Top of the Pops
Big Hits 1980
Specials Episode 109
January 2, 2015 60m
British pop and the BBC's flagship chart show said goodbye to the 70s and trembled on the edge of a new era for the show, for British music and for British society. This meant a continuing love for the nutty boys, Madness, who feature in this compilation with My Girl, and the man with the best cheekbones in pop, Adam Ant, gave us Antmusic.
We get to check out the Pretenders' first number 1, Brass in Pocket, alongside Dexy's Midnight Runners' tribute to soul legend Geno Washington. There are the early stirrings of new romantic with Spandau Ballet, and it's a veritable mod revival with the Piranhas and 2-Tone with the Beat.
Plus Hot Chocolate, OMD, Motorhead and many more top hits proving the 80s were truly beginning.
Madness – My Girl
The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
Fern Kinney – Together We Are Beautiful
The Vapors – Turning Japanese
Genesis – Turn It On Again
Dr. Hook – Sexy Eyes
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno
Hot Chocolate – No Doubt About It
The Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
The Four Bucketeers – The Bucket Of Water Song
Jona Lewie – You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
The Piranhas – Tom Hark
Sheena Easton – 9 To 5
Bad Manners – Lip Up Fatty
The Ramones – Baby I Love You
Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay
Motörhead – Ace Of Spades
Dennis Waterman with The Dennis Waterman Band – I Could Be So Good For You
Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
Adam & The Ants – Antmusic
We get to check out the Pretenders' first number 1, Brass in Pocket, alongside Dexy's Midnight Runners' tribute to soul legend Geno Washington. There are the early stirrings of new romantic with Spandau Ballet, and it's a veritable mod revival with the Piranhas and 2-Tone with the Beat.
Plus Hot Chocolate, OMD, Motorhead and many more top hits proving the 80s were truly beginning.
Madness – My Girl
The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
Fern Kinney – Together We Are Beautiful
The Vapors – Turning Japanese
Genesis – Turn It On Again
Dr. Hook – Sexy Eyes
Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno
Hot Chocolate – No Doubt About It
The Beat – Mirror In The Bathroom
The Four Bucketeers – The Bucket Of Water Song
Jona Lewie – You’ll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
The Piranhas – Tom Hark
Sheena Easton – 9 To 5
Bad Manners – Lip Up Fatty
The Ramones – Baby I Love You
Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Enola Gay
Motörhead – Ace Of Spades
Dennis Waterman with The Dennis Waterman Band – I Could Be So Good For You
Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short
Adam & The Ants – Antmusic
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