Here we are again, back at the start of another ten week period (“dexy” if you will) on Off The Chart and returning to this day 1988 for another two hours of less obvious hits, three of the week’s big new albums, a look at what was going on in the world at large, a quick trip to the USA to point and laugh at their chart, and back home again in time for the top five in full.
- Which TV star and scourge of the Chancellor of the Exchequer revived a ’60s standard?
- Which Top of the Pops presenter had a top 40 hit in the USA?
- And who was enjoying her last week on the UK chart for 31 years?
Tune in and find out!
Listen to Off The Chart on Mad Wasp Radio at 9pm every Tuesday! You can stream Mad Wasp Radio via their website, their apps for iOS or Android, or through TuneIn and MyTuner – and don’t forget to tweet along using the hashtag #OffTheChart. If you’re not around, you can hear the show again on Mad Wasp Radio at 10am on Friday, or catch up on Mixcloud after that.
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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’ve put the talky bits together with some exclusive extras to make a podcast! In this week’s podcast Steve and Julian set fire to a Toblerone, dodge an attack from Phil Collins’ catapult, and discuss the difference between Tall Paul, Topol and T’Pau. 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!
