HELEN REDDY - “ANGIE BABY“ - TOP OF THE POPS LIVE (1981)

The song reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart at the end of December 1974 and became one of Reddy’s biggest-selling singles. Not everyone understood the meaning of the lyrics at the time, and after the song was released, it inspired a great deal of speculation on its true meaning. The song was compared to Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe“ (which had a mystery about “something“ thrown off the Tallahatchie Bridge). Some also thought of it as a “Women’s Lib“ song along the line of Reddy’s other