April 17, 1999 BBC News

BBC News 1999 Opens

📺 'Top of the Pops' Thursday 21 January 1982 ~ BBC1: 19:25 XTC ~ Senses Working Overtime (#41) XTC's biggest single is stuffed with imagery relating to the wonder of the world and improbably compares the world by turns to a football and a biscuit (Marvin & Tammi saw it as an onion, so go figure) and otherwise sees them at their quirky, but commercial best. This is definitely the sound of a band on its own path and I like a lot the memorable countdown chorus, the thunderous patter of the drums i

📺 'Give Us A Clue' Tuesday 09 January 1979 ~ BBC1: 19:00 Colin Baker has his hands full with Annie Hall. #giveusaclue | Bernie Briffa

📺 'Top of the Pops' Thursday 07 January 1982 - BBC1: 19:25 Foreigner ~ Waiting For a Girl Like You (#12) {Music Video} For my money, "Waiting For a Girl Like You" is one of the great power ballads. The song had the distinction or humiliation, depending on your viewpoint, of spending a record-setting ten weeks at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, without making it to the top spot. For the record, Olivia Newton John held the #1 spot for nine of those weeks, with her pulsing aerobics-class jam so