March 10, 1984

-----DROPOUTS-----
Running With The Night - Lionel Richie --- 7 (2) / 14
Think Of Laura - Christopher Cross --- 9 (2) / 11
Middle Of The Road - Pretenders --- 19 (2) / 9


 40 --- Don't Let Go - Wang Chung (41)
22 39 --- Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes  
39 38 --- Girls - Dwight Twilley
 37 --- Hello - Lionel Richie (50)
20 36 --- Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
38 35 --- Radio Ga-Ga - Queen
 34 --- Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins (47)
35 33 --- Livin' In Desperate Times - Olivia Newton-John
36 32 --- Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
33 31 --- New Song - Howard Jones

30 30 --- Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
32 29 --- Runner - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
31 28 --- Back Where You Belong - 38 Special
40 27 --- Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
29 26 --- The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
28 25 --- Almost Over You - Sheena Easton
34 24 --- Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
23 23 --- This Woman - Kenny Rogers
15 22 --- That's All - Genesis
19 21 --- Yah Mo B There - James Ingram w/ Michael McDonald

24 20 --- Give It Up - KC
12 19 --- Joanna - Kool & The Gang
14 18 --- An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
25 17 --- Adult Education - Daryl Hall & John Oates
18 16 --- The Language Of Love - Dan Fogelberg
21 15 --- Automatic - The Pointer Sisters
17 14 --- Got A Hold On Me - Christine McVie
09 13 --- Let The Music Play - Shannon
13 12 --- New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran
08 11 --- Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police

06 10 --- Karma Chameleon - Culture Club  
16 09 --- Footloose - Kenny Loggins
11 08 --- Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
10 07 --- I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & The News
05 06 --- Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
07 05 --- Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
04 04 --- Thriller - Michael Jackson
02 03 --- 99 Luftballons - Nena
03 02 --- Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
01 01 --- Jump - Van Halen  


New this week are British new wave group Wang Chung.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 10-16 March 1984

01 01 99 RED BALLOONS Nena **
02 03 JOANNA / TONIGHT Kool and the Gang
03 02 RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood *****
04 04 WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD Nik Kershaw
05 11 STREET DANCE Break Machine
06 06 SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME Rockwell
07 10 RUN RUNAWAY Slade
08 08 AN INNOCENT MAN Billy Joel
09 05 DOCTOR DOCTOR Thompson Twins
10 20 JUMP Van Halen

11 26 BOLERO Richard Hartley & the Michael Reed Orchestra
12 14 HIDE AND SEEK Howard Jones
13 19 I GAVE YOU MY HEART (DIDN'T I)? Hot Chocolate
14 15 LET THE MUSIC PLAY Shannon
15 17 GET OUT OF YOUR LAZY BED Matt Bianco
16 07 RADIO GA GA Queen
17 09 MY EVER CHANGING MOODS The Style Council
18 12 BREAK MY STRIDE Matthew Wilder
19 38 BREAKIN' DOWN (SUGAR SAMBA) Julia and Company
20 13 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper

21 35 'ULLO JOHN! GOTTA NEW MOTOR? Alexei Sayle
22 16 MICHAEL CAINE Madness
23 25 MORE MORE MORE Carmel
24 30 DOWN IN THE SUBWAY Soft Cell
25 -- HELLO Lionel Richie
26 18 HOLIDAY Madonna
27 -- WHAT DO I DO? Phil Fearon and Galaxy
28 28 THE POLITICS OF DANCING Re-Flex
29 23 MAIN THEME from 'THE THORN BIRDS' Henry Mancini & his Orchestra
30 21 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? The Smiths

31 39 TO BE OR NOT TO BE (THE HITLER RAP) Mel Brooks
32 -- MY GUY Tracey Ullman
33 37 FRAGGLE ROCK THEME The Fraggles
34 -- DANCE HALL DAYS Wang Chung
35 31 CRY AND BE FREE Marilyn
36 -- IT'S RAINING MEN The Weather Girls
37 -- YOUR LOVE IS KING Sade
38 -- ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING Bananarama
39 -- RENEGADES OF FUNK Afrika Bambaataa
40 -- HELP! Tina Turner

-- 22 NEW MOON ON MONDAY Duran Duran
-- 24 THAT'S LIVING ALRIGHT (from 'AUF WIEDERSEHEN, PET') Joe Fagin
-- 27 SOUL TRAIN Swans Way
-- 29 HYPERACTIVE! Thomas Dolby
-- 32 LOVE THEME from 'THE THORN BIRDS' Juan Martin
-- 33 ONE SMALL DAY Ultravox
-- 34 (FEELS LIKE) HEAVEN Fiction Factory
-- 36 SPICE OF LIFE Manhattan Transfer
-- 40 HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN Eurythmics


Big debuts from Sade, and music legend Afrika Bambaataa (Planet Rock having missed the top 40 back in '82), and even lesser but still memorable names like Wang Chung and the Weather Girls