TOTP2's Top 5 Moments Guide

Check out the following selection of Top 5 moments from Top of the Pops over the years. As described by the former TOTP2 blog & editorial team.


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.

All Top 5 Guides

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ABBA

Five working titles which thankfully got changed...

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Awkward Moments

Naughty lyrics, defamatory themes and raunchy videos have all sent Auntie's knickers in a spin. Here are a few songs that received a good rapping across their cheeky knuckles.

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Banned by the BBC

Naughty lyrics, defamatory themes and raunchy videos have all sent Auntie's knickers in a spin. Here are a few songs that received a good rapping across their cheeky knuckles.

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Bring Your Gran

Five not-so-young ladies try to get groovy by jumping on the pop bandwagon...

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Britpop Busters

Five facts about the legendary Britpoppers...

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David Bowie

Five Bowie personas that caused a stir...

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Filmed in Technovision

Not only did the Pet Shop Boys bring a touch of theatre to disco pop, they've had some really, er, ground-breaking TV programme ideas over the years. Don't believe us? Check out these howlers.

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Gardener's Delight

Spring's in the air, so take a trip down the TOTP2 garden path and read what we've dug up for our Gardening Top 5.

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Hot Chocolate

Five facts about cool Errol and his gang...

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Madness

Welcome to the house of factual fun...

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Punk Pretenders?

Are these punk crusaders really rebellious, or at heart were they really a bunch of old softies?...

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Rolling Stones

Five headline grabbing moments for Britain's lippiest band...

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Secret Drug Songs

Five songs that are obviously all about drugs but the artists insist are about fluffy bunnies and such like... "It was inspired by this crazy picture my son painted." Yeah, right...

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Singing Drummers

Walking And Chewing Gum At the Same Time...Five drummers who got sick of looking at the lead singer's wiggling bum and decided that they could sing!

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Slade

For those that rocked, we salute you...

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Status Quo

We take a trip down memory lane and trail through the Quo's career...

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The Erasure Story

The idiot's guide to Erasure...
Synth duos were ten a penny in the '80s, but like the stubborn understains in a student's linen, few survived, adapted and thrived like Vince Clarke and Andy Bell.

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TOTP2's 2003 Predictions

While you painfully digest what 2003 has in store for you, we pull in some bloke bloke called Cryptic Dave to tell us what's going down this year for pop's good, bad and ugly.