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

Up 7 places to peak at 63, "Boogie Down" was the third hit of 1983 for Al Jarreau, although the previous two, "Mornin'" and "Trouble in Paradise" had both reached the top 40. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 79, trumpeter Tom Browne (of "Funkin' For Jamaica" fame) following Herbie Hancock's lead and embracing electro and dance music on the title track of his fifth album "Rockin' Radio". It peaked at 76. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Having trouble with the studio door, "Push Push, Pull Pull" from Judie Tzuke's fifth album "Ritmo", the highest new entry on the album chart at 29 this week in 1983. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

birthday shout outs for @nb1972.bsky.social and @neilsmiles.com #OffTheChart

shout out for Debbie Turner #OffTheChart Kissing The Pink

Kissing The Pink had reached the top twenty back in May with "The Last Film", but they had four hits after that without ever returning to the top 75. "Maybe This Day" was stumbling up to no.88 this day in 1983. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

From a "Picture on the Wall" to a "Shadow on the Wall", a non-mover at no.95 for Mike Oldfield, featuring vocals by Roger Chapman of the band Family. The follow-up to the top five hit "Moonlight Shadow", this non-moonlit shadow didn't even make the top 90. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 97, "Picture on the Wall", the second single and the only ever week on the chart for the Natural Ites and the Realistics, a reggae band (or two) formed in Nottingham in 1982. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

G'mu! 1983 on this week's Off The Chart, starting with one of those British bands that were huge in the States but did next to nothing at home. New at no.100, "One Thing Leads To Another" by The Fixx reached no.4 in the US but only no.86 in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Sorry about the chaos and the technical bobbins, 1983 next week which should be better! G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

And conveniently, thanks to that lawsuit, Rick Astley claimed a fifth week at no.1 with "Never Gonna Give You Up", the best selling single of 1987. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

A non-mover at no.2, thanks to a well-timed lawsuit from Pete Waterman which restricted the distribution of the single, M/A/R/R/S' "Pump up the Volume" would go on to reach no.1 the following week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at 3 and written and produced by Alan Tarney, "Some People" was the second single from Cliff Richard's album "Always Guaranteed", his biggest selling studio album.
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The second hit from the soundtrack of her film "Who's That Girl", in August 2018 Billboard ranked "Causing a Commotion" as only Madonna's 85th best song but it peaked at no.4 in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Brand new at no.5, the title track and second of nine hit singles released from Michael Jackson's "Bad" album which was spending its third of five weeks at no.1 this week. The single peaked at no.3. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio