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<< Songs from TOTP #996 >>
First broadcast 7.10pm, Thursday, 5th May 1983
1000th Edition
Introduced by The Radio 1 DJ's [Richard Skinner, David Jacobs, Jimmy Savile, Peter Powell, Simon Bates, Andy Peebles, Janice Long, Tommy Vance, Dave Lee Travis, Noel Edmonds, Steve Wright, Tony Blackburn, David Jensen, John Peel, Jonathan King, Paul Gambaccini, Mike Read, Gary Davies, Pat Sharp, Mike Smith]
Duration: 50 minutes

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8 original performances

26 repeat performances

1 video or film insert

1 dance performance [Zoo]

1 other (stills/charts/credits/clips)

Showing 1 to 37 of 37 results:

#	Artist	Title	Chart	Peak	Status
1	Thompson Twins	We Are Detective	7	7	Master
2	The Human League	(Keep Feeling) Fascination	3	2	Master
3	The Beat	Can't Get Used To Losing You	29	3	Master
4	Dave Clark Five	Bits and Pieces	-	2	Master
5	Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas	Little Children	-	1	Master
6	The Supremes	Baby Love	-	1	Master
7	Sonny & Cher	I Got You Babe	-	1	Master
8	The Rolling Stones	Get Off Of My Cloud	-	1	Master
9	The Bee Gees	Massachusetts	-	1	Master
10	The Rolling Stones	Let's Spend The Night Together	-	3	Master
11	The Beatles	All You Need Is Love	-	1	Master
12	Cliff Richard	All My Love	-	6	Master
13	Manfred Mann	Mighty Quinn	-	1	Master
14	Joe Cocker	With A Little Help From My Friends	-	1	Master
15	Status Quo	Pictures Of Matchstick Men	-	7	Master
16	The Move	Fire Brigade	-	3	Master
17	Cilla Black	Surround Yourself With Sorrow	-	3	Master
18	Heaven 17	Temptation	8	2	Master
19	The Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	-	2	Master
20	Rod Stewart	Maggie May	-	1	Master
21	Elton John	Your Song	-	7	Master
22	T. Rex	Get It On	-	1	Master
23	David Bowie	Starman	-	10	Master
24	Gary Glitter	I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)	-	1	Master
25	ABBA	Waterloo	-	1	Master
26	Queen	Killer Queen	-	2	Master
27	10cc	I'm Not In Love	-	1	Master
28	The Boomtown Rats	Looking After Number One	-	11	Master
29	Blondie	Picture This	-	12	Master
30	The Police	Spirits In The Material World	-	12	Master
31	Adam Ant	Goody Two Shoes	-	1	Master
32	Duran Duran	Is There Something I Should Know?	-	1	Master
33	New Edition	Candy Girl	30	1	Master
34	Blancmange	Blind Vision	28	10	Master
35	The Fun Boy Three	Our Lips Are Sealed	16	7	Master
36	Spandau Ballet	True	1	1	Master
37	Men At Work	Overkill	24	21	Master

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Most of the info above is taken from the BBC TOTP database, as listed and updated on the Popscene forum, with additional info from One For The Dads and TV Brain.
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