March 17, 1984

-----DROPOUTS-----
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes --- 1 (2) / 17  
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics --- 3 (3) / 15
This Woman - Kenny Rogers --- 23 (2) / 6
That's All - Genesis --- 6 (2) / 14
Yah Mo B There - James Ingram w/ Michael McDonald --- 19 / 9


 40 --- Tonight - Kool & The Gang (45)
 39 --- Love Somebody - Rick Springfield (49)
40 38 --- Don't Let Go - Wang Chung
 37 --- Red Red Wine - UB40 (41)
 36 --- Eat It - "Weird Al" Yankovic (59)
19 35 --- Joanna - Kool & The Gang
 34 --- They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman (42)
18 33 --- An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
38 32 --- Girls - Dwight Twilley
33 31 --- Livin' In Desperate Times - Olivia Newton-John

32 30 --- Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
31 29 --- New Song - Howard Jones
35 28 --- Radio Ga-Ga - Queen
30 27 --- Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
37 26 --- Hello - Lionel Richie
25 25 --- Almost Over You - Sheena Easton
26 24 --- The Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
29 23 --- Runner - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
28 22 --- Back Where You Belong - 38 Special
27 21 --- Miss Me Blind - Culture Club

34 20 --- Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins
24 19 --- Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
20 18 --- Give It Up - KC
13 17 --- Let The Music Play - Shannon
10 16 --- Karma Chameleon - Culture Club  
11 15 --- Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
16 14 --- The Language Of Love - Dan Fogelberg
17 13 --- Adult Education - Daryl Hall & John Oates
15 12 --- Automatic - The Pointer Sisters
14 11 --- Got A Hold On Me - Christine McVie

12 10 --- New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran
06 09 --- Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
08 08 --- Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
07 07 --- I Want A New Drug - Huey Lewis & The News
04 06 --- Thriller - Michael Jackson
09 05 --- Footloose - Kenny Loggins
03 04 --- 99 Luftballons - Nena
05 03 --- Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
02 02 --- Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
01 01 --- Jump - Van Halen  


This marks the first Top 40 it for Wierd Al Yankovic, Tracey Ullman and British band UB40.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 17-23 March 1984

01 01 99 RED BALLOONS Nena ***
02 02 JOANNA / TONIGHT Kool and the Gang
03 05 STREET DANCE Break Machine
04 04 WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD Nik Kershaw
05 25 HELLO Lionel Richie
06 03 RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood *****
07 10 JUMP Van Halen
08 08 AN INNOCENT MAN Billy Joel
09 06 SOMEBODY'S WATCHING ME Rockwell
10 11 BOLERO Richard Hartley & the Michael Reed Orchestra

11 36 IT'S RAINING MEN The Weather Girls
12 12 HIDE AND SEEK Howard Jones
13 27 WHAT DO I DO? Phil Fearon and Galaxy
14 07 RUN RUNAWAY Slade
15 19 BREAKIN' DOWN (SUGAR SAMBA) Julia and Company
16 13 I GAVE YOU MY HEART (DIDN'T I)? Hot Chocolate
17 31 TO BE OR NOT TO BE (THE HITLER RAP) Mel Brooks
18 21 'ULLO JOHN! GOTTA NEW MOTOR? Alexei Sayle
19 09 DOCTOR DOCTOR Thompson Twins
20 37 YOUR LOVE IS KING Sade

21 14 LET THE MUSIC PLAY Shannon
22 38 ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING Bananarama
23 15 GET OUT OF YOUR LAZY BED Matt Bianco
24 32 MY GUY Tracey Ullman
25 18 BREAK MY STRIDE Matthew Wilder
26 34 DANCE HALL DAYS Wang Chung
27 17 MY EVER CHANGING MOODS The Style Council
28 16 RADIO GA GA Queen
29 24 DOWN IN THE SUBWAY Soft Cell
30 39 RENEGADES OF FUNK Afrika Bambaataa

31 23 MORE MORE MORE Carmel
32 20 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN Cyndi Lauper
33 22 MICHAEL CAINE Madness
34 28 THE POLITICS OF DANCING Re-Flex
35 26 HOLIDAY Madonna
36 33 FRAGGLE ROCK THEME The Fraggles
37 -- THE LION'S MOUTH Kajagoogoo
38 29 MAIN THEME from 'THE THORN BIRDS' Henry Mancini & his Orchestra
39 30 WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? The Smiths
40 40 HELP! Tina Turner

-- 35 CRY AND BE FREE Marilyn