Off The Chart: 13 July 1983

Off The Chart: 13 July 1983

Come join us for another trip back in time as we revisit today in 1983 on this week’s Off The Chart! We’ll have the usual bucketload of obscure and forgotten hits, three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of the day’s events, a track from one of today’s Peel Sessions, a look at the New Zealand chart and the top five in full.

  • Which group brought together members of Duran Duran, Dexys Midnight Runners and Fashion?
  • Who had their first hit with a 3D picture disc?
  • And who smuggled Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” into the top five?

Tune in and find out!


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Spotify playlists

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!

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