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Virtual C90 Vol. 8

Steve BinnieMusic • Virtual C90

90 minutes of ’80s hits, misses, mixes, remixes, forgotten classics, overlooked gems and new tracks from ’80s artists.

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Off The Chart: 15 January 1983

Are you getting the hang of the Tuesday evening slot for Off The Chart yet? Tune in tonight for a trip back to this day in 1983, with a brace of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of … read more

Off The Chart: 8 January 1987

No, we haven’t disappeared or been taken off the air (although you could be forgiven for thinking we had, after the last show we did), we’ve just moved to Tuesdays for the new series of Off The Chart! Join us … read more

Bros: After the Screaming Stops

“I like Bros, but I’m not sure I can endure 85 minutes of them,” declared one Twitter user, on being confronted with this gem in the schedules. With my passing knowledge of their hits, and having previously endured Luke Goss … read more
On This Day
- Births
- 1959 Sade born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
- Other
- 1980 Paul McCartney arrested in Japan for possession of marijuana.
- 1987 Jools Holland is suspended from Channel 4's music show The Tube after dropping an f-bomb on a live trailer for the show at teatime.
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"Orville's Song" still generating some spectacularly hot takes. #OffTheChart twitter.com/Beany_/status/…

9:17 am · 16 January 2019

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#offthechart SOTN Top Ten Phil Collins Michael Jackson Joe Jackson The Cure UltraVOX David Essex Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Sleeping Lions Billy Griffin Marvin Gaye Thanks @babel17 , @evibenstein , and the Twitterati for a good show, see you next week on @sotc80s

11:00 pm · 15 January 2019 ·
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That's it for this week! If you missed any of the show you can hear it again at 3pm on Thursday on madwaspradio.com or on Mixcloud shortly after. Join us again next week for two hours of hits from 1989. Thanks for listening! #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/4pB6G2G9OB

10:59 pm · 15 January 2019

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Originally a #3 hit for Queen Of Motown Diana Ross and the Supremes in 1966, Phil Collins' version of "You Can't Hurry Love" was spending its first of two weeks at #1 today in 1983. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/5CHUc38NEm

10:56 pm · 15 January 2019

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Peaking at #2 this week in 1983, "A Winter's Tale" by David Essex - the twelfth greatest Xmas hit of the '80s according to our poll, as revealed in our Off The List special on Christmas Eve. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/sq7APO2X6p

10:51 pm · 15 January 2019

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The listeners: "This record at number 4 is the worst record ever." The chart: "Hold my beer." #OffTheChart

10:46 pm · 15 January 2019

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Yes, down two places after spending four weeks at #1, Renee & Renato's "Save Your Love" was #3 today in 1983. Their 1983 Xmas single "Jesus Loves Us All" reached #100, just the 99 places lower than their 1982 hit. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/OZL25vGXUe

10:46 pm · 15 January 2019

Ricardo Autobahn

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I've met both Orville *and* Cuddles #OffTheChart. pic.twitter.com/nXRGTPGXWa

10:42 pm · 15 January 2019 ·
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Peaking at #4 this week in 1983, "Orville's Song" by Keith Harris and his flightless green duck Orville. The single was apparently voted the worst song ever recorded, according to the Daily Telegraph, who haven't heard what's at #3 yet. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/wV2uWBQLdS

10:42 pm · 15 January 2019

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Top five time! At #5 today in 1983, "Best Years Of Our Lives" was the biggest hit for Modern Romance - they had 8 top 40 hits between 1981 and 1983. Their last chart entry was a hits megamix "Best Mix Of Our Lives" which reached #81 in 1985. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/H1tCccIhVW

10:39 pm · 15 January 2019
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