These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1984.
Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
7 January | "You Are" | Dolly Parton | [1] |
14 January | [2] | ||
21 January | "Love Me Just a Little Bit More (Totally Hooked on You)" | Dolly Dots | [3] |
28 January | "Love of the Common People" | Paul Young | [4] |
4 February | [5] | ||
11 February | [6] | ||
18 February | [7] | ||
25 February | "Radio Ga Ga" | Queen | [8] |
3 March | "When the Lady Smiles" | Golden Earring | [9] |
10 March | [10] | ||
17 March | "Love Is a Battlefield" | Pat Benatar | [11] |
24 March | [12] | ||
31 March | [13] | ||
7 April | [14] | ||
14 April | "Hello" | Lionel Richie | [15] |
21 April | [16] | ||
28 April | [17] | ||
5 May | [18] | ||
12 May | "Ik voel me zo verdomd alleen" | Danny de Munk | [19] |
19 May | [20] | ||
26 May | "I Want to Break Free" | Queen | [21] |
2 June | [22] | ||
9 June | "The Reflex" | Duran Duran | [23] |
16 June | [24] | ||
23 June | [25] | ||
30 June | [26] | ||
7 July | [27] | ||
14 July | [28] | ||
21 July | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Wham! | [29] |
28 July | [30] | ||
4 August | "Two Tribes" | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | [31] |
11 August | [32] | ||
18 August | [33] | ||
25 August | "Smalltown Boy" | Bronski Beat | [34] |
1 September | [35] | ||
8 September | "Careless Whisper" | George Michael | [36] |
15 September | [37] | ||
22 September | [38] | ||
29 September | [39] | ||
6 October | [40] | ||
13 October | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" | Stevie Wonder | [41] |
20 October | [42] | ||
27 October | [43] | ||
3 November | "Purple Rain" | Prince & The Revolution | [44] |
10 November | [45] | ||
17 November | [46] | ||
24 November | [47] | ||
1 December | "When the Rain Begins to Fall" | Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora | [48] |
8 December | [49] | ||
15 December | [50] | ||
22 December | [51] | ||
29 December | No Top 40 released | ||
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