Bucks Fizz 1989-12-28

Bucks Fizz

Top of the Pops Archive

GENRE

Europop Pop Britpop Bubblegum Pop Sunshine Pop Teen Pop

TYPE

Group

FOUNDED

1981

LOCATION

United Kingdom

PRIMARY GENRE

Europop

38

TOTAL APPEARANCES

GROUP MEMBERS

Bobby GCheryl Baker Shelley Preston Jay Aston Mike Nolan

Timeline


Performance Statistics

Repeat performances are not counted, unless stated otherwise.

Mimed

20 / 38

Music Video

6 / 38

Audience Dancing

1 / 38

Top 40 Breaker Clip

1 / 38

Repeats

10 / 38

Linked YouTube

2 / 38

Screengrabs

7 / 38

Archived - Video

38 / 38

#1 Performances

6 / 38

TOTP Appearances

Episode Performance Chart # archived performance image preview YouTube performance
The Final Countdown Making Your Mind Up
Mimed repeat performance
OLD
24/07/2005 Making Your Mind Up
Mimed repeat performance
OLD
Review of the 80s Making Your Mind Up
Mimed repeat performance
OLD
03/07/1986 New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
Music Video
8
19/06/1986 New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
Mimed
11
11/06/1986 New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
Top 40 Breaker Clip
24
06/09/1984 Talking In Your Sleep
Mimed
21
30/08/1984 Talking In Your Sleep
Mimed
34
Christmas 1983 - Part 1 When We Were Young
Mimed
OLD
13/10/1983 London Town
Mimed
37
30/06/1983 When We Were Young
Mimed
10
16/06/1983 When We Were Young
Music Video
23
17/03/1983 Run For Your Life
Mimed
21
06/01/1983 If You Can't Stand The Heat
Mimed
13
Christmas 1982 - Part 1 The Land Of Make Believe
Mimed
OLD
Christmas 1982 - Part 1 My Camera Never Lies
Music Video
OLD
16/12/1982 If You Can't Stand The Heat
Mimed repeat performance
20
02/12/1982 If You Can't Stand The Heat
Mimed
37
08/07/1982 Now Those Days Are Gone
Music Video
13
24/06/1982 Now Those Days Are Gone
Mimed
37
15/04/1982 My Camera Never Lies
Mimed
1
08/04/1982 My Camera Never Lies
Music Video
2
25/03/1982 My Camera Never Lies
Mimed
33
21/01/1982 The Land Of Make Believe
Mimed repeat performance
1
14/01/1982 The Land Of Make Believe
Mimed
1
New Years Eve 1981 Making Your Mind Up
Mimed repeat performance
OLD
24/12/1981 The Land Of Make Believe
Mimed
5
10/12/1981 The Land Of Make Believe
Mimed
24
17/09/1981 One Of Those Nights
Mimed repeat performance
20
03/09/1981 One Of Those Nights
Mimed
32
11/06/1981 Piece Of The Action
Mimed
25
30/04/1981 Making Your Mind Up
Music Video
1
23/04/1981 Making Your Mind Up
Mimed repeat performance
1
16/04/1981 Making Your Mind Up
Mimed repeat performance
1
09/04/1981 Making Your Mind Up
Mimed
2
02/04/1981 Making Your Mind Up
Mimed repeat performance
5
26/03/1981 Making Your Mind Up
Audience Dancing
24
19/03/1981 Making Your Mind Up
Mimed
NEW

The Land Of Make Believe

Bucks Fizz

Feedback

We really value your feedback and help, so if you notice any inaccuracies or would like to let us know about something, fill out this form.*

This content was taken from the BBC's original TOTP2 website, which was archived and discontinued in 2007. The original content is no longer available, but the TOTP Archive has preserved it. Please note that the content may not be up-to-date and may not accurately reflect today's views and opinions.

Interview date: Circa 2003

Ever wondered what happened to Cheryl Baker of Bucks Fizz?
Described by some as "Britain's answer to Abba", Bucks Fizz were the product of music gurus Nichola Martin and Andy Hill. They were shot into the limelight in 1981 when they won Eurovision with 'Making Your Mind Up'. Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan, Bobby Gee and Jay Aston had a string of chart hits including three No.1 singles. In 1985, Jay was replaced by Shelley Preston and in later years, Mike Nolan was replaced by Dollar's David Van Day.
Cheryl Baker has since become a popular TV presenter. Who can forget Eggs & Baker and her stint on Record Breakers which lasted throughout much of the '90s?
TOTP2 tracked Cheryl down to find out her current projects and talk about her TOTP memories.

Question

Of course, Bucks Fizz wasn't your first Eurovision attempt - we remember you from Coco in 1978...

Answer

I can't believe it was 25 years ago. I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was in Paris at Place de la Concorde (if my memory is as good as I think it is). It was the first time I remember staying in a posh swanky hotel. CocoOn the night of the competition, where we came a miserable tenth (or was it eleventh?) I remember going back to the hotel feeling totally disillusioned. We had been built up by the British press to be out-right favourites, so to lose so badly was soul-destroying. I can't honestly say that I enjoyed anything about my first Eurovision experience, even though it had been a childhood ambition. Dublin in 1981 however, was a completely different kettle of fish. They know how to party in Ireland! We had an absolute ball. If we had lost, I would have still come out of it with good memories.

Question

How do you feel when you look back at old clips of you and the gang on TV?

Answer

I love watching old clips, although all my old videos had been stored away for years. I got them out recently (as recent as last week, some of them!) to show my children and have discovered two new fans! The only problem with watching yourself when you were 20 years younger, is that you were two stone lighter as well!

Question

Pop's never been quite the same since the Fizz introduced the skirt-ripping-off technique. How inspired! Who came up with the idea??

Answer

Bucks Fizz, our manager and our production company were sitting in a room discussing what to wear. Was the song more '50's or '60's? In other words, was it Rock and Roll or mini-skirted Mod? I remember distinctly suggesting that we wear both, ripping one off during the song. Trouble is, everyone else at that meeting remembers distinctly that it was them that suggested it! My story still sticks though.

Question

The band were recently reunited at the "It's The No.1 Party" programme. What was it like to get back together?

Answer

Well, I still see the boys, especially Mike, so it wasn't a big reunion or anything. Mike and I have remained close friends since the first time we met. You know when you meet someone and you just 'click'? Well, that's how it was with Michael. I love him to death and would do anything for him. Bobby and I had a good working relationship but did not keep in touch after I left, simply because we weren't best buddies. There was no animosity (well, there was for a short while but that's past). When I was recently appearing in a play near to where Bob lives, he and his wife came to see me. We have been talking recently about a short Bucks Fizz tour perhaps late this year or early next.

Question

Did you speak to Jay?

Answer

No. Mike, Bobby and I were all sitting together. Jay was sat on the opposite side of the studio. I presume someone must have requested that, but it wasn't me. I don't really know what I would have said to Jay had I met her. We haven't spoken since she left the group in 1985. We were never friends; Jay and I were from different planets. When she was replaced by Shelley it was lovely for me because I had a girlfriend in the group at last.

Question

What are you up to these days?

Answer

I've just done an ad promoting Comic Relief. It will be transmitted from 24th February. I am also doing another play called 'Anybody For Murder?' with Frazer Hines and Ross Davidson. We open in Poole on 18th February.

Question

Do you ever watch TOTP2? What music are you into right now?.

Answer

I always watch TOTP2 and so do my eight-year-old twins. They love the way artists used to dress then; much more extrovert with heavy make-up - and that's just the boys. My personal taste in music is varied. My most recent CDs are Ms. Dynamite and Rod Stewart!.