| Rank |
Title |
Artist |
| 1 |
When Doves Cry |
Prince & The Revolution |
| 2 |
Careless Whisper |
George Michael |
| 3 |
Borderline |
Madonna |
| 4 |
Wouldn’t It Be Good |
Nik Kershaw |
| 5 |
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) |
Dead Or Alive |
| 6 |
Friends (ITA) |
Amii Stewart |
| 7 |
Madam Butterfly |
Malcolm McLaren |
| 8 |
The Glamorous Life |
Sheila E |
| 9 |
Last Christmas |
Wham! |
| 10 |
Do They Know It’s Christmas |
Band Aid |
| 11 |
I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (RE) |
Nik Kershaw |
| 12 |
Thinking Of You |
Sister Sledge |
| 13 |
Half A Minute |
Matt Bianco |
| 14 |
Like A Virgin |
Madonna |
| 15 |
Here Comes The Rain Again |
Eurythmics |
| 16 |
You’re The Best Thing |
Style Council, The |
| 17 |
It’s My Life |
Talk Talk |
| 18 |
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go |
Wham! |
| 19 |
Automatic |
Pointer Sisters, The |
| 20 |
San Damiano (Heart And Soul) |
Sal Solo |
| 21 |
The Power Of Love |
Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
| 22 |
Freedom |
Wham! |
| 23 |
Live Without Your Love |
Windjammer |
| 24 |
Let’s Hear It For The Boy |
Deniece Williams |
| 25 |
Time After Time |
Cyndi Lauper |
| 26 |
Hide And Seek |
Howard Jones |
| 27 |
Glad It’s All Over |
Captain Sensible |
| 28 |
All I Need |
Jack Wagner |
| 29 |
Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) |
Hazell Dean |
| 30 |
Self Control |
Laura Branigan |
| 31 |
The Riddle |
Nik Kershaw |
| 32 |
Somebody |
Depeche Mode |
| 33 |
Since Yesterday |
Strawberry Switchblade |
| 34 |
I Feel For You |
Chaka Khan |
| 35 |
Out Of Touch |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| 36 |
Eyes Without A Face |
Billy Idol |
| 37 |
Sunglasses At Night (CAN) |
Corey Hart |
| 38 |
Such A Shame |
Talk Talk |
| 39 |
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now |
Smiths, The |
| 40 |
A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing) |
Romeo Void |
| 41 |
No More Words |
Berlin |
| 42 |
Heaven (Must Be There) (AUS) |
Eurogliders |
| 43 |
The Wild Boys |
Duran Duran |
| 44 |
People Are People |
Depeche Mode |
| 45 |
Those First Impressions |
Associates, The |
| 46 |
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (B/S) |
Smiths, The |
| 47 |
High Energy |
Evelyn Thomas |
| 48 |
She Bop |
Cyndi Lauper |
| 49 |
If This Is It |
Huey Lewis & The News |
| 50 |
Footloose |
Kenny Loggins |
| 51 |
One Night In Bangkok |
Murray Head |
| 52 |
Hard Habit To Break |
Chicago |
| 53 |
Drive |
Cars, The |
| 54 |
Together In Electric Dreams |
Phil Oakey & Giorgio Moroder |
| 55 |
You Take Me Up |
Thompson Twins, The |
| 56 |
My Ever Changing Moods (Piano Version) |
Style Council, The |
| 57 |
Missing You |
John Waite |
| 58 |
What’s Love Got To Do With It |
Tina Turner |
| 59 |
Centipede |
Rebbie Jackson |
| 60 |
Mistake Number Three |
Culture Club |
| 61 |
Foolish Heart |
Steve Perry |
| 62 |
The Reflex |
Duran Duran |
| 63 |
This Is Mine |
Heaven 17 |
| 64 |
Tuch Me |
Fonda Rae |
| 65 |
I Should’ve Known Better |
Jim Diamond |
| 66 |
Radio Ga Ga |
Queen |
| 67 |
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) |
Scritti Politti |
| 68 |
Doctor Doctor |
Thompson Twins, The |
| 69 |
Lovergirl |
Teena Marie |
| 70 |
Survivor (ITA) |
Mike Francis |
| 71 |
Invisible |
Alison Moyet |
| 72 |
(Feels Like) Heaven |
Fiction Factory |
| 73 |
I’m Falling |
Bluebells, The |
| 74 |
Stay With Me (Trk) |
DeBarge |
| 75 |
Wishful Thinking |
China Crisis |
| 76 |
Big In Japan (GER) |
Alphaville |
| 77 |
Dance Hall Days |
Wang Chung |
| 78 |
Loveride |
Nuance ftr Vikki Love |
| 79 |
Life On Your Own |
Human League, The |
| 80 |
(Love Is Just) The Game |
Peter Browne |
| 81 |
Shout |
Tears For Fears |
| 82 |
The Boys Of Summer |
Don Henley |
| 83 |
The Never Ending Story |
Limahl |
| 84 |
All I Need Is Everything |
Aztec Camera |
| 85 |
Miss Me Blind |
Culture Club |
| 86 |
Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) |
Icicles Works, The |
| 87 |
Small Town Boy |
Bronski Beat |
| 88 |
And You Tell Me (B/S) |
a-ha |
| 89 |
Tenderness |
General Public |
| 90 |
The War Song |
Culture Club |
| 91 |
Dancing In The Dark (Blaster Mix) |
Bruce Springsteen |
| 92 |
Ghostbusters |
Ray Parker Jr |
| 93 |
Human Racing |
Nik Kershaw |
| 94 |
Against All Odds |
Phil Collins |
| 95 |
Like To Get To Know You Well |
Howard Jones |
| 96 |
The Longest Time |
Billy Joel |
| 97 |
Somebody’s Watching Me |
Rockwell |
| 98 |
Give Me Tonight |
Shannon |
| 99 |
Somebody Else’s Guy |
Jocelyn Brown |
| 100 |
Don’t Let Go |
Wang Chung |
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Wham! bam, thank you Ric! This was the year when I really started getting into popular music, so many of these tunes hold a lot of great memories. My wife loved Jack Wagner back then (as did everyone, apparently). And I’ve recently become obsessed with Laura Branigan’s “Self Control”! As always, I enjoy finding artists here with whom I’m unfamiliar – Windjammer?
A bit of personal trivia: “One Night In Bangkok” was my first 12″ single (not entirely sure I should have admitted that…)
Oh Oh Oh!
Oh Oh Oh!
Oh Oh Oh!
Oh Oh Oh!
I’m glad you managed to hop on the pop train in 1984, because I think that is the best year in Pop!
That Windjammer ballad may be too sappy for you, but the missus may like it.
As for One Night In Bangkok…the line “And if you’re lucky then the god’s a she” gave me sniggers back then.
Why the new obsession with Self Control? Are you having too much of it? Of lacking too much of it? LOL!
I think perhaps I have too much self control and need to let loose and speak my mind more often 😉
By the way, I still remember every line of “One Night In Bangkok” – it’s one of those tunes like “West End Girls” that I can bust out from beginning to end at any time.
As I recall, pop started to get REALLY cheesy in 1985 – looking forward to that list!
Ditto Chris!
I can mumble my way through West End Girls and One Night In Bangkok too! The kids these days have it easy! Not much to memorize when it comes to songs like Boom Boom Pow or Harlem Shake. LOL!
You want some cheese? Your dairy fix is coming up shortly!!! But Grace Jones may have something to say about that opinion of yours. She might even rough you up, and I think she can. Hell, I think she can beat us both up….at the same time!!!
Yeah, I wouldn’t tangle with Grace Jones – a bit scary, ain’t she?!