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Post by Smurfie on Jun 12, 2010 0:46:21 GMT 1
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Post by Smurfie on Jun 12, 2010 0:53:24 GMT 1
(7) Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (6) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (4) Nena - 99 Red Baloons (9) Lionel Richie - Hello (3) Duran Duran - The Reflex (1) Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go (2) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (8) George Michael - Careless Whisper (3) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You (2) Wham- Freedom (2) Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (4) Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (0) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (0) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
BAD year.....
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Post by vya on Jun 12, 2010 3:14:41 GMT 1
(3) Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (3) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (4) Nena - 99 Red Baloons (4) Lionel Richie - Hello (6) Duran Duran - The Reflex (5) Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go (2) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (6) George Michael - Careless Whisper (5) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You (7) Wham - Freedom (6) Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (6) Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (4) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (6) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Oh dear really not a good year for number ones at all. I'm shocked that I rate the Jim Diamond among the best of 'em. Roll on 83, 82, 81, 80...they were all way better.
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Post by Gezza on Jun 12, 2010 10:17:34 GMT 1
3-Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 5-Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 4-Nena - 99 Red Baloons 1-Lionel Richie - Hello 3-Duran Duran - The Reflex 7-Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go 5-Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 9-George Michael - Careless Whisper 2-Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 8-Wham - Freedom 1-Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 2-Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 6-Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 1-Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by rubcale on Jun 12, 2010 11:48:51 GMT 1
Very small number of #1s for the year and probably one of the worst ever in terms of quality!
02 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 01 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 08 Nena - 99 Red Baloons 07 Lionel Richie - Hello 09 Duran Duran - The Reflex 07 Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go 01 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 03 George Michael - Careless Whisper 06 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 10 Wham - Freedom 04 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 05 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 01 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 00 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by Kingpin on Jun 12, 2010 14:10:31 GMT 1
(3) Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (5) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (8) Nena - 99 Red Baloons (6) Lionel Richie - Hello (9) Duran Duran - The Reflex (4) Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go (8) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (6) George Michael - Careless Whisper (5) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You (9) Wham- Freedom (9) Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (3) Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (2) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (10) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
This was before I really got into music, but some real classics here!
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Post by Panda on Jun 12, 2010 15:06:33 GMT 1
3 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 7 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 6 Nena - 99 Red Baloons 5 Lionel Richie - Hello 8 Duran Duran - The Reflex 4 Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go 8 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 6 George Michael - Careless Whisper 3 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 5 Wham - Freedom 6 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 2 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 8 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 6 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 13, 2010 2:08:10 GMT 1
5 :: Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 9 :: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 7 :: Nena - 99 Red Baloons 2 :: Lionel Richie - Hello 6 :: Duran Duran - The Reflex 0 :: Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go 10 :: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 8 :: George Michael - Careless Whisper 0 :: Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 1 :: Wham - Freedom 5 :: Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 3 :: Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 4 :: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 8 :: Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 13, 2010 9:07:08 GMT 1
More NM / UK #1s in 1984 than in any other year:
10 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 10 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 10 Nena - 99 Red Baloons 8 Lionel Richie - Hello 8 Duran Duran - The Reflex 10 Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go-go 7 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 10 George Michael - Careless Whisper 6 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 8 Wham - Freedom 10 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 6 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 10 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 9 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
A late "liking" of the Chaka Khan one, which was my least favourite at the time, but I think the way the rap is mixed with the song works really well now and it's an "interesting" cover version, and notably the only cover version to top the chart in 1984.
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Post by Drunkster on Jun 13, 2010 11:06:45 GMT 1
[1] Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace [9] Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax [8] Nena - 99 Red Baloons [2] Lionel Richie - Hello [10] Duran Duran - The Reflex [9] Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go [6] Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes [7] George Michael - Careless Whisper [3] Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You [9] Wham - Freedom [7] Chaka Khan - I Feel For You [5] Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better [4] Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love [5] Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by meister on Jun 13, 2010 15:23:29 GMT 1
Great year for music but bad year for number ones. Some I loved, then hated, then loved again… case in point Stevie Wonder. Seeing him ‘perform’ it on the Cosby Show made me realise it was quite a well crafted song despite the chintzy synth sound.
(0) Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (2) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (5) Nena - 99 Red Baloons (9) Lionel Richie - Hello (8) Duran Duran - The Reflex (10) Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go (2) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (7) George Michael - Careless Whisper (9) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You (5) Wham- Freedom (6) Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (0) Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (0) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (8) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by TheThorne on Jun 13, 2010 16:13:04 GMT 1
(3) Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (8) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (7) Nena - 99 Red Baloons (1) Lionel Richie - Hello (9) Duran Duran - The Reflex (4) Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go (10) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (6) George Michael - Careless Whisper (5) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You (7) Wham- Freedom (7) Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (5) Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (8) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (7) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 13, 2010 17:27:00 GMT 1
Well Stevie Wonder certainly deserved to have a solo UK #1 in his career but did it really have to be with that song? I guess that one because it was from a film (although it didn't actually appear for very long in it) and I don't think it was on any of his albums so if you wanted it you had to buy the singles, whereas most of his "classic" songs were also on albums.
The version of "The Reflex" that got to #1 had that extra intro on it that wasn't on the album version, thus inspiring fans to go out and buy it anyway. And of course Frankie were releasing different versions of Two Tribes every week it was at #1.
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Post by Elmer on Jun 13, 2010 22:56:14 GMT 1
6 Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 9 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 8 Nena - 99 Red Baloons 3 Lionel Richie - Hello 5 Duran Duran - The Reflex 5 Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go 8 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 2 George Michael - Careless Whisper 8 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 7 Wham - Freedom 4 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 6 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 7 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 8 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by PurpleCareBear on Jun 15, 2010 10:44:40 GMT 1
(00) Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (08) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (04) Nena - 99 Red Baloons (08) Lionel Richie - Hello (00) Duran Duran - The Reflex (10) Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go (02) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (09) George Michael - Careless Whisper (05) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You (10) Wham- Freedom (06) Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (00) Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (04) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (07) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by borneoman on Jun 15, 2010 12:19:04 GMT 1
(2) Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (8) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (7) Nena - 99 Red Baloons (9) Lionel Richie - Hello (6) Duran Duran - The Reflex (7) Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go (4) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (7) George Michael - Careless Whisper (6) Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You (7) Wham - Freedom (6) Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (7) Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (9) Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (8) Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
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Post by wonderwall on Jun 15, 2010 18:00:22 GMT 1
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 7 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 8 Nena - 99 Red Baloons 5 Lionel Richie - Hello 4 Duran Duran - The Reflex 7 Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go 5 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 8 George Michael - Careless Whisper 10 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 6 Wham - Freedom 7 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 6 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 6 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 7 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas 9
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Post by Arcadia on Jun 18, 2010 21:29:14 GMT 1
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace 3 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 5 Nena - 99 Red Baloons 7 Lionel Richie - Hello 6 Duran Duran - The Reflex 5 Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go 10 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 5 George Michael - Careless Whisper 6 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 6 Wham - Freedom 4 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 3 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 6 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 6 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas 8
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Post by Jan on Jun 20, 2010 10:37:24 GMT 1
(4)Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace (10)Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (the best 12" of 1984) (4)Nena - 99 Red Baloons (decided to give Nena some extra points) (4)Lionel Richie - Hello (9)Duran Duran - The Reflex (their best song imo) (2)Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go (their most irritating song ever. Not a patch on Everything she wants REMIX) (9)Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes (9)George Michael - Careless Whisper (3)Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You (3)Wham - Freedom (8)Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (1)Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better (5)Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (8)Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
RELAX... what a song especially in that awesome 12" format, the New York mix?
I personally think 1984 had some brilliant tunes, not all of them no.1s though. 1984 was the year of Shakatak, Hazell Dean, Phil Fearon, Alison Moyet, Laura Branigan (Self control), Hall & oates (Out of touch) and MANY more.
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Post by readytojump on Jun 20, 2010 17:31:03 GMT 1
07 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 09 Nena - 99 Red Baloons 09 Lionel Richie - Hello 05 Duran Duran - The Reflex 10 Wham - Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-go 06 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 09 George Michael - Careless Whisper 03 Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Loved You 10 Wham- Freedom 05 Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 00 Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better 05 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 10 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas
Stevei Wonder song was massive at the time but is so horribly dated!
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