Off The Chart
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The '80s chart show that takes you on a trip down Memory Lane then abandons you on What The Hell's This? Avenue. Tuesdays at 9pm on Noisebox Radio.
Thanks for listening, that's it for this week, except for the extra hour of 1986 hits coming up in Off The Chart Too! 1981 next week! G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Thanks for listening, that's it for this week, except for the extra hour of 1986 hits coming up in Off The Chart Too! 1981 next week! G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
A decade after his first hit, "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" was Billy Ocean's only no.1 hit in the UK. This was its second of four weeks at the top. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
A decade after his first hit, "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" was Billy Ocean's only no.1 hit in the UK. This was its second of four weeks at the top. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
"Borderline" was originally released as a single in 1984 when it became Madonna's first top ten hit in the US, but only got to 56 in the UK. This reissue peaked at no.2 and became her ninth UK top five hit in the space of 12 months. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
"Borderline" was originally released as a single in 1984 when it became Madonna's first top ten hit in the US, but only got to 56 in the UK. This reissue peaked at no.2 and became her ninth UK top five hit in the space of 12 months. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Peaking at no.3, "System Addict" was the fifth hit single from Five Star's debut album "Luxury of Life", and also the biggest. It was also their first of six top ten hits. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Peaking at no.3, "System Addict" was the fifth hit single from Five Star's debut album "Luxury of Life", and also the biggest. It was also their first of six top ten hits. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Another act with a long career enjoying their only top ten hit, the Damned's version of Barry Ryan's "Eloise" was up 14 places to no.4 this week and peaked one place higher. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Another act with a long career enjoying their only top ten hit, the Damned's version of Barry Ryan's "Eloise" was up 14 places to no.4 this week and peaked one place higher. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
James Brown had his first UK hit in 1965 and scored 23 top 75 hits, but "Living In America" was his only ever top ten hit in the UK. It peaked at no.5 this week and was also his last top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:35 PM
James Brown had his first UK hit in 1965 and scored 23 top 75 hits, but "Living In America" was his only ever top ten hit in the UK. It peaked at no.5 this week and was also his last top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
As mentioned in the gigs section (playing in Grangemouth tonight in 1986), Greenock band the Styng-Rites were no.44 on the Indie Chart with their only single, "Baby's Got a Brand New Brain". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM
As mentioned in the gigs section (playing in Grangemouth tonight in 1986), Greenock band the Styng-Rites were no.44 on the Indie Chart with their only single, "Baby's Got a Brand New Brain". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.31 in New Zealand, "Don't Go" reached no.4 in Australia for Pseudo Echo, making it their joint biggest hit apart from their cover of "Funky Town" which reached no.1 in their native Australia and no.8 in the UK, their only hit in this country. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
No.31 in New Zealand, "Don't Go" reached no.4 in Australia for Pseudo Echo, making it their joint biggest hit apart from their cover of "Funky Town" which reached no.1 in their native Australia and no.8 in the UK, their only hit in this country. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
"Turning Away" was originally recorded in 1984 by Crystal Gayle, whose version reached no.1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Shakin' Stevens' version was up to 23 this week and peaked at no.15. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 PM
"Turning Away" was originally recorded in 1984 by Crystal Gayle, whose version reached no.1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Shakin' Stevens' version was up to 23 this week and peaked at no.15. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Up to 25, "Don't Waste My Time" was the third of four top 40 hits for keyboard wizard Paul Hardcastle, peaking at no.8. It features the vocals of Carol Kenyon who also sang the female part on Heaven 17's "Temptation". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Up to 25, "Don't Waste My Time" was the third of four top 40 hits for keyboard wizard Paul Hardcastle, peaking at no.8. It features the vocals of Carol Kenyon who also sang the female part on Heaven 17's "Temptation". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
New at 46, "Stages" was the second of three singles from ZZ Top's 9th album "Afterburner", released as three separate but interlocking picture discs. See if you can spot what's gone wrong here. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
New at 46, "Stages" was the second of three singles from ZZ Top's 9th album "Afterburner", released as three separate but interlocking picture discs. See if you can spot what's gone wrong here. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.47 on the dance chart on import sales, "Step By Step" by Jeff Lorber featuring Audrey Wheeler, although Music Week credits it just to Audrey Wheeler and gives it the catalogue number of one of her previous solo singles. My brain hurts. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
No.47 on the dance chart on import sales, "Step By Step" by Jeff Lorber featuring Audrey Wheeler, although Music Week credits it just to Audrey Wheeler and gives it the catalogue number of one of her previous solo singles. My brain hurts. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
"Give Me A Woman" from the Cramps' only ever Peel session, broadcast on this day in 1986. Peel had been playing the band on his show since 1978 but after their 1986 album "A Date With Elvis" he appears to have lost interest a bit. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"Give Me A Woman" from the Cramps' only ever Peel session, broadcast on this day in 1986. Peel had been playing the band on his show since 1978 but after their 1986 album "A Date With Elvis" he appears to have lost interest a bit. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Originally recorded by Brownsville Station in 1973, "Smokin' in the Boys Room" was the first UK hit for Motley Crue, originally reaching no.71 in August 1985; this 1986 version got as high as no.51. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Originally recorded by Brownsville Station in 1973, "Smokin' in the Boys Room" was the first UK hit for Motley Crue, originally reaching no.71 in August 1985; this 1986 version got as high as no.51. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Peaking at 59, "Years Later" was the first of three UK hits for Dublin band Cactus World News. Signed to Bono's record label Mother, they were dropped before their second album came out - it eventually surfaced in 2004, which is indeed Years Later. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Peaking at 59, "Years Later" was the first of three UK hits for Dublin band Cactus World News. Signed to Bono's record label Mother, they were dropped before their second album came out - it eventually surfaced in 2004, which is indeed Years Later. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
The follow-up to Prefab Sprout's first top 40 hit "When Love Breaks Down" which took three attempts to get there, this single only reached #64 despite being given the more commercial title "Johnny Johnny" rather than the original album track's title "Goodbye Lucille #1". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The follow-up to Prefab Sprout's first top 40 hit "When Love Breaks Down" which took three attempts to get there, this single only reached #64 despite being given the more commercial title "Johnny Johnny" rather than the original album track's title "Goodbye Lucille #1". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
The highest new entry on the album chart this week in 1986 was "album" by Public Image Ltd at no.14, featuring an all-star cast including Steve Vai on guitar, Ryuichi Sakamoto on keyboards and Ginger Baker on drums. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The highest new entry on the album chart this week in 1986 was "album" by Public Image Ltd at no.14, featuring an all-star cast including Steve Vai on guitar, Ryuichi Sakamoto on keyboards and Ginger Baker on drums. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Peaking at 79, "This Time" was the first ever UK hit for INXS. A top 20 hit in Australia, it was a minor hit in the US where their next single "What You Need" went top five, but it was still another two years before they cracked they UK top 40. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Peaking at 79, "This Time" was the first ever UK hit for INXS. A top 20 hit in Australia, it was a minor hit in the US where their next single "What You Need" went top five, but it was still another two years before they cracked they UK top 40. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Peaking at 86, "No Show" by Symbolic Three featuring DJ Dr Shock is an answer record to "The Show", a top ten hit last year for Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew. "No Show" criticises Doug E. Fresh for being late to his shows and wearing unkempt clothing and shoes. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Peaking at 86, "No Show" by Symbolic Three featuring DJ Dr Shock is an answer record to "The Show", a top ten hit last year for Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew. "No Show" criticises Doug E. Fresh for being late to his shows and wearing unkempt clothing and shoes. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
New at 94, "My Cleopatra" was the only hit for the Flaming Mussolinis, formed in Middlesbrough in 1984. It peaked at no.79. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:08 PM
New at 94, "My Cleopatra" was the only hit for the Flaming Mussolinis, formed in Middlesbrough in 1984. It peaked at no.79. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
G'mu! New at no.99 this week in 1986, "One More Time" was the penultimate UK hit for Third World, best known for their top ten hits "Now That We've Found Love" and "Dancing on the Floor (Hooked On Love)". This one spent just one week at no.99. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
February 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
G'mu! New at no.99 this week in 1986, "One More Time" was the penultimate UK hit for Third World, best known for their top ten hits "Now That We've Found Love" and "Dancing on the Floor (Hooked On Love)". This one spent just one week at no.99. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
I’ve got something to tell you, I’ve got something to say: it’s that you should listen to Off The Chart as we go back forty years to this day in 1986! When the going gets tough, the tough got to noiseboxradio.com at 9pm. offthechart.show/10-february-...
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I’ve got something to tell you, I’ve got something to say: it’s that you should listen to Off The Chart as we go back forty years to this day in 1986! When the going gets tough, the tough got to noiseboxradio.com at 9pm. offthechart.show/10-february-...
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How annoying, Noisebox Radio is now so successful that we've had to do a charity record to raise money to pay all the PRS that we now need to pay for all our new listeners. 🙄 Luckily it's fantastic. houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/album/noiseb...
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
How annoying, Noisebox Radio is now so successful that we've had to do a charity record to raise money to pay all the PRS that we now need to pay for all our new listeners. 🙄 Luckily it's fantastic. houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/album/noiseb...
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Myself and @ricardoautobahn.co.uk have made a pop single to raise awareness and hopefully a few quid for @noiseboxradio.com - its a familiar sort of tune but with all new lyrics. There nay even be - gulp - rapping.
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(Noisebox Is) Good For You, by House of Splain
3 track album
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February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Myself and @ricardoautobahn.co.uk have made a pop single to raise awareness and hopefully a few quid for @noiseboxradio.com - its a familiar sort of tune but with all new lyrics. There nay even be - gulp - rapping.
houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/album/noiseb...
houseofsplain.bandcamp.com/album/noiseb...
Thanks for putting up with this chaos, back on slightly firmer ground with 1986 next week, but another hour of 1982 hits coming up on #NoiseboxRadio with less us! G'bu! #OffTheChart
February 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Thanks for putting up with this chaos, back on slightly firmer ground with 1986 next week, but another hour of 1982 hits coming up on #NoiseboxRadio with less us! G'bu! #OffTheChart