List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1984

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1984.

Lionel Richie scored five top ten hits during the year with " All Night Long (All Night) ", " Running with the Night ", " Hello ", " Stuck on You ", and " Penny Lover ", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles [ edit ]

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1984
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
Singles from 1983
December 17 " Owner of a Lonely Heart " Yes 1 January 21 10
" Twist of Fate " Olivia Newton-John 5 January 7 7
December 24 " Break My Stride " Matthew Wilder 5 January 21 7
Singles from 1984
January 7 " Talking in Your Sleep " The Romantics 3 January 28 7
" I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues " Elton John 4 January 28 6
January 14 " Karma Chameleon " Culture Club 1 February 4 9
" Running with the Night " Lionel Richie 7 February 4 5
January 21 " Joanna " Kool & the Gang 2 February 11 6
January 28 " That's All " Genesis 6 February 11 4
February 4 " Think of Laura " Christopher Cross 9 February 4 2
" Pink Houses " John Cougar Mellencamp 8 February 11 2
February 11 " Jump " Van Halen 1 February 25 10
February 18 " 99 Luftballons " Nena 2 March 3 6
" Thriller " Michael Jackson 4 March 3 5
" Girls Just Want to Have Fun " Cyndi Lauper 2 March 10 8
" Let the Music Play " Shannon 8 February 25 3
February 25 " Nobody Told Me " John Lennon 5 March 3 4
" Wrapped Around Your Finger " The Police 8 March 3 2
" An Innocent Man " Billy Joel 10 February 25 1
March 3 " Somebody's Watching Me " Rockwell 2 March 24 8
" I Want a New Drug " Huey Lewis and the News 6 March 24 5
March 10 " Here Comes the Rain Again " Eurythmics 4 March 31 7
" Footloose " Kenny Loggins 1 March 31 11
March 17 " New Moon on Monday " Duran Duran 10 March 17 1
March 24 " Automatic " The Pointer Sisters 5 April 14 6
" Adult Education " Hall & Oates 8 April 7 4
" Got a Hold on Me " Christine McVie 10 March 24 1
March 31 " Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) " Phil Collins 1 April 21 10
" Miss Me Blind " Culture Club 5 April 21 6
April 7 " Hello " Lionel Richie 1 May 12 10
April 14 " Hold Me Now " Thompson Twins 3 May 5 7
April 21 "Love Somebody" Rick Springfield 5 May 5 5
" They Don't Know " Tracey Ullman 8 April 28 3
April 28 " You Might Think " The Cars 7 April 28 4
" To All the Girls I've Loved Before " Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson 5 May 19 6
May 5 " Let's Hear It for the Boy " Deniece Williams 1 May 26 9
May 12 " Time After Time " Cyndi Lauper 1 June 9 9
" Oh Sherrie " Steve Perry 3 June 9 7
May 26 " The Reflex " Duran Duran 1 June 23 8
" Sister Christian " Night Ranger 5 June 9 4
" Breakdance " Irene Cara 8 June 9 3
June 2 " The Heart of Rock & Roll " Huey Lewis and the News 6 June 9 7
June 9 " Self Control " Laura Branigan 4 June 30 6
" Jump (For My Love) " The Pointer Sisters 3 July 7 8
June 16 " Dancing in the Dark " Bruce Springsteen 2 June 30 9
" Borderline " Madonna 10 June 16 1
June 23 " When Doves Cry " Prince 1 July 7 11
" Eyes Without a Face " Billy Idol 4 July 14 6
June 30 " Almost Paradise...Love Theme from Footloose " Mike Reno and Ann Wilson 7 July 14 4
July 7 " Legs " ZZ Top 8 July 21 4
July 14 " Ghostbusters " Ray Parker Jr. 1 August 11 10
July 21 " State of Shock " The Jacksons 3 August 4 6
" Sad Songs (Say So Much) " Elton John 5 August 11 5
" Infatuation " Rod Stewart 6 July 28 4
July 28 " What's Love Got to Do with It " Tina Turner 1 September 1 10
August 4 " Stuck on You " Lionel Richie 3 August 25 7
" Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us " Ollie & Jerry 9 August 4 1
" I Can Dream About You " Dan Hartman 6 August 18 4
August 11 " Sunglasses at Night " Corey Hart 7 September 1 5
August 18 " Missing You " John Waite 1 September 22 9
" If Ever You're in My Arms Again " Peabo Bryson 10 August 18 3
August 25 " She Bop " Cyndi Lauper 3 September 8 8
September 1 " Let's Go Crazy " Prince and the Revolution 1 September 29 9
" If This Is It " Huey Lewis and the News 6 September 15 4
September 8 " The Warrior " Scandal featuring Patty Smyth 7 September 22 5
" Drive " The Cars 3 September 29 7
September 15 " The Glamorous Life " Sheila E. 7 October 6 5
September 22 " I Just Called to Say I Love You " Stevie Wonder 1 October 13 10
" Cruel Summer " Bananarama 9 September 29 2
September 29 " Cover Me " Bruce Springsteen 7 October 20 4
October 6 " Hard Habit to Break " Chicago 3 October 20 6
" Lucky Star " Madonna 4 October 20 5
October 13 " Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) " Billy Ocean 1 November 3 7
October 20 " On the Dark Side " John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band 7 October 27 3
" Purple Rain " Prince and the Revolution 2 November 17 7
" I'm So Excited " The Pointer Sisters 9 October 27 2
October 27 " Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go " Wham! 1 November 17 8
" Some Guys Have All the Luck " Rod Stewart 10 October 27 1
November 3 " Blue Jean " David Bowie 8 November 3 2
" Better Be Good to Me " Tina Turner 5 November 24 5
" I Feel for You " Chaka Khan 3 November 24 9
November 10 " Out of Touch " Hall & Oates 1 December 8 9
" Desert Moon " Dennis DeYoung 10 November 10 1
November 17 " Strut " Sheena Easton 7 November 24 3
" All Through the Night " Cyndi Lauper 5 December 8 5
" Penny Lover " Lionel Richie 8 December 1 4
December 1 " The Wild Boys " Duran Duran 2 December 15 8
" No More Lonely Nights " Paul McCartney 6 December 8 5
December 15 " Like a Virgin " Madonna 1 December 22 9

1983 peaks [ edit ]

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1984 which peaked in 1983
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
October 15 " All Night Long (All Night) " Lionel Richie 1 November 12 13
November 5 " Say Say Say " Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 1 December 10 13
November 19 " Say It Isn't So " Hall & Oates 2 December 17 10
December 10 " Union of the Snake " Duran Duran 3 December 24 6
December 24 " Undercover of the Night " The Rolling Stones 9 December 24 3

1985 peaks [ edit ]

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1984 which peaked in 1985
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
December 8 " We Belong " Pat Benatar 5 January 5 7
" Cool It Now " New Edition 4 January 5 6
" Sea of Love " The Honeydrippers 3 January 5 6
December 22 " All I Need " Jack Wagner 2 January 12 6
" Valotte " Julian Lennon 9 January 12 4

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

General sources [ edit ]

  • Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955?2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN   0-89820-194-2 .
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties ( ISBN   0-89820-079-2 )
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.