It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank… ah no, my mistake, it’s the Off The Chart studio. Join us later than usual at 10pm for a festive sleigh ride through the Christmas chart of 1987! There’ll be the usual offerings of hits you’ve forgotten about, plus three of the week’s new albums – such as they are – as well as a round-up of the Christmas Eve events, a look at the Swedish chart, and the top five in full.
- Which group took sixteen years to follow up their only UK number one hit?
- Which single got into the UK top fifty without even being released here?
- And what record was voted the best cover version of all time?
Tune in and find out!
Listen to Off The Chart on Mad Wasp Radio at the later time of 10pm this 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 somehow not around for any of the radio broadcasts, catch up on Mixcloud from Thursday evening.
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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!
