List of European number-one hits of 1984

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This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 1984, as published by Eurotipsheet magazine (renamed Music & Media in April 1986).

Contents

Chart history

Issue dateSongArtistAlbumArtistRef.
19 March"Relax" Frankie Goes to Hollywood Thriller Michael Jackson [1]
26 MarchNo chart published
2 April
9 April"Street Dance" Break Machine ThrillerMichael Jackson [2]
16 April"Relax"Frankie Goes to Hollywood [3]
23 April"Street Dance"Break Machine [4]
30 April"Relax"Frankie Goes to Hollywood [5]
7 May [6]
14 May [7]
21 May [8]
28 May [9]
4 June"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins [10]
11 June"Relax"Frankie Goes to Hollywood [11]
18 June [12]
25 June [13]
2 July [14]
9 July [15]
16 July [lower-alpha 1] "Self Control" Laura Branigan [16]
23 July [lower-alpha 1]
30 July [17]
6 August [lower-alpha 2] [18]
13 August [lower-alpha 2]
20 August [lower-alpha 3] [19]
27 August [lower-alpha 3]
3 September Discovery Mike Oldfield [20]
10 September [21]
17 September [22]
24 September [23]
1 October"I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder Victory The Jacksons [24]
8 OctoberDiscoveryMike Oldfield [25]
15 October Powerslave Iron Maiden [26]
22 October The Woman in Red Stevie Wonder [27]
29 October [28]
5 November [29]
12 November [30]
19 November Private Dancer Tina Turner [31]
26 NovemberThe Woman in RedStevie Wonder [32]
3 December [33]
10 DecemberPrivate DancerTina Turner [34]
17 December [lower-alpha 4] [35]
24 DecemberNo chart published
31 December

Notes

  1. 1 2 The issue dated 23 July 1984 was a double issue.
  2. 1 2 The issue dated 13 August 1984 was a double issue.
  3. 1 2 The issue dated 27 August 1984 was a double issue.
  4. ↑ The issue dated 17 December 1984 was a double issue.

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