Billboard Hot 100 - Feb 9, 1984


1 1 Culture Club Karma Chameleon
2 4 Kool & the Gang Joanna
3 3 The Romantics Talking In Your Sleep
4 2 Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart
5 11 Van Halen Jump
6 8 Genesis That s All
7 7 Lionel Richie Running With The Night
8 10 John Mellencamp Pink Houses
9 9 Christopher Cross Think Of Laura
10 6 Elton John I Guess That s Why They Call It The Blues

11 5 Matthew Wilder Break My Stride
12 18 Nena 99 Luftballons
13 14 Shannon Let The Music Play
14 15 Billy Joel An Innocent Man
15 21 Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun
16 12 Ray Parker Jr. I Still Can t Get Over Loving You
17 22 John Lennon Nobody Told Me
18 19 The Police Wrapped Around Your Finger
19 20 Pretenders Middle Of The Road
20 0 Michael Jackson Thriller

21 23 James Ingram With Michael McDonald Yah Mo B There
22 16 Madonna Holiday
23 24 Paul McCartney So Bad
24 13 Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson Say Say Say
25 29 Duran Duran New Moon On Monday
26 31 Huey Lewis I Want A New Drug
27 32 Christine McVie Got A Hold On Me
28 39 Eurythmics Here Comes The Rain Again
29 30 Real Life Send Me An Angel
30 17 Olivia Newton-John Twist Of Fate

31 35 Quiet Riot Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
32 36 Kenny Rogers This Woman
33 52 Rockwell Somebody s Watching Me
34 33 Stevie Nicks Nightbird
35 37 K.C. Give It Up
36 41 Kenny Loggins Footloose
37 38 Irene Cara The Dream
38 42 Sheena Easton Almost Over You
39 59 Dan Fogelberg The Language Of Love
40 63 The Pointer Sisters Automatic

newpower99 said:

Wow, that's more good songs in one week of charts than we've had in the last 5 years.

It's funny looking at that chart and knowing Prince was just a couple months away from completely dominating it.

newpower99 said:

Holiday is the only song Madonna made I've ever liked. I forgot all about Sheena Easton... but I though she could blow. Kenny Loggins the begining of the end..

thoughts from this week in 1984....



Genesis ...Phil Collins would never make it on his own

Cyndi Lauper... what a wacky chick . Nice novelty act.

Holiday .... Nice song. Who the hell is Madonna, though? . One hit wonder im sure

Paul McCartney should retire already.

Boy George. ...gee I wonder where he'll be in 25 years?

newpower99 said:

I have the 12" singles of these. The top 40 doesn't cross over much into clubs now.

I miss 1984! That was a great year for music.

"ain't nothing gonna break my stride
nobody gonna slow me down
Oh no,I got to keep on movin"


it's cheesy but alot of fun

SoulAlive said:

Yeah! seems everysong in the top 20 is a now a classic.
Brings back nice high school memories!

I hate all of you who were able to enjoy 1984

I was 4 years old.

It's so easy to get nostalgic about music and the 1980's did have some terrible moments but that chart is fascinating to look at as there are so many great songs on there. Popular music is never going to scale the heights of the 1980s again.
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newpower99 said:

I remember everybody in my neighborhood thought Madonna was black.

WildheartXXX said:

The 80s were the bomb musically. Even one hit wonders or novelty acts had to bring the talent to chart. Those days are long gone.

SoulAlive said:

The BEST ever.

1984 was a great year for pop culture in general.

SoulAlive said:

He was the first singer named Matthew to ever have a number 1 hit!

wow just looking at that list brings back so much nostalgia, and memories of freshmen year of high school.

Wow!

newpower99 said:

I was able to go through the entire Top 40 chart and pick 18 songs that I really like.That's almost half of the entire chart! These days,I could look at a current Top 40 chart and barely find one or two songs that I like.

"99 Luftballoons" by Nena

I remember this song has a very funky instrumental part y'all know what I'm talking about.

bboy87 said:

You would have loved 1984.The 'Thriller' phenomenon was unlike anything I had ever seen.And then,that summer,Prince came out with 'Purple Rain'.It was an incredible time for pop music! I'm glad I was there to witness it.

RodeoSchro said:

What jumps out at me is how much melody has declined in pop music from '84 to where we are today in favour of rhythm & production techniques. I like a lot of the songs on this list, & absolutely love a few of them (jump, owner of a lonely heart) - but even on the tracks I don't care for I think I would have to say that almost every one of them has a clear, memorable melody. I'm not totally clued into the top 40 anymore, but I'm pretty sure you couldn't say that about this week's list.

I was born that year about two months later!

Wished I was born a decade earlier, lol.

damosuzuki said:

Exactly! Back in the day,songs had a clear,memorable melody.

SoulAlive said:

whats amazing is that there are only 4 or 5 songs on that chart that I can say " I dont remember how that goes". The rest I could start singing on command. Which really isnt a good thing

newpower99 said:

The ones I highlighted are the ones I like:

1 1 Culture Club Karma Chameleon
2 4 Kool & the Gang Joanna
3 3 The Romantics Talking In Your Sleep
4 2 Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart
5 11 Van Halen Jump
6 8 Genesis That s All
7 7 Lionel Richie Running With The Night
8 10 John Mellencamp Pink Houses
9 9 Christopher Cross Think Of Laura
10 6 Elton John I Guess That s Why They Call It The Blues

11 5 Matthew Wilder Break My Stride
12 18 Nena 99 Luftballons
13 14 Shannon Let The Music Play
14 15 Billy Joel An Innocent Man
15 21 Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun
16 12 Ray Parker Jr. I Still Can t Get Over Loving You
17 22 John Lennon Nobody Told Me
18 19 The Police Wrapped Around Your Finger
19 20 Pretenders Middle Of The Road
20 0 Michael Jackson Thriller

21 23 James Ingram With Michael McDonald Yah Mo B There
22 16 Madonna Holiday
23 24 Paul McCartney So Bad
24 13 Paul McCartney And Michael Jackson Say Say Say
25 29 Duran Duran New Moon On Monday
26 31 Huey Lewis I Want A New Drug
27 32 Christine McVie Got A Hold On Me
28 39 Eurythmics Here Comes The Rain Again
29 30 Real Life Send Me An Angel
30 17 Olivia Newton-John Twist Of Fate

31 35 Quiet Riot Bang Your Head (Metal Health)
32 36 Kenny Rogers This Woman
33 52 Rockwell Somebody s Watching Me
34 33 Stevie Nicks Nightbird
35 37 K.C. Give It Up
36 41 Kenny Loggins Footloose
37 38 Irene Cara The Dream
38 42 Sheena Easton Almost Over You
39 59 Dan Fogelberg The Language Of Love
40 63 The Pointer Sisters Automatic

Just look how many good songs are in that list and that's just the pop chart, just imagine if it were the R&B chart back then. Every era has some shitty songs but just look at that list, the majority of the songs are good and believe me, you didn't have to go "search" or "look for" good music because it came to you. It's the total opposite these days and rediculous that there's not even one good song in the charts.
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SCNDLS said:

Nobody in my hood listened 2 Madonna.....