A new dexy, a new look but the same old shenanigans on Off The Chart as we head back to this week in 1988! Join Steve and Julian for two hours of hits, headlines and hogwash including some forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from a featured album, a look at the day’s events, a hit from the Italian chart and the top five singles in full. Not forgetting the forfeit track, of course, for those of you who still persist in not backing us on Patreon. Which of this week’s hits is officially The Worst Song Ever? Which legendary 12″ single was cut down to fit a 7″ for the first time? And who released three different versions of the same song with different lyrics? Click PLAY to find out!
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If you’ve missed a previous edition they’re all on our Mixcloud page, or for a taster of the music we play, listen to our Spotify playlist Way Off The Chart including one track from each show!
We also have a Spotify playlist for our #ICEOTWF feature, including all (well, most) of the international hits we’ve played since the feature began in March 2017. There are all sorts of oddities in here, all of which were hits somewhere in the world but not in the UK!