October 6, 1984

-----DROPOUTS-----
Rock Me Tonite - Billy Squier --- 15 / 12
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart --- 7 / 15
Lights Out - Peter Wolf --- 12 (2) / 10
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister --- 21 (2) / 7
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr. --- 1 (3) / 14  


40 --- The Last Time I Made Love - Joyce Kennedy & Jeffrey Osborne (43)
39 39 --- (What) In The Name Of Love - Naked Eyes
38 --- Out Of Touch - Daryl Hall & John Oates (48 )
40 37 --- Shine Shine - Barry Gibb
18 36 --- Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
37 35 --- Strut - Sheena Easton
34 --- Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner (42)
38 33 --- I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
32 --- Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham! (41)
35 31 --- Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung

16 30 --- Dynamite - Jermaine Jackson
33 29 --- Flesh For Fantasy - Billy Idol
28 --- Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution (HOT SHOT DEBUT)
32 27 --- Who Wears These Shoes? - Elton John
30 26 --- Swept Away - Diana Ross
29 25 --- Bop 'Til You Drop - Rick Springfield
25 24 --- Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
34 23 --- Blue Jean - David Bowie
23 22 --- There Goes My Baby - Donna Summer
27 21 --- Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart

20 20 --- The Lucky One - Laura Branigan
26 19 --- Are We Ourselves? - The Fixx
14 18 --- When You Close Your Eyes - Night Ranger
17 17 --- Torture - The Jacksons
24 16 --- On The Dark Side - John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
22 15 --- I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters
11 14 --- If This Is It - Huey Lewis & The News
06 13 --- What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner    
09 12 --- Cruel Summer - Bananarama
15 11 --- Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean

10 10 --- Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
07 09 --- The Warrior - Scandal feat. Patty Smyth
13 08 --- Lucky Star - Madonna
08 07 --- The Glamorous Life - Sheila E.
12 06 --- Hard Habit To Break - Chicago
04 05 --- She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
02 04 --- Missing You - John Waite    
03 03 --- Drive - The Cars
05 02 --- I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
01 01 --- Let's Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution  


This marks the first Top 40 it for Wham!.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 6-12 October 1984

01 01 I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU Stevie Wonder *****
02 02 GHOSTBUSTERS Ray Parker Jr
03 -- THE WAR SONG Culture Club
04 03 PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) U2
05 04 LOST IN MUSIC Sister Sledge
06 07 WHY? Bronski Beat
07 06 BLUE JEAN David Bowie
08 16 PURPLE RAIN Prince and the Revolution
09 17 IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN UB40
10 12 LOVE KILLS Freddie Mercury

11 05 CARELESS WHISPER George Michael ***
12 10 A LETTER TO YOU Shakin' Stevens
13 15 APOLLO 9 Adam Ant
14 09 BIG IN JAPAN Alphaville
15 37 DRIVE The Cars
16 08 AGADOO Black Lace
17 27 EAST OF EDEN Big Country
18 11 DR BEAT Miami Sound Machine
19 13 HAMMER TO FALL Queen
20 19 HUMAN RACING Nik Kershaw

21 39 TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS Giorgio Moroder + Philip Oakey
22 29 SMOOTH OPERATOR Sade
23 18 MADAM BUTTERFLY (UN BEL DI VEDREMO) Malcolm McLaren
24 14 MASTER AND SERVANT Depeche Mode
25 32 MR SOLITAIRE Animal Nightlife
26 25 TESLA GIRLS O.M.D.
27 21 HOT WATER Level 42
28 -- NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS (BALLAD) Paul McCartney
29 33 THE MEDICINE SONG Stephanie Mills
30 22 PASSENGERS Elton John

31 20 LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL Howard Jones
32 -- SKIN DEEP The Stranglers
33 24 SELF CONTROL Laura Branigan
34 36 MYSTERY Dio
35 23 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Bucks Fizz
36 26 I'LL FLY FOR YOU Spandau Ballet
37 28 TOUR DE FRANCE Kraftwerk
38 -- MISSING YOU John Waite
39 31 WHITE LINES (DON'T DO IT) Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel
40 38 CATH The Bluebells

-- 30 TORTURE The Jacksons
-- 34 TWO TRIBES Frankie Goes To Hollywood *********
-- 35 WHATEVER I DO (WHEREVER I GO) Hazell Dean
-- 40 MOTHER'S TALK Tears For Fears