CROWD CHEERS
Hi, how are you doing? I hope you're well
because we've got one heck of a good show for you tonight.
In the studio, we have Curiosity Killed The Cat,
we've got Ruby Turner, we've also got
the Fine Young Cannibals.
And I'm dead made up because at number 21 this week
with The Irish Rover, it's The Pogues and The Dubliners.
CROWD CHEERS
# On the Fourth of July, 1806
# We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork
# We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
# For the Grand City Hall in New York
# 'Twas a wonderful craft She was rigged fore and aft
# And oh, how the wild wind drove her
# She stood several blasts She had 27 masts
# And they called her The Irish Rover
# We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags
# We had two million barrels of stone
# We had three million sides of old blind horses' hides
# We had four million barrels of bones
# We had five million hogs
# Six million dogs Seven million barrels of porter
# We had eight million bails of old nanny-goats' tails
# In a hold of the Irish Rover
# There was awl Mickey Coote who played hard on his flute
# When the ladies lined up for a set
# He was tootin' with skill for each sparkling quadrille
# Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet
# With his smart witty talk he was cock of the walk
# And he rolled the dames under and over
# They all knew at a glance when he took up his stance
# That he sailed in The Irish Rover
# There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee
# There was Hogan from County Tyrone
# There was Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff of work
# And a man from Westmeath called Malone
# There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule
# And Fighting Bill Treacy from Dover
# And your man Mick MacCann From the banks of the Bann
# Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
# We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out
# And the ship lost its way in the fog
# And that whale of a crew was reduced down to two
# Just myself and the Captain's old dog
# Then the ship struck a rock Oh, lord, what a shock
# The bulkhead was turned right over
# Turned nine times around
# And the poor old dog was drowned
# And the last of The Irish Rover. #
For the first time in history, the BBC bar decided
to run out of Irish whisky.
Those were The Pogues and The Dubliners and The Irish Rover.
Right now, this is the second biggest new entry on the chart
this week - Madonna.
# Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
# Just like I'd never gone I knew the song
# A young girl with eyes like the desert
# It all seems like yesterday, not far away
# Tropical the island breeze All of nature wild and free
# This is where I long to be La Isla Bonita
# And when the samba played The sun would set so high
# Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
# Your Spanish lullaby
# I fell in love with San Pedro
# Warm wind carried on the sea he called to me
# Te dijo te amo
# I prayed that the days would last they went so fast
# Tropical the island breeze All of nature wild and free
# This is where I long to be La Isla Bonita
# And when the samba played The sun would set so high
# Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
# Your Spanish lullaby
# I want to be where the sun warms the sky
# When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by
# Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
# Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl
# Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
# It all seems like yesterday, not far away
# Tropical the island breeze All of nature wild and free
# This is where I long to be La Isla Bonita
# And when the samba played The sun would set so high
# Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
# Your Spanish lullaby
# La la la la la
# Tropical the island breeze All of nature wild and free
# This is where I long to be La Isla Bonita
# And when the samba played The sun would set so high
# Ring through my ears and sting my eyes
# Your Spanish lullaby. #
CROWD APPLAUDS
That's Madonna. I'm blowing myself because I haven't recovered from
dancing from The Pogues.
At number 22 this week, it's Curiosity Killed The Cat
and Ordinary Day.
CROWD CHEERS
# Just keep on baby what you're doing to me
# Your being here is surely satisfying
# Don't disappear, now, I don't want you to leave
# Then we both forgive and we can both receive
# But, darling, what is harder to find?
# If you're not wanting to exert your mind
# And say it's just another ordinary day
# Just an ordinary day I want to hear you say
# It's just another ordinary day Just an ordinary day
# I want to hear you say Oh, well, baby, now
# Mmm, well, it's accomplished when the doing is done
# Well, I'll have to say that you were second to none
# Feel the spirit, oh, feel the need, oh, yeah
# To stop the clocks but I think you'll well agree
# That the reward is harder to find
# If you're not wanting to exert your mind
# You say it's just another ordinary day
# Just an ordinary day I want to hear you say
# It's just another ordinary day Just an ordinary day
# So break it down, now
# And every day
# Extra...
# ...ordinary day
# Extra
# Yeah
# I said it's just another ordinary day
# Just an ordinary day Oh, yeah, yeah, every day
# Just another ordinary day
# Just an ordinary day I want to hear you say
# Hey!
# What you sacrifice Sugar and spice and all things nice
# Baby, maintain you feel so game
# When you roll your die on an ordinary day
# Just another, just another In no ordinary way
# Sing it out! Just another, just another
# Just another, just another
# Just keep going, baby, what you're doing, doing to me
# Just another, just another In your ordinary way
# Just another, just another... #
CROWD APPLAUDS
I just love the way that Ben from Curiosity dances there.
That's Ordinary Day. I think you'd better leave that to Ben, don't you?
Here's the Top 40.
Down at number 40 is Simply Red with The Right Thing.
And The Mission go down to 39 with Severina.
Chart entry at 38, The Blow Monkeys and Out With Her.
Judy Boucher, Can't Be With You Tonight, a new entry at number 37.
Level 42, Running In The Family goes down to number 36.
And The Christians down to number 35 with Forgotten Town.
Up 4 at 34, Let My People Go Go, The Rainmakers.
Herb Alpert goes up to number 33, Keep Your Eye On Me.
Down to 32, Tina Turner, What You Get Is What You See.
And The Jets at number 31, Crush On You.
David Bowie, Day In, Day Out, is a new entry at number 30.
Down to number 29, When A Man Loves A Woman, Percy Sledge.
Down to 28, Male Stripper, Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish.
And Whitesnake go up to number 27, Still Of The Night.
Down at number 26, Sexy Girl, Lillo Thomas.
Genesis down to number 25 with Tonight, Tonight, Tonight.
Moving up 3 at 24, it's Ruby Turner, I'd Rather Go Blind.
Former number one Ben E King, Stand By Me, down to number 23.
And a new entry at 22, Ordinary Day, Curiosity Killed The Cat.
And The Pogues and The Dubliners with The Irish Rover,
this week at 21.
Down at 20 it's Al Jarreau and Moonlighting.
Erasure down to number 19, It Doesn't Have To Be.
Nick Kamen goes down to number 18, Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever.
And up to number 17, Ever Fallen In Love,
it's Fine Young Cannibals.
You've Got To Fight For Your Right To Party from the Beastie Boys
is down at 16.
And Terence Trent D'arby, If You Let Me Stay,
this week at 15.
Mental As Anything, Live It Up, go down to number 14.
At number 13, it's Big Time, Peter Gabriel.
Prince, Sign Of The Times, is down to number 12.
And at number 11 this week, it's Bruce Willis,
Respect Yourself.
We go back to number 17 in the charts and a song
that was once a big hit for the Buzzcocks.
It's now a very big hit for the Fine Young Cannibals,
Ever Fallen In Love.
# You spurn my natural emotions
# You make me feel like dirt
# And I'm hurt
# And if I cause a commotion
# I'd only end up losing you and that's worse
# Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love
# In love with someone Ever fallen in love
# In love with someone
# You shouldn't have fallen in love with
# I can't see much of a future
# Unless we find out now just what's to blame
# And we won't be together much longer
# Unless we realise that we're both the same
# That's what I'm saying
# Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love
# In love with someone Ever fallen in love
# In love with someone
# You shouldn't have fallen in love with
# You disturb my natural emotions
# You make me feel like dirt And I'm hurt
# And if I cause commotion I'd only end up losing you
# And that's worse
# Much worse
# Ever fallen in love with someone Ever fallen in love
# In love with someone Ever fallen in love
# In love with someone
# You shouldn't have fallen in love with
# Did you ever fall in love?
# Did you ever, did you ever, did you ever?
# Did you ever fall in love?
# Did you ever fall in love...? #
CROWD APPLAUDS
That's the Fine Young Cannibals, Ever Fallen In Love.
Go on, go on, tell me, tell me, have you? Have you?
Top 40 Breakers coming up now. Not now, Janice.
Here's a superb song at number 34.
It's the Rainmakers and Let My People Go Go.
# ..why did you make us why
# Secret words in a secret room
# He said, A-womp-bop-a-lu-bop a-lop-bam-boom
# I did not put you here to suffer
# I did not put you here to whine
# I put you here to love one another
# And to get out and have a good time now, now
# Let my people go-go-go Yeah, yeah
# Let my people go-go-go Yeah
# Let my people go-go-go
# You gotta let my people go, yeah. #
This is a pretty cool video at number 33 this week.
It's Herb Alpert, Keep Your Eye On Me.
# Keep your eye on me, baby... #
Good to see some heavy rock in the charts at the moment.
At number 27, it's Whitesnake and Still Of The Night.
# In the still of the night I feel my heart beating heavy
# Telling me I gotta have more
# Oooh, mama
# Now I just want to get close to you
# And taste your love so sweet
And I just want to make love to you
# Feel your body heat
# In the still of the night
# Oooh, yeah
# In the still of the night
# I will be sneakin' round your door
# In the still of the night. #
APPLAUSE
You can't beat the old cliches. That's Whitesnake.
Do you come here often?
Ruby Turner this week at number 24.
The amazing Ruby Turner and this, I Would Rather Go Blind.
APPLAUSE
# Something told me it was
# It was over, baby, yeah
# When I saw you and that girl
# You were talking
# Something deep down in my soul just said, "Go on, cry now, girl"
# When I saw you and that same girl
# You just walk on by
# I would rather be blind, babe
# Than to see you walk away from me
# No, no, no, no, babe
# See, I love you so much
# I don't want to see you leave
# But one more thing, one more thing
# Don't wanna be free, no Lord
# I was just, I was just
# I was just sitting here thinking
# With the reflection in my glass
That I held in my hands now, baby
# Revealed the tears that were on my face
# Baby, baby, baby
# I would rather be blind, boy
# Than to see you walk away from me
# I would rather be blind, boy
# Than to see you walk away from me
# Don't go
# I was just, I was just
# I was just sittin' here thinking
# Your kisses and your warm embrace
# But I would rather go blind, boy
# Than to see you walk away from me
# Baby, baby, baby
# I would rather be blind, boy
# Than to see you
# See you leave me, babe
# No, no, no, no, no, babe
# I love you and I can't do without you, boy
# No, no, baby
# Please don't go, boy
# Oh, I would rather
# Rather be blind
# Lord, I would rather
# Rather be blind
# Oh, I would rather
# Rather be blind
# Hold on
# Hold on. #
APPLAUSE
Such a great record to smooch to, that.
Ruby Turner and I'd Rather Go Blind.
Why is it I always get the mate?
Let's have a look at this week's Top 10.
Down 5 places to number 10, it's Freddie Mercury
with The Great Pretender.
And down at number 9, it's Jackie Wilson,
I Get The Sweetest Feeling.
Down 2 at 8, Alison Moyet, Weak In The Presence Of Beauty.
And up 17 places to number 7, it's Lean On Me from Club Nouveau.
Down 4 at 6, Boy George, Everything I Own.
Madonna, a new entry at number 5, La Isla Bonita.
Non-mover at number 4 for U2, With Or Without You.
And Janet Jackson up 6 places to number 3,
Let's Wait Awhile.
And after one week at the top, they're down to number 2,
Mel & Kim, Respectable.
Tonight, we're going to leave you with the brand-new number one.
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See you soon. This is Let It Be. Goodnight.
# When I find myself in times of trouble
# Mother Mary comes to me
# Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
# And in my hour of darkness
# She is standing right in front of me
# Speaking words of wisdom
# Let it be
# Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# Whisper words of wisdom
# Let it be
# And when the broken-hearted people
# Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
# For though they may be parted
# There is still a chance that they will see
# There will be an answer, let it be
# Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# There will be an answer
# Let it be
# Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# There will be an answer, let it be
# Yeah, yeah
# And when the night is cloudy
# There is still a light that shines on me
# Shine until tomorrow, let it be
# When I wake up to the sound of music
# Mother Mary comes to me
# Speaking words of wisdom, let it be, let it be
# Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
# Oh, let it be
# Let it be, let it be
# Whisperin' words of wisdom
BOTH: # Let it be
# Ooooh
# Ah, ah
# When I find myself in times of trouble
# Mother Mary comes to me
# Speaking words of wisdom
# Let it be
ALL: # Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# Whisper words of wisdom
# Let it be
# Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# There will be an answer
# Let it be
# Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# Whisper words of wisdom
# Let it be
# Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# There will be an answer
# Let it be
# Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
# Whisper words of wisdom
# Let it be. #