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The Story of the Wylie

Neil Tennant, Smash Hits, 20 January 1983

THE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON run-through for Top Of The Pops is a chaotic affair. In front of one of the three stages in the studio, a dozen leotard-and-legwarmer clad dancers are larking about, laughing and jumping smartly out of the way to avoid being whacked in the back by huge mobile camera units.

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