15/02/1979 Top of the Pops

Welcome to Top Of The Pops and what better way to start the show

than with a chart rundown? Here's the Bee Gees

and their new smash hit, Tragedy.

MUSIC: "Tragedy" by Bee Gees

# Here I lie in a lost and lonely part of town

# Held in time, in a world of tears I slowly drown

# Goin' home, I just can't make it all alone

# I really should be holding you

# Holding you

# Loving you, loving you

# Tragedy

# When the feeling's gone and you can't go on

# It's tragedy

# When the morning cries and you don't know why it's hard to bear... #

APPLAUSE

MUSIC: "Honey, I'm Lost" by The Dooleys

# Ahhh

# Love, you're a part of me

# A very special part of me

# Can't think of livin'

# All on my own

# Cos love's such a fleeting emotion

# So, don't let us throw it away

# You're the one in my life

# And you know what I'm trying to say

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

-# Without you

-Without you, Honey

# No-one needs you quite like I do

# Honey, I'm lost without you by my side

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

-# Without you

-Without you, Honey

# I really got a something about you

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

# Without you in my life

# Here in my life

# Love, you're inside of me

-# On the left and on the right of me

-Ahhh

# So good together

# But no good apart

# Cos you got a strange fascination

# Now that I'm under your spell

# I can honestly say

# It was love from the moment I fell

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

-# Without you

-Without you, Honey

# No-one needs you quite like I do

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

# Without you by my side

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

-# Without you

-Without you, Honey

# I really got a something about you

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

# Without you in my life

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

-# Without you

-Without you, Honey

# And no-one needs you quite like I do

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

# Without you by my side

-# No, no, Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

-# Without you

-Without you, Honey

# You know, I really got a something about you

-# Honey, I'm lost

-I'm lost

# Without you in my life. #

APPLAUSE

Yeah, you're right. You did catch me singing on that.

That's The Dooleys and "Honey, I'm Lost."

Something for everybody tonight. No exception to the rule, number 11,

it's Generation X and "King Rocker."

# Jailhouse rocker roots training down in Memphis

# Well, Liverpool Johnny rocks out round Paul's place

# Seconds away as the rhythm comes down

# Well, king faces king in the ring for the crown

# Oh

# King Rocker

# King Rocker

# Rock, rock, rock

# King Kong

# King Kong

# Elvis from the body shakes from the hipbone

# Quarry St 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, King Kong, King Kong

# Round three, Ali buzzin' like a bee,

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

# Round four, one more, 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 four-two

# For a rematch in heaven if they ever come through

# Gotta see this fight right through till the last round

# Well, follow the man who's puttin' out the boss sound

# One of these days, 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. # APPLAUSE

Told you so! That's Billy Idol with the blond hair

and "King Rocker" from Generation X at number 11.

And now, for you back at home,

what more could we want than "Contact" with Legs & Co.

MUSIC: "Contact" by Edwin Starr

-# Contact

-Across the crowded disco room

# Through a maze of dancing people

# She sits so quiet and all alone

# Wanting to catch the disco fever

# And then she raised her head

# Her eyes caught mine and that was all that I needed

# In her eyes I saw the need for love

# The warm, soft feeling, cos we made...

# Eye to eye contact

-# Eye to eye contact

-Ow, ow, oh, yeah

# Eye to eye contact

# We made

-# Eye to eye contact

-You and me

# Contact

# You're lookin' at me

# I was looking at you

# You were looking at me

# Across the crowded disco room

# Oh, your eyes told me the story

# My heart was beating like the drum

# As I fought my way over

# I never took my eyes away from yours

# Not even for a moment

# What I saw in your eyes made me realise

# You I wanted

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Eye to eye contact

# We made eye to eye contact

# Ow, ow, yeah

# Eye to eye contact

-# We made

-Eye to eye contact

# You and me

# I was looking at you

# You were looking at me

# I was looking at you

# You were looking at me

# Contact! #

APPLAUSE

Hey, hey! Thank you, Legs.

Edwin Starr and "Contact" at number six. OK. All well?

Good, good, because here is Alan Price.

We welcome him to Top Of The Pops, a new entry at 39

and it's "Baby Of Mine."

MUSIC: "Baby Of Mine" by Alan Price

# Baby of mine, please believe me

# When I say

# I've settled down

# Take no note

# Of jealous people

# I've always had them

# Putting me down

-# Baby of mine

-Baby of mine

# I've been in trouble

# I've let my heart

# Run over my head

-# Baby of mine

-Baby of mine

# I won't leave you

# And I will take you

# To my bed

SAXOPHONE SOLO

# And I just couldn't do it any more

# No, you can't get no lower than the floor

# And the effort may be there

# But when no-one seems to care

# You just can't do it any more

-# Oh, baby of mine

-Baby of mine

# At last I've found you

# And I can never let you go

-# Oh, baby of mine

-Baby of mine

# Please believe me

# When I say

# That I love you so

-# I love you so

-Ahhh

# Ahhh

# Yes, I love you so

# Ahhh

-# Yes, I love you so

-So

-# So

-So

# So, so bad

# Baby, yes, you know I love

# I love you so, oh-oh

# Ahhh. #

APPLAUSE

Especially for Valentine's Day, "Baby Of Mine",

that was beautiful, Alan Price. If this is Peaches, that makes me Herb.

I don't dig that. Shake your groove thing!

MUSIC: "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb

# Shake it, shake it

# Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah

# Show 'em how we do it now

# Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah

# Show 'em how we do it now, show 'em how we do it now

# Let's show the world we can dance

# Bad enough to strut our stuff

# The music gives us a chance

# We do more out on the floor

# Groovin' loose or heart to heart

# We put in motion every single part

# Funky sounds wall to wall

# We're bumpin' booties, havin' us a ball, y'all

# Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah

# Show 'em how we do it now

# Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah

# Show 'em how we do it now

# We got the rhythm tonight

# All the rest know we're the best

# Our shadows crash in the light

# Twistin', turnin', we keep burnin'

# Shake it high or shake it low

# We take our bodies where they wanna go

# Feel that beat, never stop

# Oh, hold me tight, spin me like a top

# Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah

# Show 'em how we do it now

# Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah

# Show 'em how we do it now

# There's nothing more that I'd like to do

# Than take the floor and dance with you

# Keep dancin', let's keep dancin'... #

APPLAUSE

Hey! "Shake Your Groove Thing,"

that's Peaches & Herb, number 30 in the chart.

And something which is very remarkable for us.

"Stop Your Sobbing." Sobbing, us? No way! Here's The Pretenders.

# It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing

# Yes, it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing

# Oh, oh, oh

# There's one thing you gotta do

# To make me still want you

# Gotta stop sobbing now

# Yeah, yeah

# Stop it, stop it

# It is time for you to laugh instead of crying

# Yes, it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying

# Oh, oh, oh

# There's one thing you gotta do

# To make me still want you

# Gotta stop sobbing now

# Yeah, yeah, stop it, stop it

# Each little tear that falls from your eyes

# Makes, makes me want

# To take you in my arms and tell you

# To stop all your sobbing

# Ah, ah, ah, ah

# Ah, ah, ah, ah

# Ah, ah, ah, ah

# Ah, ah, ah, ah

# There's one thing you gotta do

# To make me still want you

# And there's one thing you gotta know

# To make me want you so

# Gotta stop sobbing now

# Gotta stop sobbing now, yeah, yeah

# Stop it, stop it

# Gotta stop sobbing now

# Gotta stop sobbing now, oh, stop it, stop it

# Gotta stop sobbing now, oh, stop it, stop it

# Gotta stop sobbing now, stop it, stop it

# Stop it, stop it, stop it

# Stop it, stop sobbing, stop sobbing

# Stop it, stop it

# Gotta stop sobbing, gotta stop sobbing

# Stop it, stop it, stop it

# Gotta stop sobbing, oh, gotta stop sobbing, oh

# Stop it, stop it, stop it

# Gotta stop sobbing... #

APPLAUSE

Here! No pretence, that one's going to be a hit.

That's Pretenders and "Stop Your Sobbing."

And what do you think of this lot? I will survive, you know.

MUSIC: "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor

# At first I was afraid, I was petrified

# Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side

# But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong

# And I grew strong

# And I learned how to get along

# And so you're back

# From outer space

# I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face

# I should have changed that stupid lock

# I should have made you leave your key

# If I'd have known for just one second you'd be back to bother me

# Go on now, go

# Walk out the door

# Just turn around now

# Cos you're not welcome any more

# Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?

# Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?

# Oh no, not I

# I will survive

# Oh, as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive

# I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give

# And I'll survive

# I will survive

# Hey, hey

# It took all the strength I had not to fall apart

# Kept trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart

# And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself

# I used to cry

# But now I hold my head up high

# And you see me

# Somebody new

# I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you

# And so you felt like dropping in and just expect me to be free

# But now I'm saving all my loving for someone who's loving me

# Go on now, go

# Walk out the door

# Just turn around now

# Cos you're not welcome any more

# Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?

# Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?

# Oh, no, not I

# I will survive

# Oh, as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive

# I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give

# And I'll survive

# I will survive

# Oh...

# Go on now, go

# Walk out the door

# Just turn around now

# Cos you're not welcome any more

# Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye?

# Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?

# Oh no, not I

# I will survive

# Oh, as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive

# I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give... #

APPLAUSE

Roller disco with Gloria Gaynor at 21. That's a good number.

There's one other number which is a lucky number and,

I'll tell you what, I've been waiting for this - Lene Lovich!

MUSIC: "Lucky Number" by Lene Lovich

# Udy, udy, udy, udy, udy, udy

# I never used to cry cos I was all alone

# For me, myself and I is all I've ever known

# I never felt the need to have a hand to hold

# In everything I do I take complete control

# That's where I'm coming from

# My lucky number's one

# I've everything I need to keep me satisfied

# There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind

# I'm having so much fun

# My lucky number's one

# Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

# Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay...

# I now detect an alien vibration here

# There's something in the air besides the atmosphere

# The object of the action is becoming clear

# An imminent attack upon my heart I fear

# The evidence is strong

# My lucky number's wrong

# Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

# Something tells me my lucky number's gonna be changing soon

# Something tells me lucky number's gonna be oweoweoweoweoweowe...

# You certainly do have a strange effect on me

# I never thought that I could feel the way I feel

# There's something in your eyes gives me a wild idea

# I never want to be apart from you, my dear

# I guess it must be true

# My lucky number's two

# This rearrangement suits me now, I must confess

# The number one was dull and number two is best

# I wanna stay with you

# My Lucky Number's two

# Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

# Number two...

# Number two...

# Number two. #

APPLAUSE

How does she do it? Ooh, uh... No way. I can't do it.

But one thing is absolutely certain,

at number three, it's Three Degrees and they are,

of course, in love. It's "Woman In Love."

MUSIC: "Woman In Love" by The Three Degrees

# It's the same old story

# You care, but you don't love me

# Though I know it, it still hurts to hear the truth

# Don't expect me to forget you, I love you

# And I can't hold back the love I want to give to you

# I know it isn't easy I understand you're leaving

# And I'm happy just to see you when I can

# Do you understand my reasons? I love you

# And a woman in love loves only one man

# Just give me love when you can

# If you need me

# A woman in love will understand

# And I'll give you all that I have, completely

# A woman in love needs only one man

# So, don't be sorry, baby

# I guess you think I'm crazy

# But to be there when you want me is enough

# I'm not a child, I'm a woman

# I love you, and I'll always be around when you need a woman's love

# So, you see, it's the same old story

# You care, but you don't love me

# Though I know it, it still hurts to hear the truth

# I'm no child, I'm a woman

# I love you, and I'll always be around when you need a woman's love

# Just give me love when you can, if you need me

# A woman in love will understand

# And I'll give you all that I have, completely

# A woman in love needs only one man

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Just give me love when you can, if you need me... #

APPLAUSE

I wish I could.

Three Degrees and "Woman In Love." I told you earlier we've got

something for everybody and you bet we have

because let's go into the valley and here are The Skids!

MUSIC: "Into The Valley" by The Skids

# Into the valley

# Betrothed and divine

# Realisations no virtue

# But who can define

# Why soldiers go marching

# Those masses a line

# This disease is catching

# From victory to stone

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Land, sea and sky

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Boy, man and soldier

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Deceived and then punctured

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Long may they die

# Out of concealment

# Blank and stark eyed

# Why so uncertain

# This culture deceives

# Prophesised, brainwashed

# Tomorrow's demise

# All systems failing

# The placards unroll

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Land, sea and sky

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Boy, man and soldier

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Deceived and then punctured

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Long may they die

# Time for the audit

# The gathering trial

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

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

# Collector's dilemma

# Repositioned and filed

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Land, sea and sky

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Boy, man and soldier

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Deceived and then punctured

-# Ahoy! Ahoy!

-Long may they die

# Into the valley

# Betrothed and divine

# Realisations no virtue

# But who can define

# Why soldiers go marching

# Those masses a line

# This disease is catching

# From victory to stone

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

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

# Into the valley

# Betrothed and divine... #

APPLAUSE

You've got to catch him first!

That's The Skids and "Into The Valley",

and now on Top Of The Pops, it's number one time

and they're there again, it's Blondie and "Heart Of Glass."

MUSIC: "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie

# Once I had a love and it was a gas

# Soon turned out had a heart of glass

# Seemed like the real thing only to find

# Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

# Once I had a love and it was divine

# Soon found out I was losing my mind

# It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind

# Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

# In-between what I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine

# Love is so confusing there's no peace of mind

# If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good

# You teasing like you do

# Once I had a love and it was a gas

# Soon turned out had a heart of glass

# Seemed like the real thing only to find

# Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind

# Lost inside

# Adorable illusion and I cannot hide

# I'm the one you're using please don't push me aside

# We coulda made it cruising, yeah

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

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

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

# Yeah, ridin' high

# On love's true bluish light

# Ooh-ooh-ooh whoa

# Ooh-ooh-ooh whoa

# Ooh-ooh-ooh whoa

# Ooh-ooh-ooh whoa. # APPLAUSE

Woo! Debbie, you are great and that was number one, "Heart Of Glass."

Just to show you, there's no discrimination on this show,

from the lads and me, good night. See you around for another edition

of Top Of The Pops. Till next week, have yourselves a good night. Bye-bye.

MUSIC: "Cool Meditation" by Third World

# Yeah-hey-hey-hey-hey

# Yeah-hey-hey

# Sunshine in the morning

# And the city smog gets close

# Problems stay behind, music on my mind

# As I'm heading for the coast

# To get some cool meditation

# To get some cool meditation

# Some of my brothers in the city

# They have taken to the gun

# But I'm a living, working man

# And I love my natural thoughts

# Cool meditation

# I need to get some cool meditation

# I got to get away

# Yeah-hey-hey-hey-hey-hey

# Get away

# Yeah-hey-hey-hey

# Get away...

HARMONICA PLAYS

# Whoa, whoa

# Whoa, whoa

HARMONICA PLAYS

-# Whoa, whoa

-Get away... #