Off The Chart
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The '80s chart show with a twist. Join @evibenstein and @babel17 Tuesdays at 9pm on @NoiseboxRadioUK and Thursdays at 9.30pm on https://t.co/tf3GjAJxZH
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http://offthechart.show 30-09-2019 14:03:07
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And that is very much that for show 400! Huge thanks to everyone who's listened and joined in the nonsense over the past 8 and a bit years, here's to... at least another 4 shows. 🥂 #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Up 2 places to spend its only week at no.1, Phyllis Nelson's 'Move Closer' entered the chart at no.90 and took 12 weeks to climb to the top of the chart, during which time two other singles had entered the chart, reached no.1 and dropped down again. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down a place after two weeks at no.1, 'We Are The World' by USA For Africa, the US answer to Band Aid, although supposedly the 'USA' stands for 'United Support of Artists'. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down a place to no.3, 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World' was the biggest of 17 top 40 hits for Tears For Fears between 1982 and 2005; it won Best Single at the 1986 Brit Awards and was also the band's biggest hit in the US. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Happy Day of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification! '19' was new at no.4 for Paul Hardcastle this week in 1985 and went on to spend the next 5 weeks at no.1. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Up to no.5, a cover of 'I Feel Love' with the intro to 'Love To Love You Baby' and just the title of 'Johnny Remember Me' repeated over and over again, by Bronski Beat and Marc Almond. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
'We Should Be Together' from 'Eyes of a Woman', the eighth solo album by Agnetha Fältskog and her second English language album since ABBA fizzled out in 1982. It peaked at 38 this week in 1985. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Romantic Ga Tomaranai ('Romance Never Stops') was the biggest hit by the Japanese band C-C-B, or the CoConut Boys. It peaked at no.2 in Japan in 1985. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Also the second single from Howard Jones's second album, 'Look Mama' was down from its peak of 10 this week. It was the last of his six top ten hits in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down to 48 having peaked at 9, 'Wide Boy' was the second of three top ten hits from Nik Kershaw's second album 'The Riddle'. It was originally recorded for his debut album 'Human Racing' but didn't make the final cut. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Peaking at no.50, 'Froggy Mix' by James Brown, nothing to do with amphibians, but a megamix of twelve James Brown tracks, put together by the celebrated club DJ Steve Howlett, aka 'Froggy' #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
'Sorry' from 'Virgins and Philistines', the debut album by the Colour Field, the group formed by Terry Hall after the Fun Boy Three broke up in 1983. It peaked at no.12 this week in 1985. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
'Hammering Heart' from the second Peel session by Del Amitri. Peel was a fan of their early work; he played their debut single in 1983 and some tracks from their first album in 1985, before they went mainstream in the '90s. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
New at 53, 'Duel' was the biggest of five hits for Propaganda, and it still only got to no.21. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down a place from its peak of 64, 'Put My Arms Around You' was the only hit for the splendidly named Kevin Kitchen. However, he did go on to compose a slightly better known piece of music - the theme from 'Supermarket Sweep'. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
George Benson's version of 'Beyond the Sea', down to 67 this week in 1985. He recorded the song for his album '20/20' which also includes the original recording of 'Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You', later a no.1 hit for Glenn Medeiros. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
The title track from 'Around The World In A Day', the seventh album by Prince, new at its peak of no.5 this week in 1985. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
The first of four hits for Lillo Thomas, 'Settle Down' peaked at 66 and was down to 73 this week. His biggest hit in the UK was 'Sexy Girl' which made no.23 in March 1987. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down to no.89, 'Will The Wolf Survive?', one side of the first UK hit for Los Lobos, peaking at 57. Is it a double A-side? Who knows? Might be. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
'Hold Me Tight' at no.97, the only week on the UK chart for Robert White in his own right, although he would go on to score a top 30 hit at the end of 1985, as vocalist on the single 'Mr DJ' by The Concept. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio