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    Since there's no #TOTP on #BBC4 tonight, why not avail yourself of this week's #OffTheChart which is now available on #Mixcloud? Two hours of hits, headlines and haddock from this week in 1983. mixcloud.com/SOTC80s/off-th… pic.twitter.com/2czmKJaet0

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    On the hunt for a #brosette for a feature I’m writing on #superfans ...can you help me find one, Twitter?! #journorequest #thankingyou #bros #brosafterthescreamingstops #musicfans

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    And if you haven't seen my @sotc80s review of After The Screaming Stops, well it's right here, pals! soundofthecrowd.org.uk/tv/bro…

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    "Orville's Song" still generating some spectacularly hot takes. #OffTheChart twitter.com/Beany_/status/…

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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