My Top 13 from 1984

Two things I remember from this year: firstly Frankie Goes to Hollywood dominated the charts, with The Power of Love, the awesome Two Tribes and their single Relax was banned, so of course it made #1. And there were two songs in the chart called Jump, by Van Halen and the Pointer Sisters (which I can never hear without seeing Hugh Grant’s dad dancing scene in Love Actually).

1. Billy Joel – An Innocent Man – 03-1984
2. Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun – 02-1984
3. George Michael – Careless Whisper – 07-1984
4. Sister Sledge – Lost In Music – 09-1984
5. Jim Diamond – I Should Have Known Better – 11-1984
6. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is – 12-1984
7. Van Halen – Jump – 03-1984
8. Queen – I Want To Break Free – 04-1984
9. Lionel Richie – Hello – 03-1984
10. Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark – 05-1984
11. Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It – 06-1984
12. John Waite – Missing You – 09-1984
13. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax – 01-1984

And the bubbling unders:
The Pointer Sisters – Jump (For My Love) – 06-1984
Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time – 06-1984
Kenny Loggins – Footloose – 05-1984
The Cars – Drive – 09-1984
Chicago – Hard Habit To Break – 10-1984
Tears For Fears – Shout – 12-1984
Deniece Williams – Let’s Hear It For The Boy – 05-1984
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love – 12-1984
U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love) – 09-1984
Phil Collins – Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) – 04-1984
Wham! – Last Christmas/Everything She Wants – 12-1984
Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) – 04-1984
Kool & The Gang – Joanna/Tonight – 03-1984
Stevie Wonder – I Just Called To Say I Love You – 08-1984
Chaka Khan – I Feel For You – 10-1984
The Bluebells – Young At Heart – 07-1984
Madonna – Like A Virgin – 11-1984
Alison Moyet – All Cried Out – 10-1984
Nena – 99 Red Balloons – 02-1984
Billy Ocean – Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) – 10-1984
Ray Parker Jr. – Ghostbusters – 08-1984
Prince & The Revolution – Purple Rain – 09-1984
The Thompson Twins – Doctor Doctor – 02-1984
Nik Kershaw – The Riddle – 11-1984
Ultravox – Dancing With Tears In My Eyes – 06-1984
The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men – 03-1984
Joe Fagin – That’s Living (Alright) – 01-1984
Matthew Wilder – Break My Stride – 02-1984
Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok – 11-1984

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