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Exclusively for our esteemed Patreon backers, another unbroadcast section from this week’s Off The Chart as Steve and Julian wrack their brains to try and remember something from January 1981. It was all a very long time ago.

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And that's it for this week! If you enjoy #OffTheChart please consider bunging a few quid in the direction of @MadWaspRadio so we can keep bringing you this nonsense every week. Join us again at 9pm next Tuesday when we'll do 1981. Thanks for listening! soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/oVIam7g50x

10:59 pm · 23 July 2019

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This week in 1986 was the 3rd and final week at #1 for "Papa Don't Preach", a song which Madonna dedicated to His Holiness the Pope in 1987 after he urged Italian fans to boycott her concerts. Despite this, the single also reached #1 in Italy. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/CqZyyNOBqP

10:54 pm · 23 July 2019

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After seven albums and countless unsuccessful singles, Chris de Burgh finally scored a UK top 40 hit with "The Lady In Red". Up 8 places to #2 this week in 1986, it went on to spend the next three weeks at #1. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/TRzhUaO1zB

10:48 pm · 23 July 2019

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Down a place to #3 this week in 1986, the title track of Rod Stewart's fourteenth album "Every Beat of My Heart". It was Rod's last single to date to reach as high as #2 in the UK chart. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/Trcrrv78OZ

10:43 pm · 23 July 2019

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One of four one hit wonders in this week's top ten in 1986, "Let's Go All The Way" by Sly Fox was down a place from its peak of #3. It would go back up to #3 next week but couldn't go any higher. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/lP1h3NBuCd

10:39 pm · 23 July 2019

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Top five time! At #5 this week in 1986, "Sing Our Own Song" was UB40's tenth of 17 top ten hits in the UK. Of the seven that followed it, only 1993's "Higher Ground" was indeed one of their own songs. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/E6DTbKBKtm

10:35 pm · 23 July 2019

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Since Bauhaus split in 1983, singer Peter Murphy has released nine solo albums, but "Should The World Fail To Fall Apart" is still the only one to chart in the UK - it spent one week on the chart at #82. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/tgLZDxCLWc

10:30 pm · 23 July 2019

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If you want to know how this top 20 fits into the bigger picture, the entire Billboard Hot 100 for this week in 1986 is here: billboard.com/charts/hot-100… #OffTheChart #ICEOTWF

10:26 pm · 23 July 2019

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This week's #ICEOTWF is a US hit for the Thompson Twins which was never released in the UK. Their theme from the movie "Nothing in Common" reached #54 on the Billboard Hot 100. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/hwHuhEJDdF

10:22 pm · 23 July 2019

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The follow-up to his biggest solo hit "Addicted To Love", Robert Palmer's "I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" was up 19 places to #11 this week in 1986. The track was written by Jam & Lewis and originally recorded by Cherelle. #OffTheChart soundofthecrowd.org.uk/music/… pic.twitter.com/jg6leS4QVi

10:16 pm · 23 July 2019
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