No.40 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week in 1983, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts covering Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People". It peaked at 37. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

No.4 in Norway, "I Call It Love" by the Monroes, not the American band from San Diego but a Norwegian duo, described by Wikipedia as a "pop/ska duo", initially strongly influenced by Madness, not that you can hear that in this track. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Put together by German producers Wolfgang Hermes and Hans Schade, as the half-arsed title suggests this was an extract from an LP called "Hits On 33". It got to no.64 in West Germany and was so bad it didn't even get released here. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

An Italian group, Radiorama were particularly successful in Switzerland where they had seven hit singles and three hit albums. "Vampires" had reached no.5 and was at no.15 this week in 1986. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

A non-motore in Italy this week for the theme from the Canadian film "Paradise", sung by the star of the film, Phoebe Cates. It had been no.1 in Italy back in July and just wouldn't go away. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down 3 places to no.5 in New Zealand this week in 1988, the Holidaymakers' cover of the Bill Withers song "Sweet Lovers" was the biggest selling single of 1988 in New Zealand, spending six weeks at no.1. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

The original version of "Woodpeckers From Space" was recorded by Dutch duo Video Kids, led by Peter Slaghuis, who went on to have a top 40 hit as Hithouse, "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground" in 1988. They refused to release it in South Africa though, so local band Café Society covered it and took it to no.1 there. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down to no.8 in Mexico this week in 1980, "Me Llamas" ("You Call Me") by Jose Luis Perales, a Spanish singer and songwriter who has recorded 27 albums and sold 30 million records worldwide in a career stretching back to 1972. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

No.11 in Japan this week, "Neppu" or "熱風" by Hidemi Ishikawa. She released 30 singles and 12 albums over the course of eight years before suddenly retiring in 1990 when she announced that she was marrying another Japanese pop star, Hirohide Yakumaru. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Despite the title, "Say Goodbye" was the debut single by Indecent Obsession from Brisbane, and their biggest hit, peaking at no.6 in Australia. Their next single "Tell Me Something" was their biggest worldwide hit, reaching no.31 in the US and no.91 in the UK. #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio