1980 - Big Hits
Featuring Madness, Adam Ant, The Pretenders, Dexys Midnight Runners, Spandau Ballet, The Piranhas, The Beat, Hot Chocolate, OMD, Motorhead and many more top hits from 1980.
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 one, Brass in Pocket, alongside Dexys 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.
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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Madness
My Girl
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Pretenders
Brass In Pocket
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Fern Kinney
Together We Are Beautiful
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The Vapors
Turning Japanese
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Genesis
Turn It On Again
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Dr. Hook
Sexy Eyes
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Dexys Midnight Runners
Geno
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Hot Chocolate
No Doubt About It
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The Beat
Mirror In The Bathroom
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Four Bucketeers
The Bucket Of Water Song
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Jona Lewie
You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
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The Piranhas
Tom Hark
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Sheena Easton
9 To 5
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Bad Manners
Lip Up Fatty
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Ramones
Baby I Love You
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Kelly Marie
Feels Like I'm In Love
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Enola Gay
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Motörhead
Ace Of Spades
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Dennis Waterman
I Could Be So Good For You
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Spandau Ballet
To Cut A Long Story Short
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Adam and the Ants
Ant Music
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
| Producer | Dione Newton |
Broadcasts
- Fri 2 Jan 201522:00
- Sat 3 Jan 201502:00
- Mon 5 Jan 201500:10
- Fri 5 Jun 201523:30
- Sat 6 Jun 201502:00
- Sun 7 Jun 201523:45
- Fri 14 Apr 201722:00
- Sat 15 Apr 201701:30
- Thu 28 Sep 201722:00
- Fri 1 Dec 201721:00
- Sat 2 Dec 201700:55
Sat 12 Sep 202023:35BBC Two except Scotland- Fri 14 Jan 202219:00
- Sat 15 Jan 202203:20
- Fri 10 Jun 202219:45
- Fri 12 Jan 202419:00
