09/07/1980
Top of the Pops ArchiveA look at Britain's best-selling discs, artists, and news from the Top 40. Including tracks from Odyssey, Thin Lizzy, Kate Bush, and Splodgenessabounds. Introduced by Peter Powell & B.A. Robertson.
| Performance | Chart # | |||
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747 (strangers In The Night) Saxon Mimed Performance |
14 |
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Use It Up And Wear It Out Odyssey Danced to by Legs & Co. |
2 |
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Waterfalls Paul McCartney Music Video |
11 |
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Chinatown Thin Lizzy Mimed Performance |
21 |
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More Than I Can Say Leo Sayer Mimed Performance |
22 |
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Babooshka Kate Bush Music Video |
16 |
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Let's Hang On Darts Music Video |
24 |
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Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Please Splodgenessabounds Audience Dancing |
10 |
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Could You Be Loved Bob Marley & The Wailers Live Performance |
9 |
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Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime The Korgis Music Video |
8 |
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My Way Of Thinking UB40 Mimed Performance |
7 |
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Funky Town Lipps Inc Audience Dancing |
6 |
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Cupid The Detroit Spinners Music Video |
5 |
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Crying Don Mclean Music Video |
4 |
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Jump To The Beat Stacy Lattisaw Audience Dancing |
3 |
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Use It Up And Wear It Out Odyssey Audience Dancing |
2 |
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Xanadu Olivia Newton-john & Electric Light Orchestra Audience Dancing |
1 |
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A Lover's Holiday Change Audience Dancing |
29 |
Trivia
During the Musician’s Union strike, TOTP piloted the new-look show during July 1980 - members of the production team stood in for the studio acts.
This episode never broadcast on television, but this was the expected lineup, and was a trial episode Michael Hurll created.
Credits
| Presenter | Peter Powell |
| Presenter | B.A. Robertson |
| Director | Johnny Pearson |
| Producer | Phil Bishop |
| Executive Producer | Robin Nash |
| Sound | Alan Machin |
| Lighting | Don Babbage |
| Design | Tom Yardley-Jones |
| Choreographer | Flick Colby |
| Featuring | Top of the Pops Orchestra |
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