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Off The Chart: 15 March 1985

Off The Chart: 15 March 1985

It’s the end of another dexy and the wind of change is blowing – hopefully it doesn’t blow Steve’s shed away again. Be that as it may, we’re going back to this day in 1985 on Off The Chart for your regular two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, three of the week’s new albums, a look at what was going on in the world, a sniff around the Austrian chart, and the top five singles in full.

  • Who took the unusual step of recruiting African musicians for an African famine relief record?
  • Who got into the album chart with a coupling of two previous 12″ singles?
  • And who had the unfortunate achievement of scoring two consecutive number 41 hits?

Tune in and find out!

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Off The Chart: 23 November 1981

Off The Chart: 23 November 1981

Not to make you feel old or anything, but we’re going back a full forty years on this week’s Off The Chart to revisit the UK singles chart from this day in 1981. Sorry about that. But we’ll attempt to … read more

Off The Chart: 11 March 1985

Off The Chart: 11 March 1985

It’s our 50th show! Join in the celebrations as we revisit this week in 1985, playing some lesser known hits from the UK singles chart, reviewing the day’s news and featuring three tracks from the album of the week. Who … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases – 8 January 2016

Ace of Spades

Chart Watch The campaign to mark Lemmy’s passing by getting Motörhead‘s Ace of Spades to number 1 didn’t quite achieve its aim, but the song re-enters the singles chart at number 13 this week, two places higher than it reached … read more