Off The Chart

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And that'll be that for 1984, except for another hour of hits coming up in Off The Chart Too! 1980 next week, then 1985, and then we're back with all new shows at the start of February! G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Up 8 places to claim the no.1 spot, "Pipes of Peace" is still fab wacky thumbs aloft Paul McCartney's only UK solo no.1 hit. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Howard Jones' second single and his biggest UK hit, "What Is Love?" peaked at no.2 this week in 1984. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio ⚖️

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After three weeks at no.5, the song everyone in Status Quo except Francis Rossi hated climbs another two places to become their biggest hit in three years, "Marguerita Time" peaking at no.3 this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Billy Joel released his first single in 1972 but didn't have a UK top ten hit until "Uptown Girl" reached no.1 in November 1983. "Tell Her About It" was his follow-up, peaking at no.4 this week in 1984. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Originally Paul Young's second solo single in 1982 when it failed to chart, a reissue of "Love of the Common People" became his second biggest hit, reaching no.2 and dropping to no.5 this week in 1984. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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ABC's, well, "difficult" second album "Beauty Stab" peaked at no.12 on release in November 1983 but was climbing back up 23 places to no.56 this week in 1984. It's a rough week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Up to 14 in Ireland this week in 1984, "Deeper and Deeper" peaked at no.10 for Joe Dolan. He was the only person to have no.1 hits in Ireland in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Shakin' Stevens and Bonnie Tyler, together at last. First recorded in 1958 by Priscilla Bowman, Shaky & Bonnie's version of "A Rockin' Good Way" climbed a massive 44 places to no.13 this week and peaked at no.5. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Peaking at 14 this week, "Rat Rapping" was the first and biggest of three hit singles for Roland Rat Superstar; he also had a cameo appearance on his sidekick Kevin The Gerbil's cover of "Summer Holiday" in the summer of 1984. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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The Icicle Works had fourteen hit singles between 1983 and 1990, but "Love is a Wonderful Colour" was the only one to reach the top 40, or even the top 50. Up to no.28 this week, it peaked at 15. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Since there's only one new entry on the album chart, here's a re-entry: "Working With Fire And Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two", the second album by China Crisis. It had entered the chart at 26 in November 1983, but re-entered this week at no.60. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Also in the nip, Sting fronting the Police for almost the last time. "King of Pain" was their last single from "Synchronicity" in the UK, it was new at 32 this week in 1984 and peaked at no.17. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Written by Jim Steinman and originally recorded by Meat Loaf on his second album "Dead Ringer" in 1981, "Read 'Em And Weep" peaked at 17 for Barry Manilow, his last top twenty hit to date in the UK and his last top 40 hit in the US. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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New at 47, "Human Touch" peaked at 23 and was the only UK top 40 hit for Rick Springfield, best known for his role in the US TV drama "General Hospital" and for his US and Australian #1 hit "Jesse's Girl", which only made no.43 in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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New at a peak of 61, "Crime of Passion",a non-album single by Mike Oldfield with vocals by Barry Palmer, formerly of the German prog rock band Triumvirat. Palmer also, apparently, sang on the 1973 hit single "The Bump" by the band Kenny. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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It's happened again, mother. The only new entry on the album chart this week in 1984, "In The Heart" by Kool & The Gang. New at 91, it did at least go on to reach no.18 and spent 23 weeks on the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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"The Clap Clap Sound" was the only UK hit for the Klaxons - not those Klaxons, but a Belgian accordion band. It peaked at 45 in the UK but made no.1 in South Africa. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

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Up to 66 this week, "A Night in New York" was the only UK hit for Elbow Bones and the Racketeers; it went on to spend four consecutive weeks at no.33. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio