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Off The Chart: 11 January 1988

Off The Chart: 11 January 1988

Right, enough nonsense, everything’s back in its right place on this week’s Off The Chart as we look at the UK singles chart from this day in 1988! We’re sliding back into cosy familiarity but still bamboozling you with two hours of unfamiliar and forgotten hits, plus tracks from three big albums, a look at what was going on in the world, a quick visit to Italy to look at their chart, and back here for the top five in full as per usual.

  • Which band named themselves after another pop star’s unused pseudonym?
  • Who had their biggest hit in twelve years by sounding like another band?
  • And which hit in this week’s chart didn’t actually exist?

Tune in and find out!


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Spotify playlists

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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!

Off The Chart: 30 November 1987

Off The Chart: 30 November 1987

Hoots, och aye, help ma boab and all sorts of other stereotypical Scottish phrases – it’s St Andrew’s Day and this week’s Off The Chart is going as Scottish as it possibly can, by which we mean there’s lots of … read more

Further Off The Chart 13

Further Off The Chart 13

It’s the end of another dexy so that means our lovely Patreon backers are treated to another exclusive edition of Further Off The Chart, in which Steve and Julian from Off The Chart play some of the tracks that were … read more

Off The Chart: 26 November 1987

Off The Chart: 26 November 1987

This week on Off The Chart we’re going back to 26 November 1987! Steve and Julian take us through some of the week’s lesser-played hits including Public Enemy, Blue Mercedes and Cutting Crew, plus three tracks from the featured album … read more