29/11/1984 Top of the Pops

Hello and welcome to a very live edition of Top Of The Pops.

And for starters, one of my favourite records of the moment.

It's from Nik Kershaw

and it's called The Riddle.

# I got two strong arms

# Blessings of Babylon

# With time to carry on

# And try

# For sins and false alarms

# So to America the brave

# Wise men save

# Near a tree by a river

# There's a hole in the ground

# Where an old man of Aran

# Goes around and around

# And his mind is a beacon

# In the veil of the night

# For a strange kind of fashion

# There's a wrong and a right

# But he'll never

# Never fight over you

# I got plans for us

# Nights in the scullery

# And days instead of me

# I only know

# What to discuss

# Oh, for anything but light

# Wise men fighting over you

# It's not me you see

# Pieces of valentine

# And just a song of mine

# To keep from burning history

# Seasons of gasoline and gold

# Wise men fold

# Near a tree by a river

# There's a hole in the ground

# Where an old man of Aran

# Goes around and around

# And his mind is a beacon

# In the veil of the night

# For a strange kind of fashion

# There's a wrong and a right

# But he'll never

# Never fight over you

# I got time to kill

# Sly looks in corridors

# Without a plan of yours

# A blackbird sings on Bluebird Hill

# Thanks to the calling of the wild

# Wise men's child

# Near a tree by a river

# There's a hole in the ground

# Where an old man of Aran

# Goes around and around

# And his mind is a beacon

# In the veil of the night

# For a strange kind of fashion

# There's a wrong and a right

# But he'll never

# Never fight

# Near a tree by a river

# There's a hole in the ground

# Where an old man of Aran

# Goes around and around

# And his mind is a beacon

# In the veil of the night

# For a strange kind of fashion

# There's a wrong and a right

# But he'll never

# Never fight over you

# No, he'll never, never fight over you. #

Well, it's been a busy year for the Eurythmics.

Apart from working in America,

they've been doing the soundtrack for 1984 from which this is from.

Sexcrime Nineteen Eighty-Four.

# Can I take this for granted

# With your eyes over me?

# In this place this wintry home

# I know there's always someone in

# Sexcrime

# Sexcrime

# Huh

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Nineteen eighty-four

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Nineteen eighty-four

# And so I face the wall

# Turn my back against it all

# How I wish I'd been unborn

# Wish I wasn't living here

# Sexcrime

# S-s-s-s-sexcrime

# Sexcrime

# S-s-s-s-sexcrime

# Sexcrime

# C-c-c-c-crime

# Sexcrime

# Huh

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Nineteen eighty-four

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Nineteen eighty-four

# Whoa-whoa-oh

# I'll pull the bricks down

# One by one

# Y-y-y-y-yeah

# Hey hey hey

# Leave a big hole in the wall

# Just where you are looking in

# Sexcrime

# Sexcrime

# Whoop-whoo-wooh

# Whoop-whoo-wooh

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Huh

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Nineteen eighty-four

# Yeah-ah

# Yeah-ah

# Doo bee doo doo bee doo doop

# Nineteen eighty-four... #

That's Eurythmics and Nineteen Eighty-Four

The T-shirt that I'm wearing relates to Band Aid

and the song that's been released for Christmas

and also to help the famine in Ethiopia.

We wish them a lot of luck with that single, I hope it's a massive hit.

Talking about hits, they're back in the charts,

they are every Christmas,

Slade and All Join Hands.

# I remember the time

# When I saw you

# Standing there all alone

# In a crowd

# I remember the time

# Cos we drank too much wine

# We all join hands

# And we all join hands

# So let's all join hands

# Here and now

# All the girls getting kissed

# In the ballroom

# All the boys Brahms and Liszt

# On the floor

# I remember the time

# When we sang Auld Lang Syne

# We all join hands

# And we all join hands

# So let's all join hands

# Here and now

# Have the time of your life

# When you're younger

# And have the time of your life

# When you're old

# Drink the wine

# Feeling fine

# As we sang Auld Lang Syne

# We all join hands

# And we all join hands

# So let's all join hands

# Here and now

# We all join hands

# And we all join hands

# So let's all join hands

# Here and now

# Here and now

# Here and now

# Yea-a-a-ah... #

Oh, wow. Noddy Holder always looks

though he's done something naughty.

She has the looks, she has the voice,

and she's certainly got the body.

It's Tina Turner, Private Dancer.

# All the men come in these places

# And the men are all the same

# You don't look at their faces

# And you don't ask their names

# You don't think of them as human

# You don't think of them at all

# You keep your mind on the money

# Keeping your eyes on the wall

# I'm your private dancer

# A dancer for money

# I'll do what you want me to do

# I'm your private dancer

# A dancer for money

# And any old music will do

# I want to make a million dollars

# I want to live out

# By the sea

# Have a husband and some children

# Yeah, I guess I want a family

# All the men come in these places

# And the men are all the same

# You don't look at their faces

# And you don't ask their names

# I'm your private dancer

# A dancer for money

# I'll do what you want me to do

# I'm your private dancer

# A dancer for money

# And any old music will do

# I'm your private dancer

# A dancer for money

# I'll do what you want me to do

# Just a private dancer

# A dancer for money

# And any old music will do

# Deutschmarks or dollars

# American Express will do nicely, thank you

# Let me loosen up your collar

# Tell me, do you want to see me

# Do the shimmy again? #

That's Tina Turner, Private Dancer.

The next band arrived in the country about a week ago

and on Saturday they embark on a nationwide tour, 13 dates,

finishing in Wembley on the 14th and 15th of December.

The band is Kool And The Gang

and this is their latest hit called Fresh.

# Conversation is going 'round

# People talking 'bout the girl

# Who's come to town

# Lovely lady

# Pretty as can be

# No-one knows her name

# She's just a mystery

# I have seen her

# Maybe once or twice

# One thing I can say

# Ooh

# She's very nice

# She's a lady

# One I really want to know

# Somehow I've got to let my feeling show

# She's fresh, fresh

# Exciting

# She's so exciting to me

# She's fresh, fresh

# Exciting

# She's so inviting to me, yeah

# I've been thinking

# About the way you walk

# Baby, I like the way you talk

# Tell you something

# I really can't hide

# Heaven must have sent you to be

# By my side

# Fresh and lovely

# Like a dream come true

# I'll give anything to

# Spend the night with you

# What a feeling

# And I can't stop it, baby

# Miss frisky lady

# Take me away

# She's fresh, fresh

# Exciting

# She's so exciting to me, yeah

# She's fresh, fresh

# Exciting

# So inviting to me, yeah

# Fresh as a summer breeze

# She'll take you by surprise

# She means so much to me

# I'll do whatever

# To make her mine, baby

# Oh, yeah

# Ooh, la la la la la

# To me, she's fresh

# She's fresh, she's so fresh

# She's fresh, she's so fresh

# Fresh as a summer breeze

# She's so fresh, she's so fresh

# She's fresh, she's so fresh

# She means so much to me

# She's so fresh, she's so fresh

# I want to take her by the hand

# She's so fresh, she's so fresh

# And pray she'll understand

# She's so fresh

# I love the way she walks

# She's so fresh

# And ooh, baby

# I love the way she talks

# She's so fresh... #

Kool And The Gang.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood must be well pleased this year.

Two number one singles, a number one album and this could do the same.

This is them and the Power Of Love.

# I-I-I-I

# Feels like fire

# I'm so in love with you

# Purge the soul

# Make love

# Your goal

# The power of love

# A force from above

# Cleaning my soul

# Flame on burn desire

# Love with tongues of fire

# Purge the soul

# Make love

# Your goal

# I'll protect you

# From the hooded claw

# Keep the vampires from your door

# When the chips are down

# I'll be around

# With my undying

# Death-defying love for you

# Envy will hurt itself

# Let yourself be beautiful

# Sparkling love, flowers and pearls

# And pretty girls

# Love is like an energy

# Rushin' in

# Rushin' inside of me

# Yeah

# The power of love

# A force from above

# Cleaning my soul

# Flame on burn desire

# Love with tongues of fire

# Purge the soul

# Make love

# Your goal

# This time

# We go sublime

# Lovers entwine

# Divine, divine

# Love is danger

# Love is pleasure

# Love is pure

# The only treasure

# I'm so in love with you

# Purge the soul

# Make love

# Your goal

# The power of love

# A force from above

# Cleaning my soul

# The power of love

# A force from above

# A sky-scraping dove

# Flame on burn desire

# Love with tongues of fire

# Purge the soul

# Make love

# Your goal... #

The Nativity video.

And that really makes me go, urgh, brilliant.

Gets her out of that easy enough.

Right, here's the charts.

Invisible

We All Stand Together

We Are Family

The Medal Song

Got To Get You Home Tonight

Where The Rose Is Sown

Too Late For Goodbyes

Together In Electric Dreams

Blasphemous Rumours

Private Dancer

Love's Great Adventure

No More Lonely Nights

I Just Called To Say I Love You

This is Like A Virgin...

# I made it through the wilderness

# Somehow I made it through

# Didn't know how lost I was

# Until I found you

# I was beat

# Incomplete

# I'd been had

# I was sad and blue

# But you made me feel

# Yeah, you made me feel

# Shiny and new

# Woo, like a virgin

# Touched for the very first time

# Like a virgin

# When your heart beats

# Next to mine

# Gonna give you all my love, boy

# My fear is fading fast

# Been saving it all for you

# Cos only love can last

# You're so fine

# And you're mine

# Make me strong

# Yeah, you make me bold

# Oh, your love thawed out

# Yeah, your love thawed out

# What was scared and cold

# Like a virgin, hey

# Touched for the very first time

# Like a virgin

# With your heartbeat

# Next to mine

# Whoa

# Whoa, ah

# Whoa

# You're so fine

# And you're mine

# I'll be yours

# Till the end of time

# Cos you made me feel

# Yeah, you made me feel

# I've nothing to hide

# Like a virgin

# Hey

# Touched for the very first time... #

Well, it's certainly a programme tonight of contrasts.

Anyway, that is, er, a fairly provocative video from Madonna

and Like A Virgin.

Back to the charts.

Do The Conga

Warning Sign

Respect Yourself

Half A Minute

All Cried Out

Gimme All Your Loving

Freedom

Fresh

The Wanderer

One Night In Bangkok

I'm So Excited

All Join Hands

Louise

Treat Her Like A Lady

Let It All Blow

I Won't Run Away

# Your mother said you cried

# In your sleep last night

# She asked me this morning

# Did we have a big fight?

# I said no but I'm sure that she knows

# She knows about you

# I told her that I thought

# It was just a bad dream

# But she wasn't born yesterday

# You know what I mean

# And I think that we'd better come clean

# Cos she knows about you

# There's no future living this lie

# Cos sooner or later, girl

# She's gotta know

# She ain't gonna lay down and die

# She won't do it

# Cos she went through it too

# All young lovers

# Who come this way

# Who can't sleep nights

# And worry all day

# They don't regret

# Seeing it through

# And you know in your heart

# That's what we've gotta do

# And I won't run away

# Your baby's mine too

# I won't run away

# I'm in love with you

# I won't run away

# And get out of touch

# I won't run away

# I love you too much

# Come with me, baby

# Let's tell her tonight

# Get it out in the open

# And into the light

# And I know

# It won't be no surprise

# Cos she knows about you

# She can tell us

# Where we go from here

# And she'll brush away

# All your worries and fears

# And I know

# She will drown in her tears

# If you won't let her help you

# There's no future living this lie

# Cos sooner or later, girl

# She's gotta know

# She ain't gonna lay down and die

# She won't do it cos

# She went through it too

# All young lovers who come this way

# Who can't sleep nights

# And worry all day

# They don't regret

# Seeing it through

# And you know in your heart

# That's what we've gotta do

# And I won't run away

# Your baby's mine too

# I won't run away

# I'm in love with you

# I won't run away

# And get out of touch

# I won't run away

# I love you too much

# Whoa-whoa-oh

# All young lovers who come this way

# Who can't sleep nights

# And worry all day

# They don't regret

# Seeing it through

# And you know in your heart

# That's what we've got to do

# And I won't run away

# Your baby's mine too

# I won't run away

# I'm in love with you

# I won't run away

# And get out of touch

# I won't run away

# I love you too much

# I love you too much

# I love you too much... #

Alvin Stardust and I Won't Run Away.

Alvin Stardust rules.

OK, let's have a look at the Top Ten selling singles this week.

Caribbean Queen

The Wild Boys

Hard Habit To Break

Teardrops

Sexcrime 1984

The Never Ending Story

The Riddle

The Power Of Love

I Feel For You

Which means, there is a new number one.

And it is Jim Diamond and

I Should Have Known Better.

Here he is.

# And I should have known better

# To lie to one as beautiful as you

# Yeah, I should have known better

# To take a chance on ever

# Losing you

# But I thought you'd understand

# Can you forgive me?

# I

# Saw you walking by

# The other day

# I know that you saw me

# You turned away

# And I was lost

# You see

# I've never loved no-one

# As much as you

# I've fooled around

# But tell me now

# Just who

# Is hurting who

# And I should have known better

# To lie to one as beautiful as you

# Yeah, I should have known better

# To take a chance on ever

# Losing you

# But I thought you'd understand

# Can you forgive me?

# I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I

# Should have known better

# I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I

# Should have known better

# It's true

# I took our love for granted

# All along

# And trying to explain

# Where I went wrong

# I just don't know

# I cry

# But tears don't seem to help me

# Carry on

# Now there is no chance

# You'll come back home

# Got too much pride

# And I should have known better

# To lie to one as beautiful as you

# Yeah, I should have known better

# To take a chance on ever

# Losing you

# But I thought you'd understand

# Can you forgive me?

# Ughh

# I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I love you

# I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I love you

# No-no-no-no-no-no I love you

# No-no-no-no-no-no, yeah

# And I should have known better

# To lie to one

# As beautiful as you. #

The new number one, Jim Diamond,

I Should Have Known Better.

Right, that's it. Hope you enjoyed our live pop party tonight.

Music continues in the studio with Do The Conga and Black Lace.

Till next week, have yourselves a good night.

-Bye-bye...

-Bye.

-..from Top Of The Pops.

# Do-do-do

# Come on and do the conga

# Do-do-do

# It's conga night for sure

# It's conga, it's conga night

# So join the party, everyone

# The dancing's just begun

# And we're all having fun tonight

# Dance that conga till you drop

# We're never going to stop

# You'd better hang on tight

# So everybody

# Do-do-do

# Come on and do the conga

# Choo-choo-choo

# A train across the floor

# You-you-you

# Come on and join the conga

# Do-do-do

# It's conga night for sure

# It's conga, it's conga night

# So feel the music and the beat

# They're dancing in the street

# It's something that

# I can't explain

# Bump together 1-2-3

# Like waves across the sea

# We'll join and make a chain

# That everyone can

# Do-do-do

# Come on and do the conga

# Choo-choo-choo

# A train across the floor

# You-you-you

# Come on and join the conga

# Do-do-do

# It's conga night for sure

# And as you do the conga

# Make the party stronger

# Make the chain much longer

# And do-that do-that do-that do

# Do-do-do

# Come on and do the conga

# Choo-choo-choo

# A train across the floor

# You-you-you

# Come on and join the conga

# Do-do-do

# It's conga night

# Do-do-do

# Come on and do the conga

# Choo-choo-choo

# Like a train across the floor

# You-you-you

# Come on and join the conga

# Do-do-do

# It's conga night for sure

# Do-do-do

# Come on and do the conga

# Choo-choo-choo

# Like a train across the floor

# You-you-you

# Come on and join the conga

# Do-do-do

# It's conga night for sure

# And as you do the conga

# Make the party stronger

# Make the chain much longer

# And do-that do-that do-that

# Do-do-do

# Come on and do the conga

# Choo-choo-choo

# A train across the floor

# You-you-you

# Come on and join the conga

# Do-do-do

# It's conga night for sure... #