In 1984, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the adult contemporary category in Canada. The chart, entitled Contemporary Adult in the beginning of 1984, has undergone numerous name changes throughout its existence and has become Adult Contemporary from August 1984 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1984, thirty-seven individual songs topped the chart, which contained 30 positions and is based on record sales and adult contemporary radio station playlist submissions.
Chart history
+Issue dateTitleArtist(s) "What's New" Linda Ronstadt "Read 'Em and Weep" Barry Manilow "Running with the Night" Lionel Richie "Read 'Em and Weep" Barry Manilow "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" Elton John "Almost Over You" Sheena Easton "Think of Laura" Christopher Cross "An Innocent Man" Billy Joel "Take a Chance" Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta "Joanna" Kool & the Gang "This Woman" Kenny Rogers "Got a Hold on Me" Christine McVie "You're Looking Like Love To Me" Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack "I've Got a Crush on You" Linda Ronstadt "Got a Hold on Me" Christine McVie "Hello" Lionel Richie "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins "The Longest Time" Billy Joel "Don't Answer Me" The Alan Parsons Project "Time After Time" Cyndi Lauper "Let's Hear It for the Boy" Deniece Williams "Believe in Me" Dan Fogelberg "Jump (For My Love)" The Pointer Sisters "Just Another Woman in Love" Anne Murray "Self Control" Laura Branigan "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" Peabo Bryson "Stuck on You" Lionel Richie "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" Elton John "All of You" Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" Billy Joel "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder "Drive" The Cars "Hard Habit to Break" Chicago "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" Anne Murray and Dave Loggins "What About Me?" Kenny Rogers "Penny Lover" Lionel Richie "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! "All Through the Night" Cyndi Lauper
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References
External links Search RPM charts collection at Library and Archives Canada