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TELEVISION - TOP OF THE POPS : 1981 

Top of the Pops is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly. Each weekly programme consisted of performances from some of that week's best-selling popular music artists, with a rundown of that week's singles chart.

Disc 1
08/01/81 (Richard Skinner)
Racey - Runaround Sue
Adam and the Ants - Antmusic
The Look -  I am the beat
Barry Manilow - Lonely Together (Legs and Co dancing)
The Beat - Too Nice to talk to
Sad Cafe - I'm in love again
Matchbox - Over the Rainbow
Chas and Dave - Rabbit
The Specials - Do Nothing
The Nolans - Who's Gonna Rock You ?
Bad Manners - Lorraine
#1 - John Lennon - Imagine (Video)
Queen - Flash (Closing credits)

22/01/81 (Peter Powell)
The Look -  I am the beat
Blondie - Rapture (Video)
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
Racey - Runaround Sue
XTC - Sgt Rock
Visage - Fade to Grey (Video)
Yarbrough and Peoples - Don't stop the music (Legs and Co dancing)
Adam and the Ants - Antmusic
Honey Bane - Turn me on, Turn me up
Bad Manners - Lorraine
#1 - John Lennon - Imagine (Video)
The Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me (Closing credits)

29/01/81 (Tommy Vance)
Slade - We'll bring the house down
John Lennon - Woman (Video)
The Stranglers - Thrown Away
Madness - The Return of the Los Palmas 7 (Video)
Sheila Hylton - The Bed's Too Big Without You
Ultravox - Vienna
The Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me
Diana Ross - It's My Turn (Legs and Co dancing)
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Susan Fassbender - Twilight Cafe
#1 - John Lennon - Imagine (Video)
Heatwave - Gangsters Of The Groove (Closing credits)

Disc 2
05/02/81 (Simon Bates)
Stray Cats - Rock this town
Blondie - Rapture (Video)
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
Fred Wedlock - Oldest Swinger in town
Rainbow - I Surrender (Video)
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
XTC - Sgt Rock
Cliff Richard - A little in Love (Video)
The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
#1 - John Lennon - Woman (Video)

12/02/81 (Richard Skinner)
The Pretenders - Message of love
Ultravox - Vienna (Video)
Barbara Jones - Just when I needed you most
Coast to Coast - Do the Hucklebuck
Gillan - Mutually Assured Destruction (Video)
George Benson - What's On Your Mind (Legs and Co dancing)
Freez - Southern Freez
Slade - We'll bring the house down
Beggar & Co - (Somebody) Help Me Out
Kelly Marie - Hot Love
#1 - John Lennon - Woman (Video)

26/02/81 (Peter Powell)
Status Quo - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (Video)
Beggar & Co - (Somebody) Help Me Out
Kim Wilde - Kids in America
The Passions - I'm In Love With A German Film Star
Madness - The Return of the Los Palmas 7
Kelly Marie - Hot Love
Coast to Coast - Do the Hucklebuck
Ultravox - Vienna (Video)
Freez - Southern Freez
Kiki Dee - Star
#1 - Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face (Video)

Disc 3
05/03/81 (Mike Read)
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime (Video)
Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
Toyah - It's a mystery
Shakin Stevens - This ole house
Headgirl - Please Don't Touch
Phil Collins - I missed again
Kool and the Gang - Jones v Jones (Legs and Co dancing)
Teardrop Explodes - Reward (Video)
The Who - You Better You Bet
#1 - Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
Coast to Coast - Do the Hucklebuck (Closing credits)

12/03/81 (Tommy Vance)
Teardrop Explodes - Reward
Kim Wilde - Kids in America (Video)
Linx - Intuition (Video)
Kelly Marie - Hot Love
Freez - Southern Freez
Status Quo - Something 'Bout You Baby I Like (Video)
Beggar & Co - (Somebody) Help Me Out
Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go (Video)
Talking Heads - Once in a lifetime (Legs and Co dancing)
Kiki Dee - Star
Coast to Coast - Do the Hucklebuck
#1 - Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (Video)

Disc 4
19/03/81 (Peter Powell)
Sharon Redd - Can you handle it ?
Shakin Stevens - This ole house
Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted ?
The Who - You Better You Bet
Stevie Wonder - Lately (Legs and Co dancing)
Phil Collins - I missed again
Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up
Visage - Mind of a toy (Video)
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Toyah - It's a mystery
#1 - Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (Video)

26/03/81 (Richard Skinner)
Polecats - John I'm Only Dancing
Kim Wilde - Kids in America (Video)
Graham Bonnet - Night Games
Hazel O'Connor - D-Days
Tony Capstick - Capstick Comes Home
Gillan - New Orleans
Linx - Intuition (Video)
Lene Lovich - New Toy
Bad Manners - Just a feeling
The Whispers - It's a love thing (Legs and Co dancing)
Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go (Video)
#1 - Shakin Stevens - This ole house
Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up (Closing credits)

Disc 5
02/04/81 (Simon Bates)
Stiff Little Fingers - Just fade away
Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted ?
Light of the World - Time
Liquid Gold - Don't Panic
Stevie Wonder - Lately (Video)
The Jackson 5 - Can you feel it ? (Legs and Co dancing)
Children of Tansley School - My Mum Is One In A Million
Sugar Minott - Good thing going
Lena Zavaroni - Roses and Rainbows
Spandau Ballet - Musclebound
Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up
#1 - Shakin Stevens - This ole house
The Nolans - Attention to me (Closing credits)

09/04/81 (Mike Read)
Linx - Intuition
Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up
Saxon - And The Bands Played On
Keith Marshall - Only Crying
David Bowie - Up the Hill Backwards (Legs and Co dancing)
Graham Bonnet - Night Games
Public Image Ltd - Flowers of Romance
Eddy Grant - Can't Get Enough Of You
Gillan - New Orleans
The Whispers - It's a love thing (Video)
Hazel O'Connor - D-Days
#1 - Shakin Stevens - This ole house

16/04/81 (Peter Powell)
Bad Manners - Just a feeling
Spandau Ballet - Musclebound (Video)
Girlschool - Hit and Run
Sugar Minott - Good thing going
Department S - Is Vic there ?
The Beat - Drowning
Whitesnake - Don't Break My Heart Again (Video)
UK Subs - Keep On Running (Till You Burn)
Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai (Legs and Co dancing)
The Cure - Primary
The Nolans - Attention to me
#1 - Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up
The Jackson 5 - Can you feel it ? (Closing credits)

Disc 6
14/05/81 (Tommy Vance)
Thin Lizzy - Are You Ready?
Sheena Easton - When He Shines
Department S - Is Vic There?
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (Video)
Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
#1 - Adam and the Ants - Stand & Deliver (Video)

28/05/81 (Simon Bates)
Polecats - Rockabilly Guy
Champaign - How 'Bout Us (Video)
UB40 - Don?t Let It Pass You By
Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men
Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (Video)
Enigma - Ain't No Stopping (Legs and Co dancing)
Hazel O’Connor - Will You ?
Coast to Coast - Let's Jump The Broomstick
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (Video)
#1 - Adam and the Ants - Stand & Deliver (Video)
George Harrison - All Those Years Ago (Closing credits)

Disc 7
04/06/81 (Richard Skinner)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
Shakin' Stevens - You drive me crazy
Kate Robbins and Beyond - More than in Love
Squeeze - Is that Love ?
Imagination - Body Talk
The Jam - Funeral Pyre (Video)
Michael Jackson - One day in your life (Legs and Co dancing)
Toyah - I want to be Free (Video)
Phil Collins - If leaving me is easy
#1 - Adam and the Ants - Stand & Deliver (Video)
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots (Closing credits)

18/06/81 (Peter Powell)
Linx - Throw away the key
Phil Collins - If leaving me is easy
Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots
Kool and the Gang - Take it to the top (Legs and Co dancing)
Champaign - How 'Bout us (Video)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
The Specials - Ghost Town (Video)
Imagination - Body Talk
#1 - Smokey Robinson - Being with you (Video)

25/06/81 (Simon Bates)
Gillan - No Laughing In Heaven
Elaine Paige - Memory (Video)
Kirsty Macoll - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
The Evasions - Wikka Rap
Randy Crawford - You Might Need Somebody
Depeche Mode - New Life
#1 - Michael Jackson - One day in your life (Legs and Co dancing)
Quincy Jones - Razzamatazz (Closing credits)

Disc 8
16/07/81 (Peter Powell)
Saxon - Never Surrender
Third World - Dancing on the Floor (Video)
Depeche Mode - New Life
The Jacksons - Walk right now (Legs and Co dancing)
Dexys Midnight Runners - Show me
Kate Bush - Sat in your Lap (Video)
Bad Manners - Can Can
Spandau Ballet - Chant No.1
#1 - The Specials - Ghost Town (Video)

23/07/81 (Richard Skinner)
The Vapors - Jimmy Jones
Sheena Easton - For your eyes only (Video)
Shakin' Stevens - Green Door
REO Speedwagon - Take it on the run (Video)
Abba - Lay all your love on me (Legs and Co dancing)
Tight Fit - Back To The 60s
Visage - Visage (Video)
Gidea Park - Beach Boy Gold
#1 - The Specials - Ghost Town
Starsound - Stars on 45 Volume 2 (Closing credits)

30/07/81 (Steve Wright)
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Kim Wilde - Water on Glass
Depeche Mode - New Life
Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (Legs and Co dancing)
The Undertones - Julie Ocean
Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday (Video)
Spandau Ballet - Chant No.1
#1 - Shakin' Stevens - Green Door
The Jacksons - Walk right now (Closing credits)

Disc 9
13/08/81 (Simon Bates)
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Hooked On Classics (Video)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Kim Wilde - Water on Glass
Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star
Startrax - Startrax Club Disco (Legs and Co dancing)
Aneka - Japanese Boy
ELO - Hold on Tight (Video)
#1 - Shakin' Stevens - Green Door
UB40 - One in Ten (Closing credits)

27/08/81 (Richard Skinner)
Startrax - Startrax Club Disco
Cliff Richard - Wired for Sound (Video)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
The Nolans - Chemistry
The Rolling Stones - Start me Up (Video)
ELO - Hold on Tight (Legs and Co dancing)
Ultravox - The Thin wall
Geneis - Abacab
#1 - Aneka - Japanese Boy
Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa (Closing credits)

Disc 10
03/09/81 (Peter Powell)
Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa
John Foxx - Europe (After the Rain)
UB40 - One in Ten
Bucks Fizz - One Of Those Nights
The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend
Gary Numan - She's Got Claws (Video)
Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White
Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand (Legs and Co dancing)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir
#1 - Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Funkapolitan - As Time goes by (Closing credits)

17/09/81 (Steve Wright)
Gidea Park - Seasons of Gold
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir
Beggar and Co - Mule (Chant No 2)
Sheena Easton - Just another Broken Heart
The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend
Hi-Gloss - You'll Never Know (Legs and Co dancing)
The Tweets - Birdie Song
Godley and Creme - Under the Thumb
Bucks Fizz - One Of Those Nights
Pointer Sisters - Slow Hand (Video)
#1 - Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (Video)
Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White (Closing credits)

24/09/81 (Simon Bates)
Slade - Lock Up Your Daughters
Alvin Stardust - Pretend
Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough
Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's my Party
Linx - So This Is Romance
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - Endless Love (Legs and Co dancing)
Japan - Quiet Life
Heaven 17 - Play to win
Imagination - In and out of Love
Madness - Shut Up (Video)
#1 - Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (Video)
The Police - Invisible Sun (Closing Credits)

Disc 11
01/10/81 (Mike Read)
The Tweets - Birdie Song
Godley and Creme - Under the Thumb
Sheena Easton - Just another Broken Heart
The Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend
The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer
Ottowan - Hands Up (Give me your Heart) (Legs and Co dancing)
Toyah - Thunder in the Mountains
Bad Manners - Walking in the Sunshine (Video)
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
Gidea Park - Seasons of Gold
Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White
#1 - Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (Video)
Tight Fit - Back to the 60s (Part II) (Closing credits)

15/10/81 (Kid Jensen)
Toyah - Thunder in the Mountains (Video)
BA Robertson and Maggie Bell - Hold Me
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
The Tweets - Birdie Song (Legs and Co dancing)
Godley and Creme - Under the Thumb
The Exploited - Dead Cities
Squeeze - Labelled with Love
The Creatures - Mad Eyed Screamer
Bad Manners - Walking in the Sunshine
#1 - Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's my Party
This Year's Blonde - Platinum Pop (Closing credits)

29/10/81 (Simon Bates)
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me) (Video)
The Fureys and Davey Arthur - When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Olivia Newton-John - Physical (Video)
Trevor Walters - Love me Tonight
BA Robertson and Maggie Bell - Hold Me
Haircut 100 - Boy meets Girl
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Joan of Arc
Squeeze - Labelled with Love
#1 - Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's my Party (Video)

Disc 12
05/11/81 (Peter Powell)
Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey
The Police - Every little thing she does is magic (Video)
The Dukes - Mystery Girl
Rush - Tom Sawyer (Video)
The Jets - Yes Tonight Josephine
ELO - Twilight (Zoo dancing)
Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Video)
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
#1 - Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin - It's my Party
The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl (Closing credits)

19/11/81 (Steve Wright)
Modern Romance - Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey
Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Video)
The Pretenders - I go to sleep
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
Diana Ross - Why do fools fall in love ? (Video)
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
Trevor Walters - Love me Tonight
Soft Cell - Bedsitter (Video)
#1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (Zoo dancing)
The Jets - Yes Tonight Josephine (Closing credits)

26/11/81 (Mike Read)
The Jets - Yes Tonight Josephine
Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (Video)
Toyah - Good Morning Universe
Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home (Video)
Imagination - Flashback
Ultravox - The Voice (Video)
Kim Wilde - Cambodia
Kool and the Gang - Steppin' Out
#1 - Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure (Video)

Disc 13
03/12/81 (Kid Jensen)
Bad Manners - Buona Sera
Soft Cell - Bedsitter
Status Quo - Rock 'n' Roll
Duran Duran - My own way
Diana Ross - Why do fools fall in love ? (Zoo dancing)
Godley and Creme - Wedding Bells (Video)
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
The Human League - Don't you want me (Video)
#1 - Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Video)

17/12/81 (Simon Bates)
Duran Duran - My own way
Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home (Video)
Godley and Creme - Wedding Bells
Rod Stewart - Young Turks (Video)
The Snowmen - Hokey Cokey
Jon and Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home (Zoo dancing)
Status Quo - Rock 'n' Roll
#1 - The Human League - Don't you want me (Video)
Altered Images - I could be happy (Closing credits)

Disc 14
24/12/81 (Kid Jensen)
Wizard - I wish it could be Christmas every day
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Sweet Dreams
Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe
Kool and the Gang - Get Down On It (Zoo dancing)
Altered Images - I could be happy
Dollar - Mirror Mirror
#1 - The Human League - Don't you want me (Video)
Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl (Closing credits)

31/12/81 (Mike Read) - Number 1's of the Year
Shakin’ Stevens - This Ole House (Video)
Adam and the Ants - Stand & Deliver (Video)
John Lennon - Imagine (Video)
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy (Video)
Aneka - Japanese Boy
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Video)
The Specials - Ghost Town
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face (Video)
Julio Iglesias - Begin The Beguine (Video)
Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party (Video)
Michael Jackson - One Day In Your Life (Video)
Smokey Robinson - Being With You (Video)
Shakin’ Stevens - Green Door
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
John Lennon - Woman (Video)
Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming (Video)
The Human League - Don't You Want Me
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (Video)

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