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Off The Chart: 19 April 1987

Off The Chart: 19 April 1987

If you’re not already full of chocolate, join us on Off The Chart this week for a trip back to Easter Sunday 1987! Inside your hollow chocolate-flavoured show this week you’ll find a family size bag of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, a three-pack of tracks the week’s new albums, a selection box of the day’s events, a fun size look at the US chart and the top five singles in full.

  • Who had a massive hit album that surprisingly failed to translate into singles success?
  • Which female duo replaced themselves at number 1 as part of a larger group?
  • And which song became a belated hit due to its use in an entirely unrelated movie?

Tune in and find out!



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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!

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: 6 July 1987

Off The Chart: 6 July 1987

We’re back to a less controversial edition of Off The Chart this week as we revisit the UK chart from this day in 1987. Along the way we’ll pick up a few of the day’s goings-on, three of the new … read more

Off The Chart: 24 November 1986

Off The Chart: 24 November 1986

This week Off The Chart goes back to 1986 for the usual two hours of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three of the week’s new albums, a look at what was going on in the media, a quick squint at the … read more

Now Parlez 11

Now Parlez 11

It’s episode 11 of Now Parlez, our ongoing series in which Steve and Julian from Off The Chart take a look at the early Now That’s What I Call Music albums and play some tracks from an original vinyl copy. … read more

Off The Chart: 19 March 1987

Off The Chart: 19 March 1987

Come back to this day in 1987 for another two hours of hits, headlines and hot takes on Off The Chart! We’ve got the usual treasure trove of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of the week’s hit … read more

Sound of the Crowd – a Discography of the ’80s: Fourth Edition available now!

Sound of the Crowd - 4th Edition cover

Sound Of The Crowd: a Discography of the ’80sΒ is the ultimate record collector’s guide to the 1980s. In the era of multi-formatting, picture discs, coloured vinyl, multiple remixes, funny shaped records and tiny CDs you could lose down the back … read more

Rewind Scotland, Scone Palace, 20-22 Jul 2018

A Flock of Seagulls at Rewind Scotland 2018

Everyone’s favourite retro festival turned ten this year, so I expected Rewind to pull out all the stops. And they did just that. Regular gig pals Sarah and Pete joined me again for a jaunt to sunny Perth, where we … read more

Off The Chart: 9 June 1987

Off The Chart: 9 June 1987

Come back to this day in 1987 as Steve and Julian bring you another two hours of hits, headlines and horsefeathers on Off The Chart! As always there’s a hatful of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of … read more

Off The Chart: 31 March 1987

Off The Chart - 31 March 1987

We’re going back to 1987 this week on Off The Chart for another two hours (and a bit) of hits you don’t normally hear on a chart show. There’s also three tracks from the week’s featured album, a hit from … read more

Virtual C90: March 2018

Virtual C90: March 2018

This month’s virtual mixtape brings you new music from Kim Wilde, Kylie, Tracey Thorn, Judas Priest, Sade, UB40, David Byrne, Erasure and Mel & Kim! Plus the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses and mixes. Give it a listen on … read more