Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast

Chart Music

The podcast that takes one random episode of Top Of The Pops - the greatest TV Pop show ever - and breaks it down to its very last compound. Created by Sarah Bee, Neil Kulkarni, Taylor Parkes, Simon Price and David Stubbs (who all wrote for Melody Maker) and hosted by Al Needham (who didn't), it's an unflinching gaze into the open wound of pop culture and a celebration of Thursday evenings past.

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20 episodes
Updated May 7
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Episodes20

Newest first

May 7 · 5 hr 45 min
Chart Music #78- February 16th 1978: Paint Along With Nancy Spungen
The latest episode of the podcast which asks; Emu versus Bernie Clifton’s ostrich – who wins in a fight?
May 6 · 1 hr 30 min
#78 (Pt 4): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon
Simon Price, David Stubbs and Al Needham finish off a classic episode of TOTP by being repulsed at the thought of Rod Stewart doing it with a head on legs
May 5 · 1 hr 19 min
#78 (Pt 3): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon
David Stubbs, Simon Price and Al Needham plunge the critical fist even deeper into this episode of TOTP
May 4 · 1 hr 33 min
#78 (Pt 2): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon
Simon Price, David Stubbs and Al Needham begin their odyssey through this 1978 episode of The Pops
May 3 · 1 hr 34 min
#78 (Pt 1): 16.2.78 – Paint Along With Nancy Spungeon
Al Needham, David Stubbs and Simon Price to burrow into early ‘78
January 24 · 5 hr 33 min
Chart Music #77: December 27th 1971: Six Tins Of Bachelors Peas
Taylor Parkes and David Stubbs join Al Needham for a complete evisceration of the Sounds of ‘71!
January 23 · 1 hr 34 min
#77 (Pt 4): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas
David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham reach the end of their journey through 1971!
January 22 · 1 hr 18 min
#77 (Pt 3): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas
Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham continue to gorge upon the selection box of 1971
January 21 · 1 hr 27 min
#77 (Pt 2): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas
David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham commence their expedition into TOTP's 1971 end-of-year review
January 20 · 1 hr 23 min
#77 (Pt 1): 27.12.71 – Six Tins Of Batchelors Peas
Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to set about a rare Sixventies episode of The Pops
Jul 31, 2025 · 6 hr 1 min
Chart Music #76: August 12th 1982 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
The latest episode of the podcast which asks; do we really need a Chart Music Heritage Chart?
Jul 30, 2025 · 1 hr 25 min
#76 (Pt 4): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham – still far too young, still far too clever – finish off this outstanding episode of The Pops
Jul 29, 2025 · 1 hr 31 min
#76 (Pt 3): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham continue their odyssey through this massively enjoyable TOTP
Jul 28, 2025 · 1 hr 32 min
#76 (Pt 2): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
David Stubbs, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham gleefully ram their fists into a TOTP from the late summer of ‘82
Jul 27, 2025 · 1 hr 40 min
#76 (Pt 1): 12.8.82 – Humpty Dumpty Is Big Eggy
Taylor Parkes, David Stubbs and Al Needham prepare to tuck into a gloriously succulent episode of Top Of The Pops from the Silver Age
Dec 14, 2024 · 6 hr 21 min
Chart Music #75: August 15th 1974 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
The latest episode of the podcast which asks; The Osmonds – who’s the Sex King?
Dec 13, 2024 · 1 hr 31 min
Chart Music #75 (Pt 4): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
Sarah Bee, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham conclude their investigation into this unsettling episode of Top Of The Pops
Dec 12, 2024 · 1 hr 46 min
Chart Music #75 (Pt 3): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
Sarah Bee, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham continue their odyssey through one of the strangest TOTP episodes ever
Dec 11, 2024 · 1 hr 39 min
Chart Music #75 (Pt 2): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
Sarah Bee, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham begin their quest through the dungeons of Castle Osmond
Dec 10, 2024 · 1 hr 31 min
Chart Music #75 (Pt 1): 15.8.74 – Could YOU Be Donny’s Bride?
Sarah Bee, Taylor Parkes and Al Needham are BACK for one of the strangest episodes of Top Of The Pops ever!