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First broadcast 5.20pm, Saturday, 31st December 1988
25 Years of Top of the Pops
Introduced by The Radio 1 DJ's [Jimmy Savile, David Jacobs, Alan Freeman, Pete Murray, Paul Gambaccini, Mike Read, Kenny Everett, David Jensen, Simon Bates, Mark Goodier, Peter Powell, Tony Blackburn, David Hamilton]
Duration: 70 minutes

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10 original performances

49 repeat performances

47 video or film inserts

1 other (stills/charts/credits/clips)

Showing 1 to 100 of 107 results:

#	Artist	Title	Chart	Peak	Status
1	Eurythmics	You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart	-	16	Master
2	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Midnight Train To Georgia	-	10	Master
3	The Shadows	Don't Make My Baby Blue	-	10	Master
4	David Bowie	Starman	-	10	Master
5	Dusty Springfield	Son Of A Preacher Man	-	9	Master
6	Dire Straits	Sultans Of Swing	-	8	Master
7	Depeche Mode	Just Can't Get Enough	-	8	Master
8	The Jacksons	Blame It On The Boogie	-	8	Master
9	Genesis	Turn It On Again	-	8	Master
10	Lulu	Shout	-	7	Master
11	Status Quo	Pictures Of Matchstick Men	-	7	Master
12	Sex Pistols	Pretty Vacant	-	6	Master
13	Electric Light Orchestra	Mr. Blue Sky	-	6	Master
14	John Lennon	Imagine	-	6	Master
15	Madness	Our House	-	5	Master
16	Bruce Springsteen	Born In The USA	-	5	Master
17	Olivia Newton-John	A Little More Love	-	4	Master
18	Sylvia	Y Viva Espana	-	4	Master
19	Elton John	Daniel	-	4	Master
20	Roxy Music	Virginia Plain	-	4	Master
21	Madonna	Like A Virgin	-	3	Master
22	Status Quo	Rockin' All Over The World	-	3	Master
23	U2	Pride (In The Name Of Love)	-	3	Master
24	Soft Cell	Say Hello Wave Goodbye	-	3	Master
25	The Rolling Stones	Let's Spend The Night Together	-	3	Master
26	Bros	When Will I Be Famous?	-	2	Master
27	Ultravox	Vienna	-	2	Master
28	Blondie	Denis	-	2	Master
29	Tom Jones	Delilah	-	2	Master
30	The Who	My Generation	-	2	Master
31	The Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	-	2	Master
32	Free	All Right Now	-	2	Master
33	Swinging Blue Jeans	Hippy Hippy Shake	-	2	Master
34	Dave Clark Five	Bits and Pieces	-	2	Master
35	Don McLean	American Pie	-	2	Master
36	The Kinks	Lola	-	2	Master
37	The Hollies	I Can't Let Go	-	2	Master
38	Spandau Ballet	True	-	1	Master
39	Culture Club	Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?	-	1	Master
40	The Boomtown Rats	I Don't Like Mondays	-	1	Master
41	Cliff Richard	We Don't Talk Anymore	-	1	Master
42	Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder	Ebony and Ivory	-	1	Master
43	Sonny & Cher	I Got You Babe	-	1	Master
44	Rod Stewart	Maggie May	-	1	Master
45	The Human League	Don't You Want Me	-	1	Master
46	Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	-	1	Master
47	Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	-	1	Master
48	Wham!	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go	-	1	Master
49	Dexy's Midnight Runners with The Emerald Express	Come On Eileen	-	1	Master
50	Roy Orbison	Oh Pretty Woman	-	1	Master
51	Elvis Presley	The Wonder Of You	-	1	Master
52	The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Loving Feeling	-	1	Master
53	10cc	I'm Not In Love	-	1	Master
54	The Supremes	Baby Love	-	1	Master
55	Shakin' Stevens	This Ole House	-	1	Master
56	Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	-	1	Master
57	Lionel Richie	Hello	-	1	Master
58	Stevie Wonder	I Just Called To Say I Love You	-	1	Master
59	Phil Collins	You Can't Hurry Love	-	1	Master
60	Whitney Houston	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)	-	1	Master
61	George Michael	Careless Whisper	-	1	Master
62	Band Aid	Do They Know It's Christmas?	-	1	Master
63	The Four Tops	Reach Out I'll Be There	-	1	Master
64	John Denver	Annie's Song	-	1	Master
65	Cilla Black	Anyone Who Had A Heart	-	1	Master
66	Sandie Shaw	Long Live Love	-	1	Master
67	Mud	Tiger Feet	-	1	Master
68	Ray Stevens	The Streak	-	1	Master
69	Benny Hill	Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)	-	1	Master
70	The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown	Fire	-	1	Master
71	Showaddywaddy	Under The Moon Of Love	-	1	Master
72	Village People	Y.M.C.A.	-	1	Master
73	Duran Duran	Is There Something I Should Know?	-	1	Master
74	Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Two Tribes	-	1	Master
75	Adam & The Ants	Stand and Deliver	-	1	Master
76	The Police	Don't Stand So Close To Me '86	-	1	Master
77	The Jam	Going Underground	-	1	Master
78	Gary Glitter	I Love You Love Me Love	-	1	Master
79	Slade	Merry Xmas Everybody	-	1	Master
80	The Tremeloes	Silence Is Golden	-	1	Master
81	The Animals	House Of The Rising Sun	-	1	Master
82	Kate Bush	Wuthering Heights	-	1	Master
83	Hot Chocolate	So You Win Again	-	1	Master
84	The Three Degrees	When Will I See You Again?	-	1	Master
85	The Monkees	I'm A Believer	-	1	Master
86	Fleetwood Mac	Albatross	-	1	Master
87	The Bee Gees	Massachusetts	-	1	Master
88	David Essex	Gonna Make You A Star	-	1	Master
89	A-ha	The Sun Always Shines On TV	-	1	Master
90	Kajagoogoo	Too Shy	-	1	Master
91	Donny Osmond	Puppy Love	-	1	Master
92	Bay City Rollers	Bye Bye Baby	-	1	Master
93	The Rolling Stones	The Last Time	-	1	Master
94	The Rolling Stones	Jumping Jack Flash	-	1	Master
95	Engelbert Humperdinck	Release Me	-	1	Master
96	Glenn Medeiros	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You	-	1	Master
97	Terry Jacks	Seasons In The Sun	-	1	Master
98	St. Winifred's School Choir	There's No One Quite Like Grandma	-	1	Master
99	ABBA	Waterloo	-	1	Master
100	T. Rex	Hot Love	-	1	Master

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