List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1984 explained

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

A total of 99 singles hit the top-ten, including 20 number one songs and 7 number-two peaked songs.

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

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
Weeks in
top ten
Singles from 1983
December 17"Owner of a Lonely Heart"Yes1January 2110
"Twist of Fate"Olivia Newton-John5January 77
December 24"Break My Stride"Matthew Wilder5January 217
Singles from 1984
January 7"Talking in Your Sleep"The Romantics3January 287
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues"Elton John4January 286
January 14"Karma Chameleon"Culture Club1February 49
"Running with the Night"Lionel Richie7February 45
January 21"Joanna"Kool & the Gang2February 116
January 28"That's All"Genesis6February 114
February 4"Think of Laura"Christopher Cross9February 42
"Pink Houses"John Cougar Mellencamp8February 112
February 11"Jump"Van Halen1February 2510
February 18"99 Luftballons"Nena2March 36
"Thriller"Michael Jackson4March 35
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"Cyndi Lauper2March 108
"Let the Music Play"Shannon8February 253
February 25"Nobody Told Me"John Lennon5March 34
"Wrapped Around Your Finger"The Police8March 32
"An Innocent Man"Billy Joel10February 251
March 3"Somebody's Watching Me"Rockwell2March 248
"I Want a New Drug"Huey Lewis and the News6March 245
March 10"Here Comes the Rain Again"Eurythmics4March 317
"Footloose"Kenny Loggins1March 3111
March 17"New Moon on Monday"Duran Duran10March 171
March 24"Automatic"The Pointer Sisters5April 146
"Adult Education"Hall & Oates8April 74
"Got a Hold on Me"Christine McVie10March 241
March 31"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"Phil Collins1April 2110
"Miss Me Blind"Culture Club5April 216
April 7"Hello"Lionel Richie1May 1210
April 14"Hold Me Now"Thompson Twins3May 57
April 21"Love Somebody"Rick Springfield5May 55
"They Don't Know"Tracey Ullman8April 283
April 28"You Might Think"The Cars7April 284
"To All the Girls I've Loved Before"Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson5May 196
May 5"Let's Hear It for the Boy"Deniece Williams1May 269
May 12"Time After Time"Cyndi Lauper1June 99
"Oh Sherrie"Steve Perry3June 97
May 26"The Reflex"Duran Duran1June 238
"Sister Christian"Night Ranger5June 94
"Breakdance"Irene Cara8June 93
June 2"The Heart of Rock & Roll"Huey Lewis and the News6June 97
June 9"Self Control"Laura Branigan4June 306
"Jump (For My Love)"The Pointer Sisters3July 78
June 16"Dancing in the Dark"Bruce Springsteen2June 309
"Borderline"Madonna10June 161
June 23"When Doves Cry"Prince1July 711
"Eyes Without a Face"Billy Idol4July 146
June 30"Almost Paradise...Love Theme from Footloose"Mike Reno and Ann Wilson7July 144
July 7"Legs"ZZ Top8July 214
July 14"Ghostbusters"Ray Parker Jr.1August 1110
July 21"State of Shock"The Jacksons3August 46
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)"Elton John5August 115
"Infatuation"Rod Stewart6July 284
July 28"What's Love Got to Do with It"Tina Turner1September 110
August 4"Stuck on You"Lionel Richie3August 257
"Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us"Ollie & Jerry9August 41
"I Can Dream About You"Dan Hartman6August 184
August 11"Sunglasses at Night"Corey Hart7September 15
August 18"Missing You"John Waite1September 229
"If Ever You're in My Arms Again"Peabo Bryson10August 183
August 25"She Bop"Cyndi Lauper3September 88
September 1"Let's Go Crazy"Prince and the Revolution1September 299
"If This Is It"Huey Lewis and the News6September 154
September 8"The Warrior"Scandal featuring Patty Smyth7September 225
"Drive"The Cars3September 297
September 15"The Glamorous Life"Sheila E.7October 65
September 22"I Just Called to Say I Love You"Stevie Wonder1October 1310
"Cruel Summer"Bananarama9September 292
September 29"Cover Me"Bruce Springsteen7October 204
October 6"Hard Habit to Break"Chicago3October 206
"Lucky Star"Madonna4October 205
October 13"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"Billy Ocean1November 37
October 20"On the Dark Side"John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band7October 273
"Purple Rain"Prince and the Revolution2November 177
"I'm So Excited"The Pointer Sisters9October 272
October 27"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"Wham!1November 178
"Some Guys Have All the Luck"Rod Stewart10October 271
November 3"Blue Jean"David Bowie8November 32
"Better Be Good to Me"Tina Turner5November 245
"I Feel for You"Chaka Khan3November 249
November 10"Out of Touch"Hall & Oates1December 89
"Desert Moon"Dennis DeYoung10November 101
November 17"Strut"Sheena Easton7November 243
"All Through the Night"Cyndi Lauper5December 85
"Penny Lover"Lionel Richie8December 14
December 1"The Wild Boys"Duran Duran2December 158
"No More Lonely Nights"Paul McCartney6December 85
December 15"Like a Virgin"Madonna1December 229

1983 peaks

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
Weeks in
top ten
October 15"All Night Long (All Night)"Lionel Richie1November 1213
November 5"Say Say Say"Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson1December 1013
November 19"Say It Isn't So"Hall & Oates2December 1710
December 10"Union of the Snake"Duran Duran3December 246
December 24"Undercover of the Night"The Rolling Stones9December 243

1985 peaks

See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1985.

Peak! Peak date! data-sort-type="number"
Weeks in
top ten
December 8"We Belong"Pat Benatar5January 57
"Cool It Now"New Edition4January 56
"Sea of Love"The Honeydrippers3January 56
December 22"All I Need"Jack Wagner2January 126
"Valotte"Julian Lennon9January 124

See also

References

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