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Off The Chart: 12 April 1981

Off The Chart: 12 April 1981

It’s an unusually violent edition of Off The Chart this week as we get dragged all the way back to this day 1981! We’ll be bombarded with obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from that week’s chart, pummelled with three of the week’s new albums, walloped with a look at the day’s events, smacked around the head with the Japanese chart, and left to endure the top five in full.

  • Who had a hit single based on a genuine near death experience?
  • Whose only hit was used as the theme to a British drama series and a French dog food ad?
  • And who was the first European act to win the Tokyo Music Festival?

Tune in and find out!



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Off The Chart: 12 October 1984

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Off The Chart: 20 April 1981

Off The Chart: 20 April 1981

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Off The Chart: 29 December 1984

Off The Chart: 29 December 1984

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Off The Chart: 20 October 1984

Off The Chart: 20 October 1984

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Off The Chart: 1 September 1988

Off The Chart: 1 September 1988

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Off The Chart: 21 April 1982

Off The Chart: 21 April 1982

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Off The Chart: 10 September 1985

Off The Chart: 10 September 1985

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Off The Chart: 27 August 1984

Off The Chart: 27 August 1984

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Off The Chart: 30 July 1981

Off The Chart: 30 July 1981

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Off The Chart: 7 May 1982

Off The Chart: 7 May 1982

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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