24/11/1983 Top of the Pops

TOP OF THE POPS THEME

It's 7:30pm. Welcome to Television Centre's Studio 2. It's Top of the Pops.

Slightly different because we've had a few problems, but just as big as ever.

Packed with stars, it's entirely live,

and our first act, Paul Young and Love Of The Common People.

CHEERING

# Aah-aah-aye-aye-aye-aye-aye

# Living on free food tickets

# Water in the milk from a hole in the roof

# Where the rain came through

# What can you do, hm-mm?

# Tears from your little sister

# Crying because she doesn't have a dress without a patch

# For the party to go

# But you know she'll get by

# Cause she's living in the love of the common people

# Smile from the heart of a family man

# Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to

# Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can

# And she can

# It's a good thing you don't have bus fare

# It would fall through the hole in your pocket

# And you'd lose it in the snow on the ground

# You got to walk into town to find a job

# Trying to keep your hands warm

# When the hole in your shoe let the snow come through

# And chill you to the bone

# Somehow you better go home where it's warm

# Where you can live in the love of the common people

# Smile from the heart of a family man

# Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to

# Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can

# And she can. #

TRUMPET SOLO

# Living on a dream ain't easy

# But the closer the knit the tighter the fit

# And the chills stay away

# Cause we take them in stride for family pride

# You know that faith is your foundation

# With a whole lot of love and a warm conversation

-# But don't forget to pray

-Forget to pray

# It's making it strong where you belong

# And we're living in the love of the common people

# Smile from the heart of a family man

# Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to

# Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can

# And she can

# Yes, we're living in the love of the common people

# Smile from the heart of a family man

# Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to

# Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can

# Living in the love of the common people

# Smile from the heart of a family man

# Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to

# Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can

# Living in the love of the common people

# Smiles really hard on a family man

# Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to

# Mama's gonna love you just as much as she can

# And she can. #

APPLAUSE

Paul Young's loyal fans will be watching Top Of The Pops tonight. That's Love Of The Common People.

Now, Tina Turner celebrates her birthday on Saturday.

At this very moment she's in Dubai

but she's got a hit on her hands in Britain.

# Let me say that since, baby

# Since we've been together

# Ooh, loving you forever

# Is all I need

# Let me be the one

# You come running to

# I'll never be

# Untrue

# Oh, baby, let's

# Let's stay together

# Loving you whether

# Whether

# Times are good or bad

# Happy or sad

# I'm

# I'm so in love with you

# Whatever you want to do

# Is all right with me

# Let me be the one you come running to

# I'll never be

# Untrue

# Oh, baby, let's

# Let's stay together

# Loving you whether

# Whether

# Times are good or bad

# Happy or sad

SYNTH SOLO

# Good or bad, happy or sad

# Why

# Oh, tell me

# Why do people break-up?

# Then turn around and make up

# I just came to see

# You'd never do

# That to me

# Would you, baby?

# Cause being around you

# Is all I see

# So, baby, let's

# We ought to stay together

# Loving you whether

# Whether

# Times are good or bad

# Happy or sad

# Let's

# Let's stay together

# Stay together

# Loving you whether

# Whether

# Times are good... #

APPLAUSE

I'll be talking to her on my radio show tomorrow morning.

That's Tina Turner with Al Green's old song, Let's Stay Together.

What a charming man. And talking of charming men,

at number 30 this week, these are The Smiths.

CHEERING

# Punctured bicycle

# On a hillside desolate

# Will nature make a man of me yet?

# When in this charming car

# This charming man

# Why pamper life's complexity

# When the leather runs smooth on the passenger's seat?

# I would go out tonight

# But I haven't got a stitch to wear

# This man said it's gruesome

# That someone so handsome should care

# Ah!

# A jumped-up pantry boy

# Who never knew his place

# He said, "Return the ring"

# He knows so much about these things

# He knows so much about these things

# I would go out tonight

# But I haven't got a stitch to wear

# This man said it's gruesome

# That someone so handsome should care

# Nah-na-nah nah-na-nah-na

# This charming man

# Nah-na-nah nah-na-nah-na

# This charming man

# Ah!

# A jumped-up pantry boy

# Who never knew his place

# He said, "Return the ring"

# He knows so much about these things

# He knows so much about these things

# He knows so much about

# These things. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Feeling glad all over, that's The Smiths.

Now, they're newcomers,

on their very first Top of the Pops appearance.

Here's a band that must be called veterans,

with their latest hit record we're going to hear the Thompson Twins.

Hold Me Now.

# I have a picture

# Pinned to my wall

# An image of you and me

# And we're laughing

# We're loving it all

# But look at our life now

# All tattered and torn

# We fuss and we fight

# And delighting with tears

# As we cry until dawn

# Oh, whoa

# Hold me now

# Whoa

# Warm my heart

# Stay with me

# Let loving start

# Let loving start

# Well you say I'm a dreamer

# We're two of a kind

# Both of us searching

# For some perfect world

# We know we'll never find

# Well perhaps I should leave here

# Yea, yeah, go far away

# But you know that there's nowhere

# That I'd rather be

# Than with you here today

# Oh, whoa, of, whoa

# Hold me now

# Whoa

# Warm my heart

# Stay with me

# Let loving start

# Let loving start

# Oh, whoa

# Hold me now

# Whoa

# Warm my heart

# Stay with me

# Let loving start

# Let loving start

# Oh, whoa

INSTRUMENTAL

# You ask if I love you

# What can I say

# You know that I do

# And that this is just one

# Of those games that we play

# So I'll sing you a new song

# Please don't cry any more

# I'll even ask your forgiveness

# Though I don't know

# Just what I'm asking it for

# Oh, whoa, oh, whoa

# Hold me now

# Whoa

# Warm my heart

# Stay with me

# Let loving start

# Let loving start

# Whoa

# Hold me now

# Whoa

# Warm my heart

# Stay with me

# Let loving start

# Let loving start

# Whoa

# Hold me now

# Whoa

# Warm my heart

# Stay with me

# Let loving start

# Let loving start

# Hold me now

# Whoa

# Warm my heart

# Stay with me

# Let loving start

# Let loving start. #

APPLAUSE

It's turning into a loony night.

It's only 15 minutes to eight on BBC 1. Thompson Twins and Hold Me now.

There is a gentleman who's going to be a mammoth star

both sides of the Atlantic.

He also has a new album coming out early next year.

Coupled with that, a tour.

Here is Marilyn.

# I hear you on the radio

# I hear you all the time

# Hear you calling to my brain

# I want peace, peace of mind

# I hear you on the radio

# I hear you all the time

# Hear you calling to my brain

# I want peace, peace of mind

# How can I tell you, baby

# How can I tell you, baby

# How can I tell you, baby

# You're not here

# Shouting's just a skill I find

# I won't cry tonight

# Open up your loving arms

# See my heat burn white

# Catch one breath, a silent sigh

# Taste my lips of wine

# Tease my mind a little more

# Oh I'm feeling fine

# How can I tell you, baby

# How can I tell you, baby

# How can I tell you, baby

# You're not here

# (I'm calling your name)

# When I'm calling your name

# When I'm calling your name

# (I'm calling your name)

# When I'm calling your name

# You don't hear

INSTRUMENTAL

# Oh, baby

# Oh, baby

# Oh, baby

# Oh baby, baby, baby

# I hear you on the radio

# I hear you all the time

# Hear you calling to my brain

# I want peace, peace of mind

# I hear you on the radio

# I hear you all the time

# Hear you calling to my brain

# I want peace, peace of mind

# How can I

# How can I

# Baby

# (I'm calling your name)

# How can I tell you (I'm calling your name)

# How can I tell you (I'm calling your name)

# How can I tell you, baby

# When I'm calling your name

# When I'm calling your name

# When I'm calling your name

# You don't hear

# When I'm calling

# When I'm calling. #

APPLAUSE

He really is the new singing sensation.

That's Marilyn at number nine and he is calling your name.

Here are the charts.

And it's a chart entry at number 30. This Charming Man. The Smiths.

Chart entry at 29 too. Owner Of A Lonely Heart from Yes.

Union Of The Snake. Duran Duran at number 28.

At 27, Hey You. The Rocksteady Crew.

Chart entry and number 26. Riley, The Olympic Orchestra.

New entry at 25. Waterfront, Simple Minds.

Status Quo and A Mess Of Blues at number 24.

That's All at 23 for Genesis.

At number 22, Unconditional Love for Donna Summer.

And at 21, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division.

So let's go back to number 25 this week.

Here they are, live on Top of the Pops. It's Simple Minds.

# Get in, get out of the rain

# I'm going to move on up to the Waterfront

# Step in, step out of the rain

# I'm going to walk on up to the Waterfront

# Said, one million years from today

# I'm going to step on up to the Waterfront

# Get in, get out of the rain

# Come in, come out of the rain

# So far, so good

# So close, yet still so far

# So far, so good

# So close, yet still so

# So far

# So far

# So far

# The rain

# I'm going to move on up to the Waterfront

# Step in, step out of the rain

# I'm going to walk on up to the Waterfront

# Said, one million years from today

# Step on up to the Waterfront

# Said, come in, come out of the rain

# Said, come in, come out of the rain

# Said, come in, come out of the rain

# I'm going to move on up to the front

# I'm going to walk on up to the front

# I'm going to live on up by the front

# I'm going to walk on up to the front

# Come in, come out of the rain

# Said, come in, come out of the rain

# Move on up

# To step on up

# Walk on up

# Live on up

# Far away

# Far away

# Far away

# I-I-I, yeah!

# So, walk away

# So far

# I walk away

# So, so, walk away

# Up to the Waterfront

# Up to the Waterfront

# So far

# So far. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Not bad - and live, too. On The Waterfront by Simple Minds.

Last time they were on it was Glittering Prize.

Now on Top Of The Pops - it's the charts.

At number 20, it's Oblivious by Aztec Camera.

Men Without Hats are at number 19 with Safety Dance.

And at 18, Karma Chameleon by Culture Club.

Limahl's Only For Love at this week's 17.

A chart entry, and you've seen her,

Tina Turner with Let's Stay Together at 16.

Eurythmics, Right By Your Side, at 15.

At number 14, a chart entry, Hold Me Now by the Thompson Twins.

And the Rolling Stones are at 13 with Undercover Of The Night.

Adam Ant's at 12 with Puss 'n Boots.

And at number 11 this week,

here's the Style Council with A Solid Bond In Your Heart.

# Feel is a word I can't explain

# At least not in words that are plain

# That make it easy to express

# But I'll try to do my best

# To hit you where it counts

# I just want to build up

# A solid bond in your heart

# Yeah, a solid bond in your heart

# Ah-ah

# I am fuelled by the idea

# That this world was made to share

# But it never seems to work out

# All we seem to share is doubt and misery

# I just want to build up

# A solid bond in your heart

# Heart

# When you feel it in your soul

# And your heart begins to blow

# Keep it in mind to

# Keep on trying

# Woo-ooh-ooh

# Woo-ooh-ooh

# Woo-ooh-ooh

# It's like a feeling deep inside

# Please don't ever try to hide

# That solid bond in your heart

# Yeah, a solid bond in your heart

# Ah-ha

# Woo-ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh-ooh

# Woo-hoo-ooh

# Girl

# I just want to build up

# A solid bond in your heart

# It's what's missing from this life

# And the trust you need to ignite

# Any dream worth holding dear

# When that dream is so near

# You got to try and try to get it back

# Push it to the limit and build

# A solid bond in your heart

# Yeah, a solid bond in your heart

# Ah-ha

# A solid bond in your heart

# Woo-ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart

# Ooh-ooh

# A solid bond in your heart... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Play that track, daddy-oh! That was the Style Council.

Isn't it funny how silly things get when you're live? Here's the charts!

And Michael Jackson's at number 10 with Thriller.

At number nine, it's Calling Your Name by Marilyn.

The Love Cats from the Cure at number eight.

Madness are at number seven with The Sun And The Rain.

At number six, All Night Long from Lionel Richie.

Paul Young's finally done it with

Love Of The Common People at number five.

And a jump to number four for the Assembly and Never Never.

Shakin' Stevens at number three, Cry Just A Little Bit.

And Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson at number two, Say Say Say.

And still at number one, Uptown Girl by Billy Joel.

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

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

# Uptown girl

# She's been living in her uptown world

# I bet she never had a back street guy

# I bet her mama never told her why

-# I'm gonna try for an uptown girl

-Uptown girl

# She's been living in her white bread world

# As long as anyone with hot blood can

# And now she's looking for a downtown man

-#

-Downtown man

-That's what I am

# And when she knows what

-# She wants from her tii-ii-ime

-# From her time

# And when she wakes up And makes up her mii-ii-iind

# She'll see I'm not so tough

# Just because I'm in love

# With an uptown girl

# You know I've seen her in her uptown world

# She's getting tired of her high-class toys

-# And all the presents from her uptown boys.

-Uptown boys

# She's got a choice

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

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

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

# Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh... #

# Uptown girl

# You know I can't afford to buy her pearls

# But maybe some day when my ship comes in

# She'll understand what kind of guy I've been

# And then I'll win

# And when she's walking

# She's looking so fi-i-ine

# And when she's talking

# She'll say that she's mi-i-ine

# She'll say I'm not so tough

# Just because I'm in love

-# With an uptown girl

-Oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh

# She's been living in her white bread world

# As long as anyone with hot blood can

# And now she's looking for a downtown man

# That's what I am

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

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

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

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

# Uptown girl, she's my uptown girl

# Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl

# My uptown girl

# Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl

# My uptown girl

# Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We'll go out with the Eurythmics,

-we'll see you next week on Top Of The Pops. Goodnight!

-Bye-bye.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Give me two strong arms

# To protect myself

# Give me so much love

# That I forget myself

# I need to swing from limb to limb

# To relieve this mess I'm in

# Cos when depression starts to win

# I need to be right by your side, yes I do

# No-one seems to touch me

# In the way you do

# Nothing seems to hurt me

# When I'm close to you

# I'm so full of desire

# When you set my head on fire

# I need to be right by your side

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Every single one of us needs

# Love, love, love

# Everybody needs to give and receive love

# Every single day can drag us

# Down, down, down

# But there's nothing left to fear

# When love gets into town

# I'm so full of desire... #