25/05/1978 Top of the Pops

Welcome to Top Of The Pops. Here's a run down of the brand new Top 30.

MUSIC: "If I Can't Have You" by Yvonne Elliman

# Don't know why

# I'm surviving every lonely day

# When there's got to be

# No chance for me

# My life would end

# And it doesn't matter how I cry

# My tears, so far

# Are a waste of time

# If I turn away

# Am I strong enough to see it through?

# Go crazy is what I will do

# If I can't have you

# I don't want nobody, baby

# If I can't have you

# Ah-ha, oh

# If I can't have you... #

APPLAUSE

# Let's go!

# Let's go!

# Let's go!

# Let's go!

# Let's go!

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Everybody's getting down

# And having a good time, y'all

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Moving to the funky sounds

# And having a good time, y'all

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# The night is still young

# Let the DJ play your favourite song, hey, hey

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Let's go!

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Let's do disco

# Let's go disco

# Move your body to the beat

# See that foxy lady, y'all

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Sure knows how to use her feet

# Driving people crazy, y'all

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# The night is still young

# Let the DJ play your favourite song

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco Let's go!

# Disco time

# Let's go!

# Let's go!

# Let's go!

# Ooh-hoo-woo, let's go!

# The night is still young

# Keep on dancing till the morning comes

# Let's go disco

# Let's go disco. #

APPLAUSE

HE MOUTHS LYRICS

There it is. That's Real Thing there and Let's Go Disco.

Welcome to Pop Of The Tops. For the next 40 minutes, all the hits.

Right now, at number 16, here's Blondie

and I'm Always Touched By Your Presence, Dear.

# Was it destiny?

# I don't know yet

# Was it just by chance?

# Could this be kismet?

# Something in my consciousness

# Told me you'd appear

# Now I'm always touched by your presence, dear

# When we play at cards you use an extra sense

# It's really not cheating

# You can read my hand I've got no defence

# When you sent your messages

# Whispered loud and clear

# I am always touched by your presence, dear

# Floating past the evidence of possibilities

# We could navigate together psychic frequencies

# Coming into contact with outer entities

# We could entertain each one with our theosophy

# Stay awake at night and count your REMs

# When you're talking with your super friends

# Levitating lovers in the secret stratosphere

# I am still in touch with your presence, dear

# I am still in touch with your presence, dear

# I am still in touch with your presence, dear, dear

# Dear, dear, dear, dear. #

APPLAUSE

I'm Always Touched By Your Presence, Dear.

That's Blondie at number 16. I'm delighted at the moment on Radio One

to have as my Record Of The Week Heatwave and Mind Blowing Decisions.

I'm even more delighted

because they're here right now on Top Of The Pops.

# Mind blowing

# Ooh! Oh, yeah

# Mind blowing

# Decisions

# Causes head on collisions

# Mind blowing

# Decisions

# Causes head on collisions

# So I thought to myself

# I give plenty time

# To all these decisions lying in my mind

# Holding hands or put my arms around her waist

# Neither one of the these two will I try in haste

# Just taking my time to work the problems out

# Yet trying to convince her that there is no need for doubt

# Mind blowing

# Decisions

# Causes head on collisions

# Mind blowing

# Decisions

# Causes head on collisions

# So I tell myself again to think deep within

# And remember when we first met we were only friends

# Throw a kiss or try and taste her tender lips

# Will these be the factors that will make our life a trip?

# But just in case things don't settle well with her

# I'll say that I'm sorry and keep hoping for the best

# Mind blowing

# Decisions

# Causes head on collisions

# Mind blowing

# Decisions

# Causes head on collisions

# I said, I must decide how to go

# Is she mine, I want to know

# If you think long You think wrong

# So don't think too long

# I said, I must decide how to go

# Is she mine, I want to know. #

APPLAUSE

This one was a big hit for John Denver,

in fact it went to Number One.

It's called Annie's Song, it's a beautiful new instrumental

version out by James Galway which I want you to hear right now.

APPLAUSE

Beautiful song, isn't it?

James Galway there and Annie's Song, and Johnny Pearson and the

Top Of The Pops Orchestra looking absolutely immaculate tonight.

Slight change in tempo. At number 29, this is Thin Lizzy.

# She's quite the mediator

# A smoother operator you will never see

# She'll see you later

# No one dare disobey her openly

# She knows music

# I know music too, you see

# She got the power

# I got the power with Rosalie

# Rosalie

# Rosalie

# Rosalie

# Rosalie

# She's got the pleasure

# Comes from all the cornerstones of the world

# So fantastic

# Everybody's favourite little record girl

# She knows music

# I know music too, you see

# She got the power

# My teen queen Rosalie

# Rosalie Oh, Rosie

# Rosalie

# Rosalie

# Rosalie, all right

# Down on me, Rosalie

# Shine on me, will you, please?

# Yeah!

# From Chattanooga to good old Bogalusa

# You can hear her fine

# She makes the choices

# Then you'd best be smiling when it's choosing time

# She knows music

# I know music too, you see

# She's got the power

# I got the power, Rosalie

# Rosalie

# Rosalie

# Rosalie

# Rosalie

# Yeah

# Hey!

# Hey, Rosita!

# Just roll me over

# Hey, I'll turn around

# And I'll move my fingers

# Up and down

# Look out. #

-APPLAUSE

-There it is.

That's the number 29 sound here on Top Of The Pops,

the sound of Thin Lizzy and Rosalie.

The Bee Gees are writing some fantastic records at the moment,

and from the film Saturday Night Fever,

here's Tavares and More Than A Woman, number seven this week.

# Girl, I've known you very well

# I've seen you growing every day

# I never really looked before

# But now you take my breath away

# Suddenly you're in my life

# A part of every thing I do

# You got me working day and night

# Just trying to keep a hold on you

# Here in your arms I found my paradise

# My only chance for happiness

# And if I lose you now I think I would die

# Oh, say you'll always be my baby

# We can make it shine

# We can take forever

# Just a minute at a time

# You are more than a woman

# More than a woman to me, baby

# More than a woman

# More than a woman to me

# Shoo-doo, doo-doop

# More than a woman

# Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!

# There are stories old and true

# Of people so in love like you and me

# And I can see myself

# Let history repeat itself

# Reflecting how I feel for you

# And thinking about those people

# Then I know that in a thousand years

# I'd fall in love with you again

# This is the only way that we should fly

# This is the only way to go

# And if I lose your love I know I would die

# Oh, say you'll always be my baby

# We can make it shine

# We can take forever

# Just a minute at a time

# You are more that a woman... #

APPLAUSE

There it is. That's the number seven sound there from Tavares.

It's called More Than A Woman. That's got to be my favourite along

with Yvonne Elliman this week. Right now, Never Say Die.

It's the brand new one from Black Sabbath.

# People going nowhere

# Taken for a ride

# Looking for the answers

# That they know inside

# Searching for a reason

# Looking for a rhyme

# Snow White parasite

# Partners in crime

# Don't they ever have to worry?

# Don't you ever wonder why?

# It's a part of me that tells you

# Oh, don't you ever

# Don't ever say die

# Never, never, never say die again

# Sunday's satisfaction

# Monday's home and dry

# Truth is on the doorstep

# Welcome in the lie

# All dressed up in sorrow

# Got no place to go

# Hold tight, do it right

# Taking it slow

# Don't they ever have to worry?

# Don't you ever wonder why?

# It's a part of me that tells you

# Oh, don't you ever

# Don't ever say die

# Never, never, never say die again

# Don't you ever say die

# Don't you ever say die

# Never say die

# Fading silver lining

# Writing's on the wall

# Children get together

# You can save us all

# Future's on the corner

# Showing us our time

# Slow down, turn around

# Everything's fine

# There's no need to have a reason

# There's no need to wonder why

# It's a part of me that tells you

# Oh, don't you ever

# Don't ever say die

# Never, never never say die again. #

APPLAUSE

He puts everything he's got into it. That's Black Sabbath right there.

John Travolta and Olivia Newton John are going straight in at number 23

this week with You're The One That I Want, and here to dance to it

right now, Legs & Co with a friend of theirs called Floyd.

# I got chills, they're multiplying

# And I'm losing control

# Cos the power you're supplying

# It's electrifying!

# You better shape up

# Cos I need a man

# And my heart is set on you

# Better shape up

# You better understand

# To my heart I must be true

# Nothing left Nothing left for me to do

# You're the one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo, honey

# The one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo, honey

# The one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo

# The one I need

# Oh, yes indeed

# If you're filled with affection

# You're too shy to convey

# Meditate my direction

# Feel your way

# I better shape up

-# Cos you need a man

-I need a man

# Who can keep me satisfied

# I better shape up

-# If I'm going to prove

-You better prove

# That my baby's justified

-# Are you sure?

-Yes, I'm sure down deep inside

# You're the one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo, honey

# The one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo, honey

# The one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo

# The one I need

# Oh, yes indeed

# You're the one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo, honey

# The one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo, honey

# The one that I want

# Ooh-hoo-hoo

# The one I need

# Oh, yes indeed. # APPLAUSE

There it is. That's John Travolta and Olivia Newton John,

You're The One That I Want from the film Grease.

It's over here very shortly.

Legs & Co and Floyd doing a marvellous dance routine to that one.

Here's a guy that's got a sound all of his own,

Ian Drury and The Blockheads and What A Waste.

It's at number 14 this week in the Top 30.

# I could be the driver An articulated lorry

# I could be a poet I wouldn't need to worry

# I could be the teacher in a classroom full of scholars

# I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band

# First night nerves every one night stand

# I should be glad to be so inclined

# What a waste, what a waste Rock and roll don't mind

# I could be a lawyer with stratagems and ruses

# I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises

# I could be a writer with a growing reputation

# I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway station

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# What a waste

# Because I chose to play the fool in a six-piece band

# First night nerves every one night stand

# I should be glad to be so inclined

# What a waste, what a waste

# Rock and roll don't mind. #

APPLAUSE

That was Ian Drury and The Blockheads.

How on Earth could you forget them?

And that's a number called What A Waste at number 14.

Cilla Black always makes great records,

but I think this one is an exception.

I think this is a gorgeous sound. It's called Silly Boy.

Here she is, Cilla Black.

# You come on like a movie star but I know exactly who you are

# And you won't get me in your arms tonight

# I know your game so don't pretend

# Cos your old lady's my best friend

# And you know what you're doing isn't right

# Silly boy Leave me alone

# Silly boy Just get back home

# Silly boy It's got to stop

# You don't know what you got You don't know what you got

# Silly boy Don't play with me

# Silly boy Cos you ain't free

# Silly boy It's got to stop

# You don't know what you got You don't know what you got

# Silly boy

# Ooh-hoo-hoo

# Silly boy

# Whoa, whoa

# Now I told you not to hold my hand

# But you don't seem to understand

# You don't know what a silly boy you are

# Your lady's always good to you

# She'd never put the hurt on you

# And I'm not going to help you break her heart

# Silly boy Leave me alone

# Silly boy Just get back home

# Silly boy It's got to stop

# You don't know what you got You don't know what you got

# Silly boy Don't play with me

# Silly boy Cos you ain't free

# Silly boy It's got to stop

# You don't know what you got You don't know what you got

# Silly boy

# Ooh-hoo-hoo

# Silly boy

# Whoa, oh, oh, woah

# Silly boy Leave me alone

# Silly boy Just get back home

# Silly boy It's got to stop

# You don't know what you got You don't know what you got

# Silly boy Don't play with me

# Silly boy Cos you ain't free

# Silly boy It's got to stop

# You don't know what you got You don't know what you got

# Silly boy Leave me alone

# Silly boy... # APPLAUSE

That's fantastic.

That's Cilla Black there and a lovely song called Silly Boy.

Number 24, here's Sham 69 and Angels With Dirty Faces.

Hello Mum! Who's on Top Of The Pops again then, eh?

# Angels with dirty faces

# Angels from nowhere places

# Kids like me and you

# Running, fighting down the street

# Ain't got no money but I don't cry

# We're the people you don't want to know

# We come from places you don't want to go!

# Angels with dirty faces

# Angels from nowhere places

# Kids like me and you

# I'm never sad but sometimes lonely

# Doing things someone's told me

# We're the people you don't want to know

# We come from places you don't want to go

# Angels with dirty faces

# Angels from nowhere places

# Kids like me and you

# Angels with dirty faces

# Angels from nowhere places

# Kids like me and you

# I'm a rebel stuck with a label

# Trying to be somebody in life

# We're the people you don't want to know

# We come from places you don't want to go

# Angels with dirty faces

# Angels from nowhere places

# Kids like me and you

# Angels with dirty faces

# Angels from nowhere places

# Kids like me and you

# Angels with dirty faces

# Angels from nowhere places

# Kids like me and you. #

APPLAUSE

He's collapsed. He's definitely collapsed.

That's Sham 69 with Angels With Dirty Faces

and that's the number 24 sound.

And number one, they're still there, Boney M and Rivers Of Babylon.

# Ah-ah-ah-ah...

# Ah-ah-ah-ah...

# Ah-ah-ah-ah...

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# By the rivers of Babylon

# There we sat down

# Yeah, we wept

# When we remembered Zion

# By the rivers of Babylon

# There we sat down

# Yeah, we wept

# When we remembered Zion

# When the wicked carried us away, captivity

# Required from us a song

# Now how shall we sing the lord's song

# In a strange land?

# When the wicked carried us away, captivity

# Requiring of us a song

# Now how shall we sing the lord's song

# In a strange land?

# Mm-mm-mm-mm...

# Mm-mm-mm-mm...

# Mm-mm-mm-mm...

# Mm-mm-mm-mm... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# Let the words of our mouths

# And the meditations of our heart

# Be acceptable in thy sight

# Here tonight

# Let the words of our mouths

# And the meditation of our hearts

# Be acceptable in thy sight

# Here tonight

# By the rivers of Babylon

# There we sat down

# Yeah, we wept

# When we remembered Zion

# By the rivers of Babylon

# There we sat down

# Yeah, we wept

# When we remembered Zion

# Ah-ah-ah-ah...

# Ah-ah-ah-ah...

# Ah-ah-ah-ah...

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# By the rivers of Babylon

# There we sat down

# Yeah, we wept

# When we remembered Zion Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

# By the rivers of Babylon... #

APPLAUSE

That is the number one sound from Boney M.

Sad news, no Top Of The Pops next week

because of the World Cup, but we'll be back with you in a couple of weeks' time, so see you then.

We're going to play out with Rod Stewart and Ole Ola.

See you in a fortnight. Bye-bye.

# When the blue shirts run out in Argentina

# Our hearts will be beating like a drum

# And your nerves are so shattered you can't take it

# Automatically you reach out for the rum

# But there really isn't any cause for panic

# Ally's army have it all under control

# It's not merely speculation It's not just imagination

# To bring the World Cup home is Scotland's goal

# Ole ole, Ole ola

# We're going to bring that World Cup back from over there

# Ole ole, Ole ola

# We're going to bring that World Cup back from over there

# We got Dalglish, Buchan and Macari

# We got Archie Gemmill, Johnstone and McQueen

# We got Big Joe Jordan waiting at the middle

# And the best support this world has ever seen

# We got Donachie, Rioch and Don Masson

# We got Andy Gray and Asa Hartford too

# And with this lethal combination It's a fair estimation

# That the World Cup will be ours the end of June

# Ole ole, Ole ola

# We're going to bring that World Cup back from over there

Ole ole, Ole ola

# We're going to bring that World Cup back from over there

# Oh, Brazil this time I don't think so

# Holland without Cruyff just ain't the same

# Germany we feel may be a challenge

# The Italians can still play the game. #

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