17/05/1979 Top of the Pops

Hi! Take the best from the chart, put it in one programme,

call it Top Of The Pops and here's for starters - Donna Summer!

# Sittin' here, eatin' my heart out, waitin'

# Waitin' for some lover to call

# Dialled about a thousand numbers lately

# Almost rang the phone off the wall

# Lookin' for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin'

# I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight

# I want some hot stuff, baby, this evenin'

# Gotta have some hot stuff

# Gotta have some love tonight

# I need hot stuff. #

APPLAUSE

# Come fly with me

# What are you waiting for?

# Come fly with me

# Don't waste a minute more

# I'll give you my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# You get my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# Go anywhere

# Still you can call on me

# And I'll be there

# Just say the word and see

# I'll give you my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# You get my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# Don't be shy

# I would never hurt you

# I have had my eye on you for such a long, long time

# You know I'm always here if you should need me

# If you want a dream come true

# I'm the one you should see

# I'm waiting here

# For no-one else but you

# Come closer, dear

# That's all you have to do

-BOTH:

-# I'll give you my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# You get my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# I've waited here

# For no-one else but you

# Come closer, dear

# That's all you have to do

-BOTH:

-# I'll give you my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# You get my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# I'll give you my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you

# You get my prime time

# I'm saving my prime time for you.#

APPLAUSE

Prime Time on British TV, that's The Tubes and a good single.

They're currently on tour in Britain, by the way, at the moment.

Now at 24, it's Earth, Wind & Fire and The Emotions,

and Boogie Wonderland.

# Dance

# Boogie wonderland

# Hey, hey

# Dance

# Boogie wonderland

# Midnight creeps so slowly into hearts

# Of men who need more than they get

# Daylight deals a bad hand to a woman who has laid too many bets

# The mirror stares you in the face and says, baby, uh, uh, it don't work

# You say your prayers though you don't care

# You dance and shake the hurt

# Dance

# Boogie wonderland

# Ha, ha

# Dance

# Boogie wonderland

# Sound fly through the night

# I chase my vinyl dreams to boogie wonderland

# I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland

# I find romance when I start to dance in boogie wonderland

# All the love in the world can't be gone

# All the need to be loved can't be wrong

# All the records are playing

# And my heart keeps saying

# Boogie wonderland

# Wonderland

# Dance

# Boogie wonderland

# Ha, ha

-# Dance

-Ooh, ooh, ooh, dance

-# Boogie wonderland

-Ooh, ooh, ooh, dance

# I find romance when I start to dance

# In boogie wonderland

# I find romance when I start to dance

# In boogie wonderland

-# Dance

-Ooh, ooh, ooh, dance

-# Boogie wonderland

-Ooh, ooh, ooh, dance

-# Dance

-Ooh, ooh, ooh, dance

-# Boogie wonderland

-Ooh, ooh, ooh, dance. #

APPLAUSE

It's 24, it's Boogie Wonderland, it's Earth, Wind & Fire.

It's just when it's colour TV, I think we clash just a little bit.

I'm sorry about that. But no clash of course for Blondie.

They went straight into the chart at number ten.

And to our Thursday girls, Legs & Co, and Sunday Girl.

# I know a girl from a lonely street

# Cold as ice cream, but still as sweet

# Dry your eyes, Sunday girl

# Hey, I saw your guy with a different girl

# Looks like he's in another world

# Run and hide, Sunday girl

# Hurry up, hurry up and wait

# I stay away all week and still I wait

# I got the blues, please come see

# What your lovin' means to me

# She can't catch up with the working crowd

# The weekend mood and she's feeling proud

# Live in dreams, Sunday girl

# Baby, I would like to go out tonight

# If I go with you my folks will get uptight

# Stay at home, Sunday girl

# Ooh ooh ooh

# Hey, I saw your guy with a different girl

# Looks like he's in another world

# Run and hide, Sunday girl

# When I saw you again in the summertime

# If your love was as sweet as mine

# I could be Sunday girl

# Hurry up, hurry up and wait

# I stay awake all week and still I wait

# I got the blues, please come see

# What your lovin' means to me

# Hurry up, hurry up hurry up and wait

# I got the blues, please, please

# Please come see what you do to me

# I got the blues

# Hurry up

# Hurry up, hurry up and wait

# Hurry up

# Please come see what you do to me. #

APPLAUSE

Thanks Legs, really tastefully done to Blondie's Sunday Girl.

A new entry at ten.

And really big news in the States,

and, luckily for them, making it here too.

At number 12 it's The Police and a super song called Roxanne.

# Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light

# Those days are over

# You don't have to sell your body to the night

# Roxanne, you don't have to wear that dress tonight

# Walk the streets for money

# You don't care if it's wrong or if it's right

# Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light

# Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

# Oh

# I loved you since I knew ya

# I wouldn't talk down to ya

# I have to tell you just how I feel

# I won't share you with another boy

# I know my mind is made up

# So put away your make up

# Told you once, I won't tell you again, it's a bad way

# Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light

# Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light

# You don't have to put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light,

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light

-# Roxanne

-Put on the red light. #

APPLAUSE

The Police and Roxanne. You've perhaps had a tiring day

and you want to sit back and relax. Well, we can help you to do that,

musically, with number five, currently.

It's Peaches & Herb and Reunited.

# I was a fool to ever leave your side

# Me minus you is such a lonely ride

# That break-up we had has made me lonesome and sad

# I realise I love you cos I want you back, hey, hey

# I spent the evening with the radio

# Regret the moment that I let you go

# Our quarrel was such a way of learning so much

# I know now that I love you cos I need your touch, hey, hey

-BOTH:

-# Reunited and it feels so good

# Reunited cos we understood

# There's one perfect fit and, sugar this one is it

# We both are so excited cos we're reunited, hey, hey

# I sat here starin' at the same old wall

# Came back to life just when I got your call

# I wished I could climb right through the telephone line

# And give you what you want so you would still be mine, hey, hey

# I can't go cheatin', honey, I can't play

# I found it very hard to stay away

# As we reminisce on precious moments like this

# I'm glad we're back together cos I missed your kiss, hey, hey

-BOTH:

-# Reunited and it feels so good

# Reunited cos we understood

# There's one perfect fit and, sugar this one is it

# We both are so excited cos we're reunited, hey, hey. #

APPLAUSE

Peaches & Herb and Reunited.

A bunch of lads here have come all the way Top Of The Pops

to see their favourite band. It's XTC and Life Begins At The Hop.

# I have learnt there's a magical spot at the hop

# Oooh-ooh

# Come with me to the church on the corner, the hop

# Oooh-ooh

# There's nuts and there's crisps and there's c-c-cola on tap

# Oooh-ooh

# Tell me, what do you say?

# Tell me, what do you say?

# I tell you, life begins at the hop

# Boys and girls

# Prepare yourself for the boys in the band at the hop

# Oooh-ooh

# The cheap guitars, they're too young for the bars at the hop

# Oooh-ooh

# We'll jive around, make fools of ourselves and then stop

# Oooh-ooh

# Tell me, what do you say?

# Tell me, what do you say?

# I tell you, life begins at the hop

# Boys and girls

# Tell me, what do you say?

# Tell me, what do you say?

# I tell you, life begins at the hop

# Boys and girls

# I have learnt there's a magical spot at the hop

# Oooh-ooh

# Come with me to the church on the corner, the hop

# Oooh-ooh

# There's nuts and crisps and there's c-c-cola on tap

# Oooh-ooh

# A good time had by those boys and those girls at the hop

# Oooh-ooh

# Tell me, what do you say?

# Tell me, what do you say?

# I tell you, life begins at the hop

# Life begins at the hop. #

APPLAUSE

XTC and Life Begins At The Hop. Some say it begins at 40.

Well, we've got something at two - it's M and Pop Muzik.

# Radio, video

# Boogie with a suitcase

# You're livin' in a disco

# Forget about the rat race

# Let's do the milkshake sellin' like a hotcake

# Try some, buy some fee-fi-fo-fum

# Talk about, pop muzik talk about, pop muzik

-# Shoobie-doobie-do-wop

-I wanna dedicate it

-# Pop-pop-shoo-wop

-Everybody made it

-# Shoobie-doobie-do-wop

-Infiltrate it

-# Pop-pop-shoo-wop

-Activate it

# New York, London, Paris, Munich

# Everybody talk about pop muzik

# Talk about, pop muzik talk about, pop muzik

# Pop, pop, pop, pop muzik pop, pop, pop, pop muzik

# Singing in the subway

# Shuffle with a shoe shine

# Mix me a Molotov

# I'm on the headline

# Wanna be a gun slinger don't be a rock singer

# Eenie-meenie-minie-moe which way you wanna go?

# Talk about, pop muzik talk about, pop muzik

-# Shoobie-doobie-do-wop

-Lyin' in the tree

-# Pop-pop-shoo-wop

-Eenie meenie

-# Shoobie-doobie-do-wop

-Right in betweenie

-# Pop-pop-shoo-wop

-You know what I mean

# Hit it...

# Now you know what to say...

# Talk about, pop muzik

# Talk about

# Pop, pop, pop, pop muzik pop, pop, pop, pop muzik

# All around the world

# Wherever you are

# Dance in the street anything you like

# Do it in your car in the middle of the night

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

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

# Dance in the supermart

# Dig it in the fastlane

# Listen to the countdown

# They're playin' our song again

# I can't get jumping jack I wanna hold, get back

# Moonlight muzak knick-knack-paddy-whack

# Talk about, pop muzik

# Talk about, pop muzik

-# Shoobie-doobie-do-wop

-It's all around you

-# Pop-pop-shoo-wop

-Gonna surround you

-# Shoobie- doobie-do-wop

-It's all around

-# Pop-pop-shoo-wop

-Hit it

# New York, London, Paris, Munich

# Everybody talk about pop muzik

# Talk about, pop muzik

# Talk about, pop muzik

# Pop, pop, pop, pop muzik pop, pop, pop, pop muzik. #

APPLAUSE

Mmm, Pop Muzik at number two.

And at 17 in the chart, they're a young band, they come from Ireland.

It's The Undertones and Jimmy, Jimmy.

# Little mummy's boy

# He wasn't very old

# Though he was very small

# He did what he was told

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Jimmy, Jimmy oooh

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go

# He'd stay awake at night

# Lying in his bed

# No one ever listened

# To a single word he said

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Jimmy, Jimmy ooh

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go

# Silly boy

# Silly boy

# Silly boy

# Such a silly boy

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Jimmy, Jimmy ooh

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go

# Now little Jimmy's gone

# He disappeared one day

# But no one saw the ambulance

# That took little Jim away

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Jimmy, Jimmy ooh

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Poor little Jimmy wouldn't let go

# Jimmy, Jimmy

# Jimmy, Jimmy ooh. #

APPLAUSE

Fantastic. What a terrific band they are. That's The Undertones.

And at 17 - almost their average age too. And a song called Jimmy, Jimmy.

This is ABBA.

# You're so hot teasin' me

# So you're blue but I can't take a chance on a chick like you

# It's something I couldn't do

# There's that look in your eyes

# I can read in your face that your feelings are driving you wild

# Ah, but girl you're only a child

# Well I can dance with you, honey

# If you think it's funny

# Does your mother know that you're out?

# And I can chat with you, baby

# Flirt a little maybe

# Does your mother know that you're out?

-# Take it easy

-Take it easy

# Better slow down, girl

# That's no way to go

# Does your mother know?

-# Take it easy

-Take it easy

# Try to cool it, girl

# Take it nice and slow

# Does your mother know?

# I can see what you want

# But you seem pretty young to be searchin' for that kind of fun

# So maybe I'm not the one

# Now you're so cute I like your style

# And I know what you mean when you give me a flash of that smile

# But girl you're only a child

# Well I can dance with you, honey

# If you think it's funny

# Does your mother know that you're out?

# And I can chat with you, baby

# Flirt a little maybe

# Does your mother know that you're out?

-# Take it easy

-Take it easy

# Better slow down, girl

# That's no way to go

# Does your mother know?

-# Take it easy

-Take it easy

# Try to cool it, girl

# Take it nice and slow

# Does your mother know?

# Well I can dance with you, honey

# If you think it's funny

# Does your mother know that you're out?

# And I can chat with you, baby...#

APPLAUSE

It's ABBA and Does Your Mother Know? No change in position for them in the chart

because they're still at number four.

This band who's next on Top Of The Pops took on the world

and they did it in style.

And they're back again with a brand-new single.

Please welcome Judas Priest and Evening Star.

# I travelled to a distant shore

# I felt I had to go

# An inner voice had called me there

# But why I did not know

# I saw the evening star rise up

# Shining out to sea

# And now I understand at last what it means

# What it all means

# Evening star, I can see the light

# Evening star, guiding me so bright

# I used to tempt fate

# I couldn't see straight

# I faltered through my younger days

# Never knowing where I was going

# Then something helped me penetrate the haze

# Evening star, I can see the light

# Evening star, guiding me so bright

# Now I am stronger

# The haze no longer

# Ruins my future destiny

# Such inspirations and new sensations

# Pull up these string ties chasing me

# Evening star, I can see the light

# Evening star, guiding me so bright

# Evening star, I can see the light

# Evening star, guiding me so bright

# Evening star, I can see the light

# Evening star, guiding me so bright

# Evening star...#

APPLAUSE

Judas "Heavy Metal" Priest and Evening Star is their new single.

Who said she couldn't do it? She's in the chart at 30.

Let's go disco with Linda Clifford.

# When you're weary

# Feeling small

# When tears are in your eyes

# I'll dry them all

# I'm on your side

# When times get rough

# And friends just can't be found

# Like a bridge over troubled water

# I will lay me down

# Like a bridge over troubled water

# I will lay me down

# Yeah

# Don't bring me down

# When you need a friend

# You've got a friend

# When you need a friend

# When you're down and out

# When you're out there on the street

# When evening falls so hard

# I'll comfort you

# I'll take your part

# I'll take your part

# When darkness comes

# And pain is all around

# Like a bridge over troubled water

# I will lay me down

# Like a bridge over troubled water

# I will lay me down

# Don't bring me down, yeah

# If you need a friend

# If you need a friend

# Hey

-# If you need a friend

-Yeah, you got me. #

APPLAUSE

Linda Clifford and Bridge Over Troubled Water, singing Simon and Garfunkel.

They did that, of course. You knew that, didn't you?

From Canada, they've come over water

and we're happy to have them here on Top Of The Pops.

It's Max Webster Band.

# Happiness is beginning to ride

# From the streets into paradise skies, oh

# Tonight inaugurates rock'n'roll wings

# Tonight we turn the world around and we'll hover

# And we'll leave the ground

# And the magic we need frees the dancer we wanna be

# Happiness is beginning to ride

# From the streets into paradise skies, oh

# Tonight rock'n'roll wings there's no rumour of the road

# No reason to explain

# The action tidal rock'n'roll wave

# Paradise skies reflecting in our eyes

# And the magic we free is how pleasure moves and grooves on

# Move on

# Happiness is beginning to ride

# From the streets into paradise skies, oh

# The magic is free

# The magic is free

# The magic is free

APPLAUSE

Hard and heavy, it's the Max Webster Band and they're from Canada and we wish them luck

in this country with their dates they're going to be doing very soon.

It's number one. it's Art Garfunkel again.

# Is it a kind of a shadow

# Reaching into the night

# Wandering over the hills unseen

# Or is it a dream?

# There's a high wind in the trees

# A cold sound in the air

# And nobody ever knows when you go

# And where do you start?

# Oh, into the dark

# Bright eyes, burning like fire...#

APPLAUSE

It's number one, it's Art Garfunkel and Bright Eyes. And that is that.

We're going to dance away and leave you from Top Of The Pops.

-Until next time, good night and thanks a lot. Bye-bye, everyone!

-Bye!

# Yesterday, well, it seemed so cool

# When I walked you home, kissed good night

# I said, it's love you said, all right

# It's funny how, I could never cry

# Until tonight and you pass by

# Hand in hand with another guy

# You're dressed to kill and guess who's dying?

# Dance away the heartache

# Dance away the tears

# Dance away the heartache

# Dance away the fear

# Dance away

# Loneliness is a crowded room

# Full of open hearts turned to stone

# All together, all alone

# All at once my whole world had changed

# Now I'm in the dark off the wall

# Let the strobe light up them all

# I close my eyes and dance till dawn

# Dance away the heartache

# Dance away the tears

# Dance away the heartache

# Dance away the fear

# Dance away, dance away...#