Every song that charted in 1984

Combined ranking of all 196 songs from the rock year-end countdowns of 1984. ← Top 100 of 1984

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood	331	4	#1	1
2	Pride (In the Name of Love) U2	287	3	#2	–
3	Relax Frankie Goes to Hollywood	252	3	#1	1
4	The Killing Moon Echo and the Bunnymen	231	3	#9	–
5	Tenderness General Public	199	2	#1	1
6	Master and Servant Depeche Mode	181	2	#5	–
7	How Soon is Now? The Smiths	180	2	#1	1
8	I Send a Message INXS	180	3	#9	–
9	Wild Boys Duran Duran	179	2	#3	–
10	People are People Depeche Mode	179	2	#11	–
11	Let's Go Crazy Prince	177	3	#3	–
12	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Wham!	175	2	#7	–
13	Hold Me Now Thompson Twins	170	2	#10	–
14	Rebel Yell Billy Idol	163	2	#8	–
15	Blue Jean David Bowie	160	2	#18	–
16	What is Love Howard Jones	157	2	#10	–
17	Flesh For Fantasy Billy Idol	157	2	#19	–
18	Sexcrime 1984 Eurythmics	155	2	#15	–
19	The Gap Thompson Twins	151	2	#6	–
20	The Reflex Duran Duran	151	2	#22	–
21	What Difference Does It Make? The Smiths	147	3	#17	–
22	Catch My Fall Billy Idol	146	2	#23	–
23	Wild Life Bananarama	140	2	#20	–
24	The Ghost In You The Psychedelic Furs	134	2	#30	–
25	Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol	132	2	#26	–
26	It's My Life Talk Talk	127	2	#27	–
27	Less Cities, More Moving People The Fixx	121	2	#14	–
28	Eighties Killing Joke	119	2	#40	–
29	Everything Counts Depeche Mode	100	2	#34	–
30	Pearly Dewdrop Drops Cocteau Twins	98	1	#2	–
31	Why? Bronski Beat	97	1	#4	–
32	Seven Seas Echo and the Bunnymen	97	1	#4	–
33	Erotic City Prince	96	1	#5	–
34	Green Fields Of France (No Man's Land) Men They Couldn't Hang	96	1	#3	–
35	Ladykiller The Vandals	94	1	#7	–
36	Spangle Maker Cocteau Twins	94	1	#4	–
37	Don't Tell Me Blancmange	93	2	#38	–
38	Pretending to be Drunk Sparks	93	2	#52	–
39	Come Back Mighty Wah	92	1	#5	–
40	West End Girls Pet Shop Boys	91	1	#11	–
41	Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder Membranes	90	1	#6	–
42	Cow Punk Scott Goddard	89	1	#13	–
43	Thieves Like Us New Order	88	1	#7	–
44	Wood Beez Scritti Politti	88	1	#12	–
45	Blasphemous Rumours Depeche Mode	87	1	#13	–
46	Walk Away Sisters of Mercy	86	1	#8	–
47	All Cried Out Alison Moyet	86	1	#14	–
48	Dazzle Siouxsie and the Banshees	85	1	#17	–
49	I'd Like to Get to Know You Well Howard Jones	85	1	#15	–
50	I Love You Suzanne Lou Reed	84	2	#7	–
51	Get the Balance Right Depeche Mode	84	2	#42	–
52	Lay Of The Land The Fall	84	1	#9	–
53	What's Gone Wrong The Untouchables	84	1	#18	–
54	New Song Howard Jones	84	2	#28	–
55	Original Sin INXS	83	1	#19	–
56	Love Resurrection Alison Moyet	82	1	#17	–
57	Keep On Keeping On Redskins	82	1	#10	–
58	Saint Huck Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	80	1	#11	–
59	Big in Japan Alphaville	79	1	#23	–
60	General Public General Public	78	2	#37	–
61	Lonesome Tonight New Order	78	1	#12	–
62	Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid	77	1	#25	–
63	Apollo 9 Adam Ant	77	2	#45	–
64	Only When You Leave Spandau Ballet	76	2	#56	–
65	Between The Wars Billy Bragg	76	1	#13	–
66	The Lebanon The Human League	75	1	#28	–
67	Nowhere Fast The Smiths	74	1	#14	–
68	Save a Prayer Duran Duran	74	1	#25	–
69	Doctor Doctor Thompson Twins	72	2	#47	–
70	If It Happens Again UB40	72	2	#35	–
71	Emma Sisters of Mercy	72	1	#15	–
72	Locomotion Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	72	1	#31	–
73	Sunset Now Heaven 17	71	1	#27	–
74	Obsession Animotion	71	1	#32	–
75	The Wild Boys Duran Duran	70	1	#4	–
76	Ivo Cocteau Twins	70	1	#16	–
77	My Ever Changing Moods The Style Council	69	2	#57	–
78	Passion Planet Thompson Twins	68	1	#35	–
79	The Lovecats The Cure	67	1	#31	–
80	You Take Me Up Thompson Twins	67	2	#44	–
81	Shout Devo	66	2	#46	–
82	Burn for You INXS	66	1	#37	–
83	C.R.E.E.P. The Fall	66	1	#18	–
84	Hungry Like the Wolf Duran Duran	66	1	#32	–
85	Heaven The Psychedelic Furs	65	2	#50	–
86	New Year's Day U2	65	1	#33	–
87	When Doves Cry Prince	64	1	#39	–
88	Waterfront Simple Minds	63	1	#40	–
89	Murder New Order	62	1	#20	–
90	Wonderland Big Country	61	1	#42	–
91	Kangaroo This Mortal Coil	60	1	#21	–
92	Let's Go to Bed The Cure	59	1	#38	–
93	War Song Culture Club	58	1	#39	–
94	A Girl in Trouble (is a Temporary Thing) Romeo Void	58	2	#64	–
95	So. Central Rain R.E.M.	58	2	#56	–
96	Domino Cocteau Twins	58	1	#22	–
97	Like a Virgin Madonna	56	1	#41	–
98	William, It Was Really Nothing The Smiths	56	1	#23	–
99	Wild Thing X	56	1	#48	–
100	Melting in the Sun INXS	55	1	#49	–
101	Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now The Smiths	54	1	#24	–
102	Hello Again The Cars	54	1	#43	–
103	Hot You're Cool General Public	53	1	#51	–
104	Hyperactive Thomas Dolby	51	1	#53	–
105	Sunday Bloody Sunday U2	51	1	#46	–
106	Wind Out R.E.M.	50	1	#6	–
107	Masimba Bele Unknown Cases	50	1	#26	–
108	Hand on My Heart Shriekback	49	1	#55	–
109	Red Red Wine UB40	48	1	#48	–
110	The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes Very Things	48	1	#27	–
111	Close (to the Edit) Art of Noise	47	1	#49	–
112	Jungle Love The Time	46	1	#58	–
113	Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want The Smiths	46	1	#28	–
114	68 Guns The Alarm	45	1	#59	–
115	Kiss Me Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy	45	1	#51	–
116	The Saturday Boy Billy Bragg	44	1	#29	–
117	Going Down to Liverpool The Bangles	44	1	#52	–
118	Something Isn't Right Oingo Boingo	43	1	#61	–
119	Free Yourself The Untouchables	42	1	#62	–
120	Spiritwalker The Cult	42	1	#30	–
121	Mad World Tears for Fears	42	1	#54	–
122	Go! Tones on Tail	42	1	#63	–
123	Who's That Girl? Eurythmics	41	2	#74	–
124	Speed Your Love to Me Simple Minds	41	1	#64	–
125	Dr. Mabuse Propaganda	40	1	#31	–
126	Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper	40	1	#65	–
127	The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun Julie Brown	39	1	#66	–
128	Blue Monday New Order	38	1	#57	–
129	Bias Binding Yeah Yeah Noh	38	1	#32	–
130	New Moon On Monday Duran Duran	38	1	#67	–
131	Up on the Catwalk Simple Minds	38	2	#74	–
132	Eve of Destruction Red Rockers	37	1	#58	–
133	The More You Live, the More You Love A Flock of Seagulls	37	2	#77	–
134	Mirror in the Bathroom The English Beat	36	1	#59	–
135	Another Day This Mortal Coil	36	1	#33	–
136	No Explanation The Church	35	1	#60	–
137	Out of Touch Hall and Oates	35	1	#70	–
138	Heartbeat The Psychedelic Furs	34	1	#61	–
139	My Suitor Berntholer	34	1	#34	–
140	Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat Sparks	34	1	#71	–
141	Burning Down the House Talking Heads	33	1	#72	–
142	White China Ultravox	32	1	#73	–
143	Biko Robert Wyatt	32	1	#35	–
144	Cruel Summer Bananarama	32	2	#81	–
145	I Would Die 4 U Prince	32	1	#63	–
146	Revenge for Love Spandau Ballet	30	1	#75	–
147	Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper	30	1	#8	–
148	Reel Around the Fountain The Smiths	30	1	#36	–
149	All I Need is Everything Aztec Camera	30	1	#65	–
150	Make Me Smile Duran Duran	28	1	#77	–
151	Upside Down The Jesus and Mary Chain	28	1	#37	–
152	Head Over Heels The Go-Go's	26	1	#79	–
153	Pale Shelter Tears for Fears	26	1	#68	–
154	Pandora Cocteau Twins	26	1	#38	–
155	Puppet Boy Devo	25	1	#80	–
156	Drive The Cars	25	1	#69	–
157	She Bop Cyndi Lauper	25	1	#81	–
158	Blue Line Let's Active	24	1	#70	–
159	Game Above My Head Blancmange	24	1	#82	–
160	Pretty Persuasion R.E.M.	23	1	#71	–
161	Madame Butterfly Malcolm McLaren	21	1	#73	–
162	Nelson Mandela The Special AKA	20	1	#41	–
163	Blue Canary Frank Chickens	18	1	#42	–
164	Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Ultravox	18	1	#76	–
165	The Only Flame In Town Elvis Costello & the Attractions	17	1	#89	–
166	That's Love That it Is Blancmange	16	1	#90	–
167	Vengeance New Model Army	16	1	#43	–
168	In a Big Country Big Coutnry	15	1	#78	–
169	Gratitude Danny Elfman	15	2	#79	–
170	Touch Berlin	15	1	#91	–
171	No Bulbs The Fall	14	1	#44	–
172	The One Thing INXS	13	1	#80	–
173	Rain Dragon	12	1	#94	–
174	Dark Streets Of London The Pogues	12	1	#45	–
175	Robert De Niro's Waiting Bananarama	11	1	#95	–
176	Then I Turn Away The Seventh	11	1	#82	–
177	Living on Video Trans-X	10	1	#96	–
178	The Union of the Snake Duran Duran	10	1	#10	–
179	Dirty Hard Corps	10	1	#46	–
180	Smalltown Boy Bronski Beat	10	2	#48	–
181	Where the Rose is Sown Big Country	8	1	#98	–
182	Thorn of Crowns Echo and the Bunnymen	8	1	#47	–
183	Whammy Kiss The B-52's	8	1	#85	–
184	Blue Highway Billy Idol	8	1	#99	–
185	Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	7	1	#100	–
186	I'll Do You Wire Train	6	1	#101	–
187	White Lines (Don't Do It) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel	5	1	#87	–
188	Magic The Cars	5	1	#102	–
189	Hero Takes a Fall The Bangles	4	1	#88	–
190	Pepper Tree Cocteau Twins	4	1	#49	–
191	Situation Yaz	3	1	#89	–
192	Romancing the Stone Eddy Grant	3	1	#104	–
193	Sun is Dancing Zuma II	2	1	#90	–
194	Venceremos (We Will Win) Working Week	2	1	#50	–
195	Girl Waiting Boy Waiting	2	1	#105	–
196	Only a Lad Oingo Boingo	1	1	#91	–