Top of the Pops? English going wild about it (3,6)

I believe the answer is:

hit single

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'top of the pops?' is the definition.
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'english going wild about it' is the wordplay.
'going wild' is an anagram indicator.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'english' with letters rearranged gives 'hsingle'.
'hsingle' enclosing 'it' is 'HIT SINGLE'.

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