List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1984

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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1984.

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A total of 99 singles hit the top-ten, including 20 number one songs and 7 number-two peaked songs.

Lionel Richie scored five top ten hits during the year with "All Night Long (All Night)", "Running with the Night", "Hello", "Stuck on You", and "Penny Lover", the most among all other artists.

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1984
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
Singles from 1983
December 17"Owner of a Lonely Heart" Yes 1January 2110
"Twist of Fate" Olivia Newton-John 5January 77
December 24"Break My Stride" Matthew Wilder 5January 217
Singles from 1984
January 7"Talking in Your Sleep" The Romantics 3January 287
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" Elton John 4January 286
January 14"Karma Chameleon" Culture Club 1February 49
"Running with the Night" Lionel Richie 7February 45
January 21"Joanna" Kool & the Gang 2February 116
January 28"That's All" Genesis 6February 114
February 4"Think of Laura" Christopher Cross 9February 42
"Pink Houses" John Cougar Mellencamp 8February 112
February 11"Jump" Van Halen 1February 2510
February 18"99 Luftballons" Nena 2March 36
"Thriller" Michael Jackson 4March 35
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" Cyndi Lauper 2March 108
"Let the Music Play" Shannon 8February 253
February 25"Nobody Told Me" John Lennon 5March 34
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" The Police 8March 32
"An Innocent Man" Billy Joel 10February 251
March 3"Somebody's Watching Me" Rockwell 2March 248
"I Want a New Drug" Huey Lewis and the News 6March 245
March 10"Here Comes the Rain Again" Eurythmics 4March 317
"Footloose" Kenny Loggins 1March 3111
March 17"New Moon on Monday" Duran Duran 10March 171
March 24"Automatic" The Pointer Sisters 5April 146
"Adult Education" Hall & Oates 8April 74
"Got a Hold on Me" Christine McVie 10March 241
March 31"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins 1April 2110
"Miss Me Blind"Culture Club5April 216
April 7"Hello"Lionel Richie1May 1210
April 14"Hold Me Now" Thompson Twins 3May 57
April 21"Love Somebody" Rick Springfield 5May 55
"They Don't Know" Tracey Ullman 8April 283
April 28"You Might Think" The Cars 7April 284
"To All the Girls I've Loved Before" Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson 5May 196
May 5"Let's Hear It for the Boy" Deniece Williams 1May 269
May 12"Time After Time"Cyndi Lauper1June 99
"Oh Sherrie" Steve Perry 3June 97
May 26"The Reflex"Duran Duran1June 238
"Sister Christian" Night Ranger 5June 94
"Breakdance" Irene Cara 8June 93
June 2"The Heart of Rock & Roll"Huey Lewis and the News6June 97
June 9"Self Control" Laura Branigan 4June 306
"Jump (For My Love)"The Pointer Sisters3July 78
June 16"Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen 2June 309
"Borderline" Madonna 10June 161
June 23"When Doves Cry" Prince 1July 711
"Eyes Without a Face" Billy Idol 4July 146
June 30"Almost Paradise...Love Theme from Footloose" Mike Reno and Ann Wilson 7July 144
July 7"Legs" ZZ Top 8July 214
July 14"Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr. 1August 1110
July 21"State of Shock" The Jacksons 3August 46
"Sad Songs (Say So Much)"Elton John5August 115
"Infatuation" Rod Stewart 6July 284
July 28"What's Love Got to Do with It" Tina Turner 1September 110
August 4"Stuck on You"Lionel Richie3August 257
"Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" Ollie & Jerry 9August 41
"I Can Dream About You" Dan Hartman 6August 184
August 11"Sunglasses at Night" Corey Hart 7September 15
August 18"Missing You" John Waite 1September 229
"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" Peabo Bryson 10August 183
August 25"She Bop"Cyndi Lauper3September 88
September 1"Let's Go Crazy"Prince and the Revolution 1September 299
"If This Is It"Huey Lewis and the News6September 154
September 8"The Warrior" Scandal featuring Patty Smyth 7September 225
"Drive"The Cars3September 297
September 15"The Glamorous Life" Sheila E. 7October 65
September 22"I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder 1October 1310
"Cruel Summer" Bananarama 9September 292
September 29"Cover Me"Bruce Springsteen7October 204
October 6"Hard Habit to Break" Chicago 3October 206
"Lucky Star"Madonna4October 205
October 13"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" Billy Ocean 1November 37
October 20"On the Dark Side" John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band 7October 273
"Purple Rain"Prince and the Revolution2November 177
"I'm So Excited"The Pointer Sisters9October 272
October 27"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! 1November 178
"Some Guys Have All the Luck"Rod Stewart10October 271
November 3"Blue Jean" David Bowie 8November 32
"Better Be Good to Me"Tina Turner5November 245
"I Feel for You" Chaka Khan 3November 249
November 10"Out of Touch"Hall & Oates1December 89
"Desert Moon" Dennis DeYoung 10November 101
November 17"Strut" Sheena Easton 7November 243
"All Through the Night"Cyndi Lauper5December 85
"Penny Lover"Lionel Richie8December 14
December 1"The Wild Boys"Duran Duran2December 158
"No More Lonely Nights" Paul McCartney 6December 85
December 15"Like a Virgin"Madonna1December 229

1983 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1984 which peaked in 1983
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
October 15"All Night Long (All Night)"Lionel Richie1November 1213
November 5"Say Say Say"Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson1December 1013
November 19"Say It Isn't So"Hall & Oates2December 1710
December 10"Union of the Snake"Duran Duran3December 246
December 24"Undercover of the Night" The Rolling Stones 9December 243

1985 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1984 which peaked in 1985
Top ten
entry date		SingleArtist(s)PeakPeak dateWeeks in
top ten
December 8"We Belong" Pat Benatar 5January 57
"Cool It Now" New Edition 4January 56
"Sea of Love" The Honeydrippers 3January 56
December 22"All I Need" Jack Wagner 2January 126
"Valotte" Julian Lennon 9January 124

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This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.

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