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Graham Gouldman celebrated his 75th anniversary on May 10, 2021. That’s why we publish this Toppop clip today. Graham Keith Gouldman (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He has been the only constant member of the art rock band 10cc. Between 1984 and 1990, Gouldman teamed with American singer Andrew Gold, with whom he had co-written material in 1981, to form Wax. They produced four albums. In the US, they were listed as Wax UK, while later releases were additionally credited as Andrew Gold & Graham Gouldman. In 1981, 10cc was working on what would become the album Ten Out of 10. Andrew Gold was invited to record with the band by Lenny Waronker, head of A&R at Warner Bros, and played keyboards and percussion on the completed album, as well as adding background vocals. The U.S. release of Ten Out of 10 also featured three songs co-written by Gold: “Power of Love,“ “Runaway“ and “We’ve Heard It All Before“. It led to an offer to join the band – an offer Gold declined because of other commitments. This Toppop recording was first broadcast on January 27, 1987 The lyrics: Hey! Got my life worked out ’cause I was born a methodical man Now that I’m all grown up I wanna put you in my master plan If you turn me down, no problem at all I’ve got a backup system and a failsafe wherewithal I’ll do what I have to do Take one step at a time, for you Cause I’m systematic Systematic, know what to do Systematic I’m systematically working on you Hey! Step by step I’m gonna wear your resistance down I’ve got my mind made up and now my wheels are spinning around and around and around and around I’m on the case 24 hours a day Ohh and I won’t give up until you see things my way Ohhhhh nothing can bother me Cause I look at it logically Cause I’m systematic Systematic, know what to do Systematic I’m systematically working on you Systematic (woo) Systematic, know what to do Systematic (ow!) I’m systematically working on you Hey! Yup. I’ll do what I have to do Take one step at a time, for you Cause I’m systematic Systematic, know what to do Systematic I’m systematically working on you Systematic (woo) Systematic, know what to do Systematic Cause I’m systematically working on you Systematic Systematic (ow!) Systematic Systematic Hey! Songwriters: Andrew Gold / Graham Keith Gouldman Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1987-01-27 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Queen, Golden Earring, Boney M, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer and many many more.
