Off The Chart: 5 May 1981

You thought the news was grim these days? Join us for this week’s Off The Chart and you’ll be elated to discover things were just as grim on this day in 1981, if not more so. But at least the music was better! As always we’re bringing you a brace of forgotten and half-remembered hits, three of the week’s big new albums and a look at what was happening in the world at large, plus a quick jaunt to South Africa to look at their top ten, and concluding with the UK’s top five in full.
Whose last top fifty hit pre-empted a 1989 number one?
Who released a single in a sleeve that you could play as another single?
And what was the longest titled single ever to reach number one in the US?
Hit PLAY and find out!