May 5, 1984

-----DROPOUTS-----
Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler --- 34 (3) / 4
Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper --- 2 (2) / 14
Eat It - "Weird Al" Yankovic --- 12 / 7
Jump - Van Halen --- 1 (5) / 15  


 40 --- Catch Me I'm Falling - Real Life (41)
 39 --- Run Runaway - Slade (44)
18 38 --- Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
 37 --- You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) - Joe Jackson (47)
20 36 --- Girls - Dwight Twilley
38 35 --- Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
39 34 --- It's My Life - Talk Talk
 33 --- Self Control - Laura Branigan (42)
40 32 --- The Heart Of Rock & Roll - Huey Lewis & The News
24 31 --- Leave It - Yes

15 30 --- Adult Education - Daryl Hall & John Oates
35 29 --- Borderline - Madonna
29 28 --- Show Me - Pretenders
37 27 --- White Horse - Laid Back
36 26 --- The Reflex - Duran Duran
28 25 --- No More Words - Berlin
11 24 --- Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
31 23 --- I'll Wait - Van Halen
25 22 --- A Fine Fine Day -Tony Carey
26 21 --- Dancing In The Sheets - Shalamar

30 20 --- Sister Christian - Night Ranger
09 19 --- Automatic - The Pointer Sisters
22 18 --- Breakdance - Irene Cara
21 17 --- The Longest Time - Billy Joel
19 16 --- The Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp
16 15 --- Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project
27 14 --- Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
14 13 --- Tonight - Kool & The Gang
13 12 --- Head Over Heels - Go-Go's
17 11 --- Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry

05 10 --- Miss Me Blind - Culture Club
12 09 --- Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
08 08 --- They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
07 07 --- You Might Think - The Cars
10 06 --- To All The Girls I've Loved Before - Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson
06 05 --- Love Somebody - Rick Springfield
03 04 --- Footloose - Kenny Loggins  
04 03 --- Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
02 02 --- Hello - Lionel Richie
01 01 --- Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins  


Scoring their first hit in the US are English rock band Slade.

Adric wrote:Run Runaway - Slade

I danced at a school disco to this once. It wasn't a dance I've ever seen copied by anyone else, either, and words fail me to describe it. I was 7, I think. Quite how I didn't stay such a raver, IDK


R1 SINGLES CHART - 5-11 May 1984

01 05 THE REFLEX Duran Duran *
02 02 AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW) Phil Collins
03 03 I WANT TO BREAK FREE Queen
04 01 HELLO Lionel Richie ******
05 20 AUTOMATIC The Pointer Sisters
06 10 LOCOMOTION O.M.D.
07 13 WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE The Flying Pickets
08 11 DON'T TELL ME Blancmange
09 22 ONE LOVE-PEOPLE GET READY Bob Marley and the Wailers
10 04 YOU TAKE ME UP Thompson Twins

11 15 I'M FALLING The Bluebells
12 07 WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE SOMEBODY (IN THE HEART) Kool and the Gang
13 12 AIN'T NOBODY Rufus & Chaka Khan
14 18 DANCING GIRLS Nik Kershaw
15 06 A LOVE WORTH WAITING FOR Shakin Stevens
16 08 GLAD IT'S ALL OVER / DAMNED ON 45 Captain Sensible
17 17 JUST BE GOOD TO ME The S.O.S. Band
18 21 THIEVES LIKE US New Order
19 -- THE LEBANON Human League
20 09 PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE Depeche Mode

21 39 LOVE GAMES Belle and the Devotions
22 16 NELSON MANDELA The Special AKA
23 14 WOOD BEEZ (PRAY LIKE ARETHA FRANKLIN) Scritti Politti
24 35 TO ALL THE GIRLS I'VE LOVED BEFORE Julio Iglesias + Willie Nelson
25 31 SOMEBODY ELSE'S GUY Jocelyn Brown
26 19 CATERPILLAR The Cure
27 36 HAND IN GLOVE Sandie Shaw
28 -- FOOTLOOSE Kenny Loggins
29 38 PEARLY DEWDROP'S-DROPS The Cocteau Twins
30 30 SILVER Echo and the Bunnymen

31 29 RELAX Frankie Goes To Hollywood
32 26 GIVE ME TONIGHT Shannon
33 -- THE LONGEST TIME Billy Joel
34 25 SOMEDAY The Gap Band
35 24 THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) Dead Or Alive
36 40 EAT IT Weird Al Yankovic
37 34 LUCKY STAR Madonna
38 -- STAY WITH ME TONIGHT Jeffrey Osborne
39 23 ROBERT DE NIRO'S WAITING Bananarama
40 32 P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING) Michael Jackson

-- 27 IT'S RAINING MEN The Weather Girls
-- 28 IT'S A MIRACLE Culture Club
-- 33 DR MABUSE Propaganda
-- 37 WHAT DO I DO? Phil Fearon and Galaxy

Everybody cut footloose!!!