Chaz Jankel was a founding member of the Blockheads and co-wrote many of Ian Dury's best known songs, as well as "Ai No Corrida" which was a hit for Quincy Jones. This week in 1986 he was new at 49 on the Dance Chart with "You're My Occupation" featuring Brenda Jones. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Formed in 1979, Het Goede Doel ("The Good Cause") had twenty hits in the Netherlands between 1982 and 2013. "Zwijgen" ("Silence") climbed 20 places this week in 1986 to peak at no.16 on the Dutch chart. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

"Breaking Away" was the fifth of six top 40 hits for radio's Natalie Graham's mum Jaki Graham, including two with TV's David Grant. This one peaked at 16 but was down to 29 this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 34, "Rumors" was the only top 75 hit for the Timex Social Club, or "The Social Club" if you're listening to the BBC. The band split shortly after the success of "Rumors", after which the band's producer and promoter formed another band, Club Nouveau. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Smiley Culture got to no.12 in January 1985 with "Police Officer", but it was over 18 months before his next single, "Schooltime Chronicle". His only hit for major label Polydor, it peaked at no.59 this week in 1986. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Formed in Nottingham in 1978, Fatal Charm released seven singles between 1978 and 1987; perhaps the best known is "Summer Spies" which Anne Nightingale championed in 1984. This single, "Images of Fire", was no.16 on the indie chart this week in 1986. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

From Half Man Half Biscuit's third Peel Session, broadcast for the first time 40 years ago today, this is the now historically inaccurate "Rod Hull Is Alive - Why?" #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio #KeepingItPeel

New at 64 and sinfully peaking at 57, "Diamond Girl" was the follow-up to "Sinful!" which was the only solo top 40 hit for Pete Wylie, formerly of Wah! who also had top 40 hits with "The Story of the Blues" and "Come Back" earlier in the decade. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 76, "Long White Car" was the fifth and final hit single from Hipsway's debut album "Hipsway". Only "The Honeythief" reached the top 40; this one peaked at 55. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

The lead single from "Blood & Chocolate", Elvis Costello's second album of 1986 and his last album with the Attractions for eight years, "Tokyo Storm Warning" only reached no.73 in the chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

"That Was Your Mother" from Paul Simon's "Graceland", the highest new entry on the UK album chart this week in 1986. The album spent 8 weeks at no.1 and a total of 163 weeks in the top 100; it went 9xPlatinum in the UK and sold over 14 million copies worldwide. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

This version of "Runaway" was the only solo hit for Luis Cardenas, drummer with the rock band Renegade, who apparently held the Guinness World Record for having the world's largest drumkit, which ran to 114 pieces. Didn't do him much good as the single peaked at 78. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at 91. "Gonna Get Close To You" was the second UK hit for US band Queensrÿche. Their biggest hit "Silent Lucidity" was their first top 40 hit in 1991 and went all the way to no.18 when reissued in 1992. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Owen Paul had four hits but his top three smash "My Favourite Waste Of Time" was the only one to reach the top 75. "Pleased To Meet You" was originally his first single, but even when reissued as the follow-up to his big hit it only made no.78. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

G'mu! 1986 this week on Off The Chart. Kicking us off: "Momentary Vision" was the last of seven hits for the Cool Notes, who had two top twenty hits in 1985 with "Spend The Night" and "In Your Car", but this one peaked at 94 and that was pretty much that. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio