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Off The Chart: 23 April 1985

Off The Chart: 23 April 1985

It’s the end of another dexy1 which means it’s 1985 on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us for another two hours of hits, headlines and Harvesters including the usual barrowload of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from one of the week’s hit albums, a sneaky peek at the West German chart, a look at the day’s events and the top five singles in full. Which member of one of the biggest groups of the past decade was finding solo success a bit hard to come by? What was the fastest selling single in US chart history? And who is the only Phyllis to have had a UK top forty hit? Tune in and find out!

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Off The Chart: 17 November 1984

Off The Chart 17 November 1984

Big Brother isn’t watching you, he’s listening to this week’s Off The Chart as we go back to this day in 1984 for another two hours of hits, headlines and humanity. There’s a brace of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three … read more

Off The Chart: 3 February 1989

Off The Chart: 3 February 1989

After last week’s shenanigans we’re on firmer ground this week as we look at the chart from this day in 1989! As always there’s a brace of forgotten hits, a look at the day’s events, three tracks from a (somewhat … read more

Off The Chart: 29 July 1985

Off The Chart: 29 July 1985

We’re off back to this week in 1985 on Off The Chart for some of the week’s less remembered hits, a look at the day’s events, three tracks from a hit album, a song from the US Billboard Hot 100 … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases: 2 September 2016

Top Of The Pops 1980-1984

Absolute scenes on the singles chart as the remix of Bob Marley‘s Is This Love leaps nineteen places to number 20 after seven weeks pootling around in the shallow end. Conversely Legend drops a place to number 6 on the … read more

Virtual C90 – September 2016

Virtual C90 - September 2016

Loads of new music this month from Shakin’ Stevens, Bon Jovi, Yello, New Model Army, Deacon Blue, Barry Gibb and the Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra! Plus the usual mix of hits, misses, remixes and forgotten gems. Don’t forget the Virtual … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases: 26 August 2016

And The Anonymous Nobody by De La Soul

The slow moving Bob Marley revival rumbles on as the remix of Is This Love breaks into the top forty for the first time, climbing to 39 on its seventh week on the chart. Meanwhile Legend holds steady at 5 … read more