(Started January 17th, 2023) Biggest and Hottest Songs From 39 Years Ago- January 14th, 1984

Hello,

What were the biggest songs 40 years ago this week. I like looking at lists like this, it reminds me of a lot of songs that I hadn't heard in years. This list comes from https://top40weekly.com/1984-all-charts/

about 5 or 6 songs on this list are on my greatest songs of all-time. Music was so crazy good in the 80s, the mid 80s seemed to be extremely fertile.

1) Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson "Say Say Say":

2) Hall & Oates "Say It Isn't So":

3) Duran Duran "Union of the Snake":

4) Yes "Owner of A Lonely Heart":

5) Olivia Newton-John "Twist of Fate":

6) The Romantics "Talking In Your Sleep":

7) Matthew Wilder "Break My Stride":

10) Elton John "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues":

11) Billy Joel "Uptown Girl":

12) Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield":

13) Culture Club "Karma Chameleon":

14) Peter Schilling "Major Tom (Coming Home)":

15) Lionel Richie "Running With The Night":

16) Culture Club "Church of the Poison Mind":

17) Kool and The Gang "Joanna":

18) Barry Manilow "Read 'Em and Weep":

19) The Police "Synchronicity 2":

20) Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noize":

21) The Curly Shuffle "Jump 'n The Saddle":

22) Genesis "That's All":

23) .38 Special "If I'd Been The One":

24) Ray Parker Jr. "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You":

25) DeBarge "Time Will Reveal":

26) John Cougar Mellencamp "Pink Houses":

I just realized that Madonna and hair metal started to break out at the same time. 27) Madonna "Holiday":

28) Irene Cara "Why Me?":

29) Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton "Islands In The Stream":

30) Christopher Cross "Think of Laura":

31) Jeffrey Osborne "Stay With Me Tonight":

32) Spandau Ballet "Gold":

33)  The Fixx "The Sign of Fire":

Sadly this song reviews itself with its title. I expect a bit better from Paul McCartney. 34) Paul McCartney "So Bad":

The band's original singer, Stuart Adamson, died much too young in 2001. 35) Big Country "In A Big Country":

36) Deborah Allen "Baby I Lied":

37) The Pretenders "Middle of The Road":

38) Shannon "Let The Music Play":

39) Billy Joel "An Innocent Man":

The man who was the singer for so many classic Led Zeppelin tracks. 40) Robert Plant "In The Mood":

This Week's Drops:

Down 7 places. 44) Naked Eyes "When The Lights Go Out":

Down 19 places. 49) Rufus and Chaka Khan "Ain't Nobody":

Down 27 places 51) John Cougar Mellencamp "Crumblin' Down":

Down 17 places. 53) Huey Lewis & The News "Heart and Soul":

Power Plays

41) The Motels "Remember The Nights":

42) Real Life "Send Me An Angel":

43) Stevie Nicks (with Sandy Stewart) "Nightbird":

45) James Ingram & Michael McDonald "Yah Mo B There":

46) Rick James & Smokey Robinson "Ebony Eyes":

47) Irene Cara "The Dream":

48) Bonnie Tyler "Take Me Back":

50) Nena "99 Luftballons":

61) The Police "Wrapped Around Your Finger":

72) Quiet Riot "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)":

83) Con Funk Shun "Baby I'm Hooked":

88) D Train "Something's On your Mind":

90) Patti Labelle "If Only You Knew":

93) Evelyn King "Action":