Off The Chart: 26 October 1985Somehow we’ve made it back to 1985 again on this week’s Off The Chart! Join us for a withering look at the UK singles chart from this week in 1985, including a brace of obscure, forgotten or overlooked hits, plus tracks from three of the week’s new albums, a look at the day’s goings-on, a quick jaunt to Italy to look at their chart, and back home for the top five in full.

  • Who had so many top five hits in 1985 that one of them got lost?
  • Who released three albums in the last twelve months of his life?
  • And which album was described as “possibly the greatest live album of all time”?

Tune in and find out!



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