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Off The Chart: 29 March 1982

Off The Chart: 29 March 1982

Not to worry you or anything, but we’re going back a full four decades on this week’s Off The Chart to look at the hits of this day in 1982! As usual we’ll be digging up the obscure, forgotten and neglected songs on that week’s chart, as well as dishing out tracks from three of the week’s new albums, stirring in a round-up of the day’s events, seasoning with a hit from the South African chart and garnishing it all with the UK’s top five in full.

  • Which band made their Top Of The Pops debut without their lead singer?
  • Who was the second German act to reach number one in the UK?
  • And who named their biggest album after a gay club in Basingstoke New York?

Tune in and find out!



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Off The Cards

Off The Cards

We asked, you answered, we spent ages with an abacus and several pads of paper, and now we can reveal the twenty most popular Christmas hits of the ’80s – for this year, anyway. This year’s Off The Chart Christmas … read more

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: 16 November 1986

Off The Chart: 16 November 1986

Fasten your seatbelts, we’re heading back to this day in 1986 on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us for two hours of obscure, forgotten and vaguely familiar hits, plus three of the week’s new hit albums, a round-up of … read more

Off The Chart: 28 September 1983

Off The Chart: 28 September 1983

It’s that time again! Join us as we revisit this day in 1983 on another Off The Chart, with no shortage of obscure, forgotten and half-remembered hits, plus three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of the day’s goings-on, … read more

Off The Chart: 17 August 1985

Off The Chart: 17 August 1985

We’re heading back to this day in 1985 on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us for two hours of obscure, forgotten and half-remembered hits, plus tracks from three of the week’s new hit albums, a round-up of the day’s … read more

Off The Chart: 10 August 1980

Off The Chart: 10 August 1980

We’re safely back in the studio this week for a look at the UK singles chart from this day way back in 1980. As always we’ll be bringing you a wealth of obscure, forgotten and half-remembered hits, plus three of … read more

Further Off The Chart 27: “Debbie Gibson’s house smelled of wee”

Further Off The Chart 27

Here we are then, just sneaking in before the end of the month and before the halfway point of the dexy, even though this dexy has eleven weeks in it for reasons that will become clear if you listen to … read more

Off The Chart: 27 April 1987

Off The Chart: 27 April 1987

Tuesday again? Must be time for another edition of Off The Chart! This week we’re going back to this day in 1987 for two hours of forgotten and half-remembered hits, as well as three of the week’s new albums, a … read more

Off The Chart: 20 April 1981

Off The Chart: 20 April 1981

It’s another weird time travel experience on Off The Chart this week, as we go back exactly forty years and find that it’s Easter Monday. Join us for two hours of forgotten and obscure hits from that week’s chart, as … read more

Off The Chart: 16 March 1980

Off The Chart: 16 March 1980

Hey, wanna feel old? No, of course you don’t, nobody does. But nevertheless we’re revisiting the UK singles chart from this day in 1980 on this week’s Off The Chart! As always we’ll have a lorryload of obscure and forgotten … read more

Off The Chart: 5 January 1980

Off The Chart: 5 January 1980

Those of you who don’t like ’80s music are in for a treat on this week’s Off The Chart as we’ve gone all the way back to the first week of 1980, when the last chart of the 1970s was … read more