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Off The Chart: 11 May 1989

Off The Chart: 11 May 1989

What we’re gonna do right here is go back… back to this day in 1989 for another Off The Chart! Join us for two hours of obscure and forgotten hits, three of the week’s big new albums, a look at what was going on around us, a special international chart of Steve’s choice, and the top five singles in full.

  • Who was enjoying his thirtieth hit single of the decade this week?
  • Who scored their only UK hit two years after beating us at Eurovision?
  • And which album entered the chart this week but took twenty years to reach its peak position?

Tune in and find out!


Listen to Off The Chart on Noisebox Radio at 9pm every Tuesday! You can stream Noisebox Radio via their website, their apps for iOS or Android, or through TuneIn and MyTuner, or ask your smart speaker to “play Noisebox Radio” – and don’t forget to tweet along using the hashtag #OffTheChart. If you’re not around, you can hear the show again on Noisebox Radio at 10am on Friday, or catch up on Mixcloud after that.

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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: 4 August 1989

Off The Chart: 4 August 1989

We’re going back just the thirty-one years on Off The Chart to revisit the chart from this day in 1989. As usual we’ll have a lorryload of obscure, forgotten and half-remembered hits, plus three of the week’s new albums, a … read more

Off The Chart: 17 March 1989

Off The Chart: 17 March 1989

Everything else might be cancelled but the show must go on at Off The Chart Towers! We’re here as usual with a look back at this day in 1989, including a brace of less familiar hits, three of the week’s … read more

Mixcloud Select: Upside Down – 20 Indie No.1s 1980-89

Upside Down

To introduce our new Mixcloud Select site, we’re reactivating our classic Virtual CD Of The Month feature and reissuing the original virtual CDs that we tried to entice people into backing us on Patreon! Upside Down is a collection of … read more

Off The Chart: 25 November 1989

Off The Chart: 25 November 1989

We’re almost at the end of the ’80s this week as we go back to the chart of 25 November 1989! As always there’s a bunch of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three tracks from the week’s featured album, a song … read more

Various Artists: “Manchester – North of England”

Manchester - North of England

“This is Manchester,” Granada Television and Factory Records’ Anthony H. Wilson once observed, “we do things differently here.” He wasn’t wrong. A collection of all the important music to have come from Manchester since the birth of punk would fill … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases: 23 June 2017

The Smiths "The Queen Is Dead" 2017 single release

An unexpected return to the Official Singles Chart for The Smiths this week as a limited 7″ and 12″ release of the title track from their 1986 album The Queen is Dead reaches #85 – inevitably, it’s also #1 on … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases: 9 June 2017

Roger Waters - Is This The Life We Really Want?

Beautifully timed for the week of the General Election, Is This The Life We Really Want? enters the album chart at number 3 for Roger Waters, his highest ever solo placing and his first top ten album since Amused To … read more

Chart Watch and New Releases: 10 March 2017

Marc Almond - Hits & Pieces

While the “singles chart” is full of Ed Sheeran tracks that aren’t singles, let’s have a look at the Physical Singles Chart where Depeche Mode’s Where’s The Revolution enters at number 1, knocking David Bowie’s No Plan EP down to … read more

Virtual C90: January 2017

Virtual C90 - January 2017

This month’s Virtual C90 is a round-up of some of the best new music from 2016 by ’80s artists, plus a few of the greats who we lost last year. read more

Off The Chart: 23 July 1989

Off The Chart: 23 July 1989

It’s French week on Off The Chart for some reason, as Steve and Julian revisit the chart of 23 July 1989, playing a load of hits that you might not remember. There’s also three tracks from the featured album of … read more