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Off The Chart: 26 April 1983

Off The Chart: 26 April 1983

We’re grabbing you by the scruff of the neck and dragging you back to this day in 1983 on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us for two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from that day’s UK singles chart, as well as tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a round-up of what was going on in the UK and elsewhere, a quick look at the Spanish singles chart and the top five singles in full.

  • Which band had to drop a word from their name to get into the top 75?
  • Who fooled everyone into thinking their latest hit was about a famous person?
  • And which ’60s band attempted to scupper a European one hit wonder?

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: 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 … read more

Off The Chart: 15 February 1983

Off The Chart: 15 February 1983

Right, buckle up, we’re heading all the way back to 1983 on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us for another two hours of forgotten, discarded and neglected hits from the UK chart 39 years ago today, as well as … read more

Off The Chart: 9 November 1982

Off The Chart: 9 November 1982

We’re heading back to this day in 1982 for another edition of Off The Chart! We’ve missed the launch of Channel 4 by one week, but there’s another important TV milestone today, which we’ll cover along with the day’s other … read more

Off The Chart: 6 October 1983

Off The Chart: 6 October 1983

It’s the return of our old favourites Government Restrictions this week, but your remotely recorded Off The Chart is still here to revisit this day in 1983! Along the way we’ll bring you the usual brace of obscure and forgotten … read more

Off The Chart: 27 January 1983

Off The Chart: 27 January 1983

There are some strange goings-on on this week’s Off The Chart as Steve and Julian look at a very odd chart from this week in 1983. As always there’s a hatful of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from the … read more

Virtual C90: August 2017

Virtual C90: August 2017

This month’s Virtual C90 includes new music from Depeche Mode, Erasure, Marc Almond, The Fall, Motörhead, Belinda Carlisle, Sparks and Nick Heyward, plus a previously unreleased outtake from The Smiths and the usual mix of ’80s hits, misses, mixes and … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases: 31 March 2017

Fleetwood Mac "Tango in the Night" deluxe edition

Not much to report on the album chart this week, which is just as well as nobody has bothered to update it on the Official Charts website, but the Jesus & Mary Chain enter at 16 with their first album … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases: 17 March 2017

Madness - (Don't Let Them Catch You) Crying - Leo Zero Remixes

The all-encompassing Marc Almond compilation Hits and Pieces enters at number 7 on this week’s album chart, making it Marc’s biggest hit album under his own name, notwithstanding the fact that it includes several Soft Cell tracks (in fact it’s … read more

Off The Chart: 11 February 1983

Off The Chart: 11 February 1983

Back to 1983 this week on Off The Chart as Steve and Julian play some of the less remembered hits of the week, plus three tracks from a featured album with an unfeasibly long name and the top five singles … read more

Off The Chart: 5 November 1982

Off The Chart: 5 November 1982

Here we go again on our own, bringing you the UK singles chart from this week in 1982! Steve and Julian play some lesser-known hits from Kim Wilde, Bad Manners, Rush, Squeeze and Heaven 17, plus three tracks from the … read more