Peaking at 63, "Take It From Me" was the biggest of two solo hits for Roger Christian, a founder member of The Christians along with his brothers Garry and Russell, although he left the band before the release of their first album. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 81, the wide blue Billy Ocean with "License To Chill", a new song released to promote his "Greatest Hits" album, which it totally failed to do as it spent just this one week on the chart at no.81. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down 5 to 98 after peaking at 93, "The Birth of Maudie" was the spectacularly unsuccessful lead single from Terence Trent D'Arby's second album, not helped by the fact that he released it under the alias "The Incredible E.G. O'Reilly". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

G'mu! Kicking us off this week with a single week at no.99, "Don't Tell Me" was the first of two very minor hits for the Freestyle Orchestra, a project of New York DJ "Little" Louie Vega, featuring some samples you'll probably be hearing again later on in the show. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

That's it for tonight! Stay with us on @noiseboxradio.com for another hour of 1983 hits in Off The Chart Too, and come back next week when so help us we'll be looking at 1989. G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

This was the second of six weeks at no.1 for "Karma Chameleon", Culture Club's second no.1 hit and the biggest selling single of 1983. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

#OffTheChart SOTN Top Fifteen
The Fixx
David Bowie
Toyah
Mike Oldfield
The Alarm
Kissing The Pink
Paul Young
Tom Browne
Al Jarreau
Judie Tzuke
Freeez
Hans de Booij
Escalators
New Age Steppers
Hot Chocolate

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

The first of three no.1s for UB40, all of them cover versions, "Red Red Wine" had settled at no.2 for a second week after three weeks at the top. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to no.3, "Modern Love" was the third single from David Bowie's "Let's Dance" album, all of which reached the top 2, making 1983 his most successful year ever in the UK singles chart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down to no.4 after peaking at no.2, "Tonight I Celebrate My Love" was the biggest UK hit for either Peabo Bryson or Roberta Flack. It was Peabo's first hit while Roberta had been having hits since back in 1972. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down a place from a peak of 4, "Come Back And Stay" was Paul Young's second of six consecutive top ten hits. It was first recorded in 1981 by its writer Jack Lee, who also wrote "Hangin' on the Telephone" which Blondie had a hit with in 1978. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

So, um, this version of Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild" is a collaboration between Newcastle band Raven and German singer Udo Dirkschneider (from Accept). No.22 on the Heavy Metal Chart this week in 1983, Raven are still going, remarkably. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down a place from a peak of no.3 in Belgium, "Annabel" was the biggest hit for Dutch singer-songwriter Hans de Booij, who started his showbiz career as a member of the cabaret group Circus Stupido, before going solo and releasing 20 albums between 1983 and 2020. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to 23, "Sixty Eight Guns" peaked at 17 and was the first and biggest of eight top 40 hits for The Alarm; nine if you count the one from 2004 when they called themselves The Poppy Fields because they didn't think anyone would be interested in The Alarm anymore. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at 24, "Rebel Run" was the last top 40 hit for Toyah the band, fronted by Toyah Willcox the singer, although Toyah the singer had a solo top 40 hit with "Don't Fall In Love (I Said)" in 1985. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up 2 places to sneak into the top 40 at no.39, "Tears on the Telephone" was yet another underperforming Hot Chocolate single. Their previous single had reached the top ten but this one peaked at 37. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

A spin-off band from The Meteors, The Escalators were no.14 on the indie chart this week with their version of the Munsters Theme, a show which had been introduced to a new generation of viewers since Channel 4 started showing it when it launched 10 months earlier. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

The Smiths is my choice of gig #OffTheChart

"Send For Me" from the only Peel session by New Age Steppers, a dub collective formed by Adrian Sherwood and featuring members of the Slits, The Pop Group, Public Image Ltd, Rip Rig & Panic and the Raincoats. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

The follow-up to the no.2 hit "I.O.U." from the summer of 1983, Freeez's "Pop Goes My Love" was new at 44 this week and peaked at 26. Their only hit after this was a remix of "I.O.U." in 1987. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio