Up 4 places to 63 in Canada, The Parachute Club's "Act of an Innocent" was their third of seven hit singles. Their biggest hit was their debut "Rise Up" which is not really how parachutes work. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.29 in West Germany this week in 1980, Tim Curry (yes, that one) who, as well as appearing on soundtrack albums for Rocky Horror and various other shows he appeared in, made three albums in his own right. "I Do The Rock" also made the Billboard Hot 100. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.6 in Belgium this week, "We Cheer You Up (Join The Pin-Up Club)" was the first of seven singles by Dutch female trio Barbarella, who were originally performers on the Dutch TV pop show The Pin-Up Club, then recorded this song as its theme tune. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Nicole Seibert was the first ever German winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1982 with "Ein bißchen Frieden". It was her only notable hit in the UK but she had 19 hits in Germany including this one, " Ich Hab' Dich Doch Lieb" which reached no.8. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Peaking at 12 in Canada this week in 1987, "Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)" was the only significant ht for Eight Seconds, formed in Ottawa in 1982. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.12 in Austria, the appropriately named Chuzpe (meaning "Chutzpah") covering "Love Will Tear Us Apart" of which you may have heard. It was their only hit single, but they also had one hit album... 33 years later. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.12 in Japan this week in 1982, "Kanzen Muketsu no Rock'n' Roller" ("The Incredible Rock 'n' Roller") was the debut single by Aladdin, a nine-piece comedy pop group who released four singles and an album between 1981 and 1983. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
"Manuel Goodbye" was a no.1 hit in South Africa (and Belgium) for Audrey Landers, who came to fame in Dallas in the early '80s, playing Afton Cooper, the sister of Lucy Ewing's husband. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Yes, that's right, "Megarama '89" is a Bananarama megamix, only released as a single in France, Germany and Japan. It was most successful in France where it reached no.17. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Born in Sao Paulo to Italian parents, Alberto Camerini moved back to Italy at the age of 11 where he became a session guitarist for a number of Italian acts. He released ten albums in his own right; this single "Rock 'n' Roll Robot" peaked at no.3 in Italy. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
A trio formed in the Austrian town of Bad Aussee in in 1984, "Japanese Girls" was the last of three hit singles for Joy in their home country. Up to 15 this week, it peaked at 14. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.18 in Canada this week, "Start Tellin' The Truth" was the second of six top 40 hits for the band Toronto, formed in, um, Toronto in 1979. One of their other songs "What About Love?" was later a top ten hit for Heart. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.60 in the Netherlands, "I Can Wait" was the only hit for The Marks, a band from Amsterdam. It peaked all the way up at no.55. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
"Husband House" was the second single by NZ band Sneaky Feelings, formed in Dunedin in 1980 and named after a track from Elvis Costello's "My Aim Is True" album. It was their biggest hit, peaking at 16. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Yes, it's a disco version of "What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor", performed by Dutch female trio Babe. They released three albums and 21 singles between 1979 and 1985, but never made the top 10 at home. Sadly this made no.5 in South Africa. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down a place to 15 in Australia, "No Say In It" was the biggest hit for Machinations, formed in Sydney in 1980. An early production by Australian producer Julian Mendelsohn, who went on to work with the Pet Shop Boys. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down to no.6 in Japan this week, "Dream Power", the 16th single release by Yui Asaka. She released 13 albums between 1986 and 1993 before deciding to concentrate on her acting career, but she did make a comeback with a concert tour in 2021. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.40 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week in 1983, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts covering Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People". It peaked at 37. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.4 in Norway, "I Call It Love" by the Monroes, not the American band from San Diego but a Norwegian duo, described by Wikipedia as a "pop/ska duo", initially strongly influenced by Madness, not that you can hear that in this track. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Put together by German producers Wolfgang Hermes and Hans Schade, as the half-arsed title suggests this was an extract from an LP called "Hits On 33". It got to no.64 in West Germany and was so bad it didn't even get released here. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
An Italian group, Radiorama were particularly successful in Switzerland where they had seven hit singles and three hit albums. "Vampires" had reached no.5 and was at no.15 this week in 1986. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
A non-motore in Italy this week for the theme from the Canadian film "Paradise", sung by the star of the film, Phoebe Cates. It had been no.1 in Italy back in July and just wouldn't go away. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down 3 places to no.5 in New Zealand this week in 1988, the Holidaymakers' cover of the Bill Withers song "Sweet Lovers" was the biggest selling single of 1988 in New Zealand, spending six weeks at no.1. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
"Woodpeckers From Space" was recorded by Dutch duo Video Kids, led by Peter Slaghuis, who went on to have a top 40 hit as Hithouse, "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground" in 1988. In South Africa local band Café Society covered it and took it to no.1. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Down to no.8 in Mexico this week in 1980, "Me Llamas" ("You Call Me") by Jose Luis Perales, a Spanish singer and songwriter who has recorded 27 albums and sold 30 million records worldwide in a career stretching back to 1972. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.11 in Japan this week, "Neppu" or "熱風" by Hidemi Ishikawa. She released 30 singles and 12 albums over the course of eight years before suddenly retiring in 1990 when she announced that she was marrying another Japanese pop star, Hirohide Yakumaru. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Despite the title, "Say Goodbye" was the debut single by Indecent Obsession from Brisbane, and their biggest hit, peaking at no.6 in Australia. Their next single "Tell Me Something" was their biggest worldwide hit, reaching no.31 in the US and no.91 in the UK. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.3 in Norway, "En glad calypso om våren" ("A Happy Calypso In Spring") was the only hit single for Norwegian band Banana Airlines, although surprisingly they had five hit albums between 1983 and 1996. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Up to no.24 in France this week, "Fuis, Lawrence d'Arabie" ("Flee, Lawrence of Arabia"), the first and biggest hit for Annabelle Mouloudji, the daughter of actor and singer Marcel Mouloudji. It peaked at no.12. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
No.8 in Canada, this is Manhattan Transfer doing "Boy From New York City". It was their only top ten hit in Canada or the US, but wasn't a hit in the UK because Darts had that covered in 1978. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio #ICEOTWF
