Every Tuesday at 9pm Off The Chart takes a sideways look at the UK singles chart from the corresponding week in a particular ’80s year. A trip down Memory Lane that takes a detour down Don’t Remember This One Avenue and gets you lost in What The Hell’s This? Cul-De-Sac.
Looking for a retro chart show that doesn’t just play the familiar hits? You’ve found it.
13 May 1981
The devil take your stereo and your record collection, listen to Off The Chart instead for a trip back to this day in 1981! We'll have the usual two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from the Record Business top 100, as well as three new entries from the album chart, a look at the day's news, some TV and radio highlights, the gig guide, a track from one of the day's Peel sessions, a hit from the West German chart and the top five in full to round everything off.
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Song for Whoever
If you’d like to browse the charts we’re using in upcoming shows and perhaps suggest something you’d like to hear, let us know and we’ll see what we can do! Bear in mind that we’ve played most of the good stuff already, so don’t be offended if your suggestion doesn’t make it to the show. It’s not because you smell.
We’re currently open to suggestions for the following shows:
If they were me and I was you
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