These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1984. Overall, Prince spent the most weeks at number one in 1984, reigning for seven weeks at the top with "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy" (with the Revolution). However, "Like a Virgin" by Madonna had the longest run at number one of any song which rose into the top position during 1984. Though it spent only two weeks at number one at the end of the year, it went on to spend an additional four weeks at the top to begin 1985, for a total of six weeks.
That year, 15 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Yes, Culture Club, Van Halen, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, Prince, Ray Parker Jr., Tina Turner, John Waite, The Revolution, Billy Ocean, Wham!, and Madonna. Prince was the only act to hit number one more than once that year, with two.
Chart history
+KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1984 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. Issue dateSongArtist(s)542January 7 "Say Say Say" Paul McCartney and Michael JacksonJanuary 14543January 21 "Owner of a Lonely Heart" YesJanuary 28544February 4 "Karma Chameleon" Culture ClubFebruary 11February 18545February 25 "Jump" Van HalenMarch 3March 10March 17March 24546March 31 "Footloose" Kenny LogginsApril 7April 14547April 21 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil CollinsApril 28May 5548May 12 "Hello" Lionel RichieMay 19549May 26 "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Deniece WilliamsJune 2550June 9 "Time After Time" Cyndi LauperJune 16551June 23 "The Reflex" Duran Duran June 30552July 7 "When Doves Cry" PrinceJuly 14July 21 July 28August 4553August 11 "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr.August 18August 25554September 1 "What's Love Got to Do with It" Tina TurnerSeptember 8September 15555September 22 "Missing You" John Waite556September 29 "Let's Go Crazy" Prince and the RevolutionOctober 6 557October 13 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder October 20 October 27 558November 3 "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" Billy Ocean November 10 559November 17 "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! November 24December 1560December 8 "Out of Touch" Daryl Hall and John Oates December 15 561December 22 "Like a Virgin" MadonnaDecember 29
Notes
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Prince 7 2 Van Halen 5 3 Culture Club 3 Kenny Loggins Phil Collins Ray Parker Jr. Tina Turner Stevie Wonder Wham! 10 Paul McCartney 2 Michael Jackson Yes Lionel Richie Deniece Williams Cyndi Lauper Duran Duran Billy Ocean Daryl Hall and John Oates Madonna 20 John Waite 1
See also 1984 in music List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1984 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s
References
Additional sources Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition () Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition () Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties () Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.