Nicky Campbell and Gary Davies take a look at Britain's best-selling tracks and artists from the Top 40. Including performances from Jane Wiedlin, Bomb The Bass, Status Quo, and Yazz & The Plastic Population.
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Thu 25th Aug 1988 19:00
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Performance Type Guide
This guide lists every type of performance badge that you are likely to come across on the website, and what the peformance type badges mean.
Repeated performances are indicated by repeat performance
T in the Park Performance
A repeated live performance of an artist’s track performed at T in the Park.
Childen In Need Performance
A repeated live performance of an artist’s track performed at the BBC Children In Need show. Typically these repeated performances were featured from 2007 onwards when the weekly TOTP editions stopped, but the Christmas specials continued.
Radio 1 Live Lounge Performance
A repeated live performance of an artist’s track performed in the Radio 1 Live Lounge.
TOTP Roadshow
A live or mimed performance of an artist’s track performed during the TOTP roadshow. During this time TOTP was filmed at numerous music venue locations around the UK.
Satellite Performance
Sometimes artists couldn’t appear in the Top of the Pops studio and often would performance on location via Satellite for the programme. Performances were usually live, but sometimes they were mimed.
Music Video
When an artist couldn't appear in the Top of the Pops studio they would often send in their music video to be played on the show.
Played Over TOTP Studio Montage
An artist’s track would be played in the background, while a montage of stills or video clips played on screen. This typically happened in the mid-1990s during the end credits.
A short music video or live performance clip was shown. This was typically used during special edition of the show, or for an album or promotion video.