A new countdown starts- 1984: THE GREATEST SONGS. #100-81. More: tomorrow.
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1984
THE 100 GREATEST SONGS
MCMLXXXIV
It was in 1984 that famine worsened in Ethiopia. Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated, Konstantin Chernenko became Soviet leader and Ronald Reagan was re-elected as US President. Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics from which the Soviet Union withdrew. In England, the year-long Miner’s Strike began against the Thatcher Government. At the box office, films such as ‘Amadeus’, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Splash’ and ‘The Killing Fields’ drew audiences. The first Apple Macintosh went on sale as did the first commercial compact disc players. “The Cosby Show” premiered on US television.
This retrospective on the music of 1984 highlights the best of the music released during that year. Twelve months that saw Bob Geldof organise the Band Aid charity disc “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and Tina Turner stage an amazing comeback.
Listen to all the songs on the Spotify playlist:
81 FLAME TREES Cold Chisel
82 THINK OF LAURA Christopher Cross
83 SWEPT AWAY Diana Ross
84 I WON’T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME
Nik Kershaw
85 THIS CHARMING MAN The Smiths
86 PINK HOUSES John Cougar Mellencamp
87 TWO TRIBES Frankie Goes To Hollywood
88 SELF CONTROL Laura Branigan
89 I WANT YOU BACK Hoodoo Gurus
90 ROBERT DE NIRO’S WAITING Bananarama
91 LOCOMOTION Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
92 TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES Julian Lennon
93 YOU’RE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Barbra Streisand
94 WORKING WITH FIRE AND STEEL China Crisis
95 NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS Paul McCartney
96 SOMEBODY Depeche Mode
97 THE WARRIOR Scandal ftg. Patti Smythe
98 SUNGLASSES AT HEART Corey Hart
99 YOUNG AT HEART The Bluebells
100 TIME WILL REVEAL DeBarge
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