Thanks everyone, sorry about the top five, but do hang around for another hour of 1984 hits on @noiseboxradio.com , some of which are not terrible. 1980 next week, so could go either way. G'bu! #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

This was the last of six weeks at no.1 for "I Just Called To Say I Love You", Stevie Wonder's only solo no.1 hit in the UK, Motown Records' biggest selling single in the UK and the second biggest selling single of 1984. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

#OffTheChart SOTN Top Fifteen
Hall & Oates
XTC
Billy Idol
Icicle Works
Wham!
The Cars
Stranglers
Felt
Miquel Brown
U2
Chris Rea
Orange Juice
Temper
Style Council
Judge Dread

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Peaking at no.2, "The War Song" was Culture Club's last top five hit until their reunion single "I Just Wanna Be Loved" reached no.4 fourteen years later. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Crashing in at no.3, "Freedom" became the third no.1 single from Wham!'s second album "Make It Big", following "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" and "Careless Whisper". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

The theme from the movie "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr had already been no.2 and was down to no.4 this week in 1984, long before the film even opened in the UK. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up 10 places to no.5, "Drive" was The Cars' first top ten hit in the UK since 1978 when they crashed straight into the top ten on their first week on the chart with their first hit "My Best Friend's Girl". #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down 11 to no.34 on the Dance & Disco Chart, "No Favours", the first single by Temper, a duo of producers Anthony Malloy and Cleveland Wright III. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to 35 in the Netherlands, "Let's Talk It Over in the Ladies' Room" was the first of two hits for Dutch group Curtie & The Boombox, written by Peter Koelewijn who Wikipedia describes as "a founding father of Dutch-language rock and roll." #ICEOTWF #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

shout out for Debbie Turner #OffTheChart Stranglers

New at no.13, "Shout to the Top!" was the seventh single by the Style Council. It peaked at no.7. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to no.21 this week, "Skin Deep" was the lead single from the Stranglers' eighth album "Aural Sculpture". It peaked at 15. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Down to 27 from a peak of 25, "Mr Solitaire" was the biggest of six hits for Animal Nightlife, formed in 1980 and fronted by the improbably named Andy Polaris, who apparently used to be Boy George's roommate. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Up to no.7 on the Indie Chart, "Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow" was the sixth single by Felt, a band formed in Warwickshire in 1979 and led by the enigmatic Lawrence, who went on to form Denim and Go-Kart Mozart. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Depeche Mode is my choice of gig #OffTheChart

Peaking at no.55 this week, "All You Pretty Girls" was one of ten consecutive hits XTC had between 1982 and 1989 which all failed to reach the top 40, including two consecutive hits which peaked at no.100. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

Billy Idol was also going through a lean period; he'd finally scored his first UK solo top 40 hit with "Eyes Without a Face" but the follow-up, "Flesh For Fantasy" peaked at 54 and was down to 61 this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

New at 78, "Lean Period" was an unfortunately appropriate title for this, the last hit single for Orange Juice who, like the Icicle Works, only had one top 40 hit: "Rip It Up" (no.8 in 1983). This one peaked at 74. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

In 1984 Chris Rea still hadn't managed to return to the top 40 since his first hit, "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" in 1978. "Ace of Hearts" didn't manage it either, peaking at 79 this week. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio

"Indian Summer Sky" from "The Unforgettable Fire", the fourth album by U2, new at no.1 this week. The album spent 132 weeks on the UK chart and went Double Platinum. #OffTheChart #NoiseboxRadio