Join us on this week’s Off The Chart as we revisit the singles chart from this day in 1987, which was already full of old songs due to their use in films and TV ads. Still, we’ll pick through them to bring you a brace of hits you might not remember, as well as three of the week’s big new albums, some deja vu, a look at the day’s events, a quick detour to the Australian chart, and the top five singles in full. And some deja vu.
- Which Aussie pub rock band turned out to be harbouring two world famous children’s entertainers?
- Which band had a bridge in their home town named after them?
- And whose single sleeve was withdrawn when somebody realised there was a bare bottom on it?
Tune in and find out!
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Now there’s a podcast too!
For those of you who enjoy the nonsense we talk but don’t have time to listen to the music, we’re now putting the talky bits together into a podcast! In this week’s episode Steve and Julian talk deja vu, old music, deja vu, the reason Frankie Goes To Hollywood decided not to give away free condoms, and deja vu. It’ll all make sense if you listen.
Spotify playlists
If you’ve missed a previous edition they’re all on our Mixcloud page, or for a taster of the music we play, listen to our Spotify playlist Way Off The Chart including one track from each show!
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!
