BRT Top 30 number-one hits of 1984 explained

These hits topped the Ultratop 50 in the Flanders region of Belgium in 1984.[1]

Singles

Issue date Song Artist
7 January "Happy Station" Fun Fun
14 January "You Are" Dolly Parton
21 January "Thriller" Michael Jackson
28 January
4 February "Love of the Common People" Paul Young
11 February
18 February
25 February
3 March
10 March Radio Ga Ga" Queen
17 March
24 March "When the Lady Smiles" Golden Earring
31 March "Somebody's Watching Me" Rockwell
7 April "Love Is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar
14 April
21 April "Hello" Lionel Richie
28 April
5 May
12 May
19 May
26 May "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias
2 June "I Want to Break Free" Queen
9 June
16 June
23 June "The Reflex" Duran Duran
30 June
7 July
14 July
21 July "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham!
28 July
4 August "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" Ultravox
11 August "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham!
18 August "Two Tribes" Frankie Goes To Hollywood
25 August
1 September
8 September "Smalltown Boy" Bronski Beat
15 September "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr.
22 September "I Just Called To Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder
29 September
6 October
13 October
20 October
27 October
3 November
10 November
17 November "Purple Rain" Prince
24 November
1 December "When the Rain Begins to Fall" Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
8 December
15 December
22 December
29 December "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid

1984 Year-End Chart

Singles

Pos.ArtistTitlePeak
1Stevie Wonder"I Just Called To Say I Love You"1
2Wham!"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"1
3Duran Duran"The Reflex"1
4Frankie Goes To Hollywood"Two Tribes"1
5Prince"Purple Rain"1
6George Michael"Careless Whisper"2
7Pat Benatar"Love Is A Battlefield"1
8Paul Young"Loved Of The Common People" 1
9Lionel Richie"Hello" 1
10Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias"To All The Girls I've Loved Before"1

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/number1.asp?year=1984