28/05/1981 Top of the Pops

Right, welcome to Top Of The Pops.

We've got Kim Carnes, UB40 and so many more.

But to kick off with, right over there - The Polecats.

# Well, going down the road looking mighty cool

# I may act funny but I ain't no fool

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rockabilly guy, ain't ever gonna change my style

# Well, going to the royalty rock around

# When I start rocking I'm heaven bound

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rockabilly guy, ain't ever gonna change my style

# Let's rock!

# I do the rockabilly boogie every night

# Rockabilly music really out of sight

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rockabilly guy, ain't ever gonna change my style

# Well, I'm gonna rockabilly till the day I die

# Cos I'm a rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rockabilly guy, ain't ever gonna change my style

# Let's rock!

# Well, going down the road looking mighty cool

# I may act funny but I ain't no fool

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rockabilly guy, ain't ever gonna change my style

# I'm gonna rockabilly till the day I die

# Cos I'm a rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rockabilly guy, ain't ever gonna change my style

# Well, I'm a rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy

# Rocka-rocka-rocka-rockabilly guy. #

APPLAUSE

That's a good start to any programme.

That's Top of the Pops kick-off with Rockabilly Guy and it's the Polecats.

There's a band that made it first in America, and now they're doing so well over here.

They're called Champaign and here's their chart contender.

# Ooooohooh-ooh

# Oh-oh-oooooooooh

# Oh-oh-oooooooooh-hooo

# Oh-oh-oooooooooh

# Ooh short and sweet

# No sense in draggin' on past our needs

# Let's don't keep it hangin' on

# If the fire's out

# We should both be gone

# Some people are made for each other

# Some people can love one another for life

# How 'bout us?

# Some people can hold it together

# Last through all kinds of weather

# Can we?

# Ooooohooh-ooh

# Oh-oh-oooooh

# Oh-oh-ooooh-hooo

# Now don't you get me wrong

# What you sayin' to me, baby?

# Cos I'm not tryin' now

# To end it all

# Let's start something new

# It's just that I have seen

# What have you seen?

# Too many lover's hearts lose their dream

# We won't lose it

# Some people are made for each other

# Some people can love one another for life

# How 'bout us?

# Some people can hold it together

# Last through all kinds of weather

# Can we?

# How 'bout us?

# How 'bout us, baby?

# How 'bout us?

# How about us, baby?

# How 'bout us?

# How 'bout us, baby?... #

APPLAUSE

Champaign and How 'Bout Us.

Now, the day before yesterday UB40 flew back into this country

after 20 dates in the States,

looking even better than ever,

and sounding wonderful with their new single.

Here they are on Top Of The Pops.

# There's no-one coming with that freedom train

# There's nowhere you can go where you feel no pain

# Take the blinkers off you eyes

# The power is in your hand

# Stop waiting for your ticket to the promised land

# Don't let it pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by

# There ain't no heaven and there ain't no hell

# Don't let it pass you by

# Except the one we're in and you know too well

# Don't let it pass you by

# There's no-one waiting on

# Waiting on a higher high

# Don't let the only world you're ever gonna live in pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by

# There ain't no heaven and there ain't no hell

# Don't let it pass you by

# Except the one we're in and you know too well

# Don't let it pass you by

# There's no-one waiting on

# Waiting on a higher high

# Don't let the only world you're ever gonna live in pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by

# Don't let it pass you by... #

APPLAUSE

UB40 - they start their new UK tour on Monday.

Don't let it pass you by. Don't Slow Down.

Tenpole Tudor - the same position as last week,

and here's the way they look today.

# Deep in the castle and back from the wars

# Back with my lady and the fire burned tall

# Hoorah went the men down below

# All outside was the rain and the snow

# Hear their shouts Hear their roar

# They've probably all had a barrel

# Or much, much more

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah, yea

# Over the hill with the swords of a thousand men

# We had to meet the enemy a mile away

# Thunder in the air and the sky turned grey

# Assembling the knights and their swords were sharp

# There was hope in our English hearts

# Hear our roar Hear our sound

# We're gonna fight until we have won this town

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah, yea

# Over the hill with the swords of a thousand men... #

# The knights come along at the end of the day

# Some were half-alive and some had run away

# Hear our triumph Hear our roar

# We're gonna drink a barrel

# Or much, much more

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah, yea

# Over the hill with the swords of a thousand men

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah, yea

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah, yea

# Yeah

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah, yea

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah

# Yea

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah, yea

# Hoorah, hoorah Hoorah

# Yea

# Hoorah, hoorah... #

CHEERING AND WHISTLING

Right, Tenpole Tudor.

Now, there's a great British movie made by 20th Century Fox

which is called Chariots Of Fire.

It looks like it's cleaning up most of the international awards

and the music by Vangelis is terrific.

Here's the music and some scenes from that film.

CHEERING

Vangelis, and the music is as good as the movie. Don't miss either.

Now, then, here's Legs & Co, with something shocking for your eyes

and a whole stack of disco hits from Enigma.

# Ain't no stoppin' us now

# We're on the move

# Ain't no stoppin' us now

# We've got the groove

# We're on the move We're on the move

# We're on the move We're on the...

# Oh, freak out

# Le freak, so chic

# Freak out... #

# Have you heard about the new dance craze?

# Listen to us I'm sure you'll be amazed

# It's called Le Freak

# They're doin' it night and day

# Allow us We'll show you the way

# Oh, freak out... #

# Kiss me, honey Move me

# Move your hips

# Kiss, don't kiss me with your tender lips

# Knock me spinnin' Spinnin' like a top

# Move me now and please don't stop... #

-# Come on and jump to the beat

-Jump

# Come on and dance with me

-# Come on and jump to the beat

-Jump

# Come on and dance with me... #

# Shake

# Shake your body down

-# Oh, use it up

-Oh, yeah

# Oh, and wear it out

# Ain't nothin' left in this whole world I care about

# Say, one, two, three

-# Shake your body down

-Shake it on down

# One, two, three

-# Shake your body down

-Shake it on down

# One, two, three

-# Shake your body down

-Shake it on down

# One, two, three

# You gotta shake... #

# I say oops upside your head I said oops upside your head... #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That's an absolute disgrace. Now you know why I wear glasses.

That's Enigma, a stack of disco tracks,

and almost nothing covering Legs & Co.

We were talking about movies just a while back,

and there was a great British film

made about two years ago called Breaking Glass,

and, out of Breaking Glass, two years later, quite literally,

comes a beautiful single sung by Hazel O'Connor.

Listen to Will You?

# You drink your coffee and I sip my tea

# And we're sitting here

# Playing so cool

# Thinking what will be will be

# But it's getting kind of late now

# Oh, I wonder if you'll stay now

# Stay now, stay now, stay now

# Or will you just politely say goodnight?

# I move a little closer to you

# Not knowing quite what to do

# And I'm feeling all fingers and thumbs

# I spill my tea

# Oh, silly me

# But it's getting kind of late now

# I wonder if you'll stay now

# Stay now, stay now, stay now

# Or will you just politely say goodnight?

# And then we touch

# Much too much

# This moment has been waiting for a long, long time

# It makes me shiver

# It makes me quiver

# This moment I'm so unsure

# This moment I've waited for

# But is it something you've been waiting for?

# Waiting for too?

# Take off your eyes

# Bare your soul

# Gather me to you and make me whole

# Tell me your secrets

# Sing me the song

# Sing it to me in the silent tongue

# But it's getting kind of late now

# I wonder if you'll stay now

# Stay now, stay now, stay now

# Or will you just politely say goodnight? #

MUSIC STOPS

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

And, on sax, a wonderful player, whose name's Wesley Mcgoogan.

That was the wonderful - Will You?

OK, let's take a look at the charts

and see what's happening at number 30.

Now it's back to number 30 with Coast To Coast.

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Your father don't like it Your brother don't like it

# Your sister don't like it Your mother don't like it

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Well, I come from Alabama Back Texarkana

# I'm goin' all around the world

# Well, I'm goin' from Alabama Back to Texarkana

# I'm goin' all around the world

# Your father don't like it Your brother don't like it

# Your sister don't like it Your mother don't like it

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Come on, little baby I don't mean a maybe

# Let's settle down

# Come on, little baby I don't mean a maybe

# Let's settle down

# Your father don't like it Your brother don't like it

# Your sister don't like it Your mother don't like it

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Your father don't like it Your brother don't like it

# Your sister don't like it Your mother don't like it

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Well, I'm goin' from Alabama Back to Texarkana

# I'm goin' all around the world

# I'm goin' from Alabama Back to Texarkana

# I'm goin' all around the world

# Your father don't like it Your brother don't like it

# Your sister don't like it Your mother don't like it

# Come on, little baby Let's jump the broomstick

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Come on, let's tie the knot

# Come on, let's tie the knot. #

CHEERING

Coast To Coast. OK, let's go back to the charts now,

and take a look at what's going down,

starting off this time with number 20.

And it's Ennio Morricone taking a tumble to number 20 this week.

Sheena Easton's new single is down to 19.

And the Undertones go up to 18.

Enigma up 15 places to number 17

and UB40 go in at number 16.

Madness are down to 15.

The Stray Cats go down to 14

and George Harrison's the highest climber at number 13.

The Human League are up to number 12

and up goes Champaign to number 11.

Here on Top Of The Pops at number ten is Kim Carnes.

# Her hair is Harlow gold

# Her lips sweet surprise

# Her hands are never cold

# She's got Bette Davis eyes

# She'll turn the music on you

# You won't have to think twice

# She's pure as New York snow

# She got Bette Davis eyes

# And she'll tease you

# She'll unease you

# All the better just to please you

# She's precocious and she knows just

# What it takes to make a pro blush

# She got Greta Garbo's standoff sighs

# She's got Bette Davis eyes

# She'll let you take her home

# It whets her appetite

# She'll lay you on the throne

# She got Bette Davis eyes

# She'll take a tumble on you

# Roll you like you were dice

# Until you come out blue

# She's got Bette Davis eyes

# She'll expose you when she snows you

# Off your feet with the crumbs she throws you

# She's ferocious and she knows just

# What it takes to make a pro blush

# All the boys think she's a spy

# She's got Bette Davis eyes

# And she'll tease you

# She'll unease you

# All the better just to please you

# She's precocious and she knows just

# What it takes to make a pro blush

# All the boys think she's a spy

# She's got Bette Davis eyes

# She'll tease you

# She'll unease you

# Just to please you

# She's got Bette Davis eyes

# She'll expose you... #

APPLAUSE

That's Kim Carnes. She's never actually seen Bette Davis,

but it's her own song and it's great.

Right, let's look at the lady at number nine.

# Don't want to go to school

# Don't want to be nobody's fool... #

Toyah Willcox is in the top ten at number nine,

up four places from last week with I Want To Be Free.

# I don't want to be sweet and neat

# I don't want someone living my life for me

# I want to be free

# I'm going to turn this world inside out

# Going to turn suburbia upside down

# Going to walk the streets Scream and shout

# Going to crawl through the alleyways, being very loud... #

# And I'm going to keep on loving you... #

I'm going to Keep On Loving You, REO Speedwagon,

down one place to this week's number eight.

# Cos it's the only thing I wanna do

# I don't wanna sleep

# I just wanna keep on loving you... #

# I don't care what they think about me... #

The highest climber as far as the top ten is concerned,

Smokey Robinson is back in the charts and welcome too.

Up 16 places to number seven, Being With You.

# I'm going to beg you to stay

# I don't care if they start to avoid me

# I don't care what they do

# I don't care about anything else

# But being with you Being with you... #

# Hear their shouts Hear their roar... #

Into the top six and it's the same old story for Tenpole Tudor.

Swords Of A Thousand Men is number six.

# Over the hill with the swords of a thousand men... #

# Spurs are on their way to Wembley

# Tottenham's going to do it again... #

And same as last week for Tottenham Hotspur,

Ossie's Dream is number five.

# The boys from White Hart Lane

# Spurs are on their way to Wembley

# The kings are claiming the throne

# Everybody will be singing

# When the Spurs go marching on... #

# Well, I know your love is rough... #

And no change for Kim Wilde, just a quick shower.

She's number four, same as last week, with...

# Chequered love

# Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh

# I can't let go

# Oh, oh, oh-oh, oh

# I can't let go cos I need you so tonight... #

# The stars on 45... #

And the same story for Starsound -

Stars On 45 is still at number three.

# You still don't "Tell Me Why" and "No Reply-y-y-y-"... #

# I love you, baby and it's plain to see... #

And no change for Shakin' Stevens either.

The same position for You Drive Me Crazy at number two.

# You drive me crazy

# You drive me crazy

# Oh! #

It's been a funny old chart mainly because of the bank holiday,

I guess, and people have been buying records or not, as the case may be,

and that means the top six,

no change at all which means that Adam's here

-to say those magic words.

-Stand and deliver!

# I'm the dandy highwayman whom you're too scared to mention

# I spend my cash on looking flash and grabbing your attention

# The devil take your stereo and your record collection

# The way you look, you'll qualify for next year's old age pension

# Stand and deliver

# Your money or your life

# Oh!

# Try to use a mirror

# Not a bullet or a knife

# Oh!

# I'm the dandy highwayman so sick of easy fashion

# The clumsy boots, peek-a-boo roots that people think so dashing

# So what's the point of robbery when nothing is worth taking?

# It's kind of tough to tell a scruff the big mistake he's making

# Stand and deliver

# Your money or your life

# Oh!

# Try to use a mirror

# Not a bullet or a knife

# And even though you fool your soul Your conscience will be mine

# All mine

# We're the dandy highwaymen so tired of excuses

# Of deep meaning philosophies where only showbiz loses

# We're the dandy highwaymen and here's our invitation

# Throw your safety overboard and join our insect nation

# Stand and deliver

# Your money or your life

# Oh!

# Try to use a mirror

# Not a bullet or a knife

# Oh!

# Stand and deliver

# Your money or your life

# Stand and deliver

# Your money or your life

# Stand and deliver... #

APPLAUSE Adam And The Ants at number one.

That's it from Top Of The Pops.

We'll go out enjoying George Harrison's All Those Years Ago.

Goodnight, see you next week with maybe a new number one, who knows?

Goodnight.

# I'm shouting all about love

# While they treated you like a dog

# When you were the one who had made it so clear

# All those years ago

# I'm talking all about how to give

# They don't act with much honesty

# But you point the way to the truth when you say

# All you need is love

# Living with good and bad

# I always looked up to you

# Now we're left cold and sad

# By someone the devil's best friend

# Someone who offended all

# We're living in a bad dream

# They've forgotten all about mankind

# And you were the one they backed up to the wall

# All those years ago

# You were the one who imagined it all

# All those years ago

# All those years ago

# All those years ago

# Deep in the darkest night

# I send out a prayer to you

# Now in the world of light

# Where the spirit free of lies

# And all else that we despised

# They've forgotten all about God

# He's the only reason we exist

# Yet you were the one that they said was so weird

# All those years ago

# You said it all though not many had ears

# All those years ago

# You had control of our smiles and our tears

# All those years ago. #