OK, my tastes change according to mood and with the passage of time, and this list includes some 1983 releases that peaked in 1984, and excludes some 1984 releases that peaked in 1985 - so some monsters not here from Madonna, Foreigner, Prince, Bruce Springsteen etc etc

TOP 100 OF 1984

 

 

1 DRIVE The Cars

2 RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood

3 LAST CHRISTMAS Wham!

4 TWO TRIBES Frankie Goes To Hollywood

5 THE POWER OF LOVE Frankie Goes To Hollywood

6 EYES WITHOUT A FACE Billy Idol

7 YOUNG AT HEART The Bluebells

8 DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS Band Aid

9 EVERYTHING SHE WANTS Wham!

10 SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME Rockwell ft Michael Jackson

 

 

11 RADIO GA GA Queen

12 WOOD BEEZ (PRAY LIKE ARETHA FRANKLIN) Scritti Politti

13 WHEN DOVES CRY Prince

14 CARELESS WHISPER George Michael

15 THE REFLEX Duran Duran

16 THE LEBANON Human League

17 THE KILLING MOON Echo And The Bunnymen

18 THE WAR SONG Culture Club

19 IT'S MY LIFE Talk Talk

20 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU Stevie Wonder

 

 

21 AIN'T NOBODY Rufus and Chaka Khan

22 THE WILD BOYS Duran Duran

23 SMALLTOWN BOY Bronski Beat

24 SEX CRIME (1984) Eurythmics

25 MADAME BUTTERFLY Malcolm McLaren

26 ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK Murray Head

27 AUTOMATIC The Pointer Sisters

28 LIFE ON YOUR OWN Human League

29 YOU'RE THE BEST THING The Style Council

30 IT'S A MIRACLE Culture Club

 

 

31 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

32 GHOSTBUSTERS Ray Parker Junior

33 SELF CONTROL Laura Branigan

34 I FEEL FOR YOU Chaka Khan

35 NOBODY TOLD ME John Lennon

36 WE ALL STAND TOGETHER Paul McCartney and The Frog Chorus

37 BIG IN JAPAN Alphaville

38 NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS Paul McCartney

39 DOCTOR MABUSE Propaganda

40 DR. BEAT Miami Sound Machine

 

 

41 PIPES OF PEACE Paul McCartney

42 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT Tina Turner

43 WHITE LINES (DON'T DON'T DO IT) Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel

44 WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD Nik Kershaw

45 I WANT TO BREAK FREE Queen

46 I WANNA BE LOVED Elvis Costello

47 TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder

48 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN Eurythmics

49 LIKE A VIRGIN Madonna

50 TOUR DE FRANCE Kraftwerk

 

 

51 JUST BE GOOD TO ME SOS Band

52 PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) U2

53 STREET DANCE Break Machine

54 BORROWED TIME John Lennon

55 WHATEVER I DO (WHEREVER I GO) Hazell Dean

56 HARD HABIT TO BREAK Chicago

57 LOVE WARS Womack & Womack

58 HIDE AND SEEK Howard Jones

59 JUMP Van Halen

60 THE RIDDLE Nik Kershaw

 

 

61 HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW The Smiths

62 HOLE IN MY SHOE neil

63 CARIBBEAN QUEEN (NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN) Billy Ocean

64 INFATUATION Rod Stewart

65 JUMP (FOR MY LOVE) The Pointer Sisters

66 MICHAEL CAINE Madness

67 PYT (PRETTY YOUNG THING) Michael Jackson

68 BREAKIN'...THERE'S NO STOPPIN' US Ollie and Jerry

69 LOVE RESURRECTION Alison Moyet

70 TESLA GIRLS OMD

 

 

71 YOU TAKE ME UP Thompson Twins

72 THE CATERPILLAR The Cure

73 TIME AFTER TIME Cyndi Lauper

74 MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) Peter Schilling

75 CLOSEST THING TO HEAVEN The Kane Gang

76 TALKING LOUD AND CLEAR OMD

77 I FEEL LIKE BUDDY HOLLY Alvin Stardust

78 COME BACK The Mighty Wah!

79 BORDERLINE Madonna

80 SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK Rod Stewart

 

 

81 NELSON MANDELA The Special A.K.A.

82 ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING Bananarama

83 EACH AND EVERY ONE Everything But The Girl

84 WHEN AM I GOING TO MAKE A LIVING Sade

85 I WON’T RUN AWAY Alvin Stardust

86 FREEDOM Wham!

87 SAD SONGS (SAY SO MUCH) Elton John

88 KING OF PAIN The Police

89 GLAD IT'S ALLOVER Captain Sensible

90 CRYSTAL/ COLD AS CHRISTMAS Elton John

 

 

91 HAND IN GLOVE Sandie Shaw & The Smiths

92 LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY Deniece Williams

93 ALL JOIN HANDS Slade

94 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Bucks Fizz

95 TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES Julian Lennon

96 LOUISE Human League

97 I GAVE YOU MY HEART (DIDN'T I) Hot Chocolate

98 BREAK MY STRIDE Matthew Wilder

99 2000 MILES The Pretenders

100 99 RED BALLOONS Nena

"Like A Virgin" is my SOTY and Madonna had three additional # 1 hits (Holiday, Lucky Star, Borderline).

 

From low-known (for non-Russians) songs I adore "Lady Perfect" from Soviet movie version of "Mary Poppins" (5 weeks at # 1 in January-February).

 

 

As I remember there were only three songs on Russian language, which reached # 1 in my chart (others are "Horoscope" by Estonian singer Anne Veski in 1994 year and "Slave Of Love" by Nataliya Vetlitzkaya, SOTY of 1995 year).

 

 

Edited July 15, 20232 yr by Last Dreamer

"Like A Virgin" is my SOTY and Madonna had three additional # 1 hits (Holiday, Lucky Star, Borderline).

 

From low-known (for non-Russians) songs I adore "Lady Perfect" from Soviet movie version of "Mary Poppins" (5 weeks at # 1 in January-February).

 

 

As I remember there were only three songs on Russian language, which reached # 1 in my chart (others are "Horoscope" by Estonian singer Anne Veski in 1994 year and "Slave Of Love" by Nataliya Vetlitzkaya, SOTY of 1995 year).

 

Hi Alex, Holiday is in my 1985 top 100 very high, as it went top 5 in 1984 but peaked at 2 in 1985, and then hit number one in 1991, Borderline is in 1984 because it peaked in 1986 which to me is not just a re-entry it's a re-issue so it gets listed under the original year. Lucky Star went top 20 in my charts but missed out on the top 100 because its never been reissued, oddly. Maybe they'll do a 40th anniversary vinyl edition next year instead of Holiday for a change!

 

Well, I must admit a Russian version of Mary Poppins wasn't something I've ever heard of! :lol: Is that a traditional holiday or kids film these days? Or is just a fond childhood memory to a lot of people?