Number Ones in 1984

The first Take 40 number one was Pat Benatar with Love Is A Battlefield, from her album 'Live From Earth'. The single won the Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Rock Performance for 1983.

Number one from Jan 23, 1984 to Mar 11, 1984

From her album 'She's So Unusual', Cyndi Lauper also went to number 1 with this song in 6 other countries, including the USA, Canada, Chile, and Japan!

Number one from Mar 12, 1984 to Mar 25, 1984

The title track from Nena's '99 Luftballoons' album. Various bands have covered this song (at least 14), including 7 Seconds, Five Iron Frenzy, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, AFI, NOFX to name a few!

Number one from Mar 26, 1984 to Apr 29, 1984

From Weird Al's 'In 3-D' album, this is a parody of the Michael Jackson hit 'Beat It'.

Number one from Apr 30, 1984 to May 6, 1984

From the soundtrack of the movie 'Footloose', starring Kevin Bacon. It also appeared in the 1997 film 'Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion'!

Number one from May 7, 1984 to May 27, 1984

'Hello' spent 2 weeks atop of the US Singles chart, and features on Lionel's 1984 album 'Can't Slow Down'.

Number one from May 28, 1984 to Jun 17, 1984

The first Australian number one for the year, from The 12th Man's album 'It's Just Not Cricket'.

Number one from Jun 18, 1984 to Jul 8, 1984

The song all started with a grammatical error in a note left by Wham member Andrew Ridgeley for bandmate George Michael in his hotel room one night, saying "don't forget to wake me up up before you go go"! The track features on the album 'Make It Big'.

Number one from Jul 9, 1984 to Aug 12, 1984 | Aug 20, 1984 to Sep 2, 1984

This song, from Prince's popular 'Purple Rain' album, was covered by Quindon Tarver for the soundtrack to the 1996 teen film adaptation of 'Romeo & Juliet'!

Number one from Aug 13, 1984 to Aug 19, 1984

In 1993, the song's name was used as the title for 'What's Love Got To Do With It', a film about the life of Tina Turner. The track features on Tina's breakthrough album 'Private Dancer'.

Number one from Sep 3, 1984 to Sep 9, 1984

'Careless Whisper' was released as one of George Michael's first solo singles, even though it was written and recorded with Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley. It features on the album 'Make It Big'.

Number one from Sep 10, 1984 to Oct 7, 1984

Written for the soundtrack to the movie 'The Woman In Red'.

Number one from Oct 8, 1984 to Dec 2, 1984

Charted in the top 10 in over 10 countries, number 1 in 5, with sales of over 4 million copies. The track appeared on the 'Like A Virgin' album.

Number one from Dec 3, 1984 to Jan 6, 1985