22/01/1981 Top of the Pops

MUSIC: I Am The Beat by The Look

Hi, folks. Welcome to Top Of The Pops. We've started

and I'm glad you could join us for this Thursday night edition,

starting off with The Look and I Am The Beat.

# Girls are dancing all around them just for me

# And the party wouldn't swing if not for me

# I've made your hearts jump

-# I've caused a heat

-Heat!

# I'm in demand, I am the beat

# I am the beat

# I've turned a girl into a heaving, senseless wreck

# I made the captain of a ship dance off his deck

# I've made the old man jump to his feet

# Feet!

# I'm in demand, I am the beat

# I am the beat

# All round the world the people know my name

# In heaven and hell they know me too

# Across the world the people know me now

# I am the beat and I know you

# You

# You always listen to me on your radio

# I gave your buddy all he really needs to know

# And who kept the lawman down on the street?

# Street!

# I'm in demand, I am the beat

# I am the beat

# All round the world the people know my name

# In heaven and hell they know me too

# Across the world the people know me now

# I am the beat and I know you

# You

# When the Martian came to earth I made him dance

# And Mr Crooper had to thank me for his chance

# And who made the zombies all tap their feet?

# Feet!

# I'm in demand

# I'm in demand

# I'm in demand, I am the beat

# I am the beat

# I'm in demand

# I'm in demand

# I'm in demand, I am the... #

-AUDIENCE:

-# I am the beat! #

APPLAUSE

First time in the chart, number six, too, for The Look and I Am The Beat,

which can't be too bad.

Off an LP called Autoamerican, it's Blondie,

here's a track called Rapture.

# Toe to toe

# Dancing very close

# Barely breathing

# Almost comatose

# Wall-to-wall

# People hypnotised

# And they're stepping lightly

# Hang each night in rapture

# Back-to-back

# Sacroiliac

# Spineless movement

# And a wild attack

# Face-to-face

# Sadly solitude

# And it's finger popping

# 24-hour shopping

# In rapture

# Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's fly

# DJ's spinning I said, my-my

# Flash is fast, Flash is cool

# Francois, c'est pas flashe non due

# And you don't stop, sure shot

# Go out to the parking lot

# And you get in your car and drive real far

# And you drive all night and then you see a light

# And it comes right down and it lands on the ground

# And out comes a man from Mars

# And you try to run but he's got a gun

# And he shoots you dead and he eats your head

# And then you're in the man from Mars

# You go out at night, eating cars

# You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too

# Mercuries and Subaru

# And you don't stop You keep on eating cars

# Then, when there's no more cars

# You go out at night and eat up bars where the people meet

# Face-to-face, dance cheek to cheek

# One to one, man to man

# Dance toe to toe Don't move too slow

# Cos the man from Mars is through with cars

# He's eating bars Yeah, wall-to-wall

# Door to door, hall to hall He's gonna eat 'em all

# Rapture, be pure

# Take a tour through the sewer

# Don't strain your brain Paint a train

# You'll be singin' in the rain

# I said don't stop Do punk rock... #

APPLAUSE

That was Blondie and Rapture. A really good atmosphere

in the Top Of The Pops studio on this Thursday night,

and made even better by the appearance of Spandau Ballet

with their new smash hit to be. It's called The Freeze.

# Blue sing La Lune, sing Lagoon

# Visions are making me stay

# The art is pretending it's art

# The question is where do you pay?

# Unpack my case one more time

# I'll cancel my train once again

# Destiny, give me a day

# Erogenous zones win again

# Blue sing La Lune, sing Lagoon

# These visions are making me stay

# The art is pretending it's art

# The question is where do you pay?

# Unpack my case one more time

# I'll cancel my train once again

# Destiny, give me a day

# Erogenous zones win again

# Blue sing La Lune, sing Lagoon

# These visions are making me stay

# The art is pretending it's art

# The question is where do you

# Do you pay? #

APPLAUSE

The Freeze, Spandau Ballet.

And one of the rare gigs that they did was in Cardiff,

and from just across the water, in Weston-super-Mare, come a band

called Racey and they've got a smash hit, it's called Runaround Sue.

# Here's my story It's sad but true

# Ooh

# It's about a girl that I once knew

# Ooh

# She took my love, then ran around

# Ooh

# With every single guy in town

-# Oh

-Hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

# Da, da, da!

-# Oh

-Hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

# Ohh...

# Damn, I should have known it from the very start

# This girl would leave me with a broken heart

# A-listen, people, what I'm telling you

# A-keep away from Runaround Sue

# Yeah, I miss her lips and the smile on her face

# The touch of her hand and this girl's warm embrace

# So if you don't wanna cry like I do

# A-keep away from Runaround Sue

-# Oh

-Hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

-# O-o-o-o-o-oh

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

# Ohh...

# She likes to travel around, yeah

# She'll love you and she'll put you down

# Now, people, let me put you wise

# Sue goes out with other guys

# Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows

# I fell in love and my love still grows

# Ask any fool that she ever knew, they'll say

# A-keep away from Runaround Sue

# I said, guy

# Yeah, keep away from this girl

# I don't know what she'll do

# Keep away from Sue

# Ohh...

# She likes to travel around, yeah

# She'll love you and she'll put you down

# Now, people, let me put you wise

# Sue goes out with other guys

# Here's the moral and the story from the guy who knows

# I fell in love and my love still grows

# Ask any fool that she ever knew They'll say

# A-keep away from Runaround Sue

# I said, guy

# Yeah, keep away from this girl

# I don't know what she'll do

# Keep away from Sue

-# Da, da, da, yeah!

-Hey, hey

-# Stay away from that girl

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey

-# I don't know what she'll do now

-Hum da-da-da-da-da hey, hey... #

APPLAUSE

That's Racey, and Runaround Sue at number 13.

OK, in the background you can probably hear,

and hopefully you're about to be able to see, XTC.

They've got an LP out called Black Sea. This is a track taken off it,

Sergeant Rock (Is Going To Help Me).

# Hey, rock, rock

# I'm enlisting

# Overseas aid

# Need assisting

# Help with a maid

# Get the expert on mademoiselles

# He could defuse any bombshell

# If I could only be tough like him

# Then I could win my own small battle of the sexes

# And Sergeant Rock is going to help me

# Make the girl mine Keep her stood in line

# And Sergeant Rock is going to help me

# Make the girl mine Keep her stood in line

# And make the girl mine Wave the victory sign

# I'm invading

# Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

# Territories

# Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

# Girls are foreign

# Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

# And strange to me

# Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

# Get the expert

# Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

# At kissing and stuff

# Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

# Well, he stays easy

# Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-woo!

# When things get rough

# If I could only be tough like him

# Then I could win my own small battle of the sexes

# And Sergeant Rock is going to help me

# Make the girl mine Keep her stood in line

# And Sergeant Rock is going to help me

# Make the girl mine Keep her stood in line

# And make the girl mine Wave the victory sign

# Sometimes relationships don't go as planned

# Some girls can make themselves so cold

# A no-man's land

# If I could only be tough like him

# Then I could win my own small battle of the sexes

# And Sergeant Rock is going to help me

# Make the girl mine Keep her stood in line

# And Sergeant Rock is going to help me

# Make the girl mine Keep her stood in line

# And Sergeant Rock is going to help me

# Make the girl mine Keep her stood in line

# And Sergeant Rock is going to help me

# Make the girl mine Keep her stood in line

# Make the girl mine Wave the victory sign. #

APPLAUSE

XTC, and Sergeant Rock (Is Going To Help Me). Excellent, that.

And also they've burnt the LP Black Sea,

it's doing really well in the American charts at the moment.

All right, Visage, Steve Strange, about to be having himself painted.

It's called Fade To Grey.

# Devenir gris

# Devenir gris

# One man on a lonely platform

# One case sitting by his side

# Two eyes staring cold and silent

# Shows fear as he turns to hide

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Un homme dans une gare isolee

# Une valise a ses cotes

# Des yeux fixes et froids

# Montre de la peur lorsqu'il

# Se tourne pour se cacher

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Sent la pluie comme un ete Anglais

# Entends les notes d'une chanson lointaine

# Sortant de derriere d'un poster

# Esperant que la vie ne fut aussi longue

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Feel the rain like an English summer

# Hear the notes from a distant song

# Stepping out from a backdrop poster

# Wishing life wouldn't be so long

# Devenir gris

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Aaah

-# We fade to grey

-Devenir gris

# Aaah

# We fade to grey Fade to grey

# Devenir gris. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Visage and Fade To Grey,

hit 23 in the chart.

All right, if you follow this finger very carefully,

we will together find Legs & Co

dancing to Yarbrough & Peoples' Don't Stop The Music.

# Don't you stop it Don't you stop

# Don't stop the music

# Don't you know you've got me mesmerized

# With the beat I always fantasize

# Don't stop the music cos it tends to soothe

# I can tell you want to groove

# Don't you stop it Don't you stop

# Don't stop the music

-# Don't you stop it, don't you stop

-The beat keep goin' round and round

-# Don't stop the music

-Turns me upside down

# I just wanna rock you

-# All, all night long

-All night long

-# To my love song

-Yeah, yeah, yeah

-# I just wanna rock you

-Just wanna rock you

# All night long, yeah

-# I got a love song

-Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

# Everything we do is right on time

# The beat's so smooth it blows my mind

# Don't stop the music It's so satisfying

# It feels so good to me

# There is no denying

# Just because it's two o'clock

# Don't stop the music

# Don't you feel like dancing and prancing?

# Don't stop the music

# Don't you stop it Don't you stop

# Don't stop the music

# You don't really wanna stop, no

# You don't really wanna stop, uh-uh

# You don't really wanna stop, no

# You don't really wanna stop. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That was Legs & Co,

dressed in tartan and looking good,

and dancing to Yarbrough & Peoples' Don't Stop The Music.

As if we ever would. With a drum click in the background,

it can be none other than Adam And The Ants and Antmusic.

# Well, I'm standing here looking at you

# What do I see?

# I'm looking straight through

# It's so sad when you're young

# To be told

# You're having fun So unplug the jukebox

# And do us all a favour, yeah, yeah

# Yeah, that music's lost its taste

# So try another flavour

# Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

# Well, I'm standing here What do I see?

# A big nothing threatening me

# It's so sad when you're young

# To be told

# You're having fun So unplug the jukebox

# And do us all a favour, yeah

# Yeah, that music's lost its taste

# So try another flavour

# Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

# So unplug the jukebox

# And do us all a favour, yeah

# Yeah, that music's lost its taste

# So try another flavour

# Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

# Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Don't tread on an ant

# He's done nothing to you

# There might come a day when he's treading on you

# Don't tread on an ant You'll end up black and blue

# You cut off his head Legs come looking for you

# So unplug the jukebox

# And do us all a favour, yeah

# Yeah, that music's lost its taste

# So try another flavour

# Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

# So unplug the jukebox

# And do us all a favour, yeah

# Yeah, that music's lost its taste

# So try another flavour

# Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

-Antmusic

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

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's Adam And The Ants with Antmusic.

That's two in the top 20 they've got, so not bad for them.

Talking about the charts, let's take a look at the bottom ten

of the top 30, and starting off with number 30.

At 30, The Gap Band and Burn Rubber On Me.

At 29, Gangsters Of The Groove from Heatwave.

Madness and Embarrassment at 28.

And at 27, It's My Turn from Diana Ross.

Status Quo, Lies at 26.

And at 25 it's Romeo and Juliet from Dire Straits.

The Police and De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da at 24.

And at 23, Fade To Grey from Visage.

Bad Manners, Lorraine at 22.

And at 21, Over The Rainbow - it's Matchbox.

-OK, that's a look at the charts. How old is this young lady?

-16.

Right, you're the same age as the next young lady

who's going to be on Top Of The Pops. Her name is Honey Bane.

She's never been on the show before, so please welcome, with a song

called Turn Me On Turn Me Off - here's Honey Bane.

-# Just a plastic vision

-Plastic vision

-# On my television

-Television

-# I videoed your soul

-Your soul

-# Then I let you go

-Let you go

-# Just a plastic vision

-Plastic vision

-# On my television

-Television

-# I videoed your soul

-Your soul

-# Then I let you go

-Let you go

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

-# Just a plastic vision

-Plastic vision

-# On my television

-Television

-# I videoed your soul

-Your soul

-# Then I let you go

-Let you go

-# Just a plastic vision

-Plastic vision

-# On my television

-Television

-# I videoed your soul

-Your soul

-# Then I let you go

-Let you go

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

# Turn me on, turn me off

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory

# It was just a radio fantasy

# But now it's my television memory. # CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Well done, Honey Bane. Great - Turn Me On Turn Me Off.

Wish her luck with that new single, produced by Jimmy Pursey.

OK, back to the charts. Let's look at this week's bestselling top 20.

At 20, it's Scary Monsters from David Bowie.

Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry at 19.

And at 18, Chas and Dave - Rabbit.

At 17, Who's Gonna Rock You? - The Nolans.

And Ultravox - Vienna is at 16.

At 15, it's John Lennon - Starting Over.

At 14, Rapture from Blondie.

Racey - Runaround Sue at 13.

At 12, I Ain't Gonna Stand For It from Stevie Wonder.

Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians is this week's 11.

We go back to 22,

the story of a lady called Lorraine. Here's Bad Manners.

# For the first time in my life

# I was so in love

# Ha, ha, ha, ha!

# Why you laughing at me?

# I met this girl called Lorraine

# Who stole my heart

# And when I find her I'm gonna kill her

# And when I find her I'm gonna kill her

# And when I find her I'm gonna kill her

# And when I find her I'm gonna kill her

# Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine Lorraine, Lorraine

# Lorraine, Lorraine Lorraine, Lorraine

# Lorraine, Lorraine

# She was so in love with me

# We were gonna get wed

# So I bought her lots of things

# Diamond ring, brand-new bed

-# A brand-new bed?

-Yes, a brand-new bed!

# And when I find her I'm gonna kill her

# And when I find her I'm gonna kill her

# And when I find her I'm gonna kill her

# And when I find her I'm gonna kill her

# Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine Lorraine, Lorraine

# Lorraine, Lorraine Lorraine, Lorraine

# Lorraine, Lorraine

# For the first time in my life, I was wrong

# Lorraine, she was a flipping con

# Lorraine, she took everything

# Even my brand-new engagement ring

# She took the car and went to town

# But now she can no longer be found

# Lorraine punched me on the nose

# So I slapped her round the head

# Then we talked the whole thing out

# And went straight to bed

# Hee-hee-hee-hee

# But now I've found her Don't want to kill her

# But now I've found her Don't want to kill her

# But now I've found her Don't want to kill her

# But now I've found her Don't want to kill her

# Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine Lorraine, Lorraine

# Lorraine, Lorraine Lorraine, Lorraine

# Lorraine, Lorraine

# Lorraine, Lorraine Lorraine, Lorraine

# Lorraine, Lorraine, Lorraine Lorraine, Lorraine. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Right down my right ear, that was.

Lorraine from Bad Manners. OK, the top ten bestselling records.

Let's take a look. Here's the top ten.

# Flash... #

At ten, Flash - Queen.

# ..Saviour of the universe. #

# So this is Christmas... #

Down six at nine, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon.

# ..And what have you done? #

Up 11 at eight, Don't Stop The Music - Yarbrough & Peoples.

# Don't you stop it, don't you stop

# Don't stop the music. #

No change at seven - Too Nice To Talk To, it's The Beat.

# Spent the night just watching you

# I watched you dance I watched you move

# Can't breathe and still I watched you move away. #

# All round the world... #

And I Am The Beat from The Look - up eight at this week's six.

# In heaven and hell they know me too. #

Down one at five, Do Nothing - The Specials.

# Makes no sense to follow fashion. #

# I can feel it... #

Last week, just outside the 30 -

a massive climber to this week's four.

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight.

# ..Oh lord. #

The highest new entry at three,

it's John Lennon and Woman.

# My mixed emotions at my thoughtlessness. #

And no change at two for Antmusic - Adam And The Ants.

And, of course, it's just one more to make four in the top 20.

At number one, it's John Lennon.

Watch behind and listen to Imagine,

this week's number one.

# Imagine there's no heaven

# It's easy if you try

# No hell below us

# Above us only sky

# Imagine all the people

# Living for today, ah

# Imagine there's no countries

# It isn't hard to do

# Nothing to kill or die for

# And no religion too

# Imagine all the people

# Living life in peace

# You

# You may say I'm a dreamer

# But I'm not the only one

# I hope some day you'll join us

# And the world will be as one

# Imagine no possessions

# I wonder if you can

# No need for greed or hunger

# A brotherhood of man

# Imagine all the people

# Sharing all the world

# You

# You may say I'm a dreamer

# But I'm not the only one

# I hope some day you'll join us

# And the world will live as one. #

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-Number one again,

it's John Lennon and Imagine. And that's it from us.

Hope you enjoyed it back home. We certainly enjoyed it in the studio, this rowdy mob. What is that?

Oh, just the hat. I'll tell you what - a load of hands waving and saying good night to you.

Look forward to you joining us next week.

Here's The Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me. Till next week, goodbye.

# Woo, I gave you my money I gave you my time

# Why you wanna hurt me, girl?

# Are you serious? I'm just curious

# Why you wanna hurt me, girl?

# Just because you're not for real

# Why you wanna hurt me, girl?

# Just because you're not for real

# Why you wanna hurt me, girl?

# Never, ever had a lover who put the pedal to the metal

# And burn rubber on me, Charlie

# Oh, no

# You took my money, you took my time

# Made me think everything was fine

# Then you upped and ran away

# And made me just go crazy

# I never, ever had a lover who put the pedal to the metal

# And burn rubber on me, Charlie

# Oh, no, no, no

# Just because you're not for real

# Why you wanna hurt me, girl?

# Just because you're not for real

# Why you wanna hurt me, girl?

# I never, ever had a lover who put the pedal to the metal

# And burn rubber on me, Charlie

# Oh, no, no, no

# Just because you're not for real

# Why you wanna hurt me, girl?

# Just because you're not for real

# Why you wanna hurt me, girl?

# You told me to go up the block

# And get you a strawberry pop

# When I got back to the flat

# You had burned rubber out the back

# I went to the closet and saw no clothes

# All I saw was hangers and poles

# I went to the phone and called your mother

# And told me you had burned rubber... #