Rolling Stone Top Singles of 1984 Pops Greatest Year

[jobeterob]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-singles-of-1984-pops-greatest-year-20140917/diana-ross-swept-away-20140917

[sansradio]

Go, Miss Ross! "Swept Away" really was a strong single, but her "last great" one? I would argue that that honor belongs to "Missing You." And off-Motown-topic, it's also nice to see J. Blackfoot get some Rolling Stone shine.

[soulster]

Really? A thread about the top singles of 1984, a year with so many great songs, and it's focused on one singer that fell in at #83?

[jobeterob]

Really? A thread about the top singles of 1984, a year with so many great songs, and it's focused on one singer that fell in at #83?

There is a lot to see; they think it is rocks greatest year; I go with 64 66 67 70 80 or 81!

[soulster]

There is a lot to see; they think it is rocks greatest year; I go with 64 66 67 70 80 or 81!
But, you directly linked it to the Diana Ross song in your opening post.

Anyway, I also think 1984 was a great year, but I would also pick 1966, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, and many others in the 80s, 90s, and the 2000s.

1984 was the year for Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, and Madonna, hands down!

[marv2]

This is so weird. I would have never picked 1984 as one of the great years in music. I mean it didn't entirely suck, but a lot of what was out that year is unmemorable to me. Any year between 1974-78 would have made my cut and the years 1962-72. As far as the 80's go, 1980,81, 82, 83, 85, 86 and 88 were great music years.

[soulster]

This is so weird. I would have never picked 1984 as one of the great years in music. I mean it didn't entirely suck, but a lot of what was out that year is unmemorable to me. Any year between 1974-78 would have made my cut and the years 1962-72. As far as the 80's go, 1980,81, 82, 83, 85, 86 and 88 were great music years.

Not to say it was bad, but the more forgettable year for me in the 80s is 1987. 1981 is pretty awful for pop music, but great for R&B. 1972 was bad for pop, but great for R&B. For me, R&B wasn't so great in 1977, but pop? Wonderful.

[marv2]

Not to say it was bad, but the more forgettable year for me in the 80s is 1987. 1981 is pretty awful for pop music, but great for R&B. 1972 was bad for pop, but great for R&B. For me, R&B wasn't so great in 1977, but pop? Wonderful.

I agree with you on each one of the points you made here. 1987 sucked as far as mainstream music went. There were a few, a very few decent tracks that came out of some indies, underground, Chicago's house music scene etc, but over all the year was a bust!

[soulster]

I agree with you on each one of the points you made here. 1987 sucked as far as mainstream music went. There were a few, a very few decent tracks that came out of some indies, underground, Chicago's house music scene etc, but over all the year was a bust!

Well, it is all subjective, but I thought a bit about what I said about 1987, and took a look at the hits of that year. These are the ones I think were of the better songs:



02-Notorious [45 version]-Duran Duran
03-Big Time-Peter Gabriel
04-Open Your Heart-Madonna
05-Candy-Cameo
06-Baby Grand-Billy Joel
10-Dance-Ratt
11-Jacob's Ladder-Huey Lewis And The News
12-At This Moment-Billy Vera & The Beaters
14-Change Of Heart-Cyndi Lauper
16-Trick Of The Night [single version]-Bananarama
01-Casanova [45 version]-Levert
02-Livin' On A Prayer-Bon Jovi
03-Come Go With Me-Expose
04-Bet'cha Say That-Miami Sound Machine
05-C'est La Vie [45 version]-Robbie Neville
09-Let's Wait Awhile-Janet Jackson
11-Looking For A New Love-Jody Watley
12-Dominoes-Robbie Neville
13-Don't Dream Its Over-Crowded House
14-Alone-Heart
16-I Knew You Were Waiting [[For Me)-Aretha Franklin and George Michael
01-Back And Forth [45 version]-Cameo
03-Sign 'O' The Times-Prince
06-Dirty Looks-Diana Ross
07-In Too Deep-Genesis
11-I Wanna Dance With Somebody [[Who Loves Me)-Whitney Houston
12-Lies [single version]-Jonathan Butler
13-Luka-Suzanne Vega
15-Diamonds-Herb Alpert
16-Fake [45 version]-Alexander ONeal
01-Head To Toe [45 version]-Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam
04-Happy-Surface
05-Rock Steady-The Whispers
06-Moonlighting [[Theme)-Al Jarreau
07-Rhythm Is Gonna Get You-Miami Sound Machine
13-If I Was Your Girlfriend-Prince
14-The Pleasure Principle-Janet Jackson
15-Point Of No Return-Expose
16-Since You've Been Gone-The Outfield
17-Funky Town-Psuedo Echo
18-Jam Tonight-Freddie Jackson
01-Love Is a House-Force M.D.s
03-Walking Down Your Street [45 version]-Bangles
04-Smoking Gun-Robert Cray
05-So Emotional [45 edit]-Whitney Houston
08-Heart And Soul-T Pau
10-I Want Your Sex [[Parts 1&2)-George Michael
17-I Heard A Rumour-Bananarama
18-Tonight Tonight Tonight [45 version]-Genesis
19-Lost In Emotion-Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
04-Doing It All For My Baby-Huey Lewis And The News
12-Paper In Fire-John Cougar Mellencamp
13-What's Going On-Cyndi Lauper
14-Who Will You Run To-Heart
18-You Are The Girl-The Cars
01-The One I Love-R.E.M
02-U Got The Look-Prince
03-Little Lies-Fleetwood Mac
04-I Just Can't Stop Loving You-Mishael Jackson
07-Dude [[Looks Like A Lady) [45 version]-Aerosmith
08-Faith-George Michael
09-Heaven Is A Place On Earth-Belinda Carlisle
10-Breakout-Swing Out Sister
12-You Keep Me Hangin' On-Kim Wilde
13-Here I Go Again [45 version]-Whitesnake
16-I Live For Your Love-Natalie Cole
19-Bad-Michael Jackson
02-Tell It To My Heart-Taylor Dayne
03-Push It-Salt-N-Pepa
09-Cherry Bomb-John Cougar Mellencamp
10-Hot Thing-Prince
12-Say You Will-Foreigner
13-Shake Your Love-Debbie Gibson
14-Seasons Change-Expose
16-The Way You Make Me Feel [original mix]-Michael Jackson
17-We'll Be Together-Sting