Tuesday 8 April 1980

By producercat

Some people might say my life is in a rut, but they probably didn’t listen to last week’s Off The Chart which was so confusing and all over the place that you’d be happy to return to the usual comfortable rut this week. Except it’s actually another exciting and unpredictable show, because it’s 1980 and…

Saturday 25 March 1989

By producercat

Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone, except listeners to Off The Chart who can all join together and beat up rival ’80s chart shows. This week we’re heading back to 1989 for two hours of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits, as well as three new entries from the album chart, a look at…

Monday 7 November 1983

By producercat

You’ll be delighted (we hope) to learn that the end of last week’s Off The Chart was all a big Halloween jape and that Steve and Julian didn’t get exploded to death. To prove it, they’re here again with another show, looking back exactly forty years to this day in 1983! There’ll be the usual…

Wednesday 12 September 1984

By producercat

This week’s Off The Chart yanks you back to 1984, and includes one of the infamous “Filthy fifteen” songs that American parents were up in arms about. As a result it should not be listened to by parents, especially American ones, which is a shame because it means you’ll miss two hours of obscure, forgotten…

Thursday 21 February 1980

By producercat

Celebrating Pancake Day, and Shrove Tuesday, and Mardi Gras – what are the chances of them all falling on the same day? – this week’s Off The Chart is absolutely stuffed full of obscure, forgotten and neglected hits from this week in 1980. But we can still just about make room for three of the…