List of Performances On Top of The Pops - 1981

1981

• ABC - "Tears Are Not Enough"
• Adam and the Ants - "Antmusic"
• Laurie Anderson - "O Superman"
• Aneka - "Japanese Boy"
• Bad Manners - "Lorraine", "Just a Feeling"
• The Beat - "All Out to Get You," "Too Nice To Talk To"
• Bucks Fizz – "Making Your Mind Up", "Piece of the Action", "One of Those Nights", "The Land of Make Believe"
• Chas and Dave - "Rabbit", "Stars Over 45", "Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) (with Tottenham Hotspur FC)"
• Phil Collins - "If Leaving Me Is Easy"
• The Cure - "Primary"
• Depeche Mode – "Just Can't Get Enough", "New Life"
• Dollar - "Hand Held In Black And White", "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amor)"
• Duran Duran – "Planet Earth", "Careless Memories", "Girls on Film", "My Own Way"
• The Exploited - "Dead Cities"
• Fun Boy Three - "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)"
• Gidea Park - "Beach Boy Gold"
• Girlschool - " Hit & Run"
• Godley & Creme - "Under Your Thumb", "Wedding Bells"
• Haircut One Hundred – "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"
• Headgirl (Motorhead/Girlschool) - "Please Don't Touch"
• Honey Bane - "Turn Me On Turn Me Off"
• The Human League – "Don't You Want Me", "Love Action (I Believe in Love)", "The Sound of the Crowd"
• Sheila Hylton - "The Bed's Too Big Without You"
• John Foxx - "Europe (After The Rain)"
• Julio Iglesias – "Begin the Beguine"
• Imagination - "Body Talk"
• The Jam - "Absolute Beginners"
• Liquid Gold - "Don't Panic"
• The Look - "I Am The Beat"
• Kirsty MacColl – "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis"
• Madness – "Return of the Los Palmas 7", "Shut Up", "It Must Be Love"
• Matchbox - "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
• Modern Romance - "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey", "Everybody Salsa"
• Motorhead - "Motorhead"
• The Nolans - "Who's Gonna Rock You"
• Hazel O'Connor - "Will You"
• The Passions - "I'm in Love with a German Film Star"
• The Police - "Spirits in the Material World"
• Racey - "Runaround Sue"
• Sad Café - "I'm In Love Again"
• Shakin Stevens - "Green Door", "This Ole House", "You Drive Me Crazy"
• Sharon Redd - "Can You Handle It?"
• Slade - "We'll Bring The House Down", "Lock Up Your Daughters"
• Snowmen - "Hokey Cokey"
• Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
• Spandau Ballet – "Musclebound"
• The Specials - "Do Nothing", "Ghost Town"
• Starsound - "Stars On 45"
• Status Quo - "Rock n' Roll", "Something 'Bout You Baby (I Like)"
• The Stranglers - "Thrown Away"
• Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - "It's My Party"
• Roger Taylor – "Future Management"
• The Teardrop Explodes - "Reward","Treason", "Passionate Friend"
• Tenpole Tudor - "Swords of a Thousand Men", "Wunderbar"
• Thin Lizzy - "Are You Ready?"
• Toyah - "It's a Mystery" ( TWICE ) " Good Morning Universe "
• UK Subs - "Keep On Running (Til You Burn)"
• Ultravox - "All Stood Still"
• Kim Wilde – "Kids In America" (2x), "Chequered Love", "Water on Glass", "Cambodia"
• XTC - "Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)"
• Lena Zavaroni - "Roses And Rainbows"