NME Top Singles of 1984

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Womack & Womack
4
9%
Elvis Costello
1
2%
Special AKA
5
11%
Dennis Edwards
1
2%
Staple Singers
1
2%
James Ingram
1
2%
The Smiths
12
27%
Bruce
2
5%
Prince
12
27%
Van Halen
5
11%
 
Total votes: 44

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NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Darkness_Fish » 14 Jun 2018, 15:30

1. Womack and Womack - Love Wars


2. Elvis Costello - I Wanna Be Loved


3. Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela (with every purchase)


4. Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further


5. Staple Singers - Slippery People


6. James Ingram - Yah Mo Be There


7. The Smiths - What Difference Does it Make


8. Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark


9. Prince - When Doves Cry


10. Van Halen - Jump


What an unremitting shower of shit that was.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Darkness_Fish » 14 Jun 2018, 15:31

The long list is also mainly fucking wretched.

1. Love Wars - Womack And Womack
2. I Wanna Be Loved - Elvis Costello
3. Free Nelson Mandella - Special Aka
4. Don't Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards
5. Slippery People - Staple Singers
6. Yah Mo Be There - James Ingram
7. What Difference Does It Make - The Smiths
8. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
9. When Doves Cry - Prince
10. Jump - Van Halen
11. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
12. No Sell Out/Malcolm X - Malcolm X
13. Hey Dj - World's Famous Supreme Team
14. War Is In The Dance - Frankie Paul
15. And I Don't Love You - Smoky Robinson
16. Love Has Finally Come At Last - Bobby Womack/Patti Labelle
17. Bachelor Kisses - The Go Betweens
18. Keep On Keeping On - The Redskins
19. Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown
20. We Need Money - Chuck Brown
21. You're The Best Thing - Style Council
22. Venceremos (We Will Win) - Working Week
23. Taxi - J Blackfoot
24. Madam Butterfly - Malcolm Mclaren
25. Track Three - Scott Walker
26. What Presence? - Orange Juice
27. Tinsel Town In The Rain - The Blue Nile
28. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cindy Lauper
29. Calamity Crush - Foetus Art Terrorism
30. Small-Town Boy - Bronski Beat
31. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend - The Special Aka
32. In The Ghetto - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
33. Dark Streets Of London - The Pogues
34. Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire
35. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
36. Don't Go Lose It Baby - Hugh Masekela
37. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
38. Peace In Our Time - The Imposter
39. It's A Man's Man's Man's World - The Residents
40. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
41. Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chuka Khan
42. I Bloodbrother Be - Shock Headed Peters
43. Do The Square Thing - The Three Johns
44. The Big Music - The Waterboys
45. The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen
46. Michael Caine - Madness
47. Abele Dance - Manu Dibango
48. Honey At The Core - Friends Again
49. Each And Every One - Everything But The Girl
50. Out Of The Flesh - Chakk
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Goat Boy » 14 Jun 2018, 15:34

The Prince record is a masterpiece.

Smiths and Van Halen are great too
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby clive gash » 14 Jun 2018, 15:36

Womacks, Prince and Van Halen.

What a year it was!
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby clive gash » 14 Jun 2018, 15:40



Fucking great too.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Darkness_Fish » 14 Jun 2018, 15:45

gash on ignore wrote:

Fucking great too.

I should've included that in my original post, but I figured people would want to see the Staple Singers twice. :oops:
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby naughty boy » 14 Jun 2018, 15:50

Just The Smiths.

The rest are doggy doo.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Darkness_Fish » 14 Jun 2018, 16:19

John speaks THE TRUTH. The rest of you are nuts.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby naughty boy » 14 Jun 2018, 16:38

'Ain't Nobody' beats all of the top 10.

'Time After Time' isn't far behind.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Modesty Forbids » 14 Jun 2018, 16:41

Darkness_Fish wrote:What an unremitting shower of shit that was.


Yep, although there were faecal nuances, with the Smiths much the least stinky. Can't in all conscience vote for any of those.

Just going on what's in the long list, Cyndi Lauper should have been first and second.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Rayge » 14 Jun 2018, 16:50

Ragye wrote:
Darkness_Fish wrote:What an unremitting shower of shit that was.


Yep, although there were faecal nuances, with the Smiths much the least stinky. Can't in all conscience vote for any of those.

Just going on what's in the long list, Cyndi Lauper should have been first and second.


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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby sloopjohnc » 14 Jun 2018, 16:56

Special AKA
Prince
Van Halen

Three great pop songs. The Smiths just fell out of the top three to honorable mention.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby pcqgod » 14 Jun 2018, 21:12

I only remember the ones by Springsteen, McDonald, Prince and Van Halen. Specials and Smiths never did a thing on the radio over here and Elvis only made a few faint impacts on U.S. pop charts. Of the ones I know, the Van Halen is by far the best which probably says more about its competition than its own quality.
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Postby sloopjohnc » 14 Jun 2018, 21:22

pcqgod wrote:I only remember the ones by Springsteen, McDonald, Prince and Van Halen. Specials and Smiths never did a thing on the radio over here and Elvis only made a few faint impacts on U.S. pop charts. Of the ones I know, the Van Halen is by far the best which probably says more about its competition than its own quality.


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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby clive gash » 14 Jun 2018, 21:39

I remember all of the top 10 getting radio play in the U.K., another victory for the broad church of Derek Chinnery.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Dayodead » 14 Jun 2018, 21:54

From the brutal long list....(Which is so different from my list, I'm surprised they are from the same year...)
What Difference Does It Make - The Smiths
When Doves Cry - Prince
What Presence? - Orange Juice
Small-Town Boy - Bronski Beat
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
It's A Man's Man's Man's World - The Residents
The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen

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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby Darkness_Fish » 14 Jun 2018, 22:10

gash on ignore wrote:I remember all of the top 10 getting radio play in the U.K., another victory for the broad church of Derek Chinnery.

I don't recall ever hearing the Dennis Edwards, Staple Singers, or Elvis Costello at all. I'm quite sorry I've heard them now.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby clive gash » 14 Jun 2018, 22:30

Robbie Vincent man, Robbie Vincent.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby sloopjohnc » 14 Jun 2018, 23:13

I didn't remember the Dennis Edwards, Staples Singer or James Ingram songs at all.

I looked it up and neither made Billboards 100 best selling singles for that year in the US.
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Re: NME Top Singles of 1984

Postby bobzilla77 » 15 Jun 2018, 04:08



Best thing mentioned on the entire page...at least equal to When Doves Cry. I worked in an ice cream store when it was a summer hit. It brought a smile to my face every time it came on.
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