17/01/1985 Top of the Pops

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hi, how are you doing? Welcome to Top Of The Pops.

Hope you're warm, hope you're well.

We've got a very busy show for you tonight, haven't we, Pete?

We have indeed. To start us, a Dutch duo called The Limit,

who've got a record which is at 19, going up 18 places.

And it's called Say Yeah.

CHEERING

# Baby, lookin' at you

# It takes me back in time

# Lately I've been dreamin'

# You've been on my mind

# I can still see

# You beside me

# You ask me

# Do I love you?

# I couldn't help it if I tried

# Love was so unfair

# We had to row against the tide

# Partners in crime

# Way down the line

# So many memories

# How sweet the love can be

# I do, I do

# Really love you

-BOTH:

-# Wanna hear you say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say that you love me Say that you care

# Say that we'll always have a love to share

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Baby, I'm for real

# Tell me, do you feel like I do?

# Nothing can conceal

# All my love is waiting for you

# Maybe this time

# Tell me you're mine

# Wanna hear you say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say that you love me Say that you care

# Say that we'll always have a love to share

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# So many memories

# Ah

# Wanna hear you say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say that you love me Say that you care

# Say that we'll always have a love to share

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# So many memories

# How sweet the love can be

# I do, I do

# Really love you

# Wanna hear you say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah

# Say that you love me Say that you care

# Say that we'll always have a love to share

# Say-ay-ay-ay yeah... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's The Limit and friends, and one of those friends is Hayward.

You might have recognised her.

OK, one of the bands who are succeeding in '85 are Prince.

With 1999, a double A-sider, the highest new entry at 13!

# I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray

# But when I woke up this mornin', could've sworn it was judgment day

# The sky was all purple There were people runnin' everywhere

# Tryin' to run from the destruction

# You know I didn't even care

# Say say two thousand zero zero party over, oops, out of time

# So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999

# I was dreamin' when I wrote this So sue me if I go too fast

# But life is just a party and parties weren't meant to last

# War is all around us My mind says prepare to fight

# So if I gotta die I'm gonna listen to my body tonight

# Yeah hey

# They say two thousand zero zero party over

# Oops, out of time

# So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999

# Yeah, yeah, hey

# People, let me tell you somethin'

# If you didn't come to party

# Don't bother knockin' on my door

# Oww

# I got a lion in my pocket

# And, baby, he's ready to roar

# Yeah hey

# Everybody's got a bomb

# We could all die any day

# Oh

# But before I let that happen

# I'll dance my life away

# Oh ho

# They say two thousand zero zero party over

# Oops, out of time

# We're runnin' out of time

# So tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999

# Say it one more time

# Two thousand zero zero party over

# Oops, out of time

# Yeah, yeah... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Prince and 1999. Great to see that back in the charts again.

Well, the last time this next person was on Top Of The Pops,

that was way back in 1979 with a song called Light My Fire.

This week, she's climbed up 22 places to number 17,

a beautiful song called Friends. She's beautiful as well.

Here's Amii Stewart.

# Come on, my friend

# And leave your caution to the wind

# I know we used to keep that feeling out of sight

# It's getting stronger

# I feel it burning in my mind

# Slowly teasing me It's growing deep inside

# Come on and lay your tender lips down on my skin

# Show me how sweet and easy it can be

# And let us stick together and make it happen

# I won't think it over again

# Take you to the top

# Tell me every hidden thought

# Come on let me love you again

# Do the best I can

# Make me tremble with your breath

# Come on, my friend

# And leave your caution way behind

# I wanna love your body till the morning light

# Ooh watch me, my friend

# I feel you reachin' in my mind

# Though I know we'll be in love just for one night

# I keep on trying to change my point of view again

# But everything it seems to be the same

# I want you where you are now

# Don't wanna lose you

# I won't think it over again

# Take you to the top

# Tell me every hidden thought

# Come on let me love you again

# Do the best I can

# Make me tremble with your breath

# Lay your tender lips down on my skin

# Show me how sweet and easy it can be

# And let us stick together and make it happen

-# Oooh

-Take me to the top

-# Take me to the, take me to the...

-Take me to the top... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Every time me drive me car police a stop me superstar

# True me drive a Fiat and a Mercs

# Sell weh me Lancia

# So more time when me go a East London fe check some Cockneys

# Them a tell me to produce insurance, licence and MOT.

# But me say

# Police Officer, no give me producer

# Police Officer, no bother give me producer

# Police Officer, no give me producer

# Police Officer, no bother give me producer

# To everybody in the dance, I dedicate this style, yah

# Whether you a lawbreaker or you a informer

# You could be a PC, CID or a inspector

# Me no charge for murder

# Failing to produce is weh me charge for, so

# Police Officer, no give me producer

# Police Officer, no bother give me producer

# Ca' me a Smiley Culture

# Used to drive up a Lancia

# And me a drive car from me a teenager

# Police Officer, me is a expert driver

# So if you see me no shout and no holler

# No stand up in the road with a torch and try pull me over

# Ca' if it's a dark night by yourself you will get run over

# No come behind me in a Rover and start flash your flasher

# Or come rev rev rev it beside me 'pon your scooter

# Ca' me is a man who would a just drive faster

# And when me feel like it me would a pull up on a corner

# Before you ask any question me already have an answer

# And any answer you get me wan' you know it would be formula so

# Police Officer, no give me producer

# Police Officer, no bother give me producer

# Police Officer, no give me producer

# Police Officer, no bother give me producer

# On me way a People's Club me pass through Victoria

# And through me a entertainer say no tax 'pon me window

# As me go through the lights the whole road take over

# And as me drive nearer could see clearer it was a Black Maria

# With six or seven plain clothes police officers

# Them didn't look the type of police me could give a fiver

# First thing that come into me head

# Good thing me hide me ganja!

# Next thing that happen them a wave, in other words pull me over

# All me could a do is sigh and shrug me shoulder

# And as them approach me start wind down me window

# Me a go tell you how me answer

# Every question them fire

# Well, wha wha wha what's your name then son?

# My name Smiley Culture

# Yeah, where do you think you're coming from, lad?

# From seeing me mother

# What's the registration number of the car then?

# I can't remember What you got in the boot then, son?

# A cassette recorder

# Would you like to have a look?

# Shut your bloody mouth We ask you answer

# Now take the keys out of the car and step out of the motor

# Me and my colleagues have got a few questions to ask ya

# You'll be on your way as soon as we get an answer

# As me come out of the car me a think and me a wonder

# What police officer could want with Smiley Culture

# Ca' with them search them a search the interior

# But whatever them look for me hiding place superior

# But the way them a-search me had to ask them what them a look for

# But me try handle them coarse Them just handle me coarser

# Then one draw handcuff Put him hand 'pon me shoulder

# And say We ain't got time to waste

# We don't think you have neither

# Just give us what we want - the real sensimania

# Me never had no choice me draw out me ganja

# As me do that start rub them hands together

# One say Shall we put him in the van or in the back of the Rover?

# Me say You can't do that ca' me name Smiley Culture

# You what? Did you do that record Cockney Translator?

# In the reggae charts number one was its number

# My kids love it and so does my mother!

# Tell you what I'll do?

# A favour for a favour

# Just sign your autograph on this piece of paper

# Me cut him short and just draw out me Parker

# 'Pon the producer me just sign Smiley Culture

# Then never lie

# Them never bother

# Arrest me or take me ganja! #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Smiley Culture. I just don't know how he can remember all those words.

Well, a few minutes ago, we saw Amii Stewart.

She went up 22 places in the charts this week.

So has this next guy -

Russ Abbot, Atmosphere, at number 18.

# Oh, what an atmosphere

# I love a party with a happy atmosphere

# So let me take you there

# And you and I'll be dancin' in the cool night air

# Well we're at the dancin' party

# And you're out there havin' fun

# And your girl is there beside you

# And you feel like number one

# So get your body movin'

# Cos tonight has just begun

# Oh-oh-oh, let it go

# Whoa, let it show

# Aaah

# Oh, what an atmosphere

# I love a party with a happy atmosphere

# So let me take you there

# And you and I'll be dancin' in the cool night air

# Oh, oh

# Oh, what an atmosphere

# I love a party with a happy atmosphere

# Yeah, mmm

# Music everywhere

# And soon we'll be dancin' in the cool night air

# Now we're out here all together

# Everybody's hand in hand

# We can make it last forever

# When we're dancin' with the gang

# Well, you've got your favourite records

-# And Frankie's got his band

-Huh!

# Oh-oh-oh, let it go

# Whoa, let it show

# Aaah

# Oh, what an atmosphere

# I love a party with a happy atmosphere

# So let me take you there

# And you and I'll be dancin' in the cool night air

# Oh, oh

# Oh, what an atmosphere

# I love a party with a happy atmosphere

# Mmm, yeah

# Music everywhere

# And soon we'll be dancin' in the cool night air

# Oh, what an atmosphere

# I love a party with a happy atmosphere

# So let me take you there

# And you and I'll be dancin' in the cool night air

# Oh, oh

# Oh, what an atmosphere

# I love a party with a happy atmosphere, yeah... #

That's Russ Abbot and a party video.

Now on February 11, it's a date which is really important

to the British record industry,

because the British record industry's awards for 1984

will take place on that day.

Now the Top Of The Pops has its own award,

and the event is going to be covered this Sunday by BBC One and Radio 1.

The award that Top Of The Pops is involved in

is for the Best British Video for 1984.

And you may have your own suggestions

as to what kind of videos you'd like to get that award.

What we'd like you to do is have a look at one or two of the ideas

we've got together, and see if this helps you make your decision.

We want your votes. The address coming later.

OK, there's one or two suggestions. You may have better ideas.

It's your votes we're after, and here's the address

for Best British Video to...

Postcards only. Closing date...

And now back to the charts in Britain for this week.

The most important part of Top Of The Pops

is this week's Top 40.

And there's a new entry at number 40 for Cashmere, Can I.

At 39, the Wild Boys, that's Duran Duran.

A chart entry at 38, the Art of Noise and Close To The Edit.

New entry at 37 is Loverboy from Billy Ocean.

A chart entry at 36,

Bruce Springsteen and Dancing In The Dark.

New entry at 35, Just A Shadow from Big Country.

A chart entry at 34, I Hear Talk, that's from Bucks Fizz.

At 33, Round And Round go Spandau Ballet.

At 32, Nick Kershaw and The Riddle.

A chart entry at 31 is Neutron Dance from The Pointer Sisters.

And at number 30, Murray Head, One Night In Bangkok.

Another chart entry at 29, Yah-Mo Be There, James Ingram.

A new entry at 28, Chaka Khan and This Is My Night.

A chart entry at 27 is Solid from Ashford & Simpson.

Going up to 26, Imagination and Thank You My Love.

At 25, Invisible, Alison Moyet.

24 this week, Kool & The Gang and Fresh.

At 23, Lay Your Hands On Me, that's the Thompson Twins.

Up to number 22, ZZ Top and Sharp Dressed Man.

A chart entry at 21, Love And Pride, that's King.

At number 20 is Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Power Of Love.

Going up at 19, Say Yeah from The Limit.

Up 22 places to number 18, Russ Abbot and Atmosphere.

Going up at 17, Friends, Amii Stewart.

At 16, Bronski Beat, It Ain't Necessarily So.

At 15, San Damiano (Heart And Soul) from Sal Solo.

The Toy Dolls and Nellie The Elephant are at number 14.

And a new entry at 13, 1999, that's Prince.

Going up three to 12, Smiley Culture, Police Officer.

And at 11, We All Stand Together

from Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus.

Well, I think you've got to agree, an excellent Top 40 this week,

with some very good chart entries as well.

Well, I hope you're enjoying Top Of The Pops tonight.

I know you're going to enjoy this, because we're going to take a look

at each of the top ten singles right now.

And at number ten, going up 22 places,

those two girls from Liverpool,

Strawberry Switchblade and Since Yesterday.

# When tomorrow comes you'll wish

# You had today

# And as we sit here alone

# Looking for a reason to go on

# It's so clear that all we have now

# Are our thoughts of yesterday... #

Well, quite incredibly, for the last five weeks,

Paul Young has been at number nine in the charts

with Everything Must Change.

And it hasn't!

# Like a world, this Earth and seasons

# Everything must change

# Oh, they must change

# Change... #

And this week at number eight,

going up three places to get there on Top Of The Pops,

Grandmaster and Melle Mel, and Step Off!

# Chaka Khan, let me rock you, let me rock you, Chaka Khan, I said

# Let me rock you, that's all I want to do

# Chaka Khan, let me rock you Let me rock you, Chaka Khan I said

# Let me rock you cos I feel for you

# Chaka Khan, won't you tell me what you want to do?

# Do you feel for me the way I feel for you?

# Chaka Khan, let me tell you what I want to do

# I want to love you, want to hug you, want to squeeze you too

# So let me take me in your arms let me fill you with my charms, Chaka

# Cos you know that I'm the one to keep you warm, Chaka

# I'll make you more than just a physical spell

# I want to rock you, Chaka baby, cos my name is Melle Mel

# Step, step, step, step, step off

# Because you got to get lost

# Because you know you're soft, uh-huh

# Step, step, step, step, step off

# Because you got to get lost

# Because you know you're soft

# I was sittin' on the corner just a-wastin' my time

# When I realised I was the king of the rhyme

# I got on the microphone and what do you see?

# Huh, the rest was my legacy

# I was born to be the king of the be-bop swing

# To have stallions and medallions, big diamond rings

# I own a castle and a yacht, two million in gold

# Because rap is the game that I control

# I'm like Shakespeare, I'm a pioneer

# Because I made rap somethin' people wanted to hear

# See, before my reign, it was the same old same

# To the ba with the ba that street-talk game

# So if you ever, let me make this clear

# If you ever think that we're steppin' out of here

# You ever think you're gettin' up, down, around or in

# Huh huh, you better think again, my friend

# Because the door is closed and we're in town

# And the only place you can go is down!

# Step, step, step, step, step off

# Well, I'm Keith Cowboy and you're my cow

# So what you MCs gonna do now?

# It's gonna be a slaughter and here's my plan

# You won't even get bread and butter, my man

# Gonna put you on the racks like a pair of slacks

# With another wack rapper tied to your back

# And if you want to hang yourself out to dry

# It's the beautiful round-up in the sky

# I'm the carry-out kid when my trigger's in cock

# I'll be carryin' out bodies stiff as a rock

# Carryin' out a million dollars in my pockets and hand

# But I carry out orders from no man

# Cos anything you want to do, I already did

# You used to see me rock the house when you was a kid

# But in my MC school, my class is packed

# And tricks are for kids so I left your ass back

# The bow-legged brother, there'll never be another

# I buy a mansion for my mother

# The 24/7, the Kool-Aid smile

# Say, Hey, crack a lemon and look at my pile

# Step, step, step, step, step off

# Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft, uh-huh

# Step, step, step, step, step off

# Because you got to get lost

# Because you know you're soft, uh-huh-huh.

# Step, step, step, step, step off

# Because you got to get lost because you know you're soft

# Come on now you know just who I am

# And what I do because I'm in demand

# Because I look good Do you hear, my man?

# And if you can't take that, you chump your old hand

# One girl at a time Get an MC

# So how could you think that you rank with me?

# If you only did your homework, you would surely find

# When Scorp' get girls they all be fine

# And the only girl that you could take of mine

# Is the one that I left way behind

# And plus you're cheap, you're petty, your music is trash

# You need to go to the bank and get some cash

# Because talkin' don't pay, you're driftin' away

# When I see you on the stage

# I'm-a blow you away You're right

# There is no diff between me and you

# Except I look good and you look through

# Take that. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Excellent. Grandmaster and Melle Mel and Step Off.

Want to see them live? They're touring the UK in February.

Right now, let's get back to the top ten.

And going up one place to number seven,

Ray Parker Jr and Ghostbusters.

# I ain't afraid of no ghost... #

At number six this week, going up 28 places,

making it the highest climber and surely a future number one,

Elaine Paige and Barbara Dixon, and I Know Him So Well.

# He won't be mine

# Didn't I know

# How it would go?

# If I knew from the start

# Why am I falling apart?

# Wasn't it good?

# Wasn't he fine?

# Isn't it madness

# He won't be mine?

# But in the end he needs a little bit more than me

# More security

# He needs his fantasy and freedom

# I know him so well... #

Good news, gone up another two places to number five.

The superb Tears for Fears and Shout.

# ..I can do without

# Come on

# I'm talking to you

# Come on

# Shout, shout

# Let it all out

# These are the things I can do without

# Come on... #

Going down one at number four, but number one in America,

so she must be quite happy.

It's Madonna and Like A Virgin.

# Like a virgin... #

It's been number two for a long time.

This week, down one place to number three.

"Wham!", with Everything She Wants and Last Christmas.

# This year, to save me from tears

# I'll give it to someone special... #

At number two, Do They Know It's Christmas?

A lot of people have benefited, but the record's down one.

It's Band Aid.

# Feed the world... #

So that means we have a brand-new number one, and it is Foreigner.

And an absolutely beautiful video and a great track,

and I Want To Know What Love Is.

I'll tell you later.

APPLAUSE

# I've gotta take a little time

# A little time to think things over

# I better read between the lines

# In case I need it when I'm older

# Now this mountain I must climb

# Feels like the world upon my shoulders

# Through the clouds I see love shine

# It keeps me warm as life grows colder

# In my life

# There's been heartache and pain

# I don't know if I can face it again

# Can't stop now I've travelled so far

# To change this lonely life

# I wanna know what love is

# I want you to show me

# I wanna feel what love is

# I know you can show me

# I'm gonna take a little time

# A little time to look around me

# I've got nowhere left to hide

# It looks like love has finally found me

# In my life

# There's been heartache and pain

# I don't know if I can face it again

# I can't stop now

# I've travelled so far

# To change this lonely life

# I wanna know what love is

# I want you to show me

# I wanna feel what love is... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And to take us out, a record going back into the charts at number 26.

Bruce Springsteen, Dancing In The Dark.

-We'll speak to you again next week, bye-bye.

-See you.

# And I ain't got nothing to say

# I come home in the morning

# I go to bed feeling the same way

# I ain't nothing but tired

# Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself

# Hey there, baby

# I could use just a little help

# You can't start a fire

# You can't start a fire without a spark

# This gun's for hire

# Even if we're just dancing in the dark

# Messages keeps getting clearer

# Radio's on and I'm moving round the place

# I check my look in the mirror

# I want to change my clothes, my hair, my face

# Man, I ain't getting nowhere

# I'm just living in a dump like this

# There's something happening somewhere

# Baby, I just know that there is

# You can't start a fire

# You can't start a fire without a spark

# This gun's for hire

# Even if we're just dancing in the dark

# You sit around getting older

# There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me

# I'll shake this world off my shoulders

# Come on, baby, the laugh's on me

# Stay on the streets of this town

# And they'll be carving you up all right

# They say you gotta stay hungry

# Hey, baby, I'm just about starving tonight

# I'm dying for some action

# I'm sick of sitting around here trying to write this book

# I need a love reaction

# Come on now, baby, gimme just one look

# You can't start a fire

# Sitting round crying over a broken heart

# This gun's for hire

# Even if we're just dancing in the dark

# You can't start a fire

# Worrying about your little world falling apart

# This gun's for hire

# Even if we're just dancing in the dark... #