1980's Top 20 charts

January 1984

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		Pipes of peace	Paul McCartney
2		What is love	Howard Jones
3		Relax	Frankie Goes To Hollywood
4		Marguerita time	Status Quo
5		Tell her about it	Billy Joel
6		Love of the common people	Paul Young
7		A rockin' good way	Shaky & Bonnie
8		That's living (alright)	Joe Fagin
9		Islands in the stream	Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
10		Hold me now	Thompson Twins
11		Only you	Flying Pickets
12		Victems	Culture Club
13		Bird of paradise	Snowy White
14		My oh my	Slade
15		Nobody told me	John Lennon
16		Thriller	Michael Jackson
17		Wonderland	Big Country
18		Running with the night	Lionel Richie
19		Wishful thinking	China Crisis
20		Let's stay together	Tina Turner

 

February 1984

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		Relax	Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2		Radio Ga Ga	Queen
3		Girls just want to have fun	Cundi Lauper
4		Break my stride	Matthew Wilder
5		Doctor doctor	Thompson Twins
6		That's living (alright)	Joe Fagin
7		Holiday	Madonna
8		New moon on Monday	Duran Duran
9		(Feels like) Heaven	Fiction Factory
10		99 Red balloons	Nena
11		My ever changing moods	Style Council
12		Here comes the rain again	Eurythmics
13		The killing moon	Echo & the Bunnymen
14		What difference does it make	Smiths
15		Somebody's watching me	Rockwell
16		Love theme from "The thorn birds"	Juan Martin
17		Wouldn't it be good	Nik Kershaw
18		Wonderland	Big Country
19		Michael Caine	Madness
20		Pipes of peace	Paul McCartney

 

March 1984

UK	(US)	Song title	Artist
1		99 Red balloons	Nena
2		Joanna/ Tonight	Kool & the Gang
3		Street dance	Break Machine
4		Wouldn't it be good	Nik Kershaw
5		Relax	Frankie Goes To Hollywood
6		Hello	Lionel Richie
7		An innocent man	Billy Joel
8		Somebody's watching me	Rockwell
9		It's rainning men	Weather Girls
10		Jump	Van Halen
11		What do I do	Phil Fearon & Galaxy
12		The music of Torvill & Dean EP	Richard Hartley / Michael Reed Orchestra
13		Run runaway	Slade
14		Robert De Niro's waiting	Bananarama
15		Doctor doctor	Thompson Twins
16		Your love is king	Sade
17		Hide and seek	Howard Jones
18		It's a miracle	Culture Club
19		Radio Ga Ga	Queen
20		My ever changing moods	Style Council

 

April 1984

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Hello	Lionel Richie
2		You take me up	Thompson Twins
3		A love worth waiting for	Shankin' Stevens
4		People are people	Depeche Mode
5		Glad it's all over / Damned on 45	Captain Sensible
6		Against all odds (Take a look at me now)	Phil Collins
7		Robert De Niro's waiting	Bananarama
8		I want to break free	Queen
9		Nelson Mandela	Special AKA
10		It's a miracle	Culture Club
11		Ain't nobody	Rufus & Chaka Khan
12		It's rainning men	Weather Girls
13		(When you say you love somebody) In the heart	Kool & the Gang
14		What do I do	Phil fearon & Galaxy
15		Wood beez (Pray like Aretha Franklin)	Scrotti Politti
16		P.Y.T.(Pretty Young Thing)	Michael Jackson
17		Your love is king	Sade
18		The Reflex	Duran Duran
19		Don't tell me	Blancmange
20		Cherry oh baby	UB40

 

May 1984

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		The Reflex	Duran Duran
2		Automatic	Pointer Sisters
3		Against all odds (Take a look at me now)	Phil Collins
4		I want to break free	Queen
5		One love/ people get ready	Bob Marley & the Wailers
6		Locomotion	O.M.D.
7		When you're young and in love	Flying Pickets
8		Don't tell me	Blancmange
9		Footloose	Kenny Loggins
10		Let's hear it for the boy	Deniece Williams
11		Hello	Lionel Richie
12		Dancing girls	Nik Kershaw
13		The Lebanon	Human League
14		I'm falling	Bluebells
15		Love games	Belle & the Devotions
16		Wake me up before you go go	Wham!
17		Break dance party	Break Machine
18		(When you say you love somebody) In the heart	Kool & the Gang
19		Somebody else's guy	Jocelyn Brown
20		You take me up	Thompson Twins

 

June 1984

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1	1	Wake me up Before You Go-Go	Wham!
2	43	Two Tribes	Frankie Goes to Hollywood
3	48	Smalltown Boy	Bronski Beat
4	85	High Energy	Evelyn Thomas
5	1	Lets Hear it for the Boy	Denise Williams
6		Dancing with Tears in my Eyes	Ultravox
7	34	Only When You Leave	Spandau Ballet
8	10	Relax	Frankie Goes to Hollywood
9	5	Sad Songs	Elton John
10		Pearl in the Shell	Howard Jones
11	5	Searchin`	Hazel Dean
12		Groovin`(You`re the Best Thing)	Style Council
13		I Won`t Let the Sun go Down	Nik Kershaw
14	1	The Reflex	Duran Duran
15	38	Farewell my Summer Love	Michael Jackson
16		Heaven Knows I`m Miserable Now	The Smiths
17		I Feel like Buddy Holly	Alvin Stardust
18		Thinking of You	Sister Sledge
19	5	Automatic	Pointer Sisters
20	45	I want to Break Free	Queen

 

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