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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1984.
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1984.
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1983 | |||||
| December 17 | "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" | Elton John | 2 | January 14 | 10 |
| December 24 | "Take a Chance" | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | 3 | January 21 | 7 |
| Singles from 1984 | |||||
| January 7 | "The Sound of Goodbye" | Crystal Gayle | 10 | January 7 | 2 |
| January 14 | "Joanna" | Kool & the Gang | 2 | February 4 | 9 |
| "Running with the Night" | Lionel Richie | 6 | January 21 | 6 | |
| January 21 | "Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club | 3 | February 4 | 7 |
| "Think of Laura" | Christopher Cross | 1 | February 4 | 8 | |
| "An Innocent Man" | Billy Joel | 1 | March 3 | 9 | |
| January 28 | "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" | Ray Parker Jr. | 10 | January 28 | 2 |
| February 4 | "Almost Over You" | Sheena Easton | 4 | March 3 | 8 |
| February 11 | "So Bad" | Paul McCartney | 3 | March 3 | 8 |
| "This Woman" | Kenny Rogers | 2 | March 3 | 9 | |
| "That's All" | Genesis | 7 | February 25 | 6 | |
| February 25 | "Got a Hold on Me" | Christine McVie | 1 | March 10 | 9 |
| "You're Looking Like Love to Me" | Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack | 5 | March 24 | 6 | |
| March 17 | "Hello" | Lionel Richie | 1 | April 7 | 12 |
| "I've Got a Crush on You" | Linda Ronstadt & the Nelson Riddle Orchestra | 7 | March 24 | 4 | |
| "Unfaithfully Yours (One Love)" | Stephen Bishop | 4 | April 21 | 7 | |
| March 24 | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Phil Collins | 2 | April 14 | 12 |
| "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" | Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson | 3 | April 14 | 8 | |
| March 31 | "Here Comes the Rain Again" | Eurythmics | 6 | April 7 | 3 |
| April 7 | "Don't Answer Me" | The Alan Parsons Project | 4 | May 5 | 6 |
| "The Longest Time" | Billy Joel | 1 | May 19 | 11 | |
| April 14 | "We're Going All the Way" | Jeffrey Osborne | 6 | May 5 | 5 |
| April 21 | "Terms of Endearment" | Michael Gore | 5 | May 12 | 6 |
| April 28 | "Mystery" | The Manhattan Transfer | 6 | May 19 | 6 |
| May 5 | "There's No Easy Way" | James Ingram | 7 | May 19 | 6 |
| May 12 | "Time After Time" | Cyndi Lauper | 1 | June 2 | 10 |
| May 19 | "Let's Hear It for the Boy" | Deniece Williams | 3 | June 2 | 7 |
| "Eyes That See in the Dark" | Kenny Rogers | 4 | June 9 | 6 | |
| "Believe in Me" | Dan Fogelberg | 1 | June 23 | 10 | |
| June 2 | "Just Another Woman in Love" | Anne Murray | 7 | June 16 | 5 |
| June 9 | "It's a Miracle" | Culture Club | 8 | June 16 | 4 |
| "I Pretend" | Kim Carnes | 9 | June 16 | 3 | |
| June 16 | "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" | Peabo Bryson | 1 | July 7 | 12 |
| "Almost Paradise" | Mike Reno & Ann Wilson | 1 | June 30 | 8 | |
| June 23 | "When We Make Love" | Alabama | 8 | July 7 | 4 |
| June 30 | "Self Control" | Laura Branigan | 5 | July 7 | 4 |
| "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" | Elton John | 2 | July 14 | 11 | |
| July 7 | "Stuck on You" | Lionel Richie | 1 | August 4 | 13 |
| "Simple" | Johnny Mathis | 6 | July 21 | 6 | |
| July 14 | "Alibis" | Sergio Mendes | 5 | July 28 | 6 |
| July 21 | "A Little Love" | Juice Newton | 7 | July 28 | 3 |
| "Prime Time" | The Alan Parsons Project | 10 | July 21 | 2 | |
| July 28 | "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" | Billy Joel | 1 | September 8 | 11 |
| "All of You" | Julio Iglesias & Diana Ross | 2 | September 8 | 9 | |
| August 4 | "Hold Me" | Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston | 6 | August 18 | 6 |
| August 11 | "I Can Dream About You" | Dan Hartman | 7 | August 18 | 3 |
| August 18 | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Tina Turner | 8 | August 25 | 6 |
| August 25 | "Turn Around" | Neil Diamond | 4 | September 15 | 8 |
| September 1 | "Drive" | The Cars | 1 | September 22 | 9 |
| "If This Is It" | Huey Lewis & the News | 5 | September 22 | 7 | |
| September 8 | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | Stevie Wonder | 1 | October 13 | 12 |
| September 15 | "Hard Habit to Break" | Chicago | 3 | September 29 | 9 |
| "Missing You" | John Waite | 7 | September 29 | 5 | |
| September 29 | "What About Me?" | Kenny Rogers featuring Kim Carnes & James Ingram | 1 | November 3 | 10 |
| "In The Name of Love" | Ralph MacDonald & Bill Withers | 6 | October 13 | 5 | |
| October 6 | "You Were Made for Me" | Irene Cara | 10 | October 6 | 2 |
| October 13 | "Left in the Dark" | Barbara Streisand | 4 | November 3 | 5 |
| October 20 | "Penny Lover" | Lionel Richie | 1 | November 17 | 11 |
| "Shine, Shine" | Barry Gibb | 8 | October 20 | 2 | |
| "On the Wings of a Nightingale" | The Everly Brothers | 9 | October 20 | 3 | |
| "Desert Moon" | Dennis DeYoung | 4 | November 10 | 6 | |
| November 3 | "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" | Billy Ocean | 7 | November 3 | 2 |
| "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Wham! | 4 | November 24 | 6 | |
| "No More Lonely Nights" | Paul McCartney | 2 | November 24 | 11 | |
| November 10 | "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" | Anne Murray & Dave Loggins | 10 | November 10 | 2 |
| November 17 | "All Through the Night" | Cyndi Lauper | 4 | December 1 | 8 |
| "Sea of Love" | The Honeydrippers | 1 | December 15 | 10 | |
| "Out of Touch" | Hall & Oates | 8 | November 24 | 4 | |
| November 24 | "After All" | Al Jarreau | 6 | December 8 | 4 |
| December 1 | "Do What You Do" | Jermaine Jackson | 1 | December 22 | 11 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 5 | "Say Say Say" | Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson | 3 | December 17 | 11 |
| "The Way He Makes Me Feel" | Barbara Streisand | 1 | December 10 | 12 | |
| November 19 | "Break My Stride" | Matthew Wilder | 4 | December 17 | 11 |
| November 26 | "What's New" | Linda Ronstadt | 5 | December 3 | 8 |
| December 3 | "Read 'Em and Weep" | Barry Manilow | 1 | December 24 | 10 |
| "Say It Isn't So" | Hall & Oates | 8 | December 17 | 6 | |
| December 24 | "Make Believe It's Your First Time" | The Carpenters | 7 | December 24 | 3 |
| Top ten entry date | Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | "All I Need" | Jack Wagner | 1 | January 12 | 13 |
| December 8 | "Valotte" | Julian Lennon | 4 | January 12 | 7 |
| December 15 | "When October Goes" | Barry Manilow | 6 | January 12 | 5 |
| "You're the Inspiration" | Chicago | 1 | January 26 | 11 | |
| December 22 | "Understanding" | Bob Seger | 7 | January 12 | 5 |
The Adult Contemporary chart is published weekly by Billboard magazine and lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States. The chart is compiled based on airplay data submitted to Billboard by stations that are members of the Adult Contemporary radio panel. The chart debuted in Billboard magazine on July 17, 1961. Over the years, the chart has gone under a series of name changes, being called Easy Listening(1961–1962; 1965– ml ioii
, Middle-Road Singles, Pop-Standard Singles, Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and Adult Contemporary.
"Hello" is a song by 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 in the UK Singles Chart for six weeks. The song later inspired a lawsuit by songwriter Marjorie Hoffman White, who accused Richie of plagiarizing her composition "I'm Not Ready to Go".
"Make No Mistake, He's Mine" is a song written by Kim Carnes and recorded as a duet by Barbra Streisand and Carnes in 1984 and subsequently by Ronnie Milsap and Kenny Rogers under the title of "Make No Mistake, She's Mine". Both versions charted.
"What About Me?" is a song first recorded in 1984 as a trio by singers Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, and James Ingram. The song was written by Rogers, noted producer David Foster, and singer-songwriter Richard Marx, who would later achieve superstar status as a musician. It was the lead single from Rogers's Platinum-plus 1984 album of the same name.
"Believe in Me" is the title of a popular song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg. The song appears on Fogelberg's eighth studio album Windows and Walls (1984).
"Suddenly" is a popular song from 1985 written and performed by the Trinidadian-born, British-based pop music singer Billy Ocean. It is the title track to the singer's 1984 breakthrough album, which was produced by Keith Diamond.
"An Innocent Man" is a 1983 song performed by Billy Joel and the third single from his album An Innocent Man.
"Penny Lover" is the title of the fifth and final single released from Lionel Richie's multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winning 1983 album, Can't Slow Down. The song was written by Richie and his then-wife, Brenda Harvey Richie.
"Just Another Woman In Love" is a song written by Wanda Mallette and Patti Ryan, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was released in the spring of 1984 as the third 45 from her Gold-certified album A Little Good News.
"Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" is a song written by James Dunne and Pamela Phillips, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray and singer-songwriter Dave Loggins as a duet. It was the first single from her album Heart Over Mind, peaking at number one on December 15, 1984. It was Murray's ninth American number-one country hit, and it also hit the top ten on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song was Loggins' only hit on the country chart.
"Crazy in Love" is a song by songwriters Even Stevens and Randy McCormick; it was first recorded by Joe Cocker on his 1984 album Civilized Man. The song was covered by American artist Kim Carnes in 1988 and released as the second single from her album View from the House, it peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart and number 68 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.