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Top of the Pops - Season 2025 Episode 1 -
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00:00Hello and welcome to the Top of the Pots review of 2025 where together we'll look back on some of
00:20the musical stories of the year as well as enjoying some great performances and celebrating
00:25the top 10 biggest selling songs. Now 2025 has been a year of nostalgic tours with the summer of
00:31Oasis Mania and 90s boy bands Five and Boyzone reuniting. Taylor Swift showed us the life of a
00:38showgirl plus the rise of country continued especially here in the UK as the home of country
00:43the Grand Ole Opry travelled to London for the first time ever. But there's even more to discover
00:49and over the next hour we'll enjoy music from Pulp, Chapel Roan and Lewis Capaldi. We'll say hello
00:56to the women of the moment breaking records all around the world this year Olivia Dean and Top of
01:02the Pots alumni and all-round legend Jarvis Cocker tells us about his year. Plus we'll get to know
01:07the artists behind two of the biggest selling songs of 2025. That's US rising stars Raven Lene and Alex
01:15Warren. So let's get into our first performance which comes from the man fondly known as the
01:20North East Springsteen who back in February released his third album People Watching and ended up winning
01:25the Mercury Prize album of the year. Remaining a man of the people by donating all his winnings to
01:31charity. So here he is with the title track from his chart-topping album headlining Radio 1's
01:37Big Weekend in Liverpool. It's Sam Fender.
01:44The
02:08What's on the way back home?
02:11A beast to blame a real hope
02:13Gives me away from feeling alone
02:16Gives me a moment out of the ego
02:20Used to feel so invincible
02:21I used to feel it was a world worth dreaming of
02:25Back in the gas, screaming the song
02:28Just the beauty of youth will quell my heart
02:33Oh, I feel so dark
02:36Remember it
02:38Oh, my heart
02:45I feel so dark
02:48Remember
02:49I think the world's on the way back home
02:58Everybody on the treadmill
03:00Out of the billboards, out of the heat
03:04So I'm gonna start and turn the street tonight
03:07Oh, I can't stop
03:09I feel so dark
03:12I think the world's on the way back home
03:15I think the world's on the way back home
03:19I came back home my past seven years
03:33We had a week chasing tracks of her teeth
03:37Wanted the nurse to get the gist of it
03:39I promised her to get her out of the care
03:43The police was calling the best
03:45And I stopped in overruled by callous arms
03:49The goodness was around the club
03:51And the beauty of you
03:53And the beauty of youth that left my breaking heart
03:56But what in my heart
04:00When you loved someone
04:02Oh, I stayed on the way back home
04:08Till you left this lane
04:11Cause that's just love
04:14I think the world's on the way back home
04:20I think the world's on the way back home
04:21Everybody on the treadmill
04:24Wanting
04:24Š°Š¹ to the billboards, out of the heat
04:27Somebody's tallchat
04:29On the streets of theiĆ£o
04:31Or I'll catch the point
04:33As you hold her fall
04:36I think the world's on the way back home
04:39I think the world's on the way back home
04:42I think I want you to leave that home
04:51I think I want you to leave that home
04:54I think I want you to leave that home
05:03I think I want you to leave that home
05:06The road, the way I'm so proud of my friends
05:11Can't wait such doing results in this sky
05:16What I feel for this crippled eye
05:20In the turmoil of the times
05:23And I'll hold you in my heart till the day I die
05:27Oh, I think I want you to leave that home
05:33Everybody in a chair, new women
05:36I don't know if you're a boy, it's harder to hear
05:39Someone's gone and tried to stick to that
05:42Oh, I trust you
05:44I see the world downfall
05:47I think I want you to leave that home
05:50I think I want you to leave that home
05:54I think I want you to leave that home
06:03I think I want you to leave that home
06:06Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:36Oh, oh, oh, oh.
07:06Oh, oh, oh, oh.
08:38And now here's me playing Man I Need earlier on in the year.
08:42Roll the clip.
08:43Talk to me, talk to me Talk to me, talk to me
08:50Looks like we're making up for lost time Need you to spell it out for me
09:00Washing over on all night It's like a type of alchemy
09:07Introduce me to your best friend I can come and stop riding
09:15A satellite ain't even that far I kinda wonder where you are
09:24And I already know I can't leave it alone Oh, my, my, yeah
09:31And I already gave you the time and the place
09:35So don't be shy Just come be the man I need
09:40Tell me you got something to give I want it
09:44I kinda like it when you call me wonderful
09:47Whatever the type of talkie is Come on, man
09:52I gotta know you're meant to be the man I need
09:56Talk to me, talk to me Talk to me, talk to me
10:01Be the man that I need, baby Talk to me, talk to me
10:05Be the man, man, man, man, man, man I'd like to think you feel the same way
10:20But I can't tell with you sometimes So, baby, let's get on the same page
10:28Stop making me breathe between the nines Already know I can't leave it alone
10:35Oh, my, my, yeah And I already gave you the time and the place
10:43So don't be shy Just come be the man I need
10:48Tell me you got something to give I want it
10:52I kinda like it when you call me wonderful
10:55Whatever the type of talkie is Come on, man
11:00I gotta know you're meant to be the man I need
11:04Talk to me, talk to me Talk to me, talk to me
11:12Talk to me, talk to me Be the man that I need, baby
11:16Talk to me, talk to me Be the man that I need, baby
11:20Talk to me, talk to me Be the man that I need, baby
11:24Talk to me, talk to me, be the man, man, man, man, man.
11:28Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.
11:35Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm, mm.
11:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
11:49The glorious Olivia Deane with her chart smash,
11:52Man I Need, from her number one album, The Art of Loving.
11:55And don't forget, she'll be joining Jules Holland
11:57for his annual Hootenanny to see in the new year on BBC Two tonight.
12:02No doubt Olivia is a future festival headliner,
12:05and this year we saw even more brilliant women
12:09headlining festivals across the UK.
12:12So right now, here are some of those winning women.
12:16With applied pressure from these women
12:19and their loyal fans the world over,
12:21many festivals went on to proudly book
12:24some of the world's most successful female artists to headline.
12:33Leading the charge, global megastar Olivia Rodrigo
12:36set a new record by headlining a total of 18 festivals around the globe.
12:42And it doesn't get much bigger than Glastonbury.
12:45At just 22 years old, the pop juggernaut
12:49became the Sunday Night Pyramid stage headliner.
12:52I wanna get hurt
12:54And I'm a rock
12:55Every day, so you'll be every time
12:58Make careful, baby
12:59Backed by an all-female and non-binary band,
13:03Olivia delivered a killer set
13:04with an unexpected special guest
13:06in the form of The Cure's Robert Smith.
13:09Over on the other stage, on Saturday nights,
13:18Charlie XCX literally set the stage alight
13:21with her headline set.
13:25After taking the world by storm with Brat Summer last year
13:28and cleaning up the Brits,
13:30it was one of the most anticipated sets of the weekend.
13:33In an incredible one-woman show,
13:36Charlie transformed the Glastonbury feels
13:38into a sweat-drenched, laser-lit nightclub.
13:47Glastonbury!
13:49At the same time, on West Holt's stage,
13:52rap icon Dolce delivered a masterclass headline set of her own.
13:56Welcome to Dolce's School of Hip-Hop
13:58I've been wrestling with my peace and nasty irony
14:01I'm a dying sunflower, leaving the dread love seat
14:04In the A13, Glastonbury rates crap!
14:07Hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up, hands up.
14:13No chip on my shoulder
14:14What you say?
14:16Ha ha ha ha ha!
14:17But it didn't stop at Glastonbury.
14:19Other festivals elsewhere were also making room for women in the top spots.
14:25Isle of Wight's wet leg made their mark
14:27when they topped the bill at Green Man Festival.
14:31U.S. pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter took on Barcelona's Primavera Sound and BST Hyde Park.
14:51Hey guys, sold out. Two nights, 65,000 people at Hyde Park.
14:56Our very own Ray delivered true escapism at London's Victoria Park.
15:03We are headlining all points east, which is very exciting.
15:09And to round off the summer, Midwest princess Chapel Rhone continued to ride her unstoppable high
15:15when she headlined Reading and Leeds Festival, bringing her euphoric fairy tale to life.
15:20So get ready to saddle up as we look back on Chapel's unforgettable performance of Hot To Go.
15:26We're going to spell Hot To Go with our arms.
15:33Watch me. Ready?
15:37H-O-T-T-O-G-O
15:41You can take me hot to go
15:45H-O-T-T-O-G-O
15:49You can take me hot to go
15:53H-O-T-O-G-O
15:54You can take me hot to go
15:55H-O-T-O-G-O
15:56You can take me hot to go
15:57You can take me hot to go
15:58H-O-T-O-G-O
16:00H-O-T-O-G-O
16:01I can take me hot to go
16:02H-O-T-O-G-O
16:03You can take me hot to go
16:04H-O-T-O-G-O
16:05Y-O-T-O-G-O
16:07I could be the one with a new addiction
16:20It's up in my head, but I want non-fiction
16:23I don't want the world, but I'll take this city
16:27Who could make my girl call me high, my pretty
16:30Baby, did you like this beat?
16:34And made it straight, dance with me
16:36It's like I'm 139 degrees
16:40Now they're doing it with me, doing it with me
16:44H-O-T-T-O-G-O
16:46Snap and clap and touch your toes
16:47Raise your hands on body roll
16:49Dance it off, you're hard to go
16:51H-O-T-T-O-G-O
16:53Clap and clap and touch your toes
16:54Raise your hands on body roll
16:56H-O-T-T-O-G-O
16:58H-O-T-T-O-G-O
17:01You're gonna take me hard to go
17:04H-O-T-T-T-I-D-O
17:08You're gonna take me hard to go
17:11H-O-T-O-G-O
17:12Long staring at my seat
17:14And I try not to care
17:16H-O-T-O-G-O
17:18You don't have to say
17:20Come here, get away
17:21Don't let that
17:23No one's gonna touch me there
17:24In a damn hot fit in it, baby
17:26Don't you like this beat?
17:28I'm late to sleep, sleep, be fine
17:31And it's like 119 degrees
17:34Now they're doing it with me, doing it with me
17:39H-O-T-T-T-O-G-O
17:40Snap and clap and touch your toes
17:42Raise your hands on body roll
17:44Dance it off, you're hard to go
17:46H-O-T-T-T-O-G-O
17:47Snap and clap and touch your toes
17:49Reach your hands up on your own
17:51It's a G-G-R-G-R
17:53It's a G-G-R-G-R-G-R
17:56You can't try to get high to go
17:59It's a G-G-R-G-R
18:03You can't try to get high to go
18:06It's a G-G-R-G-R-G-R
18:08Who's here to bring you home?
18:10Hurry up, it's time to stop us
18:12Come on, I'm about to go
18:13It's a G-G-R-G-R-G-R
18:15Hurry up, it's getting cold
18:17Hurry up, it's time to stop us
18:18Hurry up, I'm about to go
18:32I'm about to go
18:41I'm about to go
18:43I'm about to go
18:46One more time
18:48Let's go
18:49It's a G-G-R-G-R-G-R-G-R-R-G-R-G-R-G-R-G-R-G-R-G-R-G-R-G-R-G-R-G!
18:55A jubilant mass sing-along at Reading Festival this summer,
19:21led by the Midwest princess, Chapel Roan.
19:24Coming up later in the show, in true top-of-the-pots fashion,
19:27we'll be finding out the top ten biggest songs of 2025
19:30and one of the artists behind one of those songs is our next guest.
19:35US star Raven Lanay broke through this year with her chart smash Love Me Not,
19:39and here she is to tell us how 2025 has been for her. Hi, Raven.
19:44Hi, Clara. It's Raven Lanay and I'm here in one of my favourite cities in the world, London,
19:49about to play Roundhouse for the very first time. I'm so excited.
19:54My 2025 has been probably one of the most transformative years of my life.
19:58I've learned so much about myself as an artist, as a woman, as a friend,
20:04but also being able to experience such highs in my career that I've been working for a long time
20:10has been really rewarding, so it's been good.
20:13And oh, it's hard to say, oh, but I wish you were right here, yeah.
20:19Having one of the biggest songs of 2025 feels surreal for me, only because I remember when I first made the song and we finished it,
20:27and me and my team, we knew that there was something so special about it.
20:31I think the most interesting comment I get about Love Me Not is that it feels like it can be from any decade,
20:37and I think that marks a truly generational song.
20:41This year has been really validating for me because there's been a lot of moments in my journey where I might have doubted
20:47or been confused about, you know, my timing or if there was space for me in music.
20:53So this was kind of the okay of I'm on the right path, I'm doing the right thing, and some things just take time.
20:59This tour has been so beautiful for me, one, because my mom has come to almost every city with me,
21:09so it's been nice having her company, but also being able to relive these songs
21:14and make new memories around them with new fans.
21:18This summer, I got to sing Love Me Not for Radio One's Live Lounge.
21:21Please enjoy.
21:23THE END
21:53Oh, it's hard to leave you when I get you everywhere
21:58All this time I'm thinking we could never be okay
22:02Oh, no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here
22:06And always hard to see you when I wish you were right here
22:11Oh, it's hard to leave you when I get you everywhere
22:15All this time I'm thinking I'm strong enough to sink it
22:19Oh, no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here
22:23He love me not, he loves me, he holds me tight, that lets me go
22:28He love me not, he loves me, he holds me tight, that lets me go
22:32Soon as you leave me, we always lose connection
22:36It's getting messy, a fiend for your affection
22:40Don't loosen your grip, gotta hold on me
22:45I'll go wherever, let's get back together
22:49Love taken so far away, I pray to God we don't bring
22:58I want you to take me up and down and round and round again
23:05We know it's hard to see you, but I wish you were right here
23:09Oh, it's hard to leave you, but I get you everywhere
23:13All this time I'm thinking we could never be a pair
23:18Oh, no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here
23:22And always hard to see you when I wish you were right here
23:26Oh, it's hard to leave you, but I get you everywhere
23:30All this time I'm thinking I'm strong enough to sink it
23:35Oh, no, I don't need you, but I miss you, come here
23:39He love me not, he loves me, he holds me tight, that lets me go
23:43He love me not, he loves me, he holds me tight, that lets me go
23:48Love me not, he loves me, he holds me tight, that lets me go
23:52Love me not, he loves me, he holds me tight, that lets me go
23:56You're gonna say that you're sorry at the end of the night
24:01Wake up in the morning, everything's alright
24:05At the end of the story, you're holding me tight
24:10I don't need to worry, am I out of my mind?
24:16I'm losing my mind
24:19When I get you ready
24:21All this time I'm thinking I'm strong enough to sink it
24:25Oh no, I don't need you, but I wish you got me
24:29He love me not, he loves me
24:32He holds me tight, then lets me go
24:34Love me not, he loves me
24:36He holds me tight, then lets me go
24:39Raven Lanay with Love Me Not from Radio 1's Live Lounge back in September
24:45Now it's time to say hello to a true treasure
24:48who's performed on Top of the Pops many a time
24:51and has even been a previous host
24:53I'm talking about Jarvis Cocker
24:55It's been a big year for Pulp, so let's hear more from the man himself
24:59Hello Clara, Jarvis here
25:02My 2025 has been amazing
25:06It seems to have lasted about the same length as about four years
25:09Not because it's been boring, but just because a lot of things have happened
25:13If I had to sum it up in one sentence, I would say 2025, we came alive
25:19We've been away for 24 years, so people might just have forgotten about us
25:27Let's hold it up in the year 2000
25:32Some anniversaries, like for instance, it was 30 years since we played at classroom before
25:36It was 30 years since different class came out, it was 30 years since common people was a hit
25:41So it seemed a bit silly to ignore them
25:44We'd been playing concerts and we played a couple of new songs
25:49And we just thought let's see how many we could write and could we make a record
25:53Once we'd done the record I was really happy with it
26:01And then I did have a couple of weeks where I thought maybe we shouldn't release it
26:05And just keep it as like that was a nice thing for us to do as a band to show that we could do it
26:10But however the record company had paid for us to record it, so we had to release it
26:17When it came out and people did take notice of it and it got a good perception and it went to number one and everything
26:23It was a great feeling, it really was
26:25We got given the number one award and then I kept showing it in the concert
26:29You could tell that I was quite pleased
26:32The Albert Moore is number one
26:35We had thought about playing Glastonbury, but when we asked the concert
26:39When we asked them they said oh well you know we've booked everybody, sorry there's not a slot for us
26:43Any chance you'll be doing Glastonbury?
26:45I'll be going to Glastonbury and I might DJ
26:49But what about if one of the headliners drop out again like they did in 1995?
26:53I don't think that's going to happen
26:55No but it might, imagine a while where it did Jarvis, would you step up?
26:58If it was a life or death situation but I really don't think it's going to happen
27:02And then maybe two months before they said well we have got this secret slot that we do
27:09They said you could do that on Saturday but not under our name
27:12We were secretly listed as patchwork
27:15Which some people caught on to that because Candida had mentioned in an interview that she liked doing patchwork
27:21Oh is this the way they say the future's meant to feel
27:27200,000 people standing in the field
27:31To go back after 30 years made me a bit nervous but I was very excited about it
27:37And it seemed kind of poetic that you know the circle had been completed
27:47Comparing the pyramid stage 2025 to the pyramid stage 1995
27:52The main thing was I could actually see people this time because we were playing in the day
27:57You know when we played in 1995 you were aware there were a lot of people but you couldn't really see them
28:02It was just an idea, that sound when they sang along
28:06I could really see everybody, I could see the crowd stretch quite a long way
28:10And then there was the kind of crazy thing, the climax of Common People
28:14The red arrows flew over which was a complete, I can just say this categorically now
28:19We had not arranged that
28:28Things like that made it a very special concert
28:31You're about to see Pulp play on Jules Holland
28:35And you know how they have everybody in a circle on the latest set
28:39So we were there, the hives were opposite
28:42I was thinking don't attack me
28:44And we played Spike Island
28:49Something stopped me
28:58Tired in my tracks
29:00I was headed for disaster
29:02Then I turned back
29:04I was wrestling with a coat hanger
29:06Can you guess who won't?
29:08The universe shrugged
29:10Shrugged and moved on
29:12It's a guess
29:14No idea
29:15It's a feeling
29:19Not a voice
29:23In my head
29:25Just a feeling
29:29And by the way
29:32It's a feeling
29:33You're like
29:34This day
29:35Can't look
29:36On the light
29:37And the light
29:38The way
29:39This time I'll get it right
29:45Not a shaman or a showman ashamed
29:58I was selling the rights
29:59I took a breather
30:00Decided not to ruin my life
30:03I was conforming to a cosmic design
30:06I was playing to time
30:07Until I walked back to the garden
30:10Of earthly delights
30:12I was born to perform
30:15It's a calling
30:19I exist to do this
30:24Shouting and pointing
30:27And by the way
30:30The spay came and come alive
30:37And by the way
30:38And this time I'll get it right
30:45No one will ever understand it
30:50And no one can ever have the last word
30:54Because it's not something you could ever say
30:57It's so sweet
31:00It's a gift
31:04No idea
31:06It's a feeling
31:10Not a voice
31:12In my head
31:15Just making me
31:17And by the way
31:21The spay came and come alive
31:28And by the way
31:29Oh, this time I'll get it right
31:36And by the way
31:38It's spay came and come alive
31:44And by the way
31:46Well, this time I'll get it right
31:53Oh, this time I'll get it right
31:57Oh
31:57guitar solo
31:58Ooh
31:59Ooh
31:59Ooh
32:01Ooh
32:09Ooh
32:10Ooh
32:11Ooh
32:11Oh
32:11Ooh, ooh, ooh
32:22Ooh, ooh, ooh
32:30Excellent to see Pulf back in action this year
32:40with Spike Island from their chart-topping eighth album, More.
32:442025 saw lots of other artists making a return
32:47with the most anticipated reunion
32:49that nobody thought would happen ever.
32:52The Gallagher brothers,
32:53they finally took to the stage together once again,
32:55but the reunions and the returns didn't stop there.
33:012025 gave us some of the biggest and best returns in music
33:06and wow, did it deliver.
33:10After 16 long years, the great wait was finally over.
33:15Oasis were officially back.
33:17Following years of will they, won't they...
33:19Obviously, I missed being in a band and being with my brother and all that.
33:22It happens, it happens if it don't, it don't.
33:24The Gallagher brothers finally confirmed
33:26the much-anticipated reunion tour.
33:29And with more than 14 million fans trying to buy tickets,
33:33the world went mad for it.
33:35Walking out hand-in-hand,
33:37the Britpop giants kicked things off in summer
33:39and have since stormed their way across the UK
33:42and across the globe.
33:44I don't know why we're waiting for this,
33:46I see pain inside.
33:48I only want to see the light that shines
33:51without your eyes.
33:54As for what's next,
33:55well, Noel is rumoured to be writing new Oasis songs
33:58and a return to Nedworth is said to be on the cards.
34:01But one thing that is for certain,
34:03Oasis and their music will certainly live forever.
34:07We're going to live forever.
34:12From one 90s heavyweight to another.
34:15After rehearsing just for the hell of it last year,
34:18Radiohead burst back onto the scene
34:20for their first live shows since 2018.
34:23Pulling from an impressive catalogue across four decades,
34:26Radiohead took a busking attitude to their set list,
34:30playing any song, in any order, at any time.
34:33But with plans for 2026 still unknown,
34:36let's hope there's more surprises to come.
34:39No surprises.
34:42At first, can I see you cry?
34:45And speaking of surprises,
34:47in October, Lily Allen suddenly dropped her new album,
34:50West End Girl,
34:51just four days after announcing it.
34:54Wrapped in her signature sound and witty lyricism,
35:00the Deeply Personal album marked her first musical project
35:03in seven years.
35:05And 2026 will see her hit the road again
35:07for her biggest headline tour ever.
35:10Earlier this year, 90s boy band Five also revealed
35:20they'd be stepping back into the spotlight
35:21for the first time in 25 years.
35:25With all five original members reuniting,
35:29fans snapped up tickets,
35:31and what started as a 12-day run
35:33quickly grew to 25.
35:35From boy bands to ballads now,
35:38as Lewis Capaldi made his heroic return to music this summer.
35:48Following an emotional performance at Glastonbury in 2023,
35:53Lewis took a break from music
35:54to focus on his health and well-being.
35:58After being away for two years,
36:00the singer-songwriter took on one of the surprise slots
36:02on the Pyramid stage,
36:04drawing in one of the biggest crowds of the weekend.
36:12The outpour of love and support that followed
36:15resulted in a sold-out UK tour.
36:17And while he prepares for a US leg in 2026,
36:21let's remind ourselves of his unbelievable performance.
36:24How long till it feels
36:27Like the wound's finally starting to heal
36:32How long till it feels
36:37Like I'm more than a spoken new year
36:41Most nights I feel
36:46That I'm not enough
36:48I've had my share of Monday mornings
36:51When I can't get it
36:53So where hope is long
36:56And I come undone
36:58I swear to God
37:02He'll survive
37:03If it kills me soon
37:08I'm gonna get up and try
37:13If it's the last thing I'll do
37:18I've still got something to give
37:23Though it hurts sometimes
37:28I'm gonna get up and leave
37:34Until the day that I die
37:38I swear to God
37:40I swear to God
37:41I'll survive
37:42Hold on till you know
37:49That in truth you don't ever feel
37:53How far will you go
37:59To give back to the place you were
38:03Most nights I feel
38:08That I'm not enough
38:10But I refuse to spend my best years
38:14Rotting in the sun
38:16So where hope is long
38:18And I come undone
38:20I swear to God
38:25I swear to God
38:25I'll survive
38:25If it kills me too
38:31I'm gonna get up and try
38:35If it's the last thing I'll do
38:41I've still got something to give
38:46Though it hurts sometimes
38:50I'm gonna get up and leave
38:56Until the day that I die
39:00Swear to God
39:03I'll survive
39:04I swear to God
39:13I'll survive
39:14I swear to God
39:19I swear to God
39:23I swear to God
39:24If it kills me too
39:28I'm gonna get up and try
39:33If it's the last thing I'll do
39:38I've still got something to give
39:45Though it hurts sometimes
39:48I'm gonna get up and leave
39:55Until the day that I die
39:58I swear to God
40:01I swear to God
40:02I swear to God
40:05Thank you
40:05The triumphant return of Lewis Capaldi
40:12To a warm and welcoming worthy farm
40:14At this year's Glastonbury Festival
40:16Now someone else who broke through this year
40:19Is a South London artist
40:20With an incredible voice
40:22Lola Young
40:23Lola performed at the Briss Awards
40:25At the beginning of the year
40:26And released her album in September
40:28But announced soon after
40:29That she'd be taking a break from music
40:31We send Lola all our love
40:33And thought we'd go back to May of this year
40:36To Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool
40:38Where she performs her massive hit Messi
40:40To a huge crowd
40:42I love the fact that everyone's getting on everyone's shoulders
40:54That's a beautiful thing
40:56Look at that
40:56You know I'm impatient
41:04So why would you leave me waiting outside the station
41:08When it was like minus four degrees
41:10And I get what you're saying
41:12I just really don't want to hear it right now
41:16Could you feel like once in your life
41:19And listen to me
41:20I took your nice words of advice about
41:23How you think I'm gonna die lucky if I turn 33
41:26Okay, so yeah, smoke like a chimney
41:28I'm not skinny
41:29And I pull a Britney
41:30Every other week
41:31Become me some slut
41:33Who do you want?
41:34See it!
41:36You told me you had a job
41:42Then you asked where the hell I've been
41:44And I'm too perfect
41:46Till I open my big mouth
41:48I want to be me
41:50Is that not allowed?
41:53And I'm too clever
41:54And then I'm too goddamn dumb
41:57You hate it when I cry
41:59Unless it's that time of the month
42:01And I'm too perfect
42:03Till I show you that I'm not
42:05A thousand people
42:06I could be for you
42:07And you hate the whole damn lot
42:09You hate the whole damn lot
42:14You hate the whole damn lot
42:18Hey, hey
42:22It's taking you ages
42:28You still don't get hints
42:30I'm not asking for pages
42:32And one, two would be nice
42:34And please don't pull those faces
42:37And I've been out working
42:39While I'm so full day
42:40It's just one bottle of wine or tea
42:43But hey, you can't even talk
42:45You smoke just to help you sleep
42:47And while you're out getting stoned
42:48At four o'clock
42:49And then you can't want to leave
42:51And don't say that love
42:54Cause I got high again
42:56And forgot to fold my clothes
42:59Cause I'm too messy
43:01And then I'm too guilty
43:03You told me you had a job
43:06Then you asked where the hell I've been
43:08And I'm too perfect
43:10Till I open my big mouth
43:13I want to be me
43:15Is that not allowed
43:17And I'm too clever
43:18And then I'm too goddamn dumb
43:21You hate it when I cry
43:23Unless it's that time
43:24And I'm too perfect
43:27Till I show you that I'm not
43:29A thousand people
43:30I could be for you
43:32When you hate the whole damn love
43:36You hate the whole damn love
43:40You hate the whole damn love
43:44You hate, you hate
43:46This is my band everybody
43:55This is Kornow on the guitar
43:56This is Kermel the Keys
43:58On this case, I don't have a race
44:00Join on drugs
44:01We don't keep on
44:02I love you so much
44:03Thank you for having me
44:04Oh
44:06Cause I'm too messy
44:09And then I'm too goddamn clean
44:11You told me you had a job
44:13Then you asked where the hell I've been
44:16And I'm too perfect
44:17Till I open my big mouth
44:20I want to see it
44:22And I'm too clever
44:26And then I'm too goddamn dumb
44:29And I'm too perfect
44:30And I'm too perfect
44:34Till I show you that I've got
44:37A thousand people
44:38Locking me for you
44:39When you hate the whole damn love
44:41You hate the whole damn love
44:46You hate the whole damn love
44:50You hate the whole damn love
44:54You hate the whole damn love
44:59I need a blast
45:02A big applause
45:02To Osama and Grandad
45:04The brilliant Lola Young
45:06From Radio 1's
45:07Big Weekend
45:08In Liverpool's
45:09Sefton Park
45:09Now, 2025
45:11We've seen the charts
45:12Dominated by the pop girlies
45:14With the likes of
45:15Sabrina Carpenter
45:16And Chappell Rhone
45:17Claiming spots
45:18In either the singles
45:19Or albums
45:20Top 10
45:20But it was Taylor Swift
45:22Who swooped in
45:23At the last minute
45:24Back in October
45:24To claim the biggest
45:26Selling album of the year
45:27With the life of a showgirl
45:29So in classic
45:30Top of the Pops fashion
45:31It's time to find out
45:32Who are the top 10
45:33Biggest selling songs
45:34Of the year
45:35Kicking things off
45:39At 10's
45:39It's pure pop power
45:41As Lady Gaga
45:42And Bruno Mars
45:43Join forces
45:44For Die With A Smile
45:46At nine
45:51It's record-breaking
45:52Olivia Dean
45:53With her first ever
45:54Number one
45:55Man I Need
45:56We met her earlier
46:04In the show
46:05It's Raven Lanay
46:06With Love Me Not
46:07At eight
46:08With one of the biggest
46:15Songs of the last two years
46:17It's Benson Boone
46:17At seven
46:18With Beautiful Things
46:19At six
46:23Pop star Gracie Abrams
46:25Made her Glastonbury debut
46:26This year
46:27And earned her first
46:28UK number one
46:29With That's So True
46:31You're number five
46:40Teaming up once again
46:41Bruno Mars joins
46:42Blackpink's RosƩ
46:43For their viral hit
46:45APT
46:45This year
46:54Global blockbuster
46:55K-pop Demon Hunters
46:56Took over both the
46:58Screens and the charts
46:59With Golden
47:00At four
47:01Riding high
47:04At number three
47:05It's Chapel Roan
47:06With pop anthem
47:07Pink Pony Club
47:08South London's finest
47:17Lola Young
47:18Takes number two
47:19With her breakout single
47:20Messy
47:21And at number one
47:27This year has been
47:28Anything but ordinary
47:30For Alex Warren
47:31And we caught up
47:34With the man himself
47:35On his extraordinary year
47:37Hi Alex
47:38Hey Clara
47:39It's Alex Warren
47:392025 has been
47:41Absolutely insane
47:42I released Ordinary
47:43In February of this year
47:44And it's one of the
47:45Biggest songs of 2025
47:46And that's mind boggling
47:48Dude I never thought
47:48A song I wrote about
47:50My wife would be
47:51Anywhere as big as it is
47:52And I'm so happy
47:53That it is
47:54Ordinary has broken
47:57So many records
47:58One of the records
47:59It's the longest
48:00Number one of the decade
48:01Beating Ed Sheeran's
48:02Bad habits
48:02And I just want to say
48:06Ed if I can be candid
48:07There's a new ginger
48:08In town
48:09It's this guy
48:10The fact that my album
48:13Is also in the top ten
48:15I'm just going to keep
48:17Saying it's crazy
48:18I wrote it in my bedroom
48:23There's me and my friends
48:25And that's exactly
48:26What my music is
48:27It's just me
48:27Telling my story
48:28And the fact that
48:29So many people care
48:30And also so many people
48:31Relate to that
48:31Is terrifying
48:33But also amazing
48:34I was nominated
48:37For Best New Artist
48:38At the Grammys
48:38I was at my house
48:40With my friends
48:41We were writing
48:41The new album actually
48:42So it was really really cool
48:44To kind of have
48:44A full circle moment
48:45Where I was nominated
48:47For the work
48:47That I had done last year
48:48And I was with
48:49The people who did it with
48:50Earlier this year
48:54I got to perform
48:55At Radio 1 Live Lounge
48:56And it was
48:57The most terrifying
48:58But exciting thing
48:58I've ever done
48:59That was probably
49:01One of my favorite
49:02Performances I've done
49:03And I wanted to show
49:04You guys
49:04So this is it
49:06They say the holy water's watered down
49:09And this town's lost its faith
49:12Our colors will fade
49:14Eventually
49:15So if our time is running out
49:18Day after day
49:20We'll make the Monday
49:22A masterpiece
49:24A masterpiece
49:24Oh my, oh my, oh my, my Lord
49:29I'll take one look at you
49:32You're taking me
49:33All of the ordinary
49:35I want you laying me down
49:37To a dead berry
49:39On the edge of your mind
49:42Staying drunk in your mind
49:44The angels up in the clouds
49:47I tell this no one we found
49:49Don't tell me so wild
49:50Don't tell me so wild
49:50I'll be ordinary
49:52You got me kissing the ground
49:55On your sanctuary
49:56Share to be with your touch
49:59Oh, Lord, be turned in the dust
50:02The angels up in the clouds
50:04I tell this no one we found
50:07Hopeless hallelujah
50:11On this side of heaven's grave
50:16All of my life
50:18How do you breathe in
50:22Take my breath away
50:24Let your bow to obey
50:28You're the sculptor of the clay
50:30All of my, my, you're taking me
50:33All of the ordinary
50:35I want you laying me down
50:37To a dead berry
50:39On the edge of your mind
50:42Staying drunk in your mind
50:44The angels up in the clouds
50:47I tell this no one we found
50:50You saw me so happily
50:52Higher than ecstasy
50:54Maybe you're next to me
50:57You're my mind
50:58On my mind
50:59To a dead berry
51:01Until I saw your light
51:03I thought you had to die to fight
51:06Something so out of the ordinary
51:09I want you laying me down
51:11Until we're dead and buried
51:13On the edge of your mind
51:16Staying drunk in your mind
51:19The angels up in the clouds
51:21Are jealous no one we found
51:23Love is so out of the ordinary
51:26You've got me kissing the cloud
51:29You're sanctuary
51:30You're shouting me with a touch
51:33On all of your time in the dust
51:36The angels up in the clouds
51:39Are jealous no one we found
51:41So there you have it
51:43The biggest selling song of 2025
51:46Is Alex Warren's Ordinary
51:48And I'm sure we'll be seeing
51:49And hearing more from him next year
51:51Sadly we've come to the end
51:53Of this year's review of 2025
51:55But I've got one more treat
51:57Left for you
51:57Don't forget you can see
51:59In the new year
51:59With Jules Holland
52:00And his annual Hootenanny
52:01On BBC Two tonight
52:03Featuring incredible guests
52:05Including Olivia Dean
52:06Ronnie Wood
52:07Jessie J
52:08Lulu
52:09Heather Small
52:10The Kooks
52:11And more
52:11And on BBC One
52:13This next artist
52:14Will be bringing his huge hits
52:16And some very special guests
52:18To take you into 2026
52:19So to get you in the mood
52:21Here he is earlier in the year
52:23At Radio 2 in the park
52:24In Chelmsford
52:25This is Ronan Keating
52:27Happy New Year
52:28Happy New Year
52:31Yeah
52:32Yeah, come on
52:36Hey baby
52:46You really got my tail in the spring
52:51Yeah
52:51Hey baby
52:54I don't even know where to begin
52:59Hey
53:00Baby
53:02You got one thing I gotta know
53:06Mr. Bond
53:07Whenever you go
53:11Tell me I'm on a show
53:14She know
53:16If I love her
53:19So don't fight it
53:23Life is a rollercoaster
53:28Just gotta ride it
53:31I need you
53:34So stop hiding
53:38My love is a mystery
53:42My love is a mystery
53:43Girl
53:44Let's get inside
53:46Hey baby
53:50Really count me flying tonight
53:55Flying tonight
53:57Hey sugar
53:58You almost got his punch
54:02You almost got his punch to fight
54:03No it's not, Liam
54:04You know
54:05Baby
54:06You got one thing I gotta know
54:10Gregory
54:11However you go
54:15Tell me
54:16I'm gonna show
54:18You know
54:20If I love her
54:23So don't fight it
54:27Life is a rollercoaster
54:32Just gotta ride it
54:34Oh yeah
54:35I see you
54:36I need you
54:38To stop hiding
54:42My love is a mystery
54:47Girl
54:48Let's get inside it
54:51So listen
54:54Can't you feel my heart
54:58Can't you feel my heart
55:02Won't you take my heart
55:07Come on
55:09Cause I love her
55:15So don't fight it
55:19No
55:20Life is a rollercoaster
55:24Just gotta ride it
55:26All night
55:27Love
55:28I need you
55:30Yeah
55:32So stop hiding
55:34My love is a mystery
55:39Girl
55:40Let's get inside it
55:42Put your hands in the air
55:43Come on
55:44Cause I love her
55:47Everybody
55:47So don't fight it
55:50So don't fight it
55:51Yes
55:52Life is a rollercoaster
55:56Just gotta ride it
55:58All night
56:00Love
56:00I need you
56:02Oh my God
56:04So stop hiding
56:06So stop hiding
56:07Wow
56:08Love is a mystery
56:11Girl
56:12Let's get inside it
56:15Let me hear you singing
56:16Come on
56:16Yeah
56:20Come on
56:21Come on
56:21Come on
56:22Come on
56:23Come on
56:24Come on
56:25No
56:25No
56:25I love you
56:26Roll the coaster
56:28Just gotta ride it
56:31All night
56:31Love
56:32I need you
56:34Yeah I do
56:36So stop hiding
56:38No
56:40No
56:40Here we go
56:46Come on
56:47Come on
56:47Come on
56:48Come on
56:48Come on
56:49It's fine
56:49Love
56:50Love
56:51Don't fight it
56:55Light is a rollercoaster
57:00Just gotta ride it
57:02All night
57:03Love
57:04I need you
57:06I need you
57:06Oh man
57:08To stop hiding
57:10Love
57:14Love is a mystery
57:15Girl
57:16Let's get inside it
57:18Come on
57:19It's fine
57:21Love
57:22Like somebody
57:27Like it's a rollercoaster
57:32Just gotta ride it
57:34Shut down
57:37Fight it
57:38Fight it
57:39Fight it
57:41No
57:42No
57:42No
57:47Thank you so much
57:50Thank you
57:52Nobody
58:06What's trying to do
58:07I need you
58:11Like a
58:11Life
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