1984 in British music

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Charts Singles chart (#1s; Records) Albums chart (#1s) Download chart (#1s)
Awards BRIT Awards • Mercury Prize NME Awards
Periods Pre-1950 • 1950s & 60s 1970s • 1980s 1990s - Present
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Genres Classical • Britpop • Brithop Opera • Rock • Jazz
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This is a summary of 1984 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

[edit] Charts

Position	Song Title	Artist	Highest Position
1	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid	1
2	I Just Called to Say I Love You	Stevie Wonder	1
3	Relax	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	1
4	Two Tribes	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	1
5	Careless Whisper	George Michael	1
6	Last Christmas / Everything She Wants (Remix)	Wham!	2
7	Hello	Lionel Richie	1
8	Agadoo	Black Lace	2
9	Ghostbusters	Ray Parker Jr.	2
10	Freedom	Wham!	1
11	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go	Wham!	1
12	I Feel For You	Chaka Khan	1
13	White Lines (Don't Do It)	Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel	7
14	We All Stand Together	Paul McCartney & the Frog Chorus	3
15	99 Red Balloons	Nena	1
16	The Power Of Love	Frankie Goes to Hollywood	1
17	The Reflex	Duran Duran	1
18	Like A Virgin	Madonna	3
19	Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)	Phil Collins	2
20	What's Love Got To Do With It?	Tina Turner	3
21	I Should Have Known Better	Jim Diamond	1
22	No More Lonely Nights	Paul McCartney	2
23	I Want To Break Free	Queen	3
24	Hole In My Shoe	Neil	2
25	Time After Time	Cyndi Lauper	3
26	Radio Ga Ga	Queen	2
27	Together In Electric Dreams	Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey	3
28	When Doves Cry	Prince	4
29	Doctor, Doctor	The Thompson Twins	3
30	Self Control	Laura Branigan	5
31	The War Song	Culture Club	2
32	Girls Just Want To Have Fun	Cyndi Lauper	2
33	The Wild Boys	Duran Duran	2
34	I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me	Nik Kershaw	2
35	Like To Get To Know You Well	Howard Jones	4
36	Nellie The Elephant	The Toy Dolls	4
37	Pride (In The Name Of Love)	U2	3
38	Automatic	The Pointer Sisters	2
39	Joanna	Kool & the Gang	2
40	That's Living Alright	Joe Fagin	3

The 1984 BRIT Awards winners were: