There we go then, thanks everyone, hang around for another hour of 1980 hits in Off The Chart Too and join us again next week for 1985, the end of another dexy! G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

This was the second of three weeks at no.1 for "Going Underground", the first of four no.1 hits for The Jam and the first single to enter the UK chart at no.1 since Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" in 1973. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

#OffTheChart SOTN Top Fifteen
RUSH
Detroit Spinners
Dan Fogelberg
Squeeze
Siouxsie & The Banshees
John Foxx
Lene Lovich
Santana
Tim Curry
Vapors
B.A. Robertson
Gap Band
Stevie Wonder
Fern Kinney
Bette Bright

Thx @stevebinnie.me.uk & @babel17.bsky.social for a great show, CU next week #StaySafe <3

"Together We Are Beautiful" had spent a week at no.1 but was Fern Kinney's only hit single, although she had sung backing vocals on Dorothy Moore's top ten hit "Misty Blue" in 1976. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at no.3, "Turning Japanese" was by far the biggest hit for the Vapors, from Guildford. Their next two hit singles and their debut album "New Clear Days" all peaked at no.44. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to no.4, "Dance Yourself Dizzy" peaked at no.2 and was the biggest hit for Liquid Gold, who nearly represented the UK in the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest but just lost out to Bucks Fizz. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

For anyone who didn't catch this at random times on ITV when they had no adverts to show, this is why we keep making "give blood" jokes about the Detroit Spinners: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8cb... #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up 3 places to no.5, the medley of "Working My Way Back To You" and "Forgive Me Girl" (which nobody else has ever recorded ever) went on to become the (Detroit) Spinners' only no.1 hit in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

No.7 on the "Other" Chart compiled by Bruce's Records of Union Street, Glasgow, this is Magazine covering Sly & The Family Stone's "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)". #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

Peaking at 13, "Spirit of Radio" was the biggest of twelve UK hit singles for Canadian rock gods Rush who recently announced plans for their first tour since the death of drummer Neil Peart in 2020. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at 17, "Another Nail In My Heart" was Squeeze's seventh of 24 hits between 1978 and 1996, and their last with Jools Holland on keyboards until they reformed in 1985. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to 21, "Happy House" was the fourth of eighteen top 40 hits for Siouxsie & The Banshees and their first with new drummer Budgie. It peaked at no.17. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

No.43 on the Disco chart, The Gap Band with "The Boys Are Back In Town" - not that one. It was the lead track on a 12" which also included "I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops)" which became their first hit when it was retitled "Oops Upside Your Head". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Judas Priest is my choice of gig #OffTheChart

"Beaten To The Punch" from Elvis Costello's fourth Peel session, broadcast today in 1980. John Peel was a big supporter of Elvis in the early part of his career, to the extent that he played the whole of his "This Year's Model" album over two nights in March 1978. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

shout out for Debbie Turner #OffTheChart John Foxx

shout out for @pompeygeorge.bsky.social #OffTheChart Bette Bright

No wonder his bloody car was burning in the Underpass then.....
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New at a peak of no.32, "No One Driving" was the second of three solo hits in 1980 for former Ultravox! frontman John Foxx, before the Midge Ure-led version of Ultravox went on to score a run of fifteen top 40 hits. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Very Madness-adjacent at no.52, "Hello, I Am Your Heart" by Bette Bright. Produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley, it features Lee Thompson on sax and Bette went on to marry Suggs. The single peaked at no.50. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Only the fourth UK hit single for Santana, "All I Ever Wanted" peaked at no.57 this week in 1980. Although Carlos and his band were more successful on the album chart, this was Santana's last UK hit single until "Smooth" made no.3 in 2000. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

"She's a Beezer" from B.A. Robertson's "Initial Success" which, despite the title, was his third album. New at 69 this week, it includes four hit singles and peaked at no.32. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

shout out for @nb1972.bsky.social #OffTheChart Dan Fogelberg

Down a place at no.60, "Longer" was the only UK hit for Dan Fogelberg, a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist from Illinois. The song reached no.2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and top twenty in Canada, but only no.59 in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 63, "What Will I Do Without You" was the fourth of six hits for Lene Lovich, following the law of diminishing returns: her first hit "Lucky Number" made no.3, the next made no.19, then no.39 and this one peaked at no.58. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

shout out for Dave Lockwood #OffTheChart Keith Michell, Captain Beaky and his Band

New at 74, "The Trial of Hissing Sid" by Keith Michell, Captain Beaky and his Band. The original "Captain Beaky" single reached no.5 but despite the general Beakymania sweeping the country, this sequel single only reached no.53. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

G'mu all! 1980 on this week's Off The Chart, kicking off with Stevie Wonder languishing at 75 with "Outside My Window", a song from his remarkable album "Stevie Wonder's Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants", more of which in a minute if you're listening! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

When we started doing #OffTheChart some of the songs we were playing weren't even 30 years old. The ones we're playing tonight are pushing 50. Funny old world, innit? Join us at 9pm! noiseboxradio.com