Top Of the Pops 4th November 1982 Culture Club, Kool & The Gang, Blancmange, Sharon Redd.

Top Of The Pops from 4th November 1982 Presented by Mike Smith, & Featuring Performances from, Blancmange ( Living on the Ceiling ) Kool & The Gang ( Let's go Dancing ) Culture Club ( Do you really want to Hurt me ) Sharon Redd ( Never give you Up ) + CHARTS & MORE.

[@Anniearchy]

Took me decades to really understand what I've deduced are the 2 main takeaways from this classic: "Hold onto 16 as long as you can. Changes come around real soon, make us women and men." And, of course, "Life goes on long after the thrill of living is gone." God bless 1982!

[@carolecochrane8173]

What a fantastic decade to have been a teenager, I enjoyed it so much. Such happy memories we were so carefree. Would love to go back for a visit I would so savor the moment. 😀😀

[@coventrypunx1014]

The good ole days before cultural enrichment

[@Martin9476]

The BBC should have kept the Top Of The Pops logo and theme tune it used at this time. This could be one of the reasons why, in 1986 (when the format was changed), this show began its 20-year downward spiral until it was axed in 2006. But boy what a decade the eighties were to be growing up in.

[@robbiethepict2783]

Blancmange were great.

[@BruceDanton-xw6eg]

Yes they were too then.

[@shanef8728]

brilliant band blancmange. one of my favourite songs especially the 12 inch version.

[@alanprior7650]

"Up the cuckoo tree"...typical BBC. Can't say "bloody".

[@lawrencecolwell5527]

This was the week The Day before you came by Abba dropped from no 32 to 35 so sad this happened, it was by far one of their best, now its known as a masterpiece, NME even voted it the 6th best song in a chart they compil a few years ago ❤

[@duncanholding7636]

Much of abbas later work is superb. "the visitors" album was IMHO their best work

[@RebirthRadio2023]

Ironic that the song would do better a few years later performed by none over than Blancmange

[@pupskin123]

Iconic song that! 😊

[@shamsoni]

All in their 60s n 70s I was nearly 19 now hittin 61 was a New Romantic now living with bloody cancer lol

[@RebirthRadio2023]

That Asian rhythm running throughout Living On The Ceiling is totally hypnotic!

[@shaunmoller2997]

Blancmange epic Tears for fears mad world epic

[@gate8475]

I discovered their Love like blood song only recently and I love it!

[@joaquindominguez1526]

@@gate8475 me too! i found their videoclip "Living On The Ceiling" in MTV 80's and i love it😻, and i discovered all the discography of them yeah!

[@josephryan362]

Great edition of top of the pops presented by mike smith with blancmange and cool and the kang and cluture club in this edition fo top of the pops

[@garypollard1821]

Say what you saw😂

[@Catty19748]

I remember this I was 2 weeks old!

[@mrelano65]

Hard to think this was 41 years ago.

[@finchleyflyer]

Ah! The last Top of the Pops before I joined the RAF on 7 Nov '82.

[@samanthafox2664]

Well, I;m a 54 year old who remembers all of these tracks... they just DON'T make em like they used to... Really do hope you had a great time and survived the RAF experience with some humour. My 26 yr old Nephew is currently INVOLVED - just hopes he comes out in one piece! 🎶🎵🎹🎧🎼

[@anniebanannie494]

I was in Germany as my husband was in the RAF and this was our first posting as a married couple . So the 80s hold a lot of memories ,best times of my life.

[@nisha7572]

Thanks for uploading! This is from the day before I was born :)

[@edcampion3998]

Enjoyed that thanks great songs great memories 👌 👍

[@richardgale1287]

"No.29, The Pinkees..." Good to see Yosser Hughes managed to get a job in the end.

[@martmako1]

sitar and tabla opening the show

[@MatthewCoast-lm5bv]

Nunca desista de você ( Never give you Up ) [ Sharon Redd ] from album - Redd Hott - MCMLXXXII - Last music.

[@user-yd5rc7oh8m]

Memories

[@brianmarshall4753]

BBC four didn't show top of the pops from 4th of December 1982 because Mike Smith refused to signed a contract repeat

[@SuperZedd]

November

[@BruceDanton-xw6eg]

Yes odd that I don't know why though. He wasn't like dlt or Savile either. But as he is not here know I guess we will not know alas. Also to note he presented this one on his own whereas some other ones had two doing so too did they not too.

[@duncanholding7636]

Always remember Radio one desperately plugging John Cougar or whatever his surname was at the time but he never made it in the UK

[@2760ade]

That's interesting, the Blancmange lyrics were changed from "I'm up the bloody tree" to "I'm up the cuckoo tree"! Never heard that before. Were the BBC so prudish in 1982!! Not exactly a strong swearword is it!

[@80ssynthfan48]

Yet they thought nothing of Pan's People gyrating their hot selves about every week.

[@SuperZedd]

This was also played on the radio with the “cuckoo” lyric.

[@2760ade]

@@SuperZedd That's interesting! I never heard it. Must have been two versions made of the record then!

[@SuperZedd]

@@2760ade I guess so, as the word bloody back then would of been an offensive word for some.

[@2760ade]

@@SuperZedd Maybe, but still seems a bit lame? I was a teenager in 1982 and I'm sure I heard worse on the radio and telly!😀

[@VIP-rp3oq]

Great TOTP shame about wham

[@Glamking1]

The performance is available on their official VEVO channel through KZbin if you want to see George Michael say “Hey suckers” in their TOTP debut performance which was the opening act on the 04/11/1982 episode presented by Mike Smith, Sarah Greenes’ husband as he was shown once in 2008 as part of the Pop on Trial season in the Christmas 1982 repeat.

[@chillz535]

Channel 4 was only a couple of days old when the BBC transmitted this episode of Top of the Pops.

[@bluewater4430]

wham fist on there

[@qwipperty]

Obvious lip syncing by Boy George there. Kinda disappointing. Dude was excellent live back in the day. They didn't need to sync him.

[@calvinguile1315]

Wot?!! No Wham or Diana Ross?!!!

[@goodbababadbaba6370]

Depressing music depressed times fuckin terrible fashion and hair

[@Handlebar-MustDash]

Really? Then why are so many songs today samples of 80's music? As for fashion - what are you wearing? Under Armour? 110's? D2 Squared?