUSE

..and the Pips. LAUGHTER

# Ooh!

# Living the life

# You're a jet setter

# Living the life, yeah!

# You got it all together

# Hold the poles

# Turn the notes

# Do some fancy struttin'

# It's a fact you're from across the tracks

# You said you wasn't

# Ooh! Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# I know ya

# Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# Told ya

# Ooh!

# All because of where you're at

# With the sun, you'll pull way back

# Yeah, you've got to have it!

# It's the life that suits you best

# All you want is sweet success

# Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# I know that

# Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# Ooh, ooh!

# Uh-huh

# Well, well

# Keep your body nice and fit

# Like to see them chasing it

# You move around all over town, yeah

# Never have to work too hard

# Your face is your credit card

# Yeah!

# You like high society

# And money

# Ooh!

# Everybody wants to be

# Ha

# Bourgie, bourgie

# Well, well, well

# Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# I know that

# Everybody wants to be Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# Super bourgeoisie

# Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# Well, well, well, well

# Everybody wants to be Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# Super bourgeoisie

# Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie

# Ooh-ooh!

# Everybody wants to be Everybody wants to be

# Bourgie, bourgie. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

That's Gladys Knight and the Pips

and Bourgie, Bourgie. Right, a bit of pop news.

First of all, there's a new tour just around the corner for Ian Dury.

He's rehearsing for it at the moment. And also, there's a tour for U2,

with their new album called Boy.

It's terrific and wait till the single starts charting.

New albums out by dozens of people, including ABBA and Rod Stewart.

The record companies are already getting lined up for Christmas.

You can always tell, because the Christmas singles start appearing.

Darts has got White Christmas coming up.

We've also got a new Christmas single coming out for Kate Bush.

So keep your eye on Top Of The Pops

and find out what's going to be the Christmas number one.

Maybe it'll be ABBA, who can tell?

Let me introduce you to a gentleman you know very well.

So he really needs no introduction at all.

His name is Stu Francis from...

APPLAUSE

BOTH: Crackerjack! CHEERING

SIMON LAUGHS I've been longing for years

to do that. You look terrific. Do you? Welcome to Top Of The Pops.

Thank you. It's very nice to be here. Ooh, Top Of The Pops!

I could crush a grape. Wonderful.

Right, you've got some good news, I think, for everybody at BBC.

We've got some fabulous news from Crackerjack.

Yeah, from the Krankies, Jan, Michelle and myself,

because we are now playing to 8 million viewers.

That is fantastic. A round of applause for Crackerjack

and the 8 million people watching. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

You also have in your hot, little hand something that looks remarkably

like a record. Yes, we brought you a little Christmas present

because - from Crackerjack - this is one of our major prizes this week.

And it's the new Top Of The Pops LP.

Wow! Thanks! What's on it? Who's on it?

Why don't you see for yourself, because it's in the shops right now.

Fantastic. Even better. Thank you very much indeed.

It's also got legs on the front, which is lovely.

Legs and Co. The new Top Of The Pops album. And, listen,

what I'm going to do for you now...

(What are you going to do for me?)

Only the chart rundown from 30 to 20.

Fabulous.

Young and Company are straight in at number 30.

Down goes to Gilbert O'Sullivan to 29.

Down, Showaddywaddy at 28.

George Benson is down to 27.

Up goes Rod Stewart to 26.

And here's Kate Bush on her way down to 25.

Kelly Marie is down to 24.

And Madness, down to 23.

Up go Kool and the Gang to 22.

And Ottawan is down to 21.

John Lennon has made it into the 20 at number 20.

And here to show you how it looks, Legs and Company.

APPLAUSE

# Our life together

# Is so precious

# Together

# We have grown

# We have grown

# Although our love Ooh

# Is still special

# Let's take a chance Aah

# And fly away Aah!

# Somewhere

# Alone Ooh

# It's been so long since we took the time

# No-one's to blame I know time flies so quickly

# But when I see you darling

# It's like we both are falling

# In love again

# It'll be just like starting over

# Over

# Starting over

# Over

# Everyday we used to make it love

# Why can't we be making love nice and easy?

# Ooh

# Aah

# It's time to spread our wings

# Don't let another day go by

# My love

# It'll be just like starting over

# Over

# Starting over

# Why don't we take off alone?

# Take a trip somewhere far, far away

# We'll be together all alone again

# Like we used to in the early days

# Well, well, darling

# It's been too long since we took the time

# No-one's to blame I know time flies so quickly

# Ooh

# Aah But when I see you darling

# It's like we both start falling

# In love again

# It'll be just like starting over

# Over

# Starting over Over

# Look out! Our lives...

APPLAUSE

# Together. #

Wow, that's Legs and Co.

A beautiful version of John Lennon's new single.

Let's have a look at what's happening

in the lower reaches of the top 20 this week.

And down go Air Supply to number 19.

Down, as well, goes Sheena Easton to number 18.

Livvy and Cliff have slipped to number 17.

And the Nolans are down to number 16.

Motorhead, though, are up to 15.

UB40 are up to 14.

And, biggest jump of the week...

it's ABBA at 13.

Roxy Music, they're up to 12.

And down go Matchbox. To number 11.

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

This lady comes from the Isle of Wight. And I have to tell you,

and tell you something, there are five young guys from Islington,

who are causing a real buzz in the music industry.

And we've got them on Top Of The Pops tonight.

Their names, collectively, are Spandau Ballet.

And the single title is To Cut A Long Story Short.

Have a listen to this. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

# A soldier is turning

# See him through white light

# Running from strangers

# Oh, war upon war

# Heat upon heat

# To cut a long story short

# I lost my mind

# Sitting on a park bench

# Years away from fighting

# And to cut a long story short

# I lost my mind

# Standing in the dark

# Oh, I was waiting for the man to come

# I am beautiful and clean

# And so very, very young

# To be standing in the street

# To be taken by

# Someone

# Standing in the dark

# Oh, I was waiting for man to come

# I am beautiful and clean

# And so very, very young

# To be standing in the street

# To be taken by

# Someone

# Questions, questions

# Give me no answers

# That's all they ever give me

# Questions, questions

# Oh, look at the strange boy

# He finds it hard existing

# Oh, to cut a long story short

# I lost my mind

# Oh, to cut a long story short

# I lost my...

# Mind! #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

Keep your ears open for the Spandau. And it's good.

Right, now what I have to tell you now is something that's amazed

even the record company... ABBA MUSIC PLAYS

..which belongs to ABBA, because they have gone to number 13.

It's the biggest jump of the week for any group.

And this is the first time you'll have seen this film

for Super Trouper.

# Cos somewhere in the crowd, there's you

# I was sick and tired of everything

# When I called you last night from Glasgow

# All I do is eat and sleep and sing

# Wishing every show was the last show

# So imagine I was glad to hear you're coming

# Suddenly I feel all right

# And it's gonna be so different

# When I'm on the stage tonight

# Tonight the Super Trouper lights are gonna find me

# Shining like the sun

# Smiling having fun

# Feeling like a number one

# Tonight the Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me

# But I won't feel blue

# Super Trouper

# Like I always do

# Cos somewhere in the crowd there's you

# Facing 20,000 of your friends

# How can anyone be so lonely?

# Part of a success that never ends

# Still I'm thinking about you only

# There are moments when I think I'm going crazy

# But it's gonna be all right

# You'll soon be changing everything

# Everything will be so different when I'm on the stage tonight

# Tonight the Super Trouper lights are gonna find me

# Shining like the sun

# Smiling having fun

# Super Trouper

# Feeling like a number one

# Tonight the Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me

# But I won't feel blue

# Super Trouper

# Like I always do

# Cos somewhere in the crowd there's you

# So I'll be there when you arrive

# The sight of you will prove to me I'm still alive

# And when you take me in your arms

# And hold me tight

# I know it's gonna mean so much tonight

# Tonight the Super Trouper lights are gonna find me

# Shining like the sun

# Smiling having fun

# Feeling like a number one

# Tonight the Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me

# But I won't feel blue

# Like I always do

# Cos somewhere in the crowd there's you

# Tonight the Super Trouper lights are gonna find me

# Shining like the sun

# Smiling having fun

# Tonight the Super Trouper beams are gonna blind me... #

CHEERING

So, ABBA at number 13, but how does the Top Ten look?

Kind of sad, but a sad song is sliding down the charts

to number ten - Odyssey and If You're Looking For A Way Out.

# Don't kiss me again

# Cos I'm dying

# To keep you from running away... #

# Cos I never knew love like this before... #

Stephanie Knowles, Never Knew Love Like This Before

goes up to number nine.

# Cos I never knew love like this before... #

And up go Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark with Enola Gay.

They climb one place this week to number eight.

# Oh, it can't describe

# The feeling and the way you lied... #

Dog Eat Dog and Adam And The Ants are down to number seven.

Here's Bowie - Fashion is up two places to number six.

And the Quo are down to number five with What You're Proposing.

# Just once or twice

# And not disclosin'... #

# I could be so good for you... #

Up goes Dennis Waterman

and I Could Be So Good For You to number four,

and it's his own song.

# I'd do anything for you

# I'd be so good for you... #

# I love you, yes I do... #

And Bad Manners with Special Brew,

last week they were number three,

this week they're number three.

# Every day when I say that I'm not gonna take any more... #

And for those people who thought that Barbra Streisand would be

at the top till Christmas, you're wrong,

she's number two with Woman In Love

and Kris Kristofferson and Ryan O'Neal.

# What do I do? #

And a new number one and a great lady, it's Debbie Harry, Blondie

and The Tide Is High, at number one.

# The tide is high but I'm holdin' on

# I'm gonna be your number one

# I'm not the kinda girl

# Who gives up just like that

# But it's the way you do the things you do to me

# I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that

# But I'll wait my dear till it's my turn

# I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that

# Oh, no

# The tide is high but I'm holdin' on

# Number one

# Every girl wants you to be her man

# But I'll wait my dear till it's my turn

# I'm not the kinda girl who gives up just like that

# Oh, no

# The tide is high but I'm holdin' on

# I'm gonna be your number one

# Number one

# The tide is high... #

Right, it's Blondie at number one this week,

see next week whether she's number one on Top Of The Pops.

Ray and Dennis from Dr Hook, thank you.

Join us on Radio 1 before Christmas? And we will look forward to

your tour. Thank you very much indeed for coming in.

Pleasure, Simon. Thank you for watching, and we'll

leave you with Young And Co, from Top Of The Pops, goodnight!

Come here...

MUSIC: I Like What You're Doing To Me by Young And Company

# You make me happy when we're together

# I'm talkin' about you

# You send chills up and down and up and down my spine

# Make it last forever

# The love you give to me is like heaven... #