BRT Top 30 number-one hits of 1984

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These hits topped the Ultratop 50 in the Flanders region of Belgium in 1984. [1]

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Singles

Issue dateSongArtist
7 January"Happy Station" Fun Fun
14 January"You Are" Dolly Parton
21 January"Thriller" Michael Jackson
28 January
4 February"Love of the Common People" Paul Young
11 February
18 February
25 February
3 March
10 March Radio Ga Ga" Queen
17 March
24 March"When the Lady Smiles" Golden Earring
31 March"Somebody's Watching Me" Rockwell
7 April"Love Is a Battlefield" Pat Benatar
14 April
21 April"Hello" Lionel Richie
28 April
5 May
12 May
19 May
26 May"To All the Girls I've Loved Before" Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias
2 June"I Want to Break Free"Queen
9 June
16 June
23 June"The Reflex" Duran Duran
30 June
7 July
14 July
21 July"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham!
28 July
4 August"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" Ultravox
11 August"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"Wham!
18 August"Two Tribes" Frankie Goes To Hollywood
25 August
1 September
8 September"Smalltown Boy" Bronski Beat
15 September"Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr.
22 September"I Just Called To Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder
29 September
6 October
13 October
20 October
27 October
3 November
10 November
17 November"Purple Rain" Prince
24 November
1 December"When the Rain Begins to Fall" Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora
8 December
15 December
22 December
29 December"Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid

1984 Year-End Chart

Singles

Pos.ArtistTitlePeak
1Stevie Wonder"I Just Called To Say I Love You"1
2Wham!"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"1
3Duran Duran"The Reflex"1
4Frankie Goes To Hollywood"Two Tribes"1
5Prince"Purple Rain"1
6George Michael"Careless Whisper"2
7Pat Benatar"Love Is A Battlefield"1
8Paul Young"Loved Of The Common People"1
9Lionel Richie"Hello"1
10Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias"To All The Girls I've Loved Before"1

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