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Off The Chart: 23 February 1983

Off The Chart: 23 February 1983

Join us for a trip back to 1983 on this week’s Off The Chart as we flood your earholes with two hours of hits you might not remember. We’ll also have the usual round-up of the day’s events, three of the week’s new albums, a quick look at the Australian chart, and the UK’s top five in full to bring us home.

  • Which one man band employed a New York Doll to play harmonica?
  • Who got thrown off a TV show for which he had written the theme?
  • And what was voted the thirteenth most Australian song ever?

Tune in and find out!


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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 we’re getting sidetracked into discussion of unlikely guest artistes, SAND, and John Lennon’s collection of whiskey manufacturers’ water jugs.

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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!

Can I get a Rewind? 2019 Rewind Festival details announced

Rewind South 2018

Photo: Gobinder Jhitta The details of this year’s Rewind festivals have been announced, with acts such as Bryan Ferry, Foreigner and the Four Tops among the headliners of the three events across the UK in July and August. Michael Bolton, … read more

Off The Chart: 2 June 1981

Off The Chart: 2 June 1981

After last week’s excursion to the beach, Steve and Julian are back in the studio to bring you another two hours of hits, headlines and halibut on this week’s Off The Chart! They’re taking you back to this day in … read more

Off The Chart: 22 July 1980

Off The Chart: 22 July 1980

Steve and Julian take us all the way back to this very day in 1980 for some undiscovered hits, the day’s events, an international hit, three tracks from the week’s featured album and the top five singles in full. Which … read more

“He is a song that’s not easy to write” – Top of the Pops, 14 May 1981

Thin Lizzy

That idea of showing two editions of TOTP a week on consecutive nights seemed great at the start of the year. Quickly, though, we ran into problems due to the, shall we say, unavailability of certain episodes. Miss out a … read more

“Stay in time with the rhythm and rhyme” – Top of the Pops, 30 April 1981

Tenpole Tudor

For all Michael Hurll’s efforts in dragging Top of the Pops kicking and screaming into the ’80s and turning it into a dazzling celebration of pop music instead of a dreary light entertainment show, he keeps coming up against one … read more

Virtual C90 – March 2016

Virtual C90 March 2016

New music this month from Pet Shop Boys, Boy George, Sinitta, a-ha and Elton John, plus the usual mix of hits, misses, remixes and forgotten gems. Enjoy! read more