Top of the Pops, 28th July 2022

This week belongs to Calvin Harris, who is able to bring five famous friends to perform two tracks from his current album, if the audience isn't already exhausted by the likes of Bru-C, David Guetta and Becky Hill and Charli XCX. The presence of Drake adds another megastar to the pile, while Steve Lacy makes an assured debut.

Debuts: Steve Lacy

David Guetta ft. Becky Hill - Remember

Long Runner - Back in at number 31 after 44 weeks

OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried

Up 1 to number 13

Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

High Climber - Up 44 to number 25

Bru-C - No Excuses

Up 4 to number 17

Charli XCX - Hot In It

Up 2 to number 27

Drake ft. 21 Savage - Jimmy Cooks

Up 2 to number 21

Calvin Harris ft. Dua Lipa, Young Thug, Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell - Potion / Stay With Me

Up 1 to number 23 / Highest New Entry - In at number 29

LF System - Afraid To Feel

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 17th August 2017

A new number 1: congratulations to Calvin Harris and his mob of megastars, who rise an all-important two places to deny Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee semana número doce at número uno. French Montana also reaches a new peak of number 2, and in fact there's a lot of fresh blood all the way down the top 30; we feature newies from Yungen and Lil Uzi Vert (modern!) and nearly-newies from the Script and Louis Tomlinson.

Dua Lipa, and James Arthur's solo acoustic rendition of Sun Comes Up, complete the line-up.

Debuts: Yungen, Yxng Bane, Lil Uzi Vert.

Yungen ft. Yxng Bane - Bestie

Up 6 to number 24

Dua Lipa - New Rules

Up 4 to number 5

Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3

Up 2 to number 27

The Script - Rain

Up 14 to number 17

French Montana ft. Swae Lee - Unforgettable

Up 2 to number 2

James Arthur - Sun Comes Up

Up 2 to number 6

Louis Tomlinson and Bebe Rexha - Back To You

Up 2 to number 12

Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean - Feels

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 13th July 2017

The headline this week has to be the return of Drake: Signs makes its way into the top 20, and he also blesses us with his own exclusive take on number 1 fixture Despacito. We also have Pharrell doing a solo version of Feels, two members of One Direction (Liam with a stripped down version of Strip That Down) and our newest friend of the show, Camila Cabello.

Debuts: None.

Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams - Feels

Up 15 to number 6

Niall Horan - Slow Hands

Up 1 to number 15

Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club

Up 2 to number 16

Liam Payne - Strip That Down

Up 1 to number 5

Charlie Puth - Attention

Up 2 to number 13

Rita Ora - Your Song

Up 3 to number 7

Drake - Signs

Up 8 to number 14

Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee ft. Drake - Despacito

Eighth week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 29th June 2017

There's a glittering list of stars on Top Of The Pops this week. Not only do we have the all-star line-up of the Grenfell Tower charity single, there are also big debuts from DJ Khaled with Rihanna (gasp!) and Calvin Harris with three of his famous friends. Plus Rita Ora, Hailee Steinfeld and Selena Gomez - no small names themselves.

New friend of the show Camila Cabello appears for a second consecutive week, and those lovely Imagine Dragons round out the line-up.

Debuts: Big Sean, Bryson Tiller.

Rita Ora - Your Song

Up 4 to number 11

Calvin Harris ft. Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams and Big Sean - Feels

In at number 21

Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls

Up 7 to number 44

Imagine Dragons - Thunder

Up 2 to number 36

Selena Gomez - Bad Liar

High Climber - Up 20 to number 33

Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club

Up 3 to number 20

DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts

In at number 3

Artists For Grenfell - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 29th May 2014

At last, we Radio 1 listeners will be able to turn our radios back on without fear of hearing yet more about the Big Weekend that we aren't going to. But the event's aftershocks do rumble TOTP this week, as Katy Perry and Pharrell to name but two float back up the charts.

Friends of the show Coldplay's album debuts at number 1 and sends three of its tracks into the singles countdown as well, so Chris Martin's and co bring us an album sampler. Sean the Paul, here as guest on Fuse ODG's track, fills in for Snoop on the Jason Derulo joint for another TOTP one-off.

Clean Bandit ft. Sharna Bass - Extraordinary

In at number 5

Katy Perry - Birthday

High Climber - Up 6 to number 22

Fuse ODG ft. Sean Paul - Dangerous Love

In at number 3

Pharrell Williams - Happy / Marilyn Monroe

Up 3 to number 12 / Up 5 to number 27

Jason Derulo with Sean Paul - Wiggle

Up 2 to number 16

From the Vault: Fat Joe ft. Ashanti - What's Luv

Back in at number 58

Coldplay - A Sky Full Of Stars / Midnight / Another's Arms

In at number 15 / In at number 48 / In at number 70

Sam Smith - Stay With Me

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTERS: Jack Whitehall and Kriss Akabusi

Top of the Pops, 15th May 2014

Only two new entries make it on to the show this week, so there is room for reprises of some older hits: Mr Probz is back, and Gary Barlow brings along some banjo and jug players to perform a special way-out-west version of Let Me Go. At the more sophisticated end of the scale we have Pharrell plus backing dancers doing Marilyn Monroe, and a rare appearance from the inimitable Ms Keys. Friend of the show Jason Derulo is in the building too, without Snoop Dogg but instead recruiting a game Gary Barlow to fill in on the "wiggle wiggle wiggle" bits.

Pharrell Williams - Marilyn Monroe

Up 10 to number 30

Pitbull ft. G.R.L. - Wild Wild Love

Highest New Entry - In at number 6

Alicia Keys - It's On Again

Up 8 to number 31

Gary Barlow - Let Me Go

High Climber - Up 52 to number 22

Foxes - Holding Onto Heaven

In at number 14

From the Vault: Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

Back in at number 56

Jason Derulo ft. Gary Barlow - Wiggle

Up 39 to number 74

Mr Probz - Waves

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Marvin Humes

Top of the Pops, 6th March 2014

It's Pharrell's week once again. Not only is the impish hat-donner now on a near-unprecedented third run at number one with a song newly anointed as a million-seller, he's also the ten-gallon musical brain behind Paloma Faith's new top ten entry; he duly larks around in the background of Paloma's performance before inviting her to join his own. New to TOTP this week are John Legend and American Authors, and international diva Beyonce drops by (with another sparkly dress) as her Brits-performed track rises another place.

Tiësto - Red Lights

Highest new entry - In at number 6

Beyonce - XO

Up 1 to number 22

John Legend - All Of Me

High Climber - Up 20 to number 9

Foxes - Let Go For Tonight

In at number 7

American Authors - Best Day Of My Life

Up 20 to number 17

From the Vault: Starship - We Built This City

Back in at number 26

Paloma Faith - Can't Rely On You

In at number 10

Pharrell Williams ft. Paloma Faith - Happy

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 27th February 2014

It's been a Britsy week. Five of our acts here are Brit Award winners or performers, including Bastille and Rudimental reprising their team-up from the ceremony itself (and even our presenter, Duffy, is a three-time former winner). Katy Perry even brings most of her set from the Brits show along with her. Non-Brit tracks include newies from Tegan and Sara and A Great Big World, plus a long-running mid-hit from Idina Menzel. Critics' Choice Sam Smith actually has four songs in the top 75, but this week is all about Money On My Mind.

Tegan and Sara ft. The Lonely Island - Everything Is Awesome

High Climber - Up 48 to number 17

Ellie Goulding - Goodness Gracious

Up 10 to number 26

A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - Say Something

In at number 4

Katy Perry - Dark Horse

Up 4 to number 6

Idina Menzel - Let It Go

Up 5 to number 23

Pharrell Williams - Happy

Up 1 to number 2

Bastille & Rudimental - Pompeii / Waiting All Night

In at number 21

Sam Smith - Money On My Mind

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Top of the Pops, 23rd January 2014

Two performances this week that you won't see anywhere else. Shakira comes without Rihanna but is easily able to swivel hips for two, and Pharrell performs a lovely percussion-only version of Happy for his third week at number 1. Elsewhere we have new TOTP debuts for Elyar Fox, Busta Rhymes and Q-Tip, and a reappearance from friends-of-the-show Bastille performing the evergreen Pompeii.

Elyar Fox - Do It All Over Again

Highest New Entry - In at number 5

Chase & Status ft Jacob Banks - Alive

Up 4 to number 21

Idina Menzel - Let It Go

Up 5 to number 31

Busta Rhymes ft Q-Tip - Thank You

High Climber - Up 24 to number 13

Tinie Tempah - Lover Not A Fighter

Up 15 to number 27

Bastille - Pompeii

Up 2 to number 39

Shakira - Can't Remember To Forget You

In at number 11

Pharrell Williams - Happy

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Marvin Humes

Top of the Pops, 16th January 2014

A couple of rare treats this week. First Beyonce jets in to bring us (most of) not one but two tracks from her barricade-storming new album. Second, the Gaga/Aguilera diva double both appear to sing the revamped version of Do What U Want which is currently giving the track a second wind. Elsewhere there is a high banger concentration; Pharrell isn't here in person so we enjoy the video for Happy.

Hardwell ft. Matthew Koma - Dare You

Highest New Entry - In at number 18

Beyonce - Drunk in Love / XO

Up 17 to number 10 / In at number 45

Little Mix - Little Me

Up 6 to number 14

Sub Focus - Turn Back Time

High Climber - Up 30 to number 15

Bastille - Of The Night

Up 1 to number 11

Vance Joy - Riptide

In at number 35

Lady Gaga ft. Christina Aguilera - Do What U Want

Up 11 to number 12

Pharrell Williams - Happy

Up 1 to number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 19th December 2013

A show of two halves. We open with the new and up-and-coming hits of the week, including a beaming Pharrell, and then the Christmas fun kicks in with three seasonal delights. It's tinsel all the way from here, viewers.

Jessie J - Thunder 

Up 13 to number 18

Chase and Status ft. Jacob Banks - Alive

Up 20 to number 28

Awolnation - Sail

Up 3 to number 20

Jason Derulo - Trumpets

Up 5 to number 7

Pharrell Williams - Happy

Up 26 to number 4

From the Vault: The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York

Up 1 to number 15

Leona Lewis - One More Sleep

High Climber - Up 31 to number 3

Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know

Third week at number 1

PRESENTERS: Olly Murs dressed as Father Christmas and Nick Grimshaw dressed as an elf

Top of the Pops, 10th October 2013

One of the more surprising leaps to number 1 of recent years brings a celebratory performance from a grinning OneRepublic. Elsewhere, we have a good mix of borderline novelty rap, dance and singy-guitary things, plus a rescreening of an Oasis behemoth from back in the day (resurrected by some X Factor audition, I'd bet).

Chase & Status ft Moko - Count On Me

In at number 5

Vamps - Can We Dance

Highest New Entry - In at number 2

John Newman - Love Me Again

Up 2 to number 25

Nelly ft Pharrell Williams - Get Like Me

In at number 19

Lucy Spraggan - Last Night

In at number 18

From the Vault: Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Back in at number 71

Dizzee Rascal ft Will.I.Am - Something Really Bad

In at number 10

OneRepublic - Counting Stars

Up 2 to number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Top of the Pops, 18th July 2013

Pink and Lily Rose Cooper - True Love

Up 23 to number 36 - The show kicks off with the formidable figure of Pink, plus a blink-and-miss-it cameo from Lily to provide a counterpoint to the lusty belting. Sure to climb the chart again next week.

Lawson - Brokenhearted

In at number 6 - Lawson fill the screen with charm and verve. Few notice BOB's absence.

Katy B - What Love Is Made Of

In at number 21 - Time to get the crowd bouncing, as the duchess of dubstep makes sure her return is a triumphant one.

Sebastian Ingrosso ft Tommy Trash and John Martin - Reload

Highest New Entry - In at number 3 - No longer in the Swedish House Mafia but still in a trio of sorts, Mr Ingrosso brings his vocalist friends along to shake the joint.

Iggy Azalea - Bounce

In at number 13 - The bangers just keep on coming. A typically free-spirited performance here.

Ed Sheeran with Lily Rose Cooper - Everything Has Changed

Up 3 to number 12 - Taylor is busy this week, but Ed's available. The result: a true TOTP moment as Lily Rose Cooper is roped in to do Swift's bits, giving a fresh take on this touching duet. Public demand for a proper release of this version is to build over the next few weeks.

Sneakbo - Ring a Ling

In at number 27 - A bit of British rap amps up the crowd.

Robin Thicke ft TI and Pharrell - Blurred Lines

Up 1 to number 1 - As the man Nick Grimshaw once called "Ye Olde Thicko" climbs back to number 1, we have an opportunity to show you the video. Not the uncut version, though. And not the uncut cut version either - that's still a bit much for TOTP. Instead, we proudly present our own cleaned-up edit of the clean(er) edit, which basically boils down to three minutes of T.I. tapdancing - no bad thing.

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Top of the Pops, 20th June 2013

It's back! Welcome to the first episode of the all-new, same old Top of the Pops. Since this is the grand re-commissioning, I've assumed that every artist we ask makes the effort to turn up. That won't be the case in all the weeks to come, but for now let's enjoy the perfect line-up for this week.

 

Jessie J ft Dizzee Rascal - Wild

Up 2 to number 6 - Who better to kick off the show than your friend and mine, Jessie J? Sadly Big Sean is unavailable, so instead we get a lean, trimmed-down Jessie and Dizzee performance to get things jumping.

Wiley ft Angel and Tinchy Strider - Lights On

Highest New Entry - In at number 9 - The fast tempo continues as Wiley, Angel and Tinchy take the stage.

Leah McFall - I Will Survive

Up 8 to number 16 - Something a bit unusual here. Leah is too busy with preparations for The Voice final to come on TOTP, so we run the tape of her crowd-pleasing original performance of this song, mixed with clips of her journey through The Voice and Will I Am pratting about.

Passenger - Let Her Go

Up 1 to number 3 - Here's this week's slowie. The lights dim, the candles come out and the audience gather round the small, square stage to sway and dab at their eyes.

Mariah Carey and Miguel - #Beautiful

Up 1 to number 23 - Both Mariah and Miguel miraculously make it in for a top-class performance that's sure to send this one soaring up the chart next week.

Bruno Mars - Treasure

Up 2 to number 13 - Here's something you won't get anywhere else. Previous single When I Was Your Man is also making its way back up the chart this week, so Bruno favours us with a medley of both songs. He wears a hat.

From the Vault: Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - Summertime

Up 5 to number 36 - This week's oldie is this much-loved summer classic. The custodians of the tape vault dig out a fun performance from 1991, which looks all the better by comparison with the Prince's current exploits in sci-fi funfest After Earth.

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran - Everything Has Changed

High Climber - Up 46 to number 7 - Taylor and Ed bring the emotion for an intense performance of their duet.

Psy - Gentleman

Up 34 to number 17 - He couldn't miss the relaunch of the greatest show on TV. Zooming back up the chart especially for us, Psy tears the house down with a lavishly staged performance of his second best song, involving confetti cannons, two dozen dancers and an on-stage limo.

Robin Thicke ft Pharrell - Blurred Lines

Third week at number 1 - No Hayden Panetierre this time, but Robin and Pharrell both turn up to close the show.

PRESENTER: Steve Jones