We’re approaching the end of the 1980s this week as we go back to 1989 on Off The Chart, so things are a bit weird with indie legends, raved-up cover versions and film themes all battling for chart supremacy. As usual there’s a hatful of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of the week’s big albums, a look at the day’s events, a hit from an international chart and the top five in full. On top of that, if you’re still not backing us on Patreon you get the week’s most unpleasant hit single as a forfeit track; if you are, you get bonus 12″ mixes and a look at the Australian top 20 instead. Which legendary US alt-rockers were gracing the UK singles chart for the only time in a 40+ year career? Whose first top forty hit became their second top ten hit? And who declared “A nipple is a nipple”? 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!
