27/08/1981 Top of the Pops

Yes, it's the programme that brings you the

cream of the crop of British pop.

And we're going to start off with a bit of Startrax, Club Disco.

Just like this.

# Startrax

# Disco

# Startrax

# Dancing party

# Startrax

# Disco

# Hey, are you ready?

# Are you ready? Let's go

# More than a woman

# More than a woman to me

# More than a woman

# More than a woman to me

# Listen to the ground

# There is movement all around

# There is something goin' down

# And I can feel it

# On the waves of the air

# There is dancin' out there

# If it's somethin' we can share

# We can steal it

# And that sweet city woman

# She moves through the light

# Controlling my mind and my soul

# When you reach out for me, girl

# And the feelin' is right

# Then I get night fever night fever

# We know how to do it

# Gimme that night fever night fever

# We know how to show it

# Tragedy

# When you lose control and you got no soul

# It's tragedy

# When the morning cries and you don't know why

# It's hard to bear

# With no-one beside you you're goin' nowhere

# Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts

# Something's telling me I must go home

# And the lights all went down in Massachusetts

# The day I left her standing on her own

# I know your eyes in the morning sun

# I feel you touch me in the pouring rain

# And the moment that you wander far from me

# I wanna feel you in my arms again

# And you come to me on a summer breeze

# Keep me warm in your love and then you softly leave

# And it's me you need to show

# How deep is your love

-# How deep is your love?

-How deep is your love?

# I really need to learn

# Cos we're living in a world of fools

# Breaking us down

# When they all should let us be... #

APPLAUSE

Startrax, Club Disco. Doing well in the charts at the moment.

Also doing well in the charts is Mr Cliff Richard.

He's Wired For Sound

and vision.

# I like small speakers

# I like tall speakers

# If they've music they're wired for sound

# Walking about with a head full of music

# Cassette in my pocket and I'm gonna use it

# Stereo out on the streets, you know

# Whoa-oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh

# Into the car Go to work and I'm cruising

# I never think that I'll blow all my fuses

# Traffic flows into the Breakfast Show

# Whoa-oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-whoa-oh

# Power from the needle to the plastic

# AM-FM, I feel so ecstatic

# Now it's music I've found

# And I'm wired for sound

# I was small boy who don't like his toys

# I could not wait to get wired for sound

# I met a girl and she told me she loved me

# I said, "You love me, then love means you must like what I like

# "My music is dynamite"

# Whoa-oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh

# She said, "I'm not a girl you put on at a stand by

# "I am a girl who demands that her love is amplified"

# Switching to overdrive

# Whoa-oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh

# Oh-whoa-oh

# Power from the needle to the plastic

# AM-FM, I feel so ecstatic

# Now it's music I've found

# And I'm wired for sound

# Power from the needle to the plastic

# AM-FM, I feel so ecstatic

# Now it's music I've found

# As I'm wired for sound

# I like small speakers

# I like tall speakers

# If they've music

# They're wired for sound

# I like small speakers

# I like tall speakers

# If they've music

# They're wired for sound

# I like small speakers

# I like tall speakers... #

APPLAUSE

I can't believe that he could roller-skates.

Anyway, we're wired for sound too. Don't forget us.

And wired for sound at number 2 in the charts, it's Soft Cell.

And Tainted Love. Here they go.

# Sometimes I feel I've got to

# Run away, I've got to

# Get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me

# The love we share

# Seems to go nowhere

# And I've lost my light

# For I toss and turn

# I can't sleep at night

-# Once I ran to you

-I ran

# Now I'll run from you

# This tainted love you've given

# I give you all a boy could give you

# Take my tears and that's not nearly all

-# Tainted love

-Oh

# Tainted love

# Now I know I've got to

# Run away, I've got to

# Get away, you don't really want any more from me

# To make things right

# You need someone to hold you tight

# And you think love is to pray

# But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

-# Once I ran to you

-I ran

# Now I'll run from you

# This tainted love you've given

# I give you all a boy could give you

# Take my tears and that's not nearly all

-# Tainted love

-Oh

# Tainted love

# Don't touch me, please

# I cannot stand the way you tease

# I love you though you hurt me so

# Now I'm gonna pack my things and go

-# Tainted love

-Oh

-# Tainted love

-Oh

-# Tainted love

-Oh

-# Tainted love

-Oh

# Touch me, baby, tainted love

# Touch me, baby, tainted love

-# Tainted love

-Oh... #

APPLAUSE

So now you know what the eyes look like behind the glasses.

That's Soft Cell, Tainted Love. One of my favourites.

A favourite of most of the people here, I know.

It's The Nolans now and a bit of a chemistry lesson.

MUSIC: Chemistry by The Nolans

# I was lonely It was only without you, uh-huh

# Uh-huh

-BOTH:

-# Then I met you and I bet that you felt it too, uh-huh

# Uh-huh

ALL: # Now we're together

# Darlin', like birds of a feather

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Cos we've got the chemistry right

# We didn't have to turn on the lovelight, whoa

# It was on

# We've got the chemistry right We didn't have to try

# It just turned out that way, whoa

# I guess we're made that way

# Whoa-oh

# It's a mystery like ancient history, uh-huh

# Uh-huh

# Tried to understand what it's all about

# But I don't care, uh-huh

# Uh-huh

# Now we're together

# Darlin', like birds of a feather

# Yeah, yeah, yeah

# Cos we've got the chemistry right

# We didn't have to turn on the lovelight, whoa

# It was on

# And we've got the chemistry right

# We didn't have to try, oh

# It just turned out that way

# Whoa-oh

-# I guess we're made that way

-Whoa-oh

# We got the chemistry right

# We can make it right

# We got the chemistry right

# We can make it

# We can make it right

# We got the chemistry right

# We got it right

# We didn't have to turn on the lovelight, whoa

-# It was on

-Whoa-oh

# We, we got the chemistry right

# We didn't have to try

# We didn't have to try

# It turned out that way, whoa-oh

-# I guess we're made that way

-Whoa-oh

# We got it right

-# We, we got the chemistry right

-We got it right

# We didn't have to turn on the lovelight, whoa

# It was on

# We, we got the chemistry right

-# We didn't have to try

-We didn't have to try. #

APPLAUSE

They've certainly got their chemistry right. That's The Nolans.

And congratulations to Linda and Brian

on their forthcoming marriage.

It's the Rolling Stones next on Top Of The Pops as they say

Start Me Up!

# If you start me up

# If you start me up

# I'll never stop

# If you start me up

# If you start me up

# I'll never stop

# I've been running hot

# You got me ticking Gonna blow my top

# If you start me up

# If you start me up

# I'll never stop

# Never stop, never stop, never stop

# You make a grown man cry

# You make a grown man cry

# You make a grown man cry

# Spread out the oil, the gasoline

# I walk smooth Ride in a mean, mean machine

# Start it up

# If you start it up

# Kick on the starter, give it all you got, you got, you got

# I can't compete with the riders in the other heats

# If you rough it up

# If you like it you can slide it up, slide it up, slide it up

# Don't make a grown man cry

# Don't make a grown man cry

# Don't make a grown man cry

# My eyes dilate, my lips go green

# My hands are greasy

# She's a mean, mean machine

# Start it up

# If you start me up

# Give it all you got

# You got to never never, never stop

# Slide it up

# Just slide it up

# You make a grown man cry

# You make a grown man cry

# You make a grown man cry

# Ride like the wind

# At double speed

# I'll take you places that you've never, never seen

# Start it up

# Love the day when we will never stop, never stop

# Never, never, never stop

# Tough me up

# Never stop, never stop, never stop

# You, you

# You make a grown man cry

# You, you make a dead man... #

APPLAUSE

That's it. The Rolling Stones and Start Me Up.

OK, we're going to dance around now with some of the most

beautiful sets of legs in town.

It's Legs & Co, ELO, and let's get going right now.

Hold On Tight.

# Hold on tight to your dream

# Hold on tight to your dream

# When you see your ship go sailing

# When you feel your heart is breaking

# Hold tight to your dream

-# It's a long time to be gone

-Hold on, hold on

-# Time just rolls on and on

-Hold on, hold on

# When you need a shoulder to cry on

# When you get so sick of trying

# Just hold tight to your dream

# When you get so down that you can't get up

# And you want so much but you're all out of luck

# When you're so downhearted and misunderstood

# Just over and over and over you could

# Accroches-toi a ton reve

# Accroches-toi a ton reve

# Quand tu vois ton bateau partir

# Quand tu sents Ton coeur se briser

# Accroches-toi a ton reve

# When you get so down that you can't get up

# And you want so much but you're all out of luck

# When you're so downhearted and misunderstood

# Just over and over and over you could

# Yeah

# Hold on tight to your dream

# Hold on tight to your dream, yeah

# When you see the shadows falling

# When you hear that cold wind calling

# Hold on tight to your dream

# Ooh, yeah

# Hold on tight to your dream

# Yeah

# Hold on tight to your dream... #

APPLAUSE

ELO - Hold On Tight. Legs & Co.

From one great set of figures to another,

as we look at the Top 30 charts.

And at number 30, it's The Specials. Ghost Town.

At 29, Everybody Salsa, Modern Romance.

It's new at 28 for The Rolling Stones. Start Me Up.

Wired For Sound at number 27. Cliff Richard.

The Nolans' Chemistry is number 26.

At 25, I Love Music from Enigma.

The Jacksons, Walk Right Now. That's number 24.

Sheena Easton is 23 with For Your Eyes Only.

And it's a Rainy Night in Georgia at 22 for Randy Crawford.

REO Speedwagon Take It On The Run at number 21.

Chant Number 1 is number 20 for Spandau Ballet.

And at number 19, here's Ultravox and The Thin Wall.

# The sound is on the visions move

# The image dance starts once again

# They shuffle with a bovine grace and glide in syncopation

# Just living lines from books we've read

# With atmospheres of days gone by

# With paper smiles

# The screenplay calls a message for the nation

# And those who sneer will fade and die

# And those who laugh will surely fall

# And those who know will always feel

# Their backs against the thin wall

# The thin wall

# Thin wall

# Old men who speak of victory

# Shed light upon their stolen life

# They drive by night and act as if they're moved by unheard music

# To step in time and play the part

# With velvet voices smooth and cold

# Their power games a game no more

# And long the chance to use it

# And those who sneer will fade and die

# And those who laugh will surely fall

# And those who know will always feel

# Their backs against the thin wall

# The thin wall

# Thin wall

# And those who dance will spin and turn

# And those who wait will wait no more

# And those talk will hear the word

# And those who sneer will fade and die

# And those who laugh will surely fall

# And those who know will always feel

# Their backs against the thin wall

# Thin wall

# And those who dance

# The thin wall

# And those who wait

# The thin wall. #

APPLAUSE

Ultravox, The Thin Wall.

And no, don't worry. Midge Ure is not joining the Ryder Cup golf team.

What we're going to do now, though, is dip back into the hit parade

and look at the places in the middle range of the charts.

At number 18 this week is Startrax, Club Disco.

At 17,

(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star - Bill Wyman.

Tenpole Tudor - Wunderbar, at number 16.

It's new at 15, Gary Numan - She's Got Claws.

Beach Boy Gold - Gidea Park, at number 14.

At 13, Water On Glass from Kim Wilde.

At number 12, here they are, it's Genesis - Abacab.

APPLAUSE

# Look up on the wall

# There on the floor

# Under the pillow

# Behind the door

# There's a crack in the mirror

# Somewhere there's a hole in a window pane

# Do you think I'm to blame?

# Tell me, do you think I'm to blame?

-# When we do it

-You're never there

-# When you show it

-Just stop and stare

-# Abacab

-He's in anywhere

# Abacab

# If you're wrappin' up the world

# Cos you've taken someone else's girl

# When they turn on the pillow

# Even when they answer the telephone

# Don't you think that by now

# Tell me, don't you think that by now

-# When we do it

-You're never there

-# When you show it

-Just stop and stare

-# Abacab

-He's in anywhere

-# Abacab

-Doesn't really care

HE VOCALISES

# Do you want it? You got it

# Now you know

# Do you want it? You got it

# Now you know

# It's an illusion

# It's a game

# Or reflection

# Of someone else's name

# When you wake in the morning

# Wake and find you're covered in cellophane

# Well, there's a hole in there somewhere

# Yeah, there's a hole in there somewhere

# Baby, there's a hole in there somewhere

# Now there's a hole in there somewhere

-# When we do it

-You're never there

-# When you show it

-You stop and stare

-# Abacab

-He's in anywhere

# Abacab... #

APPLAUSE

It's always good to have Genesis on the show. A-B-A-C-A-B. Abacab.

That is number 12. We move on now from some letters, musical letters,

to musical numbers. Numbers 11 to 1.

At number 11, the message is Happy Birthday, from Stevie Wonder.

UB40 - One In Ten at number 10.

At number 9, it's Back To The '60s, with Tight Fit.

Lobo's Caribbean Disco Show is number 8 this week.

Duran Duran, Girls On Film at number 7.

Some Love Action from The Human League at number 6.

At 5, it's Hold On Tight - ELO.

Shakin' Stevens - Green Door. That's down to 4.

At number 3, Hooked On Classics -

Louis Clark and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Soft Cell - Tainted Love, at number 2.

And at number 1, it's Aneka, singing all about her Japanese Boy.

Here she is.

# He said that he loved me never would go

# Oh-oh, oh-oh

# Now I find I'm sitting here on my own

# Oh-oh, oh-oh

# Was it something I've said or done

# That made him pack his bags up and run?

# Could it be another he's found?

# It's breaking up a happy home

# Mister, can you tell me where my love has gone?

# He's a Japanese boy

# I woke up one morning and my love was gone

# Oh, my Japanese boy

# Ooh, I miss my Japanese boy

# People ask about him every day

# Oh-oh, oh-oh

# Don't know what to tell them What can I say?

# Oh-oh, oh-oh

# If only he would write me or call

# A word of explanation, that's all

# It would stop me climbing the wall

# It's breaking up a happy home

# Mister, can you tell me where my love has gone?

# He's a Japanese boy

# I woke up one morning and my love was gone

# Oh, my Japanese boy

# Ooh, I miss my Japanese boy

# Was it something I've said or done

# That made him pack his bags up and run?

# Could it be another he's found?

# It's breaking up a happy home

# Mister, can you tell me where my love has gone?

# He's a Japanese boy

# I woke up one morning and my love was gone

# Oh, my Japanese boy

# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

# Mister, can you tell me where my love has gone?

# He's a Japanese boy

# I woke up one morning and... #

APPLAUSE

Yes, she's number 1. Aneka and Japanese Boy.

Don't forget your number 1 pop show, back the same time next week.

In the meantime, it's goodbye and Everybody Salsa.

# Now what's that crazy rhythm coming from the street?

# The sound of people moving to that Latin beat

# Now this ain't Puerto Rico, this is London E18

# Everybody's welcome to my own dream

# Everybody salsa, everybody salsa

# Everybody salsa, everybody salsa

# Everybody salsa, everybody salsa

# Everybody salsa, salsa Hey, salsa!

# Carnival is moving Music in the air

# Everybody's grooving Dancing everywhere

# Spirit, not location is the essence of our theme

# Why not come and join us in our own dream?

# And now see the pretty ladies moving all around

# Looking super-sexy all around the town

# Their smiles are so enticing You wonder what they mean

# Everyone's entitled to their own dream

# Everybody salsa, everybody salsa

# Everybody salsa, everybody salsa

# Everybody salsa, everybody salsa

# Everybody salsa, salsa Hey, salsa!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# Dance, sing, shake, swing Rock everybody to the new-found beat

# I said dance, sing shake, swing... #