Prince's Purple Rain album was probably the biggest back then, here's a little more info on the music of 1984
http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/mcsele/1984m.htm
This one is good too (run by someone I know, but there's a few popups :smash: )
http://www.80sxchange.com/80s_charts/1984.htm
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1 WHEN DOVES CRY, Prince and the Revolution (Warner Brothers) (#1, July)
2 WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, Tina Turner (Capitol) (#1, Sept)
3 SAY, SAY, SAY, Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson (#1, Dec 1983)
4 FOOTLOOSE, Kenny Loggins (Columbia) (#1, March)
5 AGAINST ALL ODDS (Take a Look at Me Now), Phil Collins (Atlantic) (#1, April)
6 JUMP, Van Halen (Warner Brothers) (#1, Feb)
7 HELLO, Lionel Richie (#1, May)
8 OWNER OF A LONELY HEART, Yes (Atco) (#1, Jan)
9 GHOSTBUSTERS, Ray Parker Jr. (Arista) (#1, Aug)
10 KARMA CHAMELEON, Culture Club (Virgin) (#1, Feb)
11 MISSING YOU, John Waite (EMI-America) (#1, Sept)
12 ALL NIGHT LONG (All Night), Lionel Richie (Motown) (#1, Nov 1983)
13 LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY, Denise Williams (Columbia) (#1, May)
14 DANCING IN THE DARK, Bruce Springsteen (Columbia) (#2, June)
15 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN, Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#2, March)
16 THE REFLEX, Duran Duran (Capitol) (#1, June)
17 TIME AFTER TIME, Cyndi Lauper (Portrait) (#1, June)
18 JUMP (For My Love), The Pointer Sisters (Planet) (#3, July)
19 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP, The Romantics (Nemporer) (#3, Jan)
20 SELF CONTROL, Laura Branigan (Atlantic) (#4, June)
21 LET'S GO CRAZY, Prince and the Revolution (Warner Brothers) (#1, Sept)
22 SAY IT ISN'T SO, Daryl Hall and John Oates (RCA) (#2, Dec 1983)
23 HOLD ME NOW, The Thompson Twins (Arista) (#3, May)
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