Top 20 Greatest Top of the Pops Performances of All Time

These icons all performed live back in the day! For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 20 Greatest Top of the Pops Performances of All Time. Featuring performances from Kate Bush, Elton John, David Bowie, and many more. What’s your favourite “Top of the Pops” memory? Let us know in the comments!

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[DawnSuttonfabfour]

Bowie didn't die, he just returned to his home planet.

[luis-pwci]

No T. Rex? Unbelievable... Marc Bolan created the whole Glam Rock with THAT perfomance on TOTP. Underrated and underpreciated as always...

[numberfourdefender]

Bowie of course has to take first, everything about that performance is brilliant

[andrewswatland]

No T.Rex?, no The Sweet?, no Smiths? 😮

[mariawildman]

I was one of those kids. I heard him once and was a fan for life. He's a legend. God bless David. I wish he was still here❤

[markwilliamwestonwilson]

No self respected teen would miss TOTP, it was part of our lives in the Seventies

[armlovesmetal]

Kate Bush is an amazing performer with a voice to match. Since coming onto the music scene, she became my favorite female singer. She is so beautiful too.

[patriciafenwick]

This brought back so many great memories. I always looked forward to finding who would be on. Bowie, Slade, Queen, etc made TOTP great

[stephenwatson]

T.Rex and "get it on" should be in the top 10. Defo agree with Elton & Bowie.

[trinaq]

Top of the Pops was always my jam as a kid. I couldn't wait to see which artists were performing that week!

[DukesMusic]

#5 Gary Numan. He was strange, he was ackward, he was crazy, but that's part of life. Still loved that dude either way, kicks ass.

[stevetodd]

I saw David Bowie in Cologne Sporthalle Germany in 1978. What an amazing experience I had that night, nothing since has given me the rush of that night.

[donatuskissoon]

Notable omissions: Alice Cooper - School's Out, The Specials - Gangsters, Madness - The Prince, Desmond Dekker - The Israelites, Marilyn Manson - Mobscene

[stev]

You missed the most important part of the Starman performance: when Bowie sings "I had to phone someone so I picked on you-oo-oo" and coyly points at the camera. It's not often you can pinpoint the exact second someone becomes a superstar, but this is definitely one of those times.

[staceym]

I would've chosen Sweet's Blockbuster or Ballroom Blitz! Someone would have to choose who to leave out to fit them in:)

[fransuke]

David Bowie as "Ziggy Stardust"

[merlinhotspurs]

Sorry, MARC BOLAN did this for me, well before David Bowie. Can’t believe he was missed from this list.

[drewcampbell]

We didn't get a colour TV till 1978, but every Thursday my big sisters would take me round to our auntie's house to watch TOTP with our cousins. Fond memories as another kind of world opened up before my very eyes. I remember every single one of these performances first time around!

[Bob-]

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said. Loved it when a massive portrait of darts player JOCKEY Wilson descended towards the end.