Boy was 1984 a really tough year to determine the top 20 songs. There were so many tracks that each deserved a place in this countdown, it was downright insane how many did not make it, and most of them would be in other countdowns for sure. Here is a list of all possible tracks that could have made it, and boy were there a lot:
Animotion – Obsession
Billy Idol – Eyes Without a Face
Billy Joel – The Longest Time
Billy Ocean – Caribbean Queen
Bon Jovi – Runaway
Bryan Adams – Run to You
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA
Chicago – Hard Habit To Break
Chicago – You’re The Inspiration
Christine McVee – Got a Hold On Me
Corey Hart – Sunglasses At Night
Cyndi Lauper – All Through The Night
Cyndi Lauper – Money Changes Everything
Cyndi Lauper – She Bop
Cyndi Lauper – Time After Time
Dan Hartman – I Can Dream About You
Daryl Hall & John Oates – Method of Modern Love
Daryl Hall & John Oates – Out of Touch
David Bowie – Blue Jean
Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round
Depeche Mode – People Are People
Don Henley – The Boys of Summer
Duran Duran – The Reflex
Duran Duran – The Wild Boys
Elton John – Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Eurythmics – Here Comes the Rain Again
Foreigner – I Want to Know What Love Is
Glenn Frey – The Heat is On
Harold Faltermayer – Axel F
Huey Lewis & The News – I Want a New Drug
Huey Lewis & The News – If This is It
John Lennon – Nobody Told Me
John Mellencamp – Authority Song
Jon Waite – Missing You
Kool & The Gang – Fresh
Limahl – The Never-ending Story
Lionel Richie – Stuck On You
Lyndsey Buckingham – Go Insane
Madonna – Borderline
Mary Jane Girls – In My House
Metallica – For Whom The Bell Tolls
Mike Reno & Ann Wilson – Almost Paradise
Murray Head – One Night in Bangkok
Night Ranger – Sister Christian
Nik Kershaw – Wouldn’t It Be Good
Pat Benatar – We Belong
Peabo Bryson – If Ever You’re In My Arms Again
Peter Wolf – Lights Out
Phil Collins & Philip Bailey – Easy Lover
Queen – I Want to Break Free
Queen – Radio Ga Ga
Ratt – Round And Round
Ray Parker Jr – Ghostbusters
Sade – Smooth Operator
Sammy Hager – I Can’t Drive 55
Scandal – The Warrior
Steve Perry – Foolish Heart
Steve Perry – Oh Sherrie
Stevie Wonder – I Just Called To Say I Love You
Talk Talk – It’s My Life
Tears for Fears – Shout
Teena Marie – Lovergirl
The Cars – Drive (Michael K had this one in his list)
The Cars – Magic
The Cars – You Might Think
The Time – Jungle Love
The Pointer Sisters – Jump (For Your Love)
The Pointer Sisters – The Neutron Dance
The Police – Wrapped Around Your Finger
The Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane
The Smiths – How Soon is Now (This was Michael K’s number 1)
Thompson Twins – Doctor! Doctor!
Thompson Twins – Hold Me Now (Wow!, Steve T, Sandy and Peter had this in their lists)
Tina Turner – Private Dancer
Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me
Toto – Stranger in Town
U2 – Pride (In The Name of Love)
Van Halen – Hot For Teacher
Van Halen – Panama
Various Artists – Don’t They Know It’s Christmas
Weird Al Yankovic – Eat it (Shot out to Michael K for mentioning this one)
Wham! – Everything She Wants
ZZ Top – Legs