Top 20 From 20 Years Ago (Billboard Oct 1, 1984)

[vashti1999]

The top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 1984:

1.Let's Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution
2.Missing You - John Waite
3.Drive - The Cars
4.She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
5.I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
6.What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
7.The Warrior - Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
8.The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
9.Cruel Summer - Bananarama
10.Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
11.If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
12.Hard Habit To Break - Chicago
13.Lucky Star - Madonna
14.When You Close Your Eyes - Night Ranger
15.Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
16.Dynamite - Jermaine Jackson
17.Torture - Jackons
18.Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
19.Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
20.The Lucky One - Laura Branigan

If you're too young to remember these songs, I HATE YOU!! Just kidding.

Goes to show I must've really hated Night Ranger, I remember all of these songs pretty well but don't remember the Night Ranger song at all. Blocked them out of my mind, I guess.

The five artists who would get Grammy nominations for album of the year that year were all represented in the top 20: Prince, Cyndi L., Tina T., Bruce S. and Lionel R.

Elsewhere on that week's chart, Prince's When Doves Cry dropped out of the top 40 (from #23 to #46) but Chaka Khan's cover of a Prince song, I Feel For You, entered the top 40 (from #49 to #38)

The highest debut on the Hot 100 was Out of Touch by Hall & Oates, #48

The oldest song on the chart, spending its 30th week on the Hot 100, was Borderline by Madonna, #97

For BuffySlayer79: David Bowie's Blue Jean was #34

For jrnygrl: Steve Perry's Strung Out was #50

For AKA: Billy Joel's Leave A Tender Moment Alone was #61

For Dr. Jazz: SOS Band's Just The Way You Like It was #68

[dandelion wine]

Man, I wish I could go back..

[Seinatra]

Originally posted by vashti1999
The top 20 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 from this week in 1984:

Goes to show I must've really hated Night Ranger, I remember all of these songs pretty well but don't remember the Night Ranger song at all. Blocked them out of my mind, I guess.

That is the only one I don't remember either! I didn't think Drive by the Cars ever got that high.

[Jrnygrl]

Hey Vashti, thanks for posting this and the Steve Perry mention (#50 ).

Looking at this list, music 20 years ago was a real mix of everything. Don't feel bad about the Night Ranger song, I never heard of it either, the only Night Ranger song I know is "Sister Christian."

I love all the songs listed. Where did the time go!!!?????

[crystals]

A lot of those songs are great. I especially like the songs:
Let's Go Crazy, Missing You, What's Love Got To Do With It, Cruel Summer, I Just Called To Say I Love You, Lucky Star and She Bop. I like Laura Branigan's music, but I haven't heard the song Lucky One.

[Hollow]

Originally posted by vashti1999
3.Drive - The Cars

Those phrases match.

[Lee]

Drive by The Cars entered American Top 40 with Casey Kasem
the week of August 11 1984. Here is the songs chart life:
34-27-18-14-10-7-5-3-3-3-6-12-21-34

[TJL]

Now that's music.

[Lee]

Originally posted by Jrnygrl:
Hey Vashti, thanks for posting this and the Steve Perry mention(#50)

Strung Out did manage to chart on AT40 the week of 10/27/84
for one week at #40.

[Cactus Jack]

Great songs!

[TJL]

Ah, the good ol' days when Huey Lewis ruled the world.

[spunkygirl]

Originally posted by little insomniac
Man, I wish I could go back..

Me too

[vashti1999]

Originally posted by webwarrior762004

Strung Out did manage to chart on AT40 the week of 10/27/84
for one week at #40.

I just checked the chart. That song moved up from 41 to 40, then the following week it dropped to #56.

[Jrnygrl]

Originally posted by webwarrior762004
Originally posted by Jrnygrl:
Hey Vashti, thanks for posting this and the Steve Perry mention(#50)

Strung Out did manage to chart on AT40 the week of 10/27/84
for one week at #40.