Written and originally recorded by US singer/songwriter Jules Shear, Cyndi Lauper covered "All Through The Night" for her debut album "She's So Unusual". Although it only made no.64 in the UK, it was a top ten hit for Cyndi in the US, Canada, Austria and Chile. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
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
Up to 21, "Midnight at the Lost and Found" was the title track from Meat Loaf's third album and the only single from it to reach the top 40, peaking at 17. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Peaking at 33, "Autodrive" was the last of four UK top 40 hits for Herbie Hancock, following up his biggest hit "Rockit" which made no.8 in August. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Peaking at 53, "Can't Stop Running" was the first single and only hit for Space Monkey, aka singer/songwriter Paul Goodchild. The track features some of Wham!'s backing musicians including bassist Deon Estus. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
New at no.11 on the Heavy Metal chart, "Too Wild To Tame" was the only single release by Avenger, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1982 by vocalist Brian Ross and bassist Mick Moore, both former members of Blitzkrieg. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Killing Joke is another band who only had five top 40 hits; surprisingly most of them came in the '90s. "Me Or You?" peaked at no.57 this week in 1983. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Sort of kind of the title track of the second China Crisis album "Working With Fire and Steel - Possible Pop Songs Volume Two", "Working With Fire and Steel" the single was new at 66 this week in 1983 and peaked at 48. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Another in the ongoing series of great singles by XTC that didn't make the top 40, "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" was up to no.67 this week in 1983 but peaked at no.50. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio
Up to 71 this week, "Love Reaction" was the first of seven UK hit singles for Divine. Despite being a total ripoff of "Blue Monday" it was produced by New York producer Bobby Orlando, who also produced the original version of the Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio