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Off The Chart: 1 March 1984

Off The Chart: 1 March 1984

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus! Not much Welsh content on this week’s Off The Chart unfortunately, but we do have the usual dollop of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from this week in 1984. We’ll top that off with sprinklings of the day’s news and events, tracks from three of the week’s new albums and, because there was no Welsh chart, we’ll have a look at the Dutch top ten as well, before returning home for tea, pancakes and the top five in full.

  • Which hit was twice voted the greatest TV theme of all time?
  • Whose latest single was considered a failure even though it was a top ten hit?
  • And who released the title track of his debut album two years after the album itself?

Tune in and find out!


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