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Prince had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, " When Doves Cry", the number one hit of the year, and " Let's Go Crazy" at number 21.
Lionel Richie had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1984.

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1984. [1]

No. Title Artist(s)
1 " When Doves Cry" Prince
2 " What's Love Got to Do with It" Tina Turner
3 " Say, Say, Say" Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
4 " Footloose" Kenny Loggins
5 " Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins
6 " Jump" Van Halen
7 " Hello" Lionel Richie
8 " Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes
9 " Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr.
10 " Karma Chameleon" Culture Club
11 " Missing You" John Waite
12 " All Night Long (All Night)" Lionel Richie
13 " Let's Hear It for the Boy" Deniece Williams
14 " Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen
15 " Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper
16 " The Reflex" Duran Duran
17 " Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper
18 " Jump (For My Love)" The Pointer Sisters
19 " Talking in Your Sleep" The Romantics
20 " Self Control" Laura Branigan
21 " Let's Go Crazy" Prince & the Revolution
22 " Say It Isn't So" Daryl Hall & John Oates
23 " Hold Me Now" Thompson Twins
24 " Joanna" Kool & the Gang
25 " I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder
26 " Somebody's Watching Me" Rockwell
27 " Break My Stride" Matthew Wilder
28 " 99 Luftballons" Nena
29 " I Can Dream About You" Dan Hartman
30 " The Glamorous Life" Sheila E.
31 " Oh Sherrie" Steve Perry
32 " Stuck on You" Lionel Richie
33 " I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" Elton John
34 " She Bop" Cyndi Lauper
35 " Borderline" Madonna
36 " Sunglasses at Night" Corey Hart
37 " Eyes Without a Face" Billy Idol
38 " Here Comes the Rain Again" Eurythmics
39 " Uptown Girl" Billy Joel
40 " Sister Christian" Night Ranger
41 " Drive" The Cars
42 " Twist of Fate" Olivia Newton-John
43 " Union of the Snake" Duran Duran
44 " The Heart of Rock & Roll" Huey Lewis and the News
45 " Hard Habit to Break" Chicago
46 " The Warrior" Scandal
47 " If Ever You're in My Arms Again" Peabo Bryson
48 " Automatic" The Pointer Sisters
49 " Let the Music Play" Shannon
50 " To All the Girls I've Loved Before" Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
51 " Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" Billy Ocean
52 " That's All" Genesis
53 " Running with the Night" Lionel Richie
54 " Sad Songs (Say So Much)" Elton John
55 " I Want a New Drug" Huey Lewis and the News
56 " Islands in the Stream" Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
57 " Love Is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar
58 " Infatuation" Rod Stewart
59 " Almost Paradise" Mike Reno and Ann Wilson
60 " Legs" ZZ Top
61 " State of Shock" The Jacksons
62 " Love Somebody" Rick Springfield
63 " Miss Me Blind" Culture Club
64 " If This Is It" Huey Lewis and the News
65 " You Might Think" The Cars
66 " Lucky Star" Madonna
67 " Cover Me" Bruce Springsteen
68 " Cum on Feel the Noize" Quiet Riot
69 " Breakdance" Irene Cara
70 " Adult Education" Daryl Hall & John Oates
71 " They Don't Know" Tracey Ullman
72 " An Innocent Man" Billy Joel
73 " Cruel Summer" Bananarama
74 " Dance Hall Days" Wang Chung
75 " Give It Up" KC and the Sunshine Band
76 " I'm So Excited" The Pointer Sisters
77 " I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" Ray Parker Jr.
78 " Thriller" Michael Jackson
79 " Holiday" Madonna
80 " Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" Ollie & Jerry
81 " Nobody Told Me" John Lennon
82 " Church of the Poison Mind" Culture Club
83 " Think of Laura" Christopher Cross
84 " Time Will Reveal" DeBarge
85 " Wrapped Around Your Finger" The Police
86 " Pink Houses" John Cougar Mellencamp
87 " Round and Round" Ratt
88 " Head over Heels" The Go-Go's
89 " The Longest Time" Billy Joel
90 "Tonight" Kool & the Gang
91 " Got a Hold on Me" Christine McVie
92 " Dancing in the Sheets" Shalamar
93 " Undercover of the Night" The Rolling Stones
94 " On the Dark Side" John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
95 " New Moon on Monday" Duran Duran
96 " Major Tom (Coming Home)" Peter Schilling
97 " Magic" The Cars
98 " When You Close Your Eyes" Night Ranger
99 " Rock Me Tonite" Billy Squier
100 " Yah Mo B There" James Ingram and Michael McDonald

See also

References

  1. ^ "Talent Almanac 1985: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. TA-19.