Off The Chart

A look at this day in 1985 brings another trip around the '80s to a close on this week's Off The Chart podcast. Join us as we examine the day's UK charts and surrounding events, including a forgotten soap opera, the official definition of "unrest" and the German Two Ronnies.

We're back to something approaching full power this week, looking back a full forty years to this day in 1980 for a romp through the UK charts and some accompanying guff. Join us to hear Alan Bennett's advice to OMD, uncover a tiger dung trafficking business, and find out how Doris Archer managed to die on schedule. 

Another complicated Off The Chart podcast this week, but we still manage to cobble together a look at the UK charts of this day in 1984, while Paul Young has a tantrum, Elton John has a domestic and Midge Ure has to stop to get his breath back.

It's a bumper extended edition of the Off The Chart podcast this week! Well, not really, it's just that Steve has moved house over the weekend and didn't have time to edit it properly. But we still manage to look at the UK charts of 13 October 1989 and learn how to dance the Lambada without moving, dodge an inflatable Bruce Foxton and find out why Chris Rea has set off home for Christmas already.

We're back again with another locked down Off The Chart podcast! This week we go back to this day in 1983 where Big Country wait patiently for the green man, John Lydon moves to Tokyo and Steve Wright outsells Billy Joel. It'll all make sense if you listen.

Thanks to new government guidelines it's an emergency edition of the Off The Chart podcast this week, but we still manage to look at the UK chart from this day in 1987 and talk about the Edinburgh paraquat poisoner, a hit single that might not even exist and the possibility of a fifth television channel. (Please note this podcast is in black & white.)

It's another voyage back into time as we revisit this day in 1981, discussing the UK singles chart of the day as well as other important topics such as the Meat Loaf power stance, Alvin Stardust action figures and yet another attempt by John Peel to woo Clare Grogan.

We're shining a torch into the ear of 1986 this week as we revisit this day 34 years ago. As always we'll talk about the UK singles and albums charts, take in the day's other events, and still find time to talk about Steve's voodoo chili, Michael McDonald's cola bottles and the secret of Jimmy Somerville's singing voice. It'll all make sense if you listen.

Your regular, solid, dependable, good old fashioned British charts podcast gets Americanized this week as we go back to 1982 when everyone was obsessed with Fame - the TV show, not the state of existence. We still manage to dissect the UK charts though, as well as discussing the world's most rubbish superhero, Steve's "buy one, get one free" hack and the Official Charts Website Cock-up Of The Week.

This week, despite the semi-random nature of Off The Chart, we stumble on an important day for Radio 1. As usual Steve & Julian discuss the day's UK charts with a side order of other things that were going on, as well as discussion of Kajagoogoo's solicitors, Julian's Brother Beyond rant, and TV's latest dynamic duo McGillivray and Piles. It'll all make sense if you listen.