My Personal Top 10 -- Singles of 1984

1984 -- a pivotal year in my life. Turned 13, voice finally settled down, decided I was in ok shape to wear shorts. Music changed my life this year -- music videos were on cable and free TV (anyone remember Friday Night Videos?), pop reached a crescendo, hair bands stopped teasing (their hair) and rose to the top of the charts, artists on the fringe entered the mainstream and swam like fish, some escaped the shadows of their earlier career and basked in the sunlight, and everyone was wearing 'virgin' bands and straight-leg pants. 1984 -- the peak of late 20th Century popular music...here's my personal top 10.

1. When Doves Cry -- Prince
2. China Girl -- David Bowie
3. One Night in Bangkok -- Murray Head
4. Careless Whisper -- Wham!
5. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun -- Cyndi Lauper
6. Relax -- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
7. Like a Virgin -- Madonna
8. Shout -- Tears for Fears
9. What's Love Got to Do with It? -- Tina Turner
10. Somebody's Watching Me -- Rockwell



Visit this Wikipedia page for more on music in 1984