List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1984

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Billy Joel (pictured in 2009) was a three-time chart-topper in 1984.

Adult Contemporary is a chart published by Billboard ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1984, 18 songs topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations. The chart was published under the title Adult Contemporary through the issue of Billboard dated October 13 and Hot Adult Contemporary thereafter.[1]

In the year's first issue of Billboard the number one song was "Read 'Em and Weep" by Barry Manilow, which was in its third week at number one.[2] It held the top spot for four weeks in 1984 before being replaced by "Think of Laura" by Christopher Cross. The most successful act on the AC chart in 1984 was Lionel Richie, who had three number ones and spent a total of fifteen weeks in the top spot, three times that achieved by any other act during the year. Billy Joel also had three chart-toppers during the year but only spent a total of five weeks at number one. Richie, lead singer of the Commodores, had launched his solo career in 1982 and quickly reached superstar status.[3] He had the two longest-running number ones of 1984, spending six consecutive weeks atop the chart with "Hello" and five weeks with "Stuck on You". While "Stuck on You" was at number one on the AC listing, he performed at the closing ceremony of the 1984 Summer Olympics.[3] Richie and Joel were the only acts with more than one chart-topper in 1984.

Three songs topped both the AC chart and Billboard's all-genre listing, the Hot 100, in 1984, including Richie's "Hello".[4] In June, Cyndi Lauper topped both listings with "Time After Time" and in the fall Stevie Wonder reached number one on both charts with "I Just Called to Say I Love You".[4] The song, from the soundtrack of the film The Woman in Red, won the singer the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[5] In December, The Honeydrippers, a short-lived supergroup brought together by singer Robert Plant and featuring among others his former Led Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page,[6] topped the chart with their cover version of the 1950s song "Sea of Love". It was the first Billboard number one single for Plant and Page, surpassing the best position achieved by Led Zeppelin, who had achieved a string of number one albums but never gained a chart-topping single.[6][7] "Sea of Love" was replaced at number one by "Do What You Do" by Jermaine Jackson, which was the final chart-topper of the year.

Chart history[edit]

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Cyndi Lauper topped the chart with "Time After Time".
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Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You" also topped the Hot 100 and won the musician an Academy Award.
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The Honeydrippers, the short-lived supergroup fronted by Robert Plant, topped the chart with "Sea of Love".
Key
† Indicates best-performing AC song of 1984[8]


Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 "Read 'Em and Weep" Barry Manilow [2]
January 14 [9]
January 21 [10]
January 28 [11]
February 4 "Think of Laura" Christopher Cross [12]
February 11 [13]
February 18 [14]
February 25 [15]
March 3 "An Innocent Man" Billy Joel [16]
March 10 "Got a Hold on Me" Christine McVie [17]
March 17 [18]
March 24 [19]
March 31 [20]
April 7 "Hello" Lionel Richie [21]
April 14 [22]
April 21 [23]
April 28 [24]
May 5 [25]
May 12 [26]
May 19 "The Longest Time" Billy Joel [27]
May 26 [28]
June 2 "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper [29]
June 9 [30]
June 16 [31]
June 23 "Believe in Me" Dan Fogelberg [32]
June 30 "Almost Paradise" Mike Reno and Ann Wilson [33]
July 7 "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" † Peabo Bryson [34]
July 14 [35]
July 21 [36]
July 28 [37]
August 4 "Stuck on You" Lionel Richie [38]
August 11 [39]
August 18 [40]
August 25 [41]
September 1 [42]
September 8 "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" Billy Joel [43]
September 15 [44]
September 22 "Drive" The Cars [45]
September 29 [46]
October 6 [47]
October 13 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder [48]
October 20 [49]
October 27 [50]
November 3 "What About Me?" Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes and James Ingram [51]
November 10 [52]
November 17 "Penny Lover" Lionel Richie [53]
November 24 [54]
December 1 [55]
December 8 [56]
December 15 "Sea of Love" The Honeydrippers [57]
December 22 "Do What You Do" Jermaine Jackson [58]
December 29 [59]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Record Research Incorporated. p. vi. ISBN 9780898201697.
  2. ^ a b "Adult Contemporary chart for January 7, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "Lionel Richie Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank (2016). Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000. Routledge. pp. 423–425. ISBN 9781135868864. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "Oscar's Best Original Songs: The Rightful Winners and the Snubbed Losers". Rolling Stone. February 25, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  6. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "The Honeydrippers Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "Led Zeppelin". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  8. ^ "Billboard Adult Contemporary Year End, 1984". Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 14, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  10. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 21, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  11. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for January 28, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  12. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 4, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  13. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 11, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  14. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 18, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  15. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for February 25, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  16. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 3, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  17. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 20, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  18. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 17, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  19. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 24, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  20. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for March 31, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  21. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 7, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  22. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 14, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  23. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 21, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  24. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for April 28, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  25. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 5, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  26. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 12, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  27. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 19, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  28. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for May 26, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  29. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 2, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  30. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 9, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  31. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 16, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  32. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 23, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  33. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for June 30, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  34. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 7, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  35. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 14, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  36. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 21, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  37. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for July 28, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  38. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 4, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  39. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 11, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  40. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 18, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  41. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for August 25, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  42. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 1, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  43. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 8, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  44. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 15, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  45. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 22, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  46. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for September 29, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  47. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 6, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  48. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 13, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  49. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 20, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  50. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for October 27, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  51. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 3, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  52. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 10, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  53. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 17, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  54. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for November 24, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  55. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 1, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  56. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 8, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  57. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 15, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  58. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 22, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  59. ^ "Adult Contemporary chart for December 29, 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2019.

See also[edit]

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