30 April 1981

Thursday.

BBC 1 7.20 pm Top of the Pops.

The new line-up make their Top of the Pops debut on BBC One with The Sound of the Crowd, appearing as the last act before the week's no.1. The Human League are one of three groups featured with singles still outside the Top 40, the others being Thin Lizzy and The Teardrop Explodes..

The mimed studio performance is the TOTP and TV debut for Ian Burden, Susanne and Joanne.

Full show line-up (chart position in brackets):
 * 1) Thin Lizzy – Are You Ready? (46)
 * 2) Madness – Grey Day (5) (video)
 * 3) The Beat – All Out To Get You (22)
 * 4) Sheena Easton – When He Shines (42)
 * 5) Department S – Is Vic There? (28) (rpt from 16/04/81)
 * 6) Ennio Morricone – Chi Mai (2) (video)
 * 7) Spandau Ballet – Musclebound (13) (rpt from 02/04/81)
 * 8) Quincy Jones – Ai No Corrida (27) (Legs & Co)
 * 9) The Teardrop Explodes – Treason (It’s Just A Story) (56)
 * 10) Tenpole Tudor – Swords Of A Thousand Men (37)
 * 11) The Human League – The Sound Of The Crowd (53)
 * 12) Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up (1) (video/credits)