Top 20 Greatest Top of the Pops Performances of All Time

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These icons all performed live back in the day! For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 20 Greatest Top of the Pops Performances of All Time. Featuring performances from Kate Bush, Elton John, David Bowie, and many more. What’s your favourite “Top of the Pops” memory? Let us know in the comments!
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@WatchMojoUK Год назад

Check out our LATEST TOTP Video! Top 10 Underrated Top Of The Pops Performances ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GcTa0YSYvw4.html

@DawnSuttonfabfour Год назад

Bowie didn't die, he just returned to his home planet.

@tonilove8245 Год назад

He went without giving my my socks back! ( Labyrinth)

@RetroReminiscing Год назад

I love that!

@RetroReminiscing Год назад

@@tonilove8245 ha ha

@josemoreno3334 4 месяца назад

MARS . He took the Spiders with him.

@luis-pw2ci 11 месяцев назад

No T. Rex? Unbelievable... Marc Bolan created the whole Glam Rock with THAT perfomance on TOTP. Underrated and underpreciated as always...

@ronaldtaylor4530 Месяц назад

Yes...where is Marc Bolan...a tragic omission

@andrewswatland4622 Год назад

No T.Rex?, no The Sweet?, no Smiths? 😮

@johnhughes8466 Год назад

Yeah Marc Bolan was a genius and my fav. Band of the early 70s! No Get it On?

@numberfourdefender Год назад

Bowie of course has to take first, everything about that performance is brilliant

@mollyscot1563 Год назад

My seminal moment. I was 14. The next was Sparks.

@brianconway100 Год назад

@@LarchenkoTF Well they all were in the TOTP'S studio.

@jamesmapletoft4541 Год назад

Two words. Marc Bolan.

@GreenWhitePurple 10 месяцев назад

He taught us all how to be groovy

@mariawildman1299 10 месяцев назад

I was one of those kids. I heard him once and was a fan for life. He's a legend. God bless David. I wish he was still here❤

@truth-hurts Год назад

where was T.rex?

@32446 7 месяцев назад

Yea 😢

@craftystarky 6 месяцев назад

Amen brother

@footyguy01 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely agree w this one. Their 1st time there was so iconic & influential. Johnny Marr said that was 1 of the things they thought about when they went to do This Charming Man.

@markwilliamwestonwilson1503 Год назад

No self respected teen would miss TOTP, it was part of our lives in the Seventies

@fancifulfoxtale Год назад

And the 80s 😊

@stusand1 Год назад

I was at University in the mid 70's and had a 10 inch B&W TV. 5 of us would crowd around it for 2 reasons, TOTP and Doctor Who !

@clareshaughnessy2745 Год назад

It was, but even at that age we kind of watched in a tongue in cheek slightly eye rolling way. Especially at Pans people

@markwilliamwestonwilson1503 Год назад

@@clareshaughnessy2745 yes Clare your bang on x

@Darkhuntersrule Год назад

TOTP was the British version to American Bandstand also no self-respecting kid/teen would miss it! Soul Train usually followed American Bandstand so us Us a kids had great Saturday mornings.

@stephenwatson2024 Год назад

T.Rex and "get it on" should be in the top 10. Defo agree with Elton & Bowie.

@fransuke12 Год назад

David Bowie as "Ziggy Stardust"

@trinaq Год назад

Top of the Pops was always my jam as a kid. I couldn't wait to see which artists were performing that week!

@konraddygudaj257 Год назад

I believe you

@armlovesmetal1036 Год назад

Kate Bush is an amazing performer with a voice to match. Since coming onto the music scene, she became my favorite female singer. She is so beautiful too.

@stevemoorby9068 Год назад

I remember her first TOTP performance. It was electrifying. At school the next day everybody was talking about it. You either loved it or hated it but everybody noticed it.

@armlovesmetal1036 Год назад

@@stevemoorby9068 I saw her for the first time on Saturday Night Live. What a voice and her range is mind blowing,

@davidanderson_surrey_bc Год назад

I don't know whose voice is more annoying: hers or Bjork's.

@patriciafenwick5846 Год назад

This brought back so many great memories. I always looked forward to finding who would be on. Bowie, Slade, Queen, etc made TOTP great

@JacquiCryer Год назад

The Sweet Blockbuster .. ❤️❤️❤️

@stevetodd7030 8 месяцев назад

I saw David Bowie in Cologne Sporthalle Germany in 1978. What an amazing experience I had that night, nothing since has given me the rush of that night.

@stacey37m 11 месяцев назад

I would've chosen Sweet's Blockbuster or Ballroom Blitz! Someone would have to choose who to leave out to fit them in:)

@donatuskissoon9365 Год назад

Notable omissions: Alice Cooper - School's Out, The Specials - Gangsters, Madness - The Prince, Desmond Dekker - The Israelites, Marilyn Manson - Mobscene

@DukesMusic84 Год назад

#5 Gary Numan. He was strange, he was ackward, he was crazy, but that's part of life. Still loved that dude either way, kicks ass.

@csulliv 2 месяца назад

If you didn't watch the documentary about him you need to. It was the best I ever saw on a musician.

@stev042 Год назад

You missed the most important part of the Starman performance: when Bowie sings "I had to phone someone so I picked on you-oo-oo" and coyly points at the camera. It's not often you can pinpoint the exact second someone becomes a superstar, but this is definitely one of those times.

@davidcopson5800 Год назад

Thank you for pointing that out.

@jeffallen4582 Год назад

Spot on. Remember talking about it in school the next day.

@pawelbachorski3891 Год назад

Thanks - I came to say the same thing. When he looked and pointed directly into the camera he spoke to each one of us.

@LioraLand1 Год назад

And the second best moment- casually slinging his arm around Mick Ronson. Shock!

@fretboardmaster70 Год назад

For some people, they felt he was pointing personally at them, inciting them to become musicians 💜💜

@drewcampbell8555 Год назад

We didn't get a colour TV till 1978, but every Thursday my big sisters would take me round to our auntie's house to watch TOTP with our cousins. Fond memories as another kind of world opened up before my very eyes. I remember every single one of these performances first time around!

@hilaryjuliecoxon5434 Месяц назад

I used to go to my friend's house to watch TOTP as her mum and dad had a colour tv😅

@Ravenswalk Год назад

Starman and Killer Queen I watch them both and both are still my favourite by the artists.

@Bob-67 10 месяцев назад

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said. Loved it when a massive portrait of darts player JOCKEY Wilson descended towards the end.

@darkspy666 Год назад

TOTP and the Old Grey Whistle Test were a staple diet for amazing music back in the day. Now it’s all just dross.

@robertcreighton4635 Год назад

Old grey whistle test was epic. A must watch.

@wasp09 Год назад

I cannot believe adam ants goody two shoes not in this top 20 at all, he performed the whole song over the three totp stages with the dancers all in one take & took him to number one with massive sales

@biglog63 Год назад

The Sweet...Blockbuster. Nuff said!

@TheSilverDubberII Год назад

Big one.....but at least they got Sparks in. Great playground talk performances. 😁

@JF-kv1gm Год назад

So happy to have been in my teens in the 70s. When else would you find Mud rubbing shoulders with Hawkwind , Tull or Roxy? Brilliant countdown. A real nostalgia fest.

@clevertrevor7360 Год назад

The Bowie and Roxy Music performances were instrumental in convincing me that music was what I wanted to do with my life.

@willh1970 Год назад

I feel that what kids are missing today is the ridiculous excitement of what pop/rock music was like back then. That one specific performance by Bowie literally resulted in the music industry we know today. Which is bonkers!

@klnm59 Год назад

The two best performances EVER were left out. The POGUES & KIRSTY MCCOLL singing FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK was truly moving and OASIS performance of ROLL WITH IT where the brothers switch places to make fun of having to mime their hit was hilarious.

@onlyme219 Год назад

I'm so glad Sparks was in this :)

@merlinhotspurs Год назад

Sorry, MARC BOLAN did this for me, well before David Bowie. Can’t believe he was missed from this list.

@janetsimpson4799 Год назад

Glam rock happy times

@yereldda4666 Год назад

No Nirvana? That set was hilarious 😂😂

@Mark-nu9tn Год назад

Grace Jones performing 'Private Life' barely moving. One of the greats - and those three albums still sound fresh today.

@carmel4378 9 месяцев назад

Skunk Anansie with Bjork was one of the heaviest live sets I've seen on totp. Absolutely amazing.

@BlueMolly2024 Год назад

Love seeing Sparks on the list.

@elemar5 Год назад

The only fan club I ever joined. It cost me £1. I had to forego 5 pints of beer for that. Funnily enough I'm drinking beer now and reliving my youth.

@stewarttomkinson3356 Год назад

Lived over there in 70 to 74 saw Elton John, David Bowie, and The Who

@traceyjanethomson 10 месяцев назад

Glad Jethro Tull made the list. Brilliant performance. ❤❤❤😂

@MrSinclairn 4 месяца назад

So true ! 👌👍

@sami16v Год назад

You can’t have this list, and not include Bad Manners. Every performance they did on TOTP was completely insane and absolutely brilliant! Just look up ‘Can Can’ and ‘Special Brew’, you won’t be disappointed

@markwilliamwestonwilson1503 Год назад

Buster lives in Margate

@charliegeorge9393 Год назад

great call

@dellafenton2417 9 месяцев назад

Agreed!!

@markcollins6578 Год назад

Sorry Shalamar were the first band on main stream tv to show off what became known as the mon walk but those of us who were around before then may have seen some of many of the documentaries that showed the American kids dancing and popping and also moon walking on the street.

@ladygrinningsoul992 Год назад

Wow! So jackson didn’t only steal innocence he also stole the moonwalk!

@garyroy6497 Год назад

you forgot Wizzard

@donnadubyak6504 Год назад

Can't believe you didn't include Steve Marriott and humble pie doing Black Coffee.

@DaddyDepression Год назад

1- Let me go alive 2 Parasite 3 Makin love 4 100,000 years Alive 5 flamin youth 6 I still love you 7 The oath 8 I want you 9 All American man 10 Charisma 11 Duece 12 take me away together as one 13 Watching you alive 14 under the gun 15 Creatures of the night 16 Do you love me 17 Larger than life 18 Snowblind 19 Got to choose alive 20 Save your love Honourable mention Ladies room Alive 2 Strange ways She Alive Your all that I want Naked City Mr Speed A million to one Great episode this one lads, thank you so much 👍😄 13

@yellowbelly06 Год назад

The BBC requested artists mime to their songs as this allowed quicker changes of acts in what was not a particularly large studio (eg no tuning of instruments required etc) but the Musicians Union demanded that artists could not just mime to any recording of their song but that they to especially record one just for the show, often the day before. This allowed musicians and sound engineers to be paid, effectively making up for the lost income from the BBC’s policy of no live performances at the recording.

@vordman Год назад

A Top Three of Lennon, Bush, Bowie. All timeless artists. And always will be. Yeah, I'll take that.

@alanwhite7912 Год назад

Ron from Sparks scared the crap out of me as a kid.

@williamgeorgefraser Год назад

This brings back lots of memories. I did interviews for my university radio station with Hawkwind and Queen when these songs were out. I also saw Elton John live when he released My Song.

@29memyselfandi Год назад

Morrissey with flowers in his back pocket is the one that sticks out for me.

@wallacepoulter6491 Год назад

No Adam and the Ants and Dog Eat Dog? Everybody, and I mean everybody, was talking about it the next day. Been many iconic performances on ToTP, including He Who Should Not Be Named and Leader of the Gang. Bowie and Kate Bush certainly had people talking the next day in school [Bush was more a wtf reaction to be honest for many], but Adam and the Ants was a crazy reaction. Not a coincidence I suspect that both HWSNBN and the Ants were using a double drum set.

@stusand1 Год назад

I thought KLF-Last Train to Trancentral might be in the list, but so many good performances to mention.... Tight Fit.The lion sleeps tonight anyone?

@aladinsane10 Год назад

Where is Marc Bolan???. The First MAN wird glitter on ther face sang the song" get it on". Get it in changes the Music of All Times.

@stusand1 Год назад

@@aladinsane10 yup, another iconic Performance !

@BarefootShaman 7 месяцев назад

My favourite is Janet Kay singing, "Silly Games" live! When all other artists were miming to their songs in 1979, Janet persuaded the BBC that she should sing live. And it showed. A true (underappreciated) artist.

@mgtama Год назад

Where is WHAM!´s Young Guns performance? It set fire to TOTP, and they weren´t even planned to perform, but another act couldn´t come, so WHAM! got a slot and nailed it!

@TetsujinNijuhachigo Год назад

Nailed it. Love this. I actually saw most of these on first broadcast, from Bowie to Jeffrey Daniels [yes, I'm that old] I'm with you on pretty much all of the sentiment…. but… Gladys Knight isn't a full playback [mime] That is live over backing track. I wasn't much of a fan of the song [not my genre at all] until I saw her do this on TOTP - she absolutely killed it. Made me a fan of this song forever more. I found the TOTP2 version, cleaned up. That's live as live gets. Doesn't track to the recorded version at all, ad-libs a-plenty. She's doing that for real. I hope I don't get auto-trimmed for putting a link in… in fact I'll link it in another comment just in case. I know YT doesn't like links...

@lovenanger9258 Год назад

KATE BUSH AT NUMBER 2 AS SHE SHOULD BE

@bunnylarese2161 Год назад

She is so special, gives me goosebumps.

@adriannorris1486 11 месяцев назад

How could you fail to mention the moment when The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’s blazing metal crown gave him second degree burns, and had to be hurriedly removed!…..iconic moment.

@ankra12 Год назад

Loved David Bowie ❤

@soulcrewblue8629 Год назад

What a great mix here, something for everyone, memories are made of these tracks, rather moving actually.

@cupidhart-james4277 Год назад

The American counterpart was American Bandstand. As a young adult, I always thought they were live…

@welcometothemovies9157 Год назад

Greatest performances is all the people on the show not knowing what a shit Jimmy Saville was

@sebom141 Год назад

Thanks a lot it sounded so fun!

@yjvs1009 Год назад

Shalamar was one of the greatest bands to ever play, in my opinion. They all had great single careers as well. 😊

@AnimalisMD Год назад

I grew up in the UK during the 70s and never missed Top of the Pops!

@galwaytribesman9289 Год назад

That codpiece scarred me for life.

@catherinewilliams9680 Год назад

Why did the BBC cancel this fabulous show?

@tonywright8294 11 месяцев назад

Not woke enough !

@nicksundby Год назад

Brilliant brilliant video loved it

@Noelito40 Год назад

I remember Kate Bush and Wuthering Heights. What a song, what a singer!

@BadBadAngel3 Год назад

Culture Club should have been at number 2 or 3: young people knew it was okay to be different. Like George said about Bowie's Starman performance: I finally knew there were other people like me.

@elemar5 Год назад

Gay or weird?

@lynjago6022 Год назад

As I remember it, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Relax was banned by the BBC due to some of the lyrics, and that, in turn created interest. And then massive record sales, resulting in a number 1 and a spot on TOTP. You're welcome.😁

@Elephant334 11 месяцев назад

You missed the best. Radioheads last "Top og the Pops" appearance, with Thom Yorke singing: "Look into my eyes I'm not coming back".

@RetroReminiscing Год назад

Brilliant!!

@juliemunro1 Год назад

It was my weekly 'go to' programme

@BobGolob Год назад

The Stranglers should be in! No more heroes anymore....

@timchaney8184 Год назад

You missed School's Out (Alice Cooper) and Denis Denis ( Blondie)

@rodpope7838 Год назад

No idea how Sweet didn't make it to the list..... Sparkes? Roxy Music?

@davidcopson5800 Год назад

*Sparks

@angusbabb4913 11 месяцев назад

Good choices!😊 Jeffrey Daniels should’ve No1 .truly the most memorable..but where was Wham And young guns go for it? From the same year .

@GenialHarryGrout Год назад

Great memories, I remember all of those and Bowie is certainly the best. Where did it all go wrong for TOTP?

@WatchMojoUK Год назад

Wish it was still on TV! We did make a video on what went wrong though: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XwUPP4-KBjc.html

@nicadair7700 Год назад

Crap management and crap music.

@johnhughes8466 Год назад

The music in general was not as good as it was in the 60s,70s and 80s! Full stop!

@cauldronmoon 10 месяцев назад

Great video 🙂 you should have included SWEET 🦊

@GenialHarryGrout 10 месяцев назад

@@cauldronmoon That would have made the video a blockbuster and made little Willy very happy 😄

@davewright8206 Год назад

yes i agree , brilliant

@canadianstudmuffin Год назад

Sparks for the win! ❤

@debbieworthington6151 6 месяцев назад

I live in the United States and I just love watching this show! All of the greatest rock stars, esp Queen! Huge fan!!

@keraptisblackrazor2658 Год назад

Withering Heights?

@numberfourdefender Год назад

It’s at number two

@davidcopson5800 Год назад

@@numberfourdefender No it ain't. WUTHERING Heights is though.

@TetsujinNijuhachigo Год назад

I noticed that mispronunciation too… chuckled a bit ;)

@FrankieJayUK Год назад

I squealed when you mentioned Sparks - reminds me of studying for my GCSE's 20 years ago

@dough740 Год назад

How can you have a TOTP retrospective without Boney M? More seriously, where is Thin Lizzy's Rosalie? One of the most powerful performances I ever saw on the programme

@deedee-tc4fh Год назад

Ra Ra Rasputin and Don't Believe a Word..

@JM-et4cl Год назад

Madness should get a mention so many good singles

@freddyoldboy1 Год назад

Some great tunes and memories but as a lifelong Bowie fan it has to be TOTP most iconic moment long live the music 😢

@TheAgeOfAnalog Год назад

Solid choices, and you got number one right for sure.

@enginkemal7398 Год назад

nice compilation...

@michaelcottle6270 Год назад

RE Numan - have you seen "Station to Station" era Bowie? What Gazza did, bless him, was hardly groundbreaking

@nkirk8740 Год назад

Hawkwind the best live band ever! As a kid in the seventies I never missed top of the pops. 😁👍👊✌️🌍.

@SO_DIGITAL Год назад

Before the advent of CCD cameras, you couldn't have loud sounds or bass in a studio. Loud sounds would make the camera tubes vibrate causing colour errors.

@mariadineen9927 Год назад

You need to add vanilla ice live with ice ice baby. Absolutely mesmerised by his performance. Sang and danced live without losing a breath

@AtheistOrphan Год назад

Standout image from the Starman clip is of course tank-top lad in the background.

@Beth_Alice_Kaplan 11 месяцев назад

I wish we had access to TOTP in states! So much better than tight-arse Dick Clark’s American Bandstand and shudders Solid Gold. Thank the gods for Soul Train.

@jackieyoungman7970 Год назад

Two TOTP performances that stood out for me were Jimmie The Hoover doing Tantalise in the summer of 1983. Some rather suggestive snake hips dance movements from the lead singer. Another is Lieutenant Pigeon's Mouldy Old Dough from 1972. It wasn't so much Pigeon themselves but more the way some of the members of the audience were dancing.

@MrSinclairn Год назад

Also with Lt.Pigeon,his old mum on piano ! 😂

@jackieyoungman7970 Год назад

Oh yes and that too.

@kennymatheson Год назад

It would be good if they told the year they performed

@JohnBoy-Ramone Год назад

Geldof ripping up the Travolta poster when 'Rat Trap' knocked him off the No. 1 spot.

@charlescovell8054 Год назад

TOTP had its moments, but it never got close to the very sadly short-lived Ready, Steady Go.

@popehadrianthe4th Год назад

I would have to add John Otway’s Bunsen Burner (never seen anyone so grateful to be there) and the KLF’s it’s grim up north. Really both super performances, recommended to make you smile. Crowded house played after the KLF and opened their song with the lyrics it’s grim down south as well. Good days.