New at 82 this week, "Out of Touch" became Hall & Oates' sixth no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but only reached no.48 in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 86, this version of "Relax" was the last of 13 hits for English reggae star Alex Hughes, or “Judge Dread”, who apparently sold more reggae singles in the ‘70s than anyone except Bob Marley, not that you'd have heard any of them on the BBC. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 88, "Black Leather" was the third of four UK hits for Canadian singer Miquel Brown, who, it turns out, is Sinitta's mum. The single peaked at 85. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

shout out for Rob Jones #OffTheChart Icicle Works

G'mu! A banger to kick us off this week, "Hollow Horse" was propping up the top 100 this week in 1984 for the Icicle Works, going on to reach the dizzy heights of no.91. The British record-buying public, there. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

So that's that for this week, except to say that you should hang around for another hour of 1989 bangers in Off The Chart Too! Join us again at 9pm next Tuesday when we'll be looking at 1984. G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Like the Freestyle Orchestra track we played way back at the start of the show, Black Box's "Ride On Time" used samples from Loleatta Holloway's "Love Sensation", but very little else, which may be why it spent six weeks at no.1 instead of peaking at 99. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

#OffTheChart SOTN Top Fifteen
Erasure
Debbie Harry
Tears For Fears
Wedding Present
Richard Marx
Roger Christian
Hue & Cry
Gloria Estefan
Sonia
Billy Ocean
Candy Flip
Tracy Chapman
Fat & Frantic
Technotronic
Kym Mazelle

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

Up a place to peak at no.2, "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic doesn't actually feature Felly, because although Congolese model Felly Kilingi appears on the record sleeve and in the video, the vocals are actually performed by Technotronic's regular vocalist Ya Kid K. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at no.3, "If Only I Could" was the biggest hit for US singer Sydney Youngblood who, disappointingly, is actually called Sydney Ford. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at no.4, "Drama!" was the first single from Erasure's fourth album "Wild!". The shouts of "Guilty!" in the chorus are by the Jesus & Mary Chain, who were recording in the studio next door. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down 3 at no.5, "Right Here Waiting" was Richard Marx's breakthrough hit in the UK where it peaked at no.2. It reached no.1 in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Poland. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 18 on the Other Chart, "Last Night My Wife Hoovered My Head" was the debut single by Fat & Frantic, although they had released three cassettes on their own label: "Waxing A Hottie", "Aggressive Sunbathing" and "Live at the Wonky Donkey Bar & Grill". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

No.35 on the West German chart this week in 1989, "Sexy" by Marius Müller-Westernhagen; it was his second of 22 hits on the German chart, none of which ever reached the top ten. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at 16, "Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)" was the second solo hit for Gloria Estefan, although she hadn't really gone solo, they'd just stopped crediting the Miami Sound Machine on her records. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 27, "Can't Forget You" was the follow-up to Sonia's no.1 debut "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" and the second of her eleven top 40 hits. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Formed in Leeds in 1985, "Kennedy" was the first of eighteen top 40 hits for The Wedding Present. New at 34, it climbed all the way to... no.33. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Look out, we're heading into the '90s with Candy Flip, no.42 on the Dance Chart with their debut single "Love Is Life" ahead of their top three hit in early 1990 with a cover of "Strawberry Fields Forever". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

The Who is my choice of gig #OffTheChart

Meanwhile the Thompson Twins were still making their own records which absolutely nobody was buying. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio