birthday shout out for @rhys.newydd.net , @gazj73.bsky.social , Darren Jones, Jason, and @traceybinnie.bsky.social #OffTheChart
September 22, 2026 at 8:27 PM
birthday shout out for @rhys.newydd.net , @gazj73.bsky.social , Darren Jones, Jason, and @traceybinnie.bsky.social #OffTheChart
Sorry about the chaos and the technical bobbins, 1983 next week which should be better! G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Sorry about the chaos and the technical bobbins, 1983 next week which should be better! G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
You know me, I *love* Jean Michel Jarre but this really is bloody appalling #OffTheChart
New at a peak of 52, "London Kid" was a collaboration between unlikely bedfellows Jean-Michel Jarre and Hank Marvin. Apparently they wrote the song together over the phone without ever meeting. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
January 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
You know me, I *love* Jean Michel Jarre but this really is bloody appalling #OffTheChart
shout outs for @nb1972.bsky.social and Debbie Turner #OffTheChart Primal Scream
September 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
shout outs for @nb1972.bsky.social and Debbie Turner #OffTheChart Primal Scream
Peaking at 41, "Let's Work", a bizarre song in which billionaire Mick Jagger lectures the unemployed that they should go and get a job in order to "kill poverty". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Peaking at 41, "Let's Work", a bizarre song in which billionaire Mick Jagger lectures the unemployed that they should go and get a job in order to "kill poverty". #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.
#OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
#OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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.
#OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
#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
September 22, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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
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
September 22, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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
New at 65, "White Coats", the lead track from an EP by New Model Army which peaked at no.50 between their albums "The Ghost of Cain" (1986) and "Thunder & Consolation" (1989). #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 8:42 PM
New at 65, "White Coats", the lead track from an EP by New Model Army which peaked at no.50 between their albums "The Ghost of Cain" (1986) and "Thunder & Consolation" (1989). #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Not to be confused with the Australian band Helicopters, or the Swedish band Hellacopters, the South African band The Helicopters were no.13 in SA this week with "Whisper Your Secret". #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Not to be confused with the Australian band Helicopters, or the Swedish band Hellacopters, the South African band The Helicopters were no.13 in SA this week with "Whisper Your Secret". #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Happy Birthday to me six weeks ago! #OffTheChart #Isthishashtags
February 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Happy Birthday to me six weeks ago! #OffTheChart #Isthishashtags
Up 11 to no.23 on the Indie Chart, with scant regard for copyright laws, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu's second single "Whitney Joins The Jams" sampled the Mission Impossible theme as well as huge swathes of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Up 11 to no.23 on the Indie Chart, with scant regard for copyright laws, the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu's second single "Whitney Joins The Jams" sampled the Mission Impossible theme as well as huge swathes of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody." #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
#OffTheChart SOTN Top Fifteen
Act
Cabaret Voltaire
Black
New Model Army
Hue & Cry
Mick Jagger
Madonna
Cliff Richard
Helicopters
Def Leppard
Primal Scream
Los Lobos
Napalm Death
Bruce Willis
Carmel
Thx @stevebinnie.me.uk & @babel17.bsky.social for a great show, CU next week and #StaySafe <3
Act
Cabaret Voltaire
Black
New Model Army
Hue & Cry
Mick Jagger
Madonna
Cliff Richard
Helicopters
Def Leppard
Primal Scream
Los Lobos
Napalm Death
Bruce Willis
Carmel
Thx @stevebinnie.me.uk & @babel17.bsky.social for a great show, CU next week and #StaySafe <3
September 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
#OffTheChart SOTN Top Fifteen
Act
Cabaret Voltaire
Black
New Model Army
Hue & Cry
Mick Jagger
Madonna
Cliff Richard
Helicopters
Def Leppard
Primal Scream
Los Lobos
Napalm Death
Bruce Willis
Carmel
Thx @stevebinnie.me.uk & @babel17.bsky.social for a great show, CU next week and #StaySafe <3
Act
Cabaret Voltaire
Black
New Model Army
Hue & Cry
Mick Jagger
Madonna
Cliff Richard
Helicopters
Def Leppard
Primal Scream
Los Lobos
Napalm Death
Bruce Willis
Carmel
Thx @stevebinnie.me.uk & @babel17.bsky.social for a great show, CU next week and #StaySafe <3
"Blue" by Black, from his/their debut album "Wonderful Life", new at its peak of no.3 this week. Including all three of his/their top 40 hit singles, the album went Platinum in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
"Blue" by Black, from his/their debut album "Wonderful Life", new at its peak of no.3 this week. Including all three of his/their top 40 hit singles, the album went Platinum in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Gary Numan is my choice of gig #OffTheChart
September 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Gary Numan is my choice of gig #OffTheChart
A non-mover at 43, "Secret Agent Man (James Bond Is Back)" was the third hit for Bruce Willis, but whereas the previous two made the top ten, this one stalled here outside the top 40. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
A non-mover at 43, "Secret Agent Man (James Bond Is Back)" was the third hit for Bruce Willis, but whereas the previous two made the top ten, this one stalled here outside the top 40. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Thanks to birthday boy @rhys.newydd.net for suggesting "Strength to Strength" by Hue & Cry, the follow-up to "Labour Of Love" which was their only top ten hit, reaching no.6 back in August. This one was stumbling up to 49 this week and eventually peaked at 46. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Thanks to birthday boy @rhys.newydd.net for suggesting "Strength to Strength" by Hue & Cry, the follow-up to "Labour Of Love" which was their only top ten hit, reaching no.6 back in August. This one was stumbling up to 49 this week and eventually peaked at 46. #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
September 22, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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
"Imperial" was the second hit for Primal Scream, the follow-up to their previous hit "Gentle Tuesday", both of which peaked at no.86. They went on to score sixteen top 40 hits between 1990 and 2006. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM
"Imperial" was the second hit for Primal Scream, the follow-up to their previous hit "Gentle Tuesday", both of which peaked at no.86. They went on to score sixteen top 40 hits between 1990 and 2006. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
G'mu all! 1987 on Off The Chart this week, kicking off with "Absolutely Immune" by Act, the duo of Claudia Brücken, formerly of Propaganda, and Scottish keyboardist Thomas Leer. Shamefully it spent just a week at no.97. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 8:02 PM
G'mu all! 1987 on Off The Chart this week, kicking off with "Absolutely Immune" by Act, the duo of Claudia Brücken, formerly of Propaganda, and Scottish keyboardist Thomas Leer. Shamefully it spent just a week at no.97. #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
September 22, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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
"Sara" was originally a hit for Starship, released as the follow-up to "We Built This City", it reached no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 but only no.66 in the UK. This version was recorded by Jamaican dancehall artist Frankie Paul and was no.46 on the Dance Chart this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 9:05 PM
"Sara" was originally a hit for Starship, released as the follow-up to "We Built This City", it reached no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 but only no.66 in the UK. This version was recorded by Jamaican dancehall artist Frankie Paul and was no.46 on the Dance Chart this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
This is.... that was "Dead" from the first Peel session by Napalm Death, broadcast for the first time today in 1987; Peel enjoyed it so much that he played the session in full twice more in October and was still playing tracks from the session on his show as late as 2002. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
This is.... that was "Dead" from the first Peel session by Napalm Death, broadcast for the first time today in 1987; Peel enjoyed it so much that he played the session in full twice more in October and was still playing tracks from the session on his show as late as 2002. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Cuh, just trying to help. #OffTheChart
May 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Cuh, just trying to help. #OffTheChart
New at 89, "Here To Go" was the sixth of ten hits for Sheffield band Cabaret Voltaire, none of which ever got higher than no.55. The two surviving original members of the band are going out on a farewell tour next month, 53 years after they first got together. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
September 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
New at 89, "Here To Go" was the sixth of ten hits for Sheffield band Cabaret Voltaire, none of which ever got higher than no.55. The two surviving original members of the band are going out on a farewell tour next month, 53 years after they first got together. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio