25 December 1985 (TOTP)

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Of The Pops
; Station
*BBC One (TV)
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1985-12-25
; Comments
*This was the final of seven programmes hosted by John Peel in 1985 and was the Christmas Day special edition, featuring co-presenters Janice Long, Dixie Peach, Steve Wright, Gary Davies and Jonathan King. This was the week's singles chart, although this was not featured in the show. The full programme was repeated by Channel 5 on Boxing Day 2010 and on BBC Four on 06 July 2018.
*"I'm very proud to be among those artists who have achieved a number one, with a really traditional Christmas song – especially as it has become a classic that continues to chart, without any physical product." Michael Barrett, aka Shakin' Stevens, who was responsible for ousting Houston from number one http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/not-quite-top-of-the-pops-stuck-at-number-two-for-christmas-1845917.html.
*Long : (imitating The Queen) “My husband and I… ” Peel : “Wrong show dear, this is TOTP!”
*Long : “Oh, merry Christmas! Welcome to the Christmas Day TOTP. Lots of No.1s, lots of best-sellers…” Peel : “That sort of thing anyway, this is King!”
*“That’s Colonel Abrams on TOTP. You ought to hear him on slow songs, viewers – wonderful. In just a moment, Midge Ure with a former No.1, but right now it’s Phyllis Nelson. This is “Move Closer” – if you dare!”
*“Something spiritual for you on a Christmas afternoon – that’s Alison Moyet, “That Ole Devil Called Love”. In just a moment or so we’re going to be seeing Paul-P-P-Paul-Paul Hardcastle, but these are the Eurythmics.”
*Peel: “That’s Baltimora with the big one for 1985!” Long: "And this is a big hit, c'mon (kisses Peel on cheek under mistletoe) Merry Christmas!" Peel: "Untrammeled lust, consumers"
*Peel : “Paige, Rush, Dickson – it sounds like a sordid incident in a cheap motel!” Long : “I wouldn’t know about that!” Peel : “That’s not what I hear, Janice!”
== Tracklisting ==
*King – Love & Pride
*Sister Sledge – Frankie (video clip)
*Madonna – Into The Groove (video clip)
*Colonel Abrams – Trapped
*Phyllis Nelson – Move Closer (clip from 04 April 1985)
*Midge Ure – If I Was (video clip)
*Alison Moyet – That Ole Devil Called Love
*Eurythmics – There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) (video clip)
*Paul Hardcastle – 19 (remix - video clip)
*Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
*Philip Bailey and Phil Collins – Easy Lover (video clip)
*David Bowie and Mick Jagger – Dancing In The Street (video clip)
*Baltimora – Tarzan Boy
*The Crowd – You’ll Never Walk Alone (video clip)
*USA For Africa – We Are The World (video clip)
*Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas (video clip)
*Billy Ocean – Suddenly
*Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is (video clip)
*UB40 and Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe (video clip)
*Feargal Sharkey – A Good Heart
*Jonathan King – US chart rundown
*Madonna – Crazy For You (video clip)
*Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World (video clip)
*George Michael – Careless Whisper (video clip)
*Paul Young – Everytime You Go Away
*Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson – I Know Him So Well (video clip)
*Jennifer Rush – The Power Of Love (video clip)
*Wham! – I’m Your Man (video)
*Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You (video)
*Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasure Dome (audience dancing / end credits)
== References ==
Not quite Top of the Pops: Stuck at Number Two for Christmas
== Video ==
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