There you go then, hope the new twist on the other charts feature wasn't too traumatic. 1982 next week, and another hour of 1988 hits coming up on #NoiseboxRadio - g'bu! #OffTheChart

Originally Bros's first single, "I Owe You Nothing" reached no.80 in September 1987, but this remixed version became their only no.1 hit; this was its second of two weeks at the top. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

The Fat Boys had two no.2 hits in the UK, both in collaboration with other acts. "The Twist (Yo, Twist)" with Chubby Checker peaked at no.2 this week; the other was "Wipeout" with the Beach Boys almost a year earlier. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at no.3, "Boys (Summertime Love)" was the first and biggest UK hit for Italian model and singer Sabrina Salerno. It also peaked at no.3 in Italy, and reached no.1 in France and Switzerland. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Originally Phil Collins' first solo hit in 1981 when it reached no.2, "In The Air Tonight" was a top five hit again in 1988 at the same time that the song was used in a TV ad for Mercury Communications. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at no.5, "Tribute (Right On)" was the first of eleven hit singles for the Pasadenas (not from Pasadena). The song pays tribute to great musicians like Little Richard, James Brown and Aretha Franklin. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 18 on the Other Chart, "The Bubblemen Are Coming" by the Bubblemen, who, incredibly, were three ex-members of Bauhaus. A spin-off from Love & Rockets, who were Daniel Ash, David J and Kevin Haskins. https://offthechart.show/the-bubblemen-are-coming/ #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Well, it is International Tartan Day. Yes, that Les McKeown, of Bay City Rollers fame, up to no.44 in West Germany with his first of four solo hits there, "She's A Lady". It peaked at no.38. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to 17, "I Will Be With You" was the fifth hit single from T'Pau's debut album "Bridge of Spies", peaking at 14. It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker who passed away in April 2025, who is best known for producing "Bohemian Rhapsody". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to 21, a song with an apparently controversial title; the album version was "T.M.T. ♥.T.B.M.G." and the single simply "There's More To Love"... up to 21 this week, it was the last of nine top 30 hits for the Communards, peaking at 20. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 34, "Follow The Leader" was the last of three top 40 hits in the UK for Eric B & Rakim, following "Paid In Full" and "I Know You Got Soul", both of which reached the top 20; this just missed out, peaking at no.21. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 34 on the Indie Chart this week: "Strap Down", the 2nd single by Meat Beat Manifesto, formed in Swindon in 1987. It spent just 1 week on the indie chart but was the springboard to a long and influential career; they're still going, having released 14 studio albums. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up 9 places, "One Slip" was the third single and the biggest hit from Pink Floyd's album "A Momentary Lapse of Reason", peaking here at no.50. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Alright, you're not going to get it so this is Dee Lewis covering "Best Of My Love", up to 53 this week and peaking at 47. As you can tell she worked with Stock Aitken & Waterman as a backing singer, she's on loads of early Kylie singles and Rick Astley's debut album. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

"The Dead Heart" was Midnight Oil's second hit in the UK, the follow-up to "Beds are Burning", but both would be bigger hits when reissued in 1989. This one peaked at 68 but went all the way to no.62 the following year. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Peaking at 77, "K.I.S.S.I.N.G." was the only solo hit in the UK for Siedah Garrett, who had lucked into a no.1 duetting with Michael Jackson on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" the previous year after Barbra Streisand and Whitney Houston both turned him down. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

"Trust Me" from "Let It Bee", the debut album by Voice of the Beehive, new at its peak of 13 this week, and if you think "Let It Bee" is a bad pun, at least it's not as bad as the title of their second album, "Honey Lingers". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

This vaguely house influenced version of "Pop Muzik" was the only release by All Systems Go, a duo of producers Paul Elsasser and Sam Smith (not that one). It peaked at 63 and was down to no.80 this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

From the soundtrack of the movie "Permanent Record", "Trash City" was Joe Strummer's second solo hit since the Clash split, and his first with his backing band The Latino Rockabilly War. It was down to 81 this week after peaking at 76. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

The first single in nine years from Patti Smith, best known for her 1978 top five hit "Because The Night" which she wrote with Bruce Springsteen. "People Have The Power" peaked at no.97 this week in 1988. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio