(Finished April 23rd, 2023) Part 5 of The 208 Greatest Songs of 1984 And Counting

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Since I've been sharing countdowns from 1984 and listening to all those great songs again, I thought I would post a series of blogs with the greatest songs of 1984.

Notable events of 1984 include the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Steve Jobs launches the Mac in a world of primitive PCs, this commercial:

"Purple Rain"- all that incredible music and a dopey movie- Geraldine Ferraro, Tetris, "Footloose", "Sixteen Candles" (which also means the lovely Molly Ringwald, "Ghostbusters", Eddie Murphy, the first MTV Video Music Awards, "Do They Know It's Christmas" and Marvin Gaye is killed.

Best movies of 1984 include those mentioned above, "The Terminator", "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom", "Gremlins", "Beverly Hills Cop", "The Karate Kid", "1984" (of course), "Top Secret", "The Natural" (still a great movie), "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Splash".

69) Ratt "Round and Round":

70) Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band "I'm Goin' Down":

71) Billy Joel "The Longest Time":

72) Kool and the Gang "Tonight":

73) Shalamar "Dancing In The Sheets":

74) John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band "On The Dark Side":

75) Peter Schilling "Major Tom":

76) The Cars "Magic":

77) Night Ranger "When You Close Your Eyes":

78) Billy Squier "Rock Me Tonite":

79) James Ingram and Michael McDonald "Yah Mo Be There":

80) The Fixx "Are We Ourselves":

81) Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Two Tribes":

82) Rush "Distant Early Warning":

83) Pat Benatar "We Belong":

84) Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas":

85) Hall and Oates "Method of Modern Love":

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