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Off The Chart: 25 June 1980

Strap yourselves in, we’re going all the way back to 1980 on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us for two hours of forgotten and half-remembered hits, a flavour of the week’s new albums, a sneaky look at the South … read more

Time and Time again: “lost” Freddie Mercury performance unearthed

In the wake of the success of last year’s Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, a new version of Mercury’s 1986 solo hit Time has been released, with the original’s multiple layers of vocals and instrumentation stripped back to reveal the … read more

Off The Chart: 18 June 1984

Join us on a trip back to this day in 1984 on another edition of Off The Chart! We’ve got the usual mix of the week’s obscure and half-remembered hits, plus a flavour of the week’s album chart, a look … read more
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That's it for this week! Join us again at 9pm next Tuesday when we'll be looking at a slightly less distant 1985 chart. Thanks for listening! #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/hvx8RHT4oW

10:59 pm · 25 June 2019

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This week in 1980 was the second of three weeks at #1 for Don McLean with his version of Roy Oribson's "Crying". It was McLean's first top 20 hit since he reached #1 with "Vincent" eight years earlier. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/pXMnOEXJvU

10:55 pm · 25 June 2019

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"Funkytown" was the only UK hit single for Lipps Inc, a band from Minneapolis. It reached #1 in 21 countries... but not the UK, where it peaked at #2 this week in 1980. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/MkHa1Nmj4x

10:50 pm · 25 June 2019

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Peaking at #3 this week in 1980, "Back Together Again" by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, who had previously recorded an album together in 1972. Unfortunately Hathaway took his own life in 1979 before their second duets album was completed. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/gtEsSJVqbO

10:44 pm · 25 June 2019

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Written for the 1970 movie version of M*A*S*H, it took a full ten years before "Suicide is Painless" reached #1 in the UK for The Mash. A cover of the song became the first top ten hit for the Manic Street Preachers in 1992. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/skXlqgM5vN

10:41 pm · 25 June 2019

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Top five time! Peaking at #5 this week in 1980, "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" was the biggest hit for the Korgis, a duo of Andy Davis and James Warren, both previously of the band Stackridge. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/nTanYoRyq2

10:37 pm · 25 June 2019

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New at #14 this week in 1980, "Uprising" was the last album Bob Marley released before his death in May 1981. Featuring the classic "Redemption Song" as well as "Could You Be Loved", it peaked at #6. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/vBlpoSH8Az

10:31 pm · 25 June 2019

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10:29 pm · 25 June 2019 ·
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The full South African top 20 for this week in 1980 can be found as part of this fascinating blog: sacharts.wordpress.com/2019/0… (even though it says 1978 in the URL). #OffTheChart

10:27 pm · 25 June 2019

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For the first time ever we're off to South Africa for this week's #ICEOTWF - a peculiar chart, including Eric Carmen's "It Hurts Too Much" at #14 this week in 1980. It went on to reach #3 but saw little success anywhere else in the world. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/NYNE7ufvYd

10:22 pm · 25 June 2019
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