19/03/1981 Top of the Pops

Hello. Welcome to yet another edition of Top Of The Pops.

We've got a great show lined up.

We've got The Who. We've got Roxy Music.

We've got Duran Duran.

And if you can handle that lot, then hopefully you can handle this

because live on Top Of The Pops tonight is Sharon Redd and Can You Handle It?

# Can you handle it? Can you handle it?

# Cos you ain't had nothing like it

# Can you handle it? Can you handle it?

# Cos you ain't had nothing like it

# Boy, just to feel my touch

# If you're not prepared, it might be too much

# Now you don't have to take my word

# Cos actions speak louder than words

# And I will be heard

-# Can you handle it?

-Can you handle it?

-# Can you handle it?

-Can you handle it?

# Cos you ain't had nothing like it

-# Can you handle it?

-Can you handle it?

-# Can you handle it?

-Can you handle it?

# Cos you ain't had nothing like it

# When it comes to love, I'm the best

# Do you really think you can pass my test?

# Now if your score's not too high

# Don't feel like you're letting me down

# Letting me down

# Cos all you can do is try

-# Can you handle it?

-Can you handle it?

-# Can you handle it?

-Can you handle it?

# Cos you ain't had nothing like it

# Can you handle it? Can you handle it?

# Cos you ain't had nothing like it

# Can you handle it?

# Can you handle it?

# Cos you ain't had nothing like it

# Just to feel my touch, just might be too much

-# For you, baby

-Cos you ain't had nothing like it

# Just to feel my touch, just might be too much

# For you, baby

# For you, baby

# Can you handle, ooh, yeah, yeah

# Can you handle it? #

APPLAUSE

Hey, loads of applause from the audience, Legs And Co,

Sharon Redd and Can You Handle It? on Top Of The Pops.

He's got an album coming out, the same name as the hit single.

His name? Shakin' Stevens, and This Ole House...

# This ole house once knew the 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 lightnin' 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 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

# 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

# Ain't got time to oil the hinges... #

Shakin' Stevens and This Ole House is at number two.

And it's been some time

since Colin Blunstone blessed the British TV scene,

but he's together with Dave Stewart, who created

his version of the Jimmy Ruffin classic, it's at 30, and

What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?

# Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

# Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

# As I walk this land of broken dreams

# I have visions of many things

# But happiness is just an illusion

# Filled with sadness and confusion

# What becomes of the broken hearted

# Who had love that's now departed

# I know I've got to find

# Some kind of peace of mind, baby

# The roots of love grow all around

# But for me they come a-tumbling down

# Every day heartaches grow a little stronger

# I can't stand this pain much longer

# I walk in shadows, searching for light

# Cold and alone, no comfort in sight

# Hoping and praying for someone who cares

# Always moving and going nowhere

# What becomes of the broken hearted

# Who had love that's now departed

# I know I've got to find

# Some kind of peace of mind

# Help me, please

# Now what becomes of the broken hearted

# Who had love that's now departed

# I know I've got to find

# Some kind of peace of mind

# I've been searching everywhere

# Just to find someone who'll care

# I've been looking every day

# I know I'm gonna find a way

# Nothing's gonna stop me now

# I will find a way somehow

# I've been searching every day

# I know I'm gonna find a way

# I've been looking everywhere

# Just to find someone who'll care. #

APPLAUSE

One of Britain's best singers, Colin Blunstone, with Dave Stewart

and What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted. Excellent.

Well, You Better, You Bet is at number nine,

and here on Top Of The Pops, The Who!

# You better, you better, you bet

# You better, you better, you bet

# I call you on the telephone, my voice too rough with cigarettes

# I sometimes think I should just go home

# But I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets

# I love to hear you say my name

# Especially when you say yes

# I got your body right now on my mind

# And I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T-Rex

# To the sound of old T-Rex

# Ooh, and who's next?

# When I say I love you, you say you better

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say I love you, you say you better

# You better, you better, you bet

# You better bet your life

# Or love will cut you, cut you like a knife

# I lay on the bed with you

# We could make some book of records

# Your dog keeps licking my nose

# And chewing up all those letters

# Saying you better

# You better bet your life

# You better love me, all the time now

# You better shove me back into line now

# You better love me, all the time now

# You better shove me back into line now

# I showed up late one night with a neon light for a visa

# But knowing I'm so eager to fight

# Can't make letting me in any easier

# I know I been wearing crazy clothes

# And I look pretty crappy sometime

# But my body feels so good and I still sing a razor line every time

# And when it comes to all-night living

# I know what I'm giving

# I've got it all down to a T

# And it's free

# When I say I love you, you say you better

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say I need you, you say you better

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say I love you, you say you better

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say I need you, you scream you better

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say I love you, you say you better

# You better, you better, you bet

# When I say I need you, you scream you better

# You better, you better, you bet

# You better bet your life

# Or love will cut you

# Just like a knife. #

From the LP Face Dances, that's The Who and You Better You Bet

at number nine.

Something really delicate from Stevie Wonder is released,

it's in the chart at 18. Legs and Co are going to dance to it.

It's called Lately.

# Lately, I have had the strangest feeling

# With no vivid reason here to find

# Yet the thought of losing you's been hanging

# Round my mind

# Far more frequently you're wearing perfume

# With, you say, no special place to go

# But when I ask will you be coming back soon

# You don't know, never know

# Well, I'm a man of many wishes

# Hope my premonition misses

# But what I really feel

# My eyes won't let me hide

# Cos they always start to cry

# Cos this time could mean goodbye

# Lately I've been staring in the mirror

# Very slowly picking me apart

# Trying to tell myself I have no reason

# With your heart

# Just the other night while you were sleeping

# I vaguely heard you whisper someone's name

# But when I ask you of the thoughts you're keeping

# You just say nothing's changed

# Well, I'm a man of many wishes

# I hope my premonition misses

# But what I really feel

# My eyes won't let me hide

# Cos they always start to cry

# Cos this time could mean

# Goodbye, goodbye. #

Excellent. Legs and Co dancing to Stevie Wonder's Lately.

And this is two out of two for Phil Collins,

off his LP Face Value, I Missed Again.

# So you finally came right out and said it, girl

# What took you so long?

# It was in your eyes, that look's been there for far too long

# I'm waiting in line

# Would you say if I was wasting my time?

# Did I miss again?

# I think I missed again

# Oh, I think about it from time to time

# When I'm lonely and on my own

# I try to forget and yet

# Still rush to the telephone

# I'm waiting in line

# Would you say if I was wasting my time?

# Oh, did I miss again?

# I think I missed again

# Oh, I missed again

# I think I missed again

# Well, it feels like something you want so bad

# Then you think you've got it

# But it's something you already had

# You can feel it all around you

# But it's something you just can't touch

# And I can feel it coming at me

# Yes, I can feel it coming at me

# Oh, did I miss again?

# I think I missed again

# Oh, I missed again

# I think I missed again

# Seems I'm waiting in line

# But would you say if I was wasting my time?

# Did I miss again?

# I think I missed again

# Oh, I missed again

# I think I missed again. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Phil Collins and I Missed Again. Excellent single there.

The band who are going to represent us

at Eurovision on April 4th in Dublin have a name which is

made up of a simple thing like orange juice and a bit of champagne.

Don't let the cork go.

It's got to be, and good luck to them, Bucks Fizz!

# You got to speed it up

# And then you got to slow it down

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

# You got to play around

# And soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# You got to turn it off

# And then you got to pull it out

# You got to be sure that it's something

# Everybody's going to talk about

# Before you decide that the time's all right

# 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 got to 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 going to 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

# Then 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 got to speed it up

# And then you got to slow it down

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

# You got to play around

# Cos soon you will find that there comes a time

# For making your mind up

# And now you really got to speed it up

# And then you got to slow it down

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

# You got to 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. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Britain's entry for Eurovision, Bucks Fizz and Making Your Mind Up.

Good luck to them. OK, they're number one in Germany at the moment.

It's Fade To Grey, which is a single released before this in Britain.

It's Visage and Mind Of A Toy.

# My painted face

# Is chipped and cracked

# My mind seems

# To fade too fast

# Clutching straws

# Sinking slow

# Nothing less, nothing less

# A puppet's motion's controlled by a string

# By a stranger

# I've never met

# A nod of the head

# And a pull of a thread

# I can't say no

# Can't say no

# When a child throws down a toy

# When I was new you wanted me

# Now I'm old, you no longer see

# When a child throws down a toy

# Spiteful girl, hateful boy

# When a child throws down a toy

# I'm all dressed up

# And nowhere to go

# On a music box

# That never stops

# I'll dance for you

# If you want me to

# Move in time, move in time

# A wooden head and a broken heart

# Used, abused and torn apart

# I gave you my best and you gave me the rest

# There's time to die

# Time to die

# When a child throws down a toy

# When I was new you wanted me

# Now I'm old, you no longer see

# When a child throws down a toy

# Spiteful girl

# Hateful boy... #

APPLAUSE

Midge Ure, Rusty Egan, Steve Strange and the crew

make up Visage, Mind Of A Toy.

Top Of The Pops is about charts, and charts are exactly what we're

going to take a look at now, starting with the top 30.

At 30, What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted?

At 29, Rock This Town.

At 28, Can You Feel It?

At 27, it's Madness, Return Of The Las Palmas 7.

At 26, It's A Love Thing.

At 25, Intuition.

At 24, Mind Of A Toy.

At 23, Hot Love.

At 22, I Surrender.

And at 21, it's Einstein A Go-Go.

And at number 20, it's Planet Earth from Duran Duran.

# Only came outside

# To watch the night fall with the rain

# I heard you making patterns rhyme

# Like some new romantic

# Looking for the TV sound

# You'll see I'm right some other time

# Look now

# Look all around

# There's no sign of life

# Voices, another sound

# Can you hear me now?

# This is Planet Earth

# You're looking at Planet Earth

# Bop, bop, bop

# Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop

# This is Planet Earth

# Planet Earth, Planet Earth...

# Look now, look all around

# There's no sign of life

# Voices, another sound

# Can you hear me now?

# This is Planet Earth

# You're looking at Planet Earth

# Bop, bop, bop

# Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop

# This is Planet Earth

# Bop, bop, bop

# Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop

# Calling Planet Earth

# Bop, bop, bop

# Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And their debut album will be out soon.

Right, let's go back to the charts.

At 20 is Planet Earth.

At 19, Somebody Help Me Out.

At 18, Stevie Wonder and Lately.

At 17, it's Jones Vs Jones.

At 16, Once In A Lifetime.

At 15, Please Don't Touch.

At 14, it's Phil Collins, I Missed Again.

At 13, it's Kiki Dee and Star.

At 12, Something About You, Baby, I Like.

And At 11, it's Southern Freeez.

But now we go to number eight, and here's Toyah, It's A Mystery.

# Somewhere

# In the distance

# Hidden

# From my view

# Suspended in the atmosphere

# Waiting

# To come through

# Sometimes it's so far away

# Sometimes it's very near

# A sound being carried by the wind

# Just loud enough to hear

# I feel its power within me

# Bells ringing in my head

# So often I have heard its cry

# But forgotten what is said

# It's a mystery

# Oh, it's a mystery

# I'm still searching

# For a clue

# It's a mystery

# To me

# A shot in the dark

# The big question mark

# In history

# Is it a mystery

# To you?

# It can treat you

# With a vengeance

# Trip you

# In the dark

# Sirens in the distance

# Can steer you

# From your path

# It can lift you to the heavens

# Put your troubles

# In the past

# Whisper the elixir

# Then vanish

# In a blast

# It's a mystery

# Oh, it's a mystery

# I'm still searching

# For a clue

# It's a mystery

# To me

# A shot in the dark

# The big question mark

# In history

# Is it a mystery

# To you?

# It's a mystery to me

# A mystery to me

# It's a mystery to me

# A mystery to me

# It's a mystery

# Oh, it's a mystery

# I'm still searching

# For a clue

# It's a mystery

# To me

# A shot in the dark

# The big question mark

# In history

# Is it a mystery

# To you?

# It's a mystery

# Oh, it's a mystery... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's Toyah. Four From Toyah,

that's a track called It's A Mystery.

All right, we take a look at the top ten best selling singles this week.

Down seven at ten, it's Joe Dolce and Shaddap You Face.

Up seven at nine, it's The Who and You Better You Bet.

# You better, you better, you bet. #

Up three at eight, you saw her on the show, it's Four From Toyah.

It's A Mystery, Toyah.

# For a clue. #

And down three, alas, at number seven,

Ultravox and the magnificent Vienna.

# Oh, Vienna. #

Up seven at six, go Teardrop Explodes and their Reward.

# The king sits on his face

# Buttons all askew. #

No change at five. Do The Hucklebuck, it's Coast To Coast.

# If you don't know how to do it

# Then you're out of luck. #

And they didn't make it to number one.

Down to four, it's Kings Of The Wild Frontier, Adam and the Ants.

# New royal family, wild nobility

# We are the family. #

For her first single, she's up three at three.

Kids In America, it's Kim Wilde.

# Whoa-oh

# Everybody live for the music go-round

# Da, da, da, da, da, da. #

And up five at two, good old rock and roll.

Shakin' Stevens, This Ole House.

# This ole house lets in the rain

# This ole house lets in the cold... #

And just before we get to that big number one, let me say that

Radio 1 en masse is going up to Scotland starting on Sunday

with a football match. Hope very much to see you.

Hope you enjoyed Top Of The Pops. Great audience tonight,

and to celebrate the fact that Roxy Music have their first ever

number one, it's been there for two weeks and it's a great song.

Until next week, goodnight. Here's Jealous Guy. Bye-bye, everyone.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# I was dreaming of the past

# And my heart was beating fast

# I began to lose control

# I began to lose control

# I didn't mean to hurt you

# I'm sorry that

# I made you cry

# I didn't mean to hurt you

# I'm just a jealous guy

# I was feeling insecure

# You might not love me anymore

# I was shivering inside

# I was shivering inside

# I didn't mean to hurt you

# I'm sorry that

# I made you cry

# I didn't want to hurt you

# I'm just a jealous guy

# I was trying to catch your eye

# I thought that you was trying to hide

# I was swallowing my pain

# I was swallowing my pain

# I didn't mean to hurt you

# I'm sorry that I made you cry

# I didn't mean to hurt you

# I'm just a jealous guy

HE WHISTLES TUNE OF SONG

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