"She Bop" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper,released as the third single from her debut studio album,She's So Unusual (1983). It reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1984. Worldwide,the song is her third most commercially successful single after "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time",and also reached number 46 on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the ARIA Singles Chart. "She Bop" was Lauper's third consecutive top 5 on the Hot 100. She recorded a quieter version of the song for her 2005 album The Body Acoustic.
"What's Love Got to Do with It" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten,and recorded by Tina Turner for her fifth studio album,Private Dancer (1984). Capitol Records released it as a single from Private Dancer in May 1984 and it eventually became Turner's biggest-selling single.
"Jump" is a song by American rock band Van Halen. It was released in December 1983 as the lead single of their sixth studio album,1984. It is Van Halen's most successful single,reaching number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song differs from earlier Van Halen songs in that it is driven by a keyboard riff,although the song does contain a guitar solo. David Lee Roth dedicated the song to martial artist Benny "The Jet" Urquidez,of whom he was a student. In 2021,Rolling Stone ranked "Jump" at number 177 on its updated list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
"All Night Long (All Night)" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie from his second solo album,Can't Slow Down (1983). The song combined Richie's Commodores style with Caribbean influences. The single reached number one on three Billboard charts (pop,R&B and adult contemporary). In the UK,it peaked at number two on the singles chart.
"I Feel for You" is a song written by American musician Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. The most successful and best-known version was recorded by R&B singer Chaka Khan and appeared on her 1984 album of the same name. It became the recipient of two Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Khan.
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a ballad written,produced,and performed by American R&B singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder. It was a major international hit,and remains Wonder's best-selling single to date,reaching number one in 28 countries worldwide.
"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a song by English pop duo Wham!,first released as a single in the UK on 14 May 1984. It became their first UK and US number one hit. It was written and produced by George Michael. The single was certified platinum in the US,which at the time commemorated sales of over two million copies. The music video features Michael and bandmate Andrew Ridgeley wearing oversized message T-shirts created by Katharine Hamnett,starting a craze covered in the 2002 VH1 series I Love the 80s. The song was ranked number 28 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.
"One More Night" is the first single in the United States and second in the United Kingdom from Phil Collins' third studio album,the Diamond-certified No Jacket Required. "One More Night" was Phil Collins' second U.S. No. 1 single,following "Against All Odds",and was his fourth single to reach the top ten in the UK,peaking at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. In the U.S.,the single entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 50 on the chart dated 9 February 1985. It hit number one seven weeks later and remained on top for two weeks. In the UK,the single was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry. It was also his first No. 1 on the U.S. Adult contemporary chart.
"Get Down on It" is a 1981 song by American band Kool &the Gang. It was originally released on their Something Special album in 1981. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA.
"Hello" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie. Taken as the third single from his second solo album,Can't Slow Down (1983),the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three Billboard music charts:the pop chart,the R&B chart,and the Adult Contemporary chart. The song also went to number one on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks.
"Karma Chameleon" is a song by English band Culture Club,featured on the group's 1983 album Colour by Numbers. The single was released in the United Kingdom in September 1983 and became the second Culture Club single to reach the top of the UK singles chart,after "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me". The record stayed at number one for six weeks and became the UK's biggest-selling single of the year 1983,selling 955,000 copies in 1983 and certificated platinum by BPI. To date,it is the 38th-biggest-selling single of all time in the UK,selling over 1.52 million copies.
"Footloose" is a song co-written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was released in January 1984 as the first of two singles by Loggins from the 1984 film of the same name. The song spent three weeks at number one,March 31—April 14,1984,on the US Billboard Hot 100,becoming Loggins' only chart-topper,and was the first of two number-one hits from the film. Billboard ranked it at the No. 4 song for 1984.
"Let's Hear It for the Boy" is a song by Deniece Williams that appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film Footloose. The song was released as a single from both the soundtrack and her album of the song's same name Columbia Records. It was written by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford and produced by George Duke. The song became Williams' second number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on May 26,1984. It also topped Billboard's dance and R&B charts and on the Cash Box Top 100. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart,behind "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham!. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 57th Academy Awards,and was certified platinum in the US and gold in Canada and the UK by the Recording Industry Association of America,Music Canada and the British Phonographic Industry,respectively. The music video was released in mid-April 1984. The song features background vocals from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam,who would go on to form the duo Boy Meets Girl.
"That's All" is a song by the English rock band Genesis. It is a group composition and appears as the second track on their self-titled album (1983). It was the album's second single after "Mama". On June 17,1993,MCA Records re-issued and re-released the song as a CD and "HiQ" cassette single.
"Dancing in the Dark" is a song written and performed by American rock singer Bruce Springsteen. It was the first single released ahead from his 1984 album,Born in the U.S.A.,and became his biggest hit,helping the album become the best-selling album of his career.
"Sussudio" is a song by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released on 14 January 1985 in the United Kingdom by Virgin Records as the lead single from his third solo studio album,No Jacket Required (1985). The song served as the second single from the album in the United States,being released on 30 April 1985 by Atlantic Records,following "One More Night". The song’s title is a pseudoword Collins randomly came up with during a practice session.
"Cherish" is a song by American R&B band Kool &the Gang,released in May 1985. It was the third single released from the band's sixteenth studio album,Emergency. It was certified Gold by the RIAA and held the number 1 position on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart for six weeks running. It would ultimately rank as the biggest Adult Contemporary chart hit of the 1980s.
"An Innocent Man" is a 1983 song performed by Billy Joel released as the third single from his album of the same name. The song,whose musical style is an homage to Ben E. King and the Drifters,reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,the third consecutive top 10 single from the album. It also spent one week at No. 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.
"Stuck on You" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie. It was the fourth single released from his second studio album,Can't Slow Down,released in June 1984,by Motown,and achieved chart success,particularly in the US and the UK,where it peaked at number three and number 12,respectively. "Stuck on You" reached number one on the Adult Contemporary chart,Richie's seventh chart topper.
"Say Say Say" is a song by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson,released in October 1983 as the lead single from McCartney's 1983 album Pipes of Peace. Produced by George Martin,it was recorded during production of McCartney's 1982 Tug of War album,about a year before the release of "The Girl Is Mine",the pair's first duet from Jackson's album Thriller (1982).
